The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-18
BGTLEY'S PRESIDENTIAL BOON
TT HAS TAKEN FORM SINCE JUDGE
PARKER'S UTTERANCES.

ITO NOl DGICNo hhbt Wv
Dictate q Candidate at This or ANY
Tf~me-Parker'S Motive Questioned
WARRINGTON, March 1T.-By the process
Of elimination an outline OF form and Sud-
stance has been given to that heretofore
ethereal thing, the Bailey Presidential ooom'
by' the address Of Judge Alton b. Parker
last niRht before the Manufacturer Cluo
Of Charlotte, N. G., In which the late Demo-
cratic candidate for President suggested
that the South assume the leadership OF
the marty and name the Standardization
two years hence. In giving consideration
to thu proposition Southern men in Con"
Oreaa to-day have been discussing whether,
II tho party is to go south OF Mason anu
Dixon's line for a candidate in 1908, the
Hon. Joseph w. Bailey Is not the most
available man. While no one has as 'yeV
poNed al the father OF the Bailey BOOM
and nearly every one believes that IL Is
too early to talk Of candidates, yet upon
thu hvpothesis that the South will accept
the suggestion OF Judge Parker. attention
"A generally directed to the junior Senator
from Texas.
majority OF the Southern Senators ana
Representatives in Washington, however,
do not indorse in toto the utterances OF
Judge Parker as they interpret them' :" ms
there are some who believe that the oou'h,
delivering the bulk of Democratic eleotorai
votes, should take the reins and dictate IN
candidate, a much larger number oeheVe
that such a course would be unwlse aC Vnls
or any other time. They believe that 10
do 30 would raise the cry OF sectohaisrn
and perhaps justly SO. Instead they cou-
tend that sectionalism having so Iar MS
appeared, commercially and socially shouiu
be wiped out politically and that the SCUM
should have the right recognized to come
In upon an equality with every other Sec
ton, North, West aud East, and II IL mas a
candidate or more than one available ana
qualified, to present their names to the
DEMOCRATS OF the nation and to the Demo-
cratic national convention for consioera-
ton
In other words, the point which they
make Ia, that the fact that a man is from
thu South should not, as It has done for
forty years, bar him as a matter OF exped-
iency from receiving the nomination for
President, but that the party should be
free. as It wasibefore sectionalism became
an issue, to go to any quarter of the country
fer its candidates. If Texas or South
Carolina has a candidate who would be
stronger than any candidate from New
bliohBOt NH
York or Nebraska, and who better repre-
sents Democratic principles, the mere TACT
that he comes from the South should not
prevent delegates from voting for him.
This view Is shared by the conservative
man of the party in Congress, not only
from the South, but from the North as
well.
There are some who attribute an Interior
motive to Judge Parker's suggestion and
intimate that perhaps his purpose was 10
forestall the Hearst movement by arouslng
enthusiasm in the South for a southern
man. Others believe that he also sought
to prevent the South committing itself to
Bryan, for there is a large contingent among
Democrats in Congress who declare that, II
the Democratic national convention were
to be held tomorrow, William j. Bryan
would be nominated a third time. They
eliminate Judge Parker entirely as a leader
and regard Bryan as unquestionably at
the head of the party Not all of these are
radical BRYAN men, either, but they are
men who realize how futile such a course
would be, but appreoi ate the fact that
BRYAN has a tighter grip upon the party
to-day than any other man.
Generally speaking, However, D Dati0cs Us
this way. but think he was honest and
sincere in his remarks, and that he not only
paid a high compliment to the South ana lts
statesmen, but that he TOOK this means OF
expressing his gratitude for the manner IN
-. which the South remained loyal to him IN
the late campaign.
In connection with the discussion OF a
Southern man for President, 1t ls pointed
out that a issure, even il 1t were a smaI one
was made in the ice of ultra conservatism
when at the last Democratic national con-
vention the name of Senator Cockreil OF
Missouri was placed before that body.
While. strictly speaking Senator CockreI ID
not a Southern man, yet he served In the
Confederate army and his nomination would
have given greater cause Tor raising me
sectional issue than the nomination OF a
man born too late to participate IN the war
between the States. 1t was the first time
since the war that the name OF q Confederate
soldier or a Southern man was voted upon
at q Democratic convention. IN TACT, hoI
since the days of Calhoun has the South had
a candidate for the nomination for the
Presidency. How far whatever C.on1eu-
crate influence there may have been IN Con
rress since the war has disappeared Is
illustrated by the fact that there are only
ten men in the present House who served
in the Confederate ranks. One OF these
served only a few months at the age OF 49,,
another served asa cadet In a military school
and q third is a Republican. The percent
Southern men point out that, the sectional
issue having almost entirely disappeared,
the South ought to come in upon an equal
footing with all the other States in the matter
of presenting a candidate for the Demo-
cratic nomination for the Presidency.
Democratic Senators as a rule declined
IN discuss the expressions Of Judge Parker
in favor of a Southern candidate for 1905.
Senator Tillman suggested that 1t was not
an issue Of immediate importance. Senator
Patterson of Colorado said he had formed
an opinion" on reading, Judge Parker's
statement and like a talesfnani asked TO
be excused for that reason.
Senator Clay Of Georgia said: This Is not
the year for the Democratic party to select
a nominee for President. 1t will be more
than two years before the nomination is
made. The fact that a man lives in the
South, provided he has the necessary quail
fcations, should not disqualify his aspira-
lions for the Presidency. The Democratic
party must win on issues II it wins at all.
II must stand for honest governments clean
methods and for the protection Of the
American people against. every form OF
wrong; and for clean elections, government
control Of corporations giving every citi-
zen a fair chance in the race for wealth and
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