The San Francisco call., 1908-07-05
DRAWS NEW =.
CLEVELAND EULOGY.
Former Candidate of Democracy
Defies Boss Murphy and VIII
Present Resolution
sPEcIAL p1spArcm Id rHE cALL

DENVER July. 4.-Altols B. Parker.
former presidential candidate of the
democratic party. has his fighting blood
up. His repudiation by Boss" Murphy
OF the Tammany wigwam has stiffened
him in his purpose to offer resolutions
upon the floor Of the convention in
commemoration Of the services rem
dered by Grover Cleveland to his coun-
try.
Parker was busy today preparing the
new resolutions. He completed them
tonight and showed them to several
friends among them Blue Eyed Billy"
Sheehan. They are radically different
from the tentative" resolutions which
Parker prepared in New York and
which were made public Immediately
after his departure They contain
nothing 10 which Bryan or any of his
most ardent supporters can take eN-
ception.
They make no reference to the in
tegrity of the courts his maintenance
of public credit and honor, and his
defense of sound principles of finance"
and resistance of dangerous economic
doctrines and practices" which We're
proclaimed by Bryanites as reflection
upon their hero. Never was anything
so emasculated.
EULOGY WITHOUT CRITICISM
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of the dead ex-president without any
suggestion of criticism of the living.
Indeed. Parker was careful 10 so frame
his language that no comparison can
be made between what Cleveland and
what Bryan stands for.
The resolutions begin with the usual
resolved They state, we, the rep
resentatives of the democratic party
in convention assembled, record the pro-
fonsad erriaff ia a "a n fFlaEp-
land and declare that it has caused
a great loss TO the country and to civ
iliZatiou. Cleveland is commended as
a statesman and a patriot who was a
faithful exponent OF the doctrine of
state rights. who enforced the law
equally. sought an equal distribution
of the burden of taxation by his con-
stant pressure for a revision of the tar
iff, who upheld civil service reform and
who stood for the political and social
principles of equality and justice.
Cleveland is referred to as noble eX-
ample for the youth of the country.
Parker's resolution continues:
PROPOSAL FOR MEMORIAL
we request the democratic members
of the senate and the house Of repre-
+ sentatiyes TO take steps TO secure the
erection in Washington at the earliest
: possible date Of an adequate national
monument TO commemorate the services
Of Grover Cleveland
1t is still further resolved that in
/ respect for the memory of the great
man and democrat this convention
shall Immediately stand adjourned un-
1 IN 10 o'clock Wednesday. July S."
/ The resolutions close with an in
struction TO the proper officers of the
/ convention to transmit a copy Of the
! resolution by telegraph to Mrs. Cleve-
land
1t is not the intention of Parker TO
submit the resolutions to the New York
delegation. He realizes they would be
rejected. Moreover, it is known that
/ by Mr.. Murphy's direction some other
/ member Of the delegation is preparing
] resolutions which the delegation viii
authorize its members OF the resolution
committee TO advocate.
When the convention is in session,
! therefore, Parker win rise and offer
/ his resolutions. Probably the Parker
resolutions viii be voted down.
BRYAN PREPARES TRIBUTE
/ Bryan is understood to have COM
pleted resolutions regarding Cleveland
and they viii be submitted through a
delegate whose relations to Bryan are
so well known that every one Will know
at once the source OF his inspiration.
Parker does not propose TO feel badla
over this outcome. 1t is his judgment
that as New York gave Cleveland to the
nation il is New York's right and duty
to prepare and offer the resolutions
in cOmmemoration OF his services. And
even if he be turned down, he viii feel
4 that he has fulfilled an obligation rest
ing upon him as a citizen of New York
and as one who sought the high honor
4 which Cleveland enjoyed.
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