The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-07-06
DISCUSSING GUARDIANSHIP
JUDGE PARKER, HEARST, ET AL

in Sew York seems to Justify that
aspiration. when he last ran Tor gov
ornor he carried the city of New York
JOS tJu unprecedented majority OF
i24oou votes. And his up state vote
was su crcdiiablc that he was beaten
in the whole state by scant eight
thousand 'coplc do say that little
more money dispersed from the Colcr
headquarters would have carried the
state and changed political history
there. MIR Colcr has been q consist
,ut radical democrat since 1886 In
that year he was the only man In
Wall Street who stood for the demo.
cratic national ticket and he has not
wuyorcd since. although while Hearst
remained democrat. or even amliat-
gl with the democracy, Color was
with him. tie broke with Hearst when
u. latter began tusug with the re-
puuUcaus and announced his purpose
to destroy the democratic party. Coi,r
deserve. we'll o' democrats In his
state and OF democrats u the nation.
Speaking Of Hearst
20 has been many years since a
democratic convention crowd listened
Co so little talk about William Ran
po.rh H,u.l as today. Even the
threat Juat he may disrupt the demo.
oauc party receives scaut attention.
Perhaps his newspaper employees, cN-
ocpt Tor Mr. Bryau's very proper cdi-
fural u the Cummoncr appaudmg
the principles OF the independence
League and crcditng Hearst with past
usviu. service to the democratic
cause. Perhaps ten days ago one OF
Hearsts managers, Charles \. Walsh,
former secretary OF the democratic
national committee. announced that
the Independence League convention
cau,d Ior Chicago, Ju,y -,th wound be
postponed because the election OF del.
cgatcs could not be completed by that
time. People are prone to laugh about
the talA auout the election Ot deic-
gates to Iicarst convention, Tor
tuusy delegates are generally pChvu
out nom the central authority. But
now comes one oil ncarsts principal
correspondents here and says that he
is authorized to announce that the
convention Will be held July 2ith and
viii put full national ticket ia the
field. 50 you can take your choice OF
/ th, varying reports OF the Hearst pr
gram Perhaps the CORES spondent who
mas mt II most nearly right was he
/ who wired to New York that Hearst
was the "On again. gone again Finne
gan OF American politics today
Judge Parker's Position.
Judge Parker arrived in Denver
Friday from New York much aggriey
ed at what mad been said in the dis
patches concerning him. His first
words to the. newspaper reporters
were that at no time nor in any way
had he been dcairoJs Jf opposing Mr.
Bryan's wishes In this convention anC
that he did not believe that the New
York delegation would do one thinl
that would show any unfriendliness Il
Mr., Bryan. tie denied that his pro
posed resolution OF sympathy for tn,
Cleveland family and regret for th'
death of the former president haC
in ii any purpose except its Ostensi
Bile one, and he insisted that wha
Mr. Bryan desired at Denver woulI
be what he would be happy to al,
in getting, 1t Is iair TO say that sew
eral hours before Judge Parker's an
rival, Congressman Sulzer told m,
that this was the judges attitude an,
that he would announce 1t at IN,
earliest possible moment If Judg
Parker adhcrcs to this position,
will remove the only serious threat
oning complication IN the convention
business.