The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-03
SHAMELESS HYPOCRITES Murphy Corners Clique
 So Called. JUDGE PARKER $ SCORED
Henry Watterson Uses Plain Eng
 lish tn His Denunciation.
Re=slutions on Death of Grover cisvs- 'ssa wh.eh wer. rrsp.rsa for Denver ceavs.tiou. Now
 in Limsiisht.


 upon the report from New York last night that Judge Alton B. Parker haa been selected to present resolutions ~ me Denver Convention upon ex .r1as,. cent cleveland's death. Colonel Henry Watterson said:
 :, [ae attempt to drag the dead body ol Srover Cleveland from it's hewz .iiaae grave into the tumult of a ma .'ohas convention will deceive no one 1aa.s an thssslon or ths grief of the noble guy who weeps amid the silence ana lne solitude of the Granite Hills a hInw- q. parry concord. 1t Is the act of shafs,e- Less hypocrites. Nor was Arer X ae,s V .esslohaI ghoul inspired by 4 mora inercenary spirit. because thA sa3& ng,,, ana end of the Murphy Corners rrars1 nsaaeo ..s oy Judge Parker. Is the pernefs rnn.tpt l ~ tne ascehdancy of the Bel snon tsksyan combination, to which r3es nocracy owes It's last ignonfniet1s e,sa meA-aeserved defeat. It wns flelT, ,,,se .Nyan money that financed Judnn per @ @seI campaign for the nomInsflon lr isVs IL was Belmont Ryan u,oae.r Ihst nominated him. And it wan fhe ,s..ss sohI-h Ryan tag that made an anti. trust movement under such A hTes,,s absurd and impossible.
 ~ seemed fitting that. havine psaAS Tae,Ihces Tor predatory wealth In4g~ Parker should have his recon ra,sss 'st. ~. rlcn law practice in the civ oT M.r- aoEk He has had 1t. and. with if a,,X sna snrtSnment. he should be content anu vel content. That he shon1S emerge from this highly paid ahse,,,ss.s s,,sss.s 70 make trouble through sheer gne,x. yoienee were pitiab ble indeed bne sssF hs shouid appear backed. hvs tfe s,,,se ss. oI trust magnaies and traction shievss zppsaLng to Jefferson and Tifaen. tHe .saa .sA a oooy or Cleveland str4tchad upon .srs suisssssting table. ts disgracafnl
 ~ is not only disgracefui. hsf IA motive IS gfotesaualy and trafsn,@r1,sss ly oovlous. The wing Of the rA5sr. cratic party In the Etaae of New VAL, to Wnsch, Judge Parker ana fhA rrT;s. Wsln which nc is now Antin9 besensSS was the David Bennett Hili wlhn, TS,.ss
 ss sne inveterate, the ifnpiReahis enemies of Grover Cleveland Thss hated him and he hated them. A- though amid the gloom Of dsfeaf Aina fof truce was reached. there uan never real amnesty or obtlvion c,. eitner side, 90 that the scheme tn rez eaA the shade of Cleveland and Ia .es "a tnts up as death's head in tha comedy ot mock funeral, would be too ahe- tardiy and too ghastIy for beiisf IT if were not the last desperate play of A cllque CT discredited politicians. seeix ing 70 rule or ruin at any coat
 Name Spells Firehrana
 standing about the open grave oe aar cleveland. those of us who knew him. but did not always aDnravn rtss. or agree with him. were not oniv wsii- .sii.. Ing that by-gones should be hv- ronea put that the good alone should ilve af- ter him. He is dead. He slAens rysf,, those that went before, from Jeffersor to Tilden. and history can bA trusted so qo ann no injustice. Resurreeted ~ Princeton and proclaimed at Den- Yer, hie name spells hrebrand and oniw nrebrand. and arebrand is the aole mi. tiative and purpose of the body -snafeh- CTS who propose to use t Id cnufure dissension. whilst they try to corrupt delegates.
 Tn Mir. Bryan and 6 reunited paTayy Democrats saw hope of victory. On none other was there the smallest hoDa of union. That they reasoned srnIv has been shown by the fact that, with the Ryan-Belmont bar1 on tap and ife agents flying about in every direction. State after State, refusing to be tam pered with, or tainted. has declared for the Nebraskan Seeing thfa, Judge Parker Is put forward to detiver fha Anal stroke of the bravo. ana nnS@,. the pretense of honoring the saensorv or Cleveland, they plunge 6 blade. reak- ing with poison artfully prepared into the heart of Democracy. That hn should lend himself to such a rlIlaInw will engulf him in the scorn Of honor- able men and the detestaffon og thoughtful Democrats
 There Is no more reason why a Dam. ocratic National Convention should n out of its way to slgnalize one forrner Democratic President than anofhar why 1t should rush upon Cleveland witR 8 frenzy of words than with a historl- cal shriek It should rush upon Buch anan. each. Buchanan and CleveIar,S having had the misfortune to aIvIS@ the party. The spectacle in the eaan of Mir. Buchanan would lack eomuanss sense. Tn the case of Mir Cleveland ie lacks both common sense and coxs1naos4 decency. As well dig up the win n9 Mir. Tilden. which Judge Parker ae- cided against the instructions ana wishes of the Sage of Greystone. and make it the subject of eulogy, For fh sake of controversy. As well invoke the spirit of the warning Democrafs of 1860 and seek to force the Douglas men to pay tribute to the Breckinridxe men, Made under any condition. and from any quarter. the proposal to revitall1s old quarrels by preamble and resolu- ton on the threshold of a national movement. would be thrown out as ln- sane. Coming from Corners and Mur- phy. from Belmont and Ryan from Parker and Sheehan. 1t will be thrown out as infamous. They may defeat uS.