Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-29
Mr.. BRYAN SPEAKS HIS MIND
SHARP COMMENT ON ACTION OF
PENNSYLVANIA DEMOCRATS.
Tammany Authority Declares Judge
Parker Is Now Engaged in Writ
ing the Party Platform.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
LINCOLN, Neb., May o9.-In the cur
rent issue of the Commoner Mr.. Bryan
Pennsylvania democratic state convention
in overriding what he declares were the
expressed wishes of the voters. BY in
ference Mr. Bryan expresses the belief
that a large majority Of democratic voters
| were in favor of a delegation to the Den
yer convention instructed for him. lie
is bitter in his denunciation of what he
calls brazen contempt for every demo
cratic principle, and says the action OF
the convention was embeZZlement of
power. which cannot be defended. The
delegates. he says sold out the counties
which sent them to Harrisburg. The
Commoner article SAYS. in part:
The democratic state convention re-
Gently held in PENNSYLVANIA is heralded
as q victory for the conservative element
of the party. and Yet il will only prove
anew the old saving that whom the gods
wo id destroy they first make mad. Moth
ing but an insane contempt for every
democratic principle could have led TO
he. brazen disregard Of the will of the
rank and file of the party unmistakably
explained at the polls.
The convention was an excellent illus
tr~.!@n of the difference between conven-
tioils and the primary method of cleo
ton II just Sucn conventions led to the
adop'lon of the primary system
"A delegate has no more right to turn
TO his priv tie advantage the authority
confer. d lron him by voters than a
trustee has TO convert TO his own use
money deposited with him.
An Emb-azlement of Power
The action Of the state convention was.
in effect. an enbeZzlement of power and
can be defended only by those who are
ignorant or Indiff. > mt to the democratic
principle that conventions derive their
just powers from the consent of the yot-
ers.''
Mr.. Bryan says the object lesson which
the convention furnished i'll boss rule car
rled 10 the extreme will be valuable 10
ne state for it will hasten the regenera-
! tion OF democratic politics in Pennsylva-
MA, and regeneration is necessary
1t was stated here today on reliable
authority that i. j. Dunn assistant city
attorney of Omaha. Neb, will place Mr..
Bryan In nomination for the presidency
at the Denver convention.
Among those who will second the nomi-
| nation Will be Representative J. Thomas
Hefiin of Alabama
Parker to Write Platform.
Special Dispatch to The Star
NEW YORK. May 29.-By high author
1ty In Tammany it was announced today
that Judge Alton b. Parker who heads
the list of delegates at large from this
state TO the democratic national conyen-
ton. is not only to be the New York mem
ber of the committee on resolutions of
the convention but is to be chairman of
the committee and is to write the plat
form.
Judge Parker was the party's candidate
| for President four years ago and
was beaten i'm the popular vote of the
country worse than Bryan was beaten in
1896 or 1900.
1t is also announced that Judge Parker
is already engaged in the work of writing
the platform to be adopted by the Den
Yer convention. and that 1t is to be ex-
tremely conservative on all national is
sues.