Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-03
BRYAN MEN TO
OFFER TRIBUTE
BEFORE PARKER
MOVE ON TO CIRCUMvENT NEW
Workers. RUSE
CLEVELAND RESOLUTION Is DE-
NoUNcED
Tribute to Former President, Just
Buried, Proves Bomb in National
Party circIes--caustic
Criticisms Made .
By Associated Press.

DENVER, July 2.-Charging that
Alton B. Parker's resolution of tribute
to the memory of former President
Grover Cleveland is a clever move on
the part of the enemies of William
Jennings Bryan to infuse factionaI
feeling into the Democratic national
convention, friends of the Nebraskan
today determined to offer a resolution
of character designed not to raise con-
troverted political issues.
Through control of the temporary
organization of the convention the
! Bryan following expects to have its
resolution brought to the attention of
the delegates Immediately after the
speech of the permanent chairman has
been delivered. In that event the
Parker resolution would have to be
offered as a substitute if submitted at
all. and the Bryan men declare that
| the New York delegation would thereby
be placed in the attitude of attempts
ing in the guise of eulogizing a great
party leader to create strife and dis
sension and to make harmony impos-
| sible.
! Most Democrats, without regard to
factional affiliations, applaud the sug-
gestion coming from New York that the
national convention should embrace the
| first opportunity of honoring the
memory of Mr.. Cleveland, but most of
those who have expressed themselves
on the subject are of the opinion that
the resolutions adopted should not con-
tain anything which there could be the
slightest difference of opinion.
The New York resolution which was
made public last night is denounced by
such Bryan leaders as Mayor James c.
Dahlman of Omaha and Judge M. e.
Wade of Iowa, the member of the ma
I tional committee from that state.
A Slap at Nebraskan
They declare that it's adoption would
be a direct slap at Bryan and insist
that in giving it out for publication the
New York delegation intended to dis.
parage the Nebraska candidate.
The portions of the resolution which
particularly aroused the ire of the
| friends of Mr. Bryan relate to Mr..
Cleveland's record on the questions of
maintaining the integrity of the courts
and finance, the paragraphs being as
! follows:
"He respected the integrity of our
courts, and so insisted upon strict en-
forcement of the law that every honest
man or interest might be protected and
all offenders punished without fear or
favor.
HE maintained the public credit and
| honor. stood firm as a rock in defense
of sound principles of finance and re-
sisted dangerous economic doctrines
] anu DIdCllCeS Icll ny LH6 IeCpuDliOdit
| party as a heritage of our people,
1t was said today by Mayor Dahl
man that these expressions are but
| thinly yelled attacks upon Mr.. Bryan
and his well-known attitude upon the
question of adopting an anti-injunc-
tion plank and his position in 1896 and
1900 on the money question.
"These questions have no proper
place." said Mr.. Dahlman. ''in resolu-
tions intended only to honor the name
of the late Mr.. Cleveland.
Bryan's Own Tribute
"Mr. Bryan's personal tribute to the
memory of the late eX-president was of
a character proving that no man hon
ored Mr.. Cleveland more nor would
go further in giving him credit for ad-
vancing the interests of the Demo-
cratic party.
1T is true that Mr.. Bryan and Mr..
Cleveland held different views on many
questions of party policy and with the
rare tact which he always exhibits
Mr.. Bryan refrained from any allu-
sions that might provoke strife in the
party 1t is my opinion that the Demo-
cratic national convention in adjourn
ing out of respect to Mr. Cleveland's s
memory Should follow Mr. Bryan's ex-
| ample
The publication of the Parker reso-
luton was a bombshell exploding III
the QllQSL OF In6 6lydu lOilON6ISs anu
steps were at once taken by members
of the committee on convention ar
rangements to head off its introduction
in the convention.
They were unanimously of the opin-
ion that it would provoke discussion
and possibly fight which they desired
to avoid.
Several members of the committee
who did not care to be publicly quoted
did not hesitate to say, however, that
in their opinion an argument in the
convention over such a resolution as
this would be disgraceful and injure
the party in the eyes Of the country.
Take Action Immediately
It therefore was determined to take
immediate steps to ward off any such
possibility and at the instance of Rog-
er c. Sullivan of Illinois 1t was de-
cided to prepare a resolution which,
while honoring the memory of Mr..
Cleveland, would offer no opportunity
for acrimonious disputes in the con-
vention.
The Bryan people, having possession
of the temporary organization, decid-
ed that the Cleveland resolution shall
man who would be recognized by the
chairman, Bell, Immediately after the
conclusion of his speech.
If Judge Parker still desires to bring
his resolution DeIOre the convention
ii must be offered as a substitute for
the one which has been presented by
Bryan people. r. M. Johnson, the
Texas member of the committee on
convention arrangements, said today:
"If that Parker resolution is intro
duced in the convention 1t win raise
all sorts of a row. The friends of Mr..
Bryan do not propose that under the
guise of a resolution honoring Mr..
Cleveland. Mr.. Bryan shall be attacked
and his policies for the last twelve
years held up to rebuke."
A less serious view was taken of the
Parker resolution by Frank M. Day,
secretary to Governor johnson and
one of the managers Of his campaign.
Views Of Frank Day
Mr.. Day said:
'1 certainly think the convention
should adopt a resolution In honor oi
Mr.. Cleveland, and the one prepared
by Judge Parker seems to me to be en-
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