Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-24
Progressives Informally
Declare for ollie
James as Keynoter;
Will Not Stand for
New York Judge.
81 ALFREp HENRY LAWS.

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talk. For which reason it should be
put in print and win regard L
CHANGED that was present where
roundly twenty men were gathered to-
gether All of them were. Democrats,
all Of them progressive" all Of them
Of leadership sizes.
The meeting was causal; 1T hadn't
been called" The men were various
ly from Colorado. from Kentucky. from
the Dakotas from New York. from
Georgia. from Arizona. yrom Alabama
from Nebraska. from Oregon. from
every angle of the party, from every
corner of the country. Most of them
we're delegates who will sit in tomor-
rows convention. Many of them hold
high Offices in the nation or their sew
eral states.
While the meeting vas chance sown
the one subject considered was poll
tics-the coming convention-Dem
racy-caances in November Most of
all, Parker for temporary chairman was
considered organs objections to Park
er were by some regretted, by others
resented, by a few denounced and by a
few approved. In each instance the
argument was the same. The Bryan
th. ections were regretted or denounced
for the reason not that any one present
believed the choice Of Parker good
on,-for none Gd-but that in making
his objections Bryan assumed lead
trship of party which none present was
ready to consider. Bryan among the
tw, nty present had friends, but no fol-
lowers,
Talk Turns to Parker.
Having delivered themselves con-
corning Bryan and bis evident efforts
to trouble the waters for peanut and
personal ends. the gathered twenty took
up Parker and that temporary chair
manship Let me tell the tale in ques-
ton and answer fashion. Some one
would put the query and others would
reply to it:
who suggested Parker? Mack, Of
New York.
Who was Mack? Was he acting for
himself or others or both? Mack rep
resented New York state on the Demo-
cratic national committee. This was
by consent and preference of Murphy
and Tammany Hall Wanting the ia
vor of Murphy and Tammany. Mack
az national committeeman woudn t
last as long as a pint Of whisky at a
barn raising. The Parker suggestion
coming through Mack was really made
by Murphy and Tammany Hall.
why should Murphy want Parker?
Here dozen spoke at once. Murphy
in the sense personal didn't care a
splinter for Parker While Murphy told
Mack what to do, those behind Murphy
told him what to do.
And who were those behind Murphy"
Those men who made up the Murphy
mind and settled the Murphy prefer
ences. and through Murphy, and next
through Mack, in the selection Of Park
err. purposed striking the keynote of
Democracy in the coming campaign
How the Talk Ran.
Wall Street controls Murphy just as
1t controls Barnes. Wall Street wanted
Root as chairman over the Republi
cans Wall Street wants Parker as
chairman over the Democrats. There
is absolutely no real difference between
Root and Parker. Both are very able
lawyers. Both are the servants of Big
Business.
Mack had put it upon the ground Of
rightful compliment to Parker In re-
tort ii was pointed out that this was ne
time for condiments The place was
important 1t could be used to accom-
plish evil or good. The gavel Of the
coming convention ought not to be
disposed Of in mere spirit of fattery.
Mack had also put his Parker recon-
mendation upon the argun eni that
Parker had once been the party's can
didate for president AS against this, it
was. set up that so. too. had Bryan been
the party's candidate for president.
Thrcefold Reason For Bryan.
If to have been nominated and beat
en- as the Democratic candidate for the
white house We're to be received as a
reason why Parker should be made
temporary chairman. then there was
threefold the reason for elevating Bry-
an to the place, since he had been three
times named and beaten as the party
white house candidate
Il was asked too. why this edgerness
10 compliment Parker had slept through
1908 Why since ne SO much relished
these fattering attentions, hadn't Park
ers name been offered in Denver when
Bryan was last nominated?
Going back to Wall Street. Why
should Wall Street want Parker? Nc
one could precisely say being deep
in Wall Streets motives. AS to one
thing however all agreed. Whatever
Wall Street wants it Will always get
either from Mir. Parker or from Mr..
Root
Possibly Wall S.aeet is only seeking
10 give mankind an object lesson. and
SHOW how broadly complete is its con
troll how absolutely unprejudiccd 1t is
when it takes charge Of political par
~ OF speaks through bosses
Root ar Wall Streets order had been
made chairman by the Republicans in
rbiraeo Wall Street Would now have