New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-09
PARKERrZrNG HIMSELF

Nr. Wilson's effort al Sea Girt 20
east off the old clothes Of radicallsm
and 10 engage in 4 mild Irritation with
Wall Street has naturally excited the
enthusiasm II the Democratic newSpa-
pcrs hereabouj~ which had been urging
him 70 disregard cor modify the Demo
cratic national platform. The World
wanted him 10 repudiate the declara-
tion that q tariff for any other purpose
than revenue j. unconstitutional The
Times wanted him 10 serve notice Oh
The puhlic that tue platform made at
Baltimore was NOT lis. but Mr. Bryan 5.
The sun" had hopes that the radical
theorist whom IL lampOOned unmerci-
fully up 10 the time Of his nomination
would as vote seeker turn ont 10 be
kind. gentle and open 20 persuasion.
The Sea Girt speech has given all
these -counsellorS cause for jubilation.
The sun" thus applauds the new low
note Of moderation struck by Mr.. vii
son
Governor Wilson is for repair. not for
destruction. We need no revolution;
We need uo excited change This Is
The marrow ~ lis speech, the little
counscis Of perfection or docuinaIrism
that sprinkle u IT. subordinate 10 lts
general conservative and constructive
tone y De- still shifts ID money trust.
if there rs one. he wants to prevent =
without destroying or seriously en-
"barrassiug any sound or legitimate
cal
wholesome arrangement.
II will ne remembered thar Nj VII
son in q speech At Harrisburg last win
ter. when he was stiu engaged i'm firing
the popular heart. himself disclosed the
existence Of q dreaded money trust
and started the movement to track il
10 its lair Now he doubts If there IS
any lair. In the Sea Girt speech he
said that certain appearances bad given
rise TO the suspicion Of a money
trust" and in the printed copies Of the
speech the words money trust are
put between quotation marks IN order
10 suggest more strikingly that the
writer is far from convinced that they
represent anything actual.
Those quotations marks must have
treasured Wall Street. since in the
news columns of The World" which
now rhapsOdizeS over Mr.. Wilson al
most ss rspturously as it did eight
years ago over Judge Parker, we are
told that when the synopsis Of the Sea
Grit address was completed the mem
"bers Of the Stock Exchange broke into
"a cheer which lasted nearly two min
"utes. - Even Judge Parker's candidacy
never created so much bullish and
bearish enthusiasm, The speech
continued The World" was every
where pronounced "an able sane, con
sentative document
THE Times brutally admits that in
the Sea Girt address the Harvey treat
Ipent was applied 10 Mr.. Bryan, Sen
stor O'Gorman. Senator Kern and the
other. statesmen who composed the Bal
timore platform. it says Of the insi-
pidities and evasions which constituted
the address:
Inere Is aNOIneT reason WHY MT
Wilson's lucid and lofty statement Of
principles Is wiser and better than
would have been any attempt on his
part TO present with precise definition
the reforms he believes to be necessary.
The Baltimore platform is obviously an
embarrassment. 1t is Mr.. Bryans plat
form. not Mr.. Wilson'S II was drawn
10 fit Candidate Bryan. not Candidate
Wilson. Whether or not Mr. Bryan
fully expected and intended himself TO
stand upon this platform would be a
proltless inquiry. He does not stand
upon Il. and II would be a prepos-
terous absurdity OF politics to expect
Mr.. Wilson to stand upon II, or upon
the whole Of It.
Judge Parker wouldn't stand in 1904
on. the St Louis platform, TO the. max
ing of which Mr.. Bryan also conspicu-
ously contributed. Everybody knows
what happened thereafter to Judge
Parker Mr.. Wilson's population Of
radicalism may please Democratic
newspapers hereabouts, but their salts
faction may soon be marred by the dis
covery that IN fiouting the Democratic
platform the Democratic nominee has
fatally Parkerized himself and his
canvass.