The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-07-09
F|REBRAND IN
RESOLUTIONS
JUDGE PARkER's RESOLUTIONS
ON cLEvELANp's DEATH
THREATEN TROUBLE.
Reflect ON BRYAN
A BATTLE IMMINENT BETWEEN
TWO ELEMENTS OF DEMO-
CRATIC PARTY.

Denver. - The Associated Press
Thursday night sent out the following
report from this city:
Charging that Alton b. Parker's res.
olution OF tribute to the memory of the
late ex-President Grover Cleveland is
a clever move on the part of enemies
of William Jennings Bryan to infuse
factional feeling into the Democratic
National convention, friends of the Ne
braskan today determined to offer a
resolution of a character designed not
to raise controverted political issues.
Through control of the temporary or
ganization of the convention. the Bry-
an following expects to have its resolu-
ton brought to the attention of the
delegates Immediately after the speech
of the temporary chairman has been
delivered. In that event the Parker
resolution would have to be offered as
a substitute, II submitted at all. and
the Bryan men declare that the New
York delegation would thereby be
placed In the attitude OF attempting,
under the guise of eulogizing a great
party leader, tor create strife and dis
sension and to make harmony impossi-
BILE.
All Democrats. without regard to
factional affiliations. applaud the sug-
gestion coming from New York that
the National convention should en-
brace the first opportunity of honoring
the memory Of Mr.. Cleveland. but most
Of those who have expressed them
selves on the subject are of the opin-
ion that the resolutions adopted should
not contain anything over 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. Dahlmann OF Omaha and Judge NJ.
+. Wade of Iowa. the Iowa member OF
the national committee from that state.
They declare that It's adoption would
be direct slap at Bryan and insist
that in giving 1t out for publication
the New York delegation intended to
disparage the Nebraska candidate. The
portions of the resolution which par
ucularly aroused the ire OF the friends
OF Mr.. Bryan relate TO Mr.. Cleveland's
record on the question 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 hon
est man or interest might be protected
and all offenders punished without
fear or favor
He maintained the public credit
and honor. stood firm as n rock in de-
fense OF sound principles of finance.
and resisted dangerous economic doc
trines and practices left by the Repub-
iican party as heritage of our peo-
pie"
II was said today by Mayor Dahl
man that these expressions are but
thinly veiled attacks upor Mr.. Bryan
and his well known attitude on the
question of adopting an anti-injunc-
ton plank. and his position in 1896
and 1900 on the money question.
The publication OF the Parker reso-
luton was a -bombshell exploding In
the midst OF the Bryan followers and
steps were at once taken by members
of the committee on convention ar
rangements to head off its introduc.
ton in the convention.