The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-03-31
GETTING IN LINE FOR PARKER.


The primaries held in New York on
Tuesday made it certain that Judge
Parker is the choice of the Democrats
of New York for President. The dele
gates who favor him will control the
Democratic Convention of that state
by large majority. The convention
Will be held on April is. and there is
no doubt that the delegation to the
ST. Louis Convention will be instruct
ed for him.
In most of the other states the Dem
ocrats have been waiting for the Dem
ocrats Of New York TO indicate their
preference. By general consent it was
admitted that as the Democratic ticket
couldn't be elected without the cleo
toral vote OF that state New York
Democrats should be allowed TO name
the candidate they thought could get
that vote. There is no need for Demo-
Gratis Of other states TO wait any
longer upon the Democrats of New
York The latter have practically in
5icated their choice. And It is doubt
full II a wiser choice could have been
made. Judge Parker hasn't made enc
mics in either the Cleveland or the
Bryan faction. He has been a regu-
lar in his relations 10 his party-that
- he has always voted the Democratic
ticket II may be that he didn't be-
lleve in the free and unlimited coinage
Of silver, but that fact didn't deter
him from standing by the tickets and
platforms OF his party in 1886 and 1900.
There is no doubt that Mr.. Cleve-
land will give him a hearty indorse-
ment. and so will the great majority
of those who supported Mr.. Bryan.
But Mr.. Bryan is against him. He says
ne doesn't know what he stands for.
That isn't a satisfactory reason. In
view OF the fact that Judge Parker
has been a consistent Democrat and a
strict party man all his life, there can
be no doubt that he stands for Demo-
cratic principles. 1t is doubtful if it was
as generally known what Mr.. Bryan
stood for three months before he was
nominated as IL is what Judge Parker
stands for.
Parker hasn't been an active politician
since he became chief justice of the
Court of Appeals of his state, and it
is much to his credit that he hasn't.
If he had done so he wouldn't have
been fitted for the high place he fills
so acceptably. Besides, he wouldn't
now be so available a candidate as he
is. He would have antagonized one
or the other of the factions of his par
ty AS it is. neither can have any rea-
sonable objection to him. He Is just
the kind of a candidate needed to
bring the two wings of the party to-
gether. He can bring out the full
strength of the party. The extreme ele-
ment Of the Bryan wing wouldn't sup
port Mr.. Cleveland, and it is certain
that the extreme men of the Cleve-
land element wouldn't support the kind
of a man that Mr.. Bryan wants nomi-
mated. If the party is to stand
chance of winning the election, there
fore, a man like Judge Parker, man
acceptable to both factions. must be
nominated.
But because he Is acceptable to both
factions it doesn't follow that he is
lacking in force. He is the reverse
of that. If he were not man
of unusual strength of character he
wouldn't have reached his present
high position. In fact, he wouldn't
be able to hold that position. In all
the various places he has filled he has
shown the qualities which mark the
successful man-successful in the best
sense of the word. There isn't any
doubt that the South will support him
for the nomination, and she will not
make a mistake in doing so.