Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-24
Street Having Chairman of Republican Convention Tries Repeat Baltimore
Wis SEES AMMUNITION FOR ROOSEVELT IN THE CHOICE OF PARKER
Progressives Informally
Declare for ollie
James as Keynoter;
Will Not Stand for
New York Judge.
BY ALFRED HENRY LEWIS.

BY ALFRED HENRY LEWIS.
BALTIMORE June 23-This is rru,
talk. For which reason it should b,
put in print and win regard II
CHANGED tina WAS present where
roundly twenty men were gathered to-
getner All Of them we're Democrats
an of them progressive. al Of then
of leadership sizes
The meeting was causal. fl hadn't
been called" The men were various
Ii from Colorado, from Kentucky, from
the Dakotas. from New York. from
Georgia. from Arizona. Yrom Alabama
from Nebraska. from oregon. from
every anglo Of the party. from every
corner OF the country Most OF them
were 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 was chance sown,
the one subject considered was poll
ties the coming convention Democ-
racy-chances in November Most of
all. Parker for temporary chairman WAC
considered Bryan's 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
objections were regretted or denounced
for tho reason not that any one present
believed the choice Of Parker good
his objections Bryan assumed a lead
eiship 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 his 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 fla
vor Of Murphy and Tammany. Mack
as national committeeman wouldn'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 Tammanv Han
WHY should Murphy want Parker?
Here a 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 pho made up the Murphy
mind and settled the Murphy prefer
ences. and through Murphy. and next
through Mack in the selection of PARK
er. purposed striking The keynote Of
Democracy in the coming campaign
How the Talk Ran.
Wall Street controls Murphy just as
Il controls Barnes Wall street wanted
Root as chairman over the Rcpubi-
cans Wall Street wants Parker ass
chairman over the Democrats There
is absolutely no real difference between
Root and Parker Both are very able
lawyers Both arc the servants Of Big
Business
Mack had put II upon the ground Of a
rightful compliment to Parker In re-