The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-04
PARKER SAYS
 IT IS PROPER Explains the Cleveland
 Resolution. NEW YORK IS CONSERVATIVE East Wants Platform, If Not the
 Nominee. The Dominant Idea is to Concentrate On Plan That VIII via Victory
 Harmony Is The
 Keynote.

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 Denver. Colo. July 5.--Refusing to be ruffled by the storm of criticism from Bryan men which was aroused by his resolution euiogizfng the late pres ident Cleveland. Judge Alton B. Par ker today Issued a pacilc statement re- iderating his determination 10 submit l to the democratic national convention such an expression as he and bis4 asso- ciates of the New York delegation re- I gard as fitting and proper.
 'In this connection, Charles F. Mur- phy. leader of Tammany Hall. and head of the New York state delegation who also arrived today. announced that he had never seen the Parker resolutions. | that they did not represent the views | of the New York delegation and that | any resolution to be offered must be | first submitted to caucus of the state delegation to be held on Monday. 1 Judge Parker would not discuss the 1 comments by Henry watterson of Lou isville, Ky, upon his resolutions, and in fact he declined to give his opinion Of any interviews by prominent dem- ocrats based upon the tentative draft. He said, however, that he is not irre- vocably committed to the tribute pre- 1 pared by him in New York but that he believes the resolutions adopted should | suitably acknowledge the debt owed Mir. Cleveland by the democratic party. Judge Parker's statement follows: Judge Parker Explains.
 Regarding the preparations and in- troduction of the resolutions express sing the deep regret of all good cit- l jzens whether democrats or republicans at the recent death of Mr Cleveland and the great service he rendered the country I have only this to say:
 Tt seemed to some members of the | a~Is" sl.N- A =. | resolutions should be presented to the convention and peculiarly hitting that l they should smenate from the state ne served so well as governor and which | gave him to the union to become one of the most honored of our many great presidents. It also seemed appropriate to some of my associates. and I do not hesitate to say frankly for reasons that I appear obvious, that I should be the one to ofter such resolutions and It was and is my intention to do 50. Whether they will take the form indi- cated by the tentative draft publish | ed in New York since left there can not say. for the simple reason that I have. not had time to study 1t careful | ly.
 T shall do so as soon as I have the opportunity and shall ernhody such por- tionh as seem to me suitable in the res olutior which I hope to have the priv l ilege of offering. Another suggestion that my colleagues or myself were ac- tuated by any motive other than de- sire to pay proper tribute on a fitting occasion is wholly without foundation as I am confident every faid minded man will recognize when T shall have completed the resolution for submission to the convention"
 Murphy Makes Statement.
 The statement given out by Mir. Mur- l phy was as follows:
 My attention has just been called to an interview said to have been given by Judge Parker and to the resolu- ton about MT. Cleveland which he talks of introducing at the convention have not seen or heard of the resolu- tions before. They represent, take it, his personal view. but have not been submitted to a caucus of New York 1 delegates and cannot be put forward | as representing the vfews of the dele. | gation. All resolutions or blanks of | fered by New York State will be first acted upon by caucus of delegates. New York State comes to this con- | vention to bring all delegates together and to win victory, and we will take | only such action as will bring about | that result. We hope the delegates | from all other parts of the country are | animated by the same spirit and in that way only can an end be put to Re- | publican misruie."
 The statement by Judge Parker was made on the Overland Limited train on the Union Pacific Railroad to rep | resentative of The Associated Press who met the train at Fort Morgan, Colo, at 1 p. m.
 Judge Parker. decided that the statement should be issued as a for nal expression of his position on the 1 question of honoring MT. Cleveland's | memory. Speaking informally he
 made it clear that he was expressing his own views and that his course should be guided entirely by the wish es of the majority of the New York delegation.
 Wal Support Nominee.
 skillfuliy parrying all questions re- lating to his position on the platform and declining to give his opinion as | to whether he believed MT. Bryan would be nominated. Judge Parker said emphaticaily that he. would not be placed in a false light. He declared the convention and no matter who is the nominee for president that he would support the ticket and do every thing in his power to contribute to it's election. He said that a change of rule Is needed and that he believes 1 LnSTe IS general 0iESaSlSfacLlon throughout the country with the long continued Republican administration.
 Surprise was expressed by Judge Parker at the frequent reports from Lincoln that MT. Brayan favored the adoption of the Nebraska anti-injunc- tion plank. declaring for such modih- cations of the law relating to injunc- tions as will prevent the issue of writs In industrial disputes without notice and full hearings; permit trial by a judge other than the one issuing the writ and providing for trial by jury where the alleged contempt is commit ted outside the presence of the court
 He did not believed that Mir Bryan
 would insist upon going that for not that the convention would accept such a plank even If Mir Bryan sbhould in- sist upon it.
 Until a caucus has been held by the New York delegations it cannot be said positively that Judge Parker will be the member of the committee on reso- lutions from the empire state. He
 said today that so far as he knew no
 members of the delegation had pre-
 pared any draft of an anti.injunction plank which they would be willing to favor but that the question would be
 considered.
 Neither Judge Parker nor Mir. Since. han have made any effort to disguise the fact that they would prefer to have almost any Democrat nominated for President than Mir. Bryan. but he denied that they came to Denver with knives up their sleeves for the Ne- l braskan.