Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-07-13
LATER DEVELOPMENTS or THE
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.

Parker, nominated on a PLATFORM
silent on the money question sent the
convention a telegram declaring him
self for the gold standard.
81 REGARD THE GOLD STAND.
ARD AS FIRMLY AND lRREvoc.
ABLY ESTABLISHED AND SHALL
ACT ACCORDINGLY IF ELECTED
PRESIDENT"
That plank was added by wire to
he Democratic national platform
after Bryan had been trlcked into
helping make a platform that did not
endorse the gold standard.
THE GOLD STANDARD rs Es.
TABLlsHED AS THE LAW OF THE
LAND, AFTER BEING TWICE EN-.
DoRsEp BY THE AMERICAN PEG.
pLE," says Judge Parker and he Is
right.
Parker promptly recognized the fact
shat the most important thing about
Hhe Democratic platform was what II
did not contain. He promptly sup
Ddied the defect.
Parker was evidently unwilling to
remain the silent candidate on the
silent platform and SO he took the
short cut and MADE HIMSELF THE
LIVE CANDIDATE ON A LIVING
BssUE.
Bryan with white face and clenched
seeth arose from his bed OF political
sickness and proclaimed himself THE
DEAD CHAMPION OF A DEAD IS.
suE-FREE StLVER-ASsET CUR.
RENcV AND TREASURY NOTES.
Parker was unwilling to win by 81.
Icnce.
Hill, Bryan and all the mere polltl.
clans in the Democratic party were
willing to win by the stealth and de-
ception of silence.
Parker prefers merited defeat to
possible success on any mlsunder.
standing He BOLDLY AvoWs THE
REPUBLICAN PLATFORM ON THE
GOLD STANDARD. /
Hin's prediction that Parker would
be M Ideal candidate on an almost
Ideal platform failed TO come true.
THE MAN DID NOT FIT THE
PLATFORM.
The cold hard truth must be stated
that the Democratic convention has
played a good political game.
They kept out Of their platform
the money questionable burning,
b%listering, porous plaster THAT HAS
MADE THE WHOLE PARTY SORE
AND SICK UNTO DEATH, 10 these
many years.
The convention puts up an unob.
%Jectionable candidate without a pollti.
cal record and AFTER BRYAN AND
THE REST or THE FREE SILVER
LEADERS WE'RE ALL SAFELY
LANDED, THE GOLD STANDARD
rs BROUGHT FORTH. ]
There Is method In their madness
Safely landing the silver brethren on
the hook OF a silent platform. they are
suddenly awakened from their salts.
factory trance TO FIND THEM.
SELVES COMMITTED TO THE
GOLD STANDARD.
The ehasm In the party is brldged
The sheep are safely IN the same fold
with the goats, FREE SILVER sRY.
AN WILL GO ON THE STUMP FOR
GOLD STANDARD PARKER.
u the gold stan lard plutocratic
mountain tParkerl will not come to
the Free Coinage Democratic Ma
homet Mahomet will obllgingly come
TO the mountain.
After the chasm has been safely
hridged over by the make-shit of 4,
temporizlng silence, JUDGE PARKER /
MADE THE kEENEsT POLITICAL
PLAY or THE CENTURY, SHOW. ,
ING MORE WISDOM THAN the
WHOLE CONVENTION. u
The party avoided a burning cues ,
ton Parker puts himself souarely ,
on record oa the right side OF that {
question Z
The stump speakers cannot have
Their platform quoted either way
against them They can quote their 4
candidate with pride as being Drawer
thar his party honestor than tho con, D.
ventlon and more Courageous that It's ,
leaders. h
Bryan dictated the main features n
of The platform THAT WILL Be n
TIE RANK AND FILE OF ii
THE DEMOCRATS IN
Parker dictates hts own platform.
THAT rs FOR TIE lNogpsNI y
DENT VOTERS AND the MUG. n
wuMP PRESS NJ
Parker furnishes the SAFE AND d
PLATFORM. while the CON. 4.
sensloa furnished The WILD AND,
WooLV. o
The Two e'emen,s are needed for
'nocesa IL has been a bold. keen In.