Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-18
HoNoRs ARE EASY.

In declaring his intention to sup
port Mr.. Bryan in the coming cam
paign, Judge Parker is following a
precedent set by Mr.. Bryan after the
st. Louis convention in 1904 and he
is following the precedent almost too
closely to furnish much comfort for
the head OF the ticket. During the
tight at ST. Louis Colone; Bryan said
of Judge Parker:
denounce this candidacy. He
Judge Parker) is a weak candidate IL
he MUST deal doubly with the people,
weak II he is foisted on them by fraud.
II elected he would be a disappointment
TO the American people. We've had one
OF that kind tMr. Cleveland). and God
forbid that we should nave snother!
Later he larded his speeches with
expressions of support OF Judge
Parker, at the same time insisting that
the New Workers. nomination had
nullined every declaration for reform
embodied in the platform. In his
public statement, issued at Lincoln
July 10, Mr.. Bryan served notice that
he expected the party under Parker's
leadership to 60 to defeat and that
he would then BEGIN the work of re-
organization. In his statement Mr..
Bryan said:
AS soon as the election is over l will.
with the~help OF those who believe as 1
do, undertake to organize for the cam
Paign of 1908. the object being to mar
shall the friends Of popular government
within the democratic party to the sup
port of a radical and progressive policy
TO make the democratic party an efficient
means in the hands of the people for Sc
curing relief from the plutocratic ele-
mert that controls the republican party
and. for the time being, controls the demo-
cratic party. The contest for economic
and political reform will begin again as
soon as the polls close and be continued
until success is achieved.
The conditions are now reversed.
Mr.. Bryan carried out his promise-or
his threat-and wrested control of the
party from the forces hat dominated
the st. Louis convention, and It is now
Judge Parker's turn 10 be as mag
unanimous as Mr.. Bryan was at st.
Louis. In his statement promising
support OF the Denver ticket, Judge
Parker insists that he wants no mis-
apprehension of She facts. He pro-
fesses no admiration for Bryan and
finds only that he can support the
ticket because OF the party's platform
attitude on states rights. In closing
his statement Judge Parker says:
1t is with the party whose traditions
are for the constitutional defense of the
states against federal encroachment. We
not only support the ticket, but our only
hope of preserving the status quo on
these doctrines is to elect the ticket
Those who feel as I do will understand
that a republican senate will never con-
sent to turn over TO a democratic presi-
lent any further extension OF power. And
thus the present situation will be con-
tied until we shall have another OPP
nity TO fight another battle within
IVES.
judge Parker's proposition is plain.
He will support the democratic ticket
because of his confidence that, in case
Of Bryan's election, the republican sem
ate would ave the country from the
evils of Organism. If Bryan is de-
feated, Judge Parker wants another
opportunity to fight another battle
within party lines" In other words,
he proposes to do Just what Mr.. Bryan
proposed to do in 1904, to begin, i'm
mediately after the November defeat,
plans Tor a reorganization of the party.
Honors are easy between the two