Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-24
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could ensue from the gavel elevation of
Parker?"
This harm. returned one who. aside
from being delegate is a senator of
the United States, SIS in that Wall
Street-not the place, but the influ
ences-is the enemy from every stand
point of the Progressives, Wall Street
is synonym for Rockefeller, STANDARD
Oil. Carnegie and the Steel Trust, the
money power, every form of capitalized
and entrenched privilege and protec-
ton. Pick up Parker for chairman,
and at once the public will ask; Who is
ne?
Here's this bearcat Roosevelt bus
| lily laying tie bedplate of a new third
party. Roosevelt will be only too ready
with an answer. Parker is Tam
many hall lawyer. and the partner Of
Blue Eyed Billy" Sheehan. He finds
his clients and hunts his fees in Wall
street and among the great corporations
just a Root does. That's how
Roosevelt will talk Also the people
know these things. For eight years al
east-since 1904-thcy have been told
and retold every syllable concerning
| Parker Under the circumstances. and
in spite of a progressing supremacy in
the convention. the people viii feel
that in Parker Morgan and the enemy
| have scored q victory"
People Won't Understand 1t.
The people viii not understand it.
They will say that as progressives
were either sold out or laid down. Par
1er isn't progressive. and you'll never
fool the people into regarding him as
one A trust LAWYER a Morgan law
yer-for Palmer and Buckner in 1896
would Parker be likely to go far as
a vigorous progressive?
AS progressiyes we stand for the
Initiative, the recall, the referendum.
direct nominations and parcels post.
| He is against all that we stand for, and
opposed to ali that we oppose.
What are voters to think and say
if we open our convention by making
such man chairman? | say nothing
against Parker personally; he ought
not to be made chairman. More, | can
not understand how. unless his self
respect has gone to sleep, be could de
sire or accept it. Also that he does
desire it. and is willing to accept it.
leads me to fear the Woodpie harbors
a niger. Aside from the fact that
his election as chairman would black
eye us with the people at large and fur
nish. moreover, club, wherewith
Roosevelt would beat US over the head
| can not avoid the feeling that some
sinister move by the Morgans and
criminal money is being made under
cloak of Parker's name.
Would Mark Us as Fools"
For a progressive convention to have
its keynote sounded by a reactionary
and trust lawyer is preposterous and
would and should mark us as fools
or something worse Bu when in adj
dition, | remember how and by whom
the name of Parker Is proposed | be-
lieve that to select him would travel
beyond the preposterous and becom9
the disastrous. There has gone up 4
cry that we should accept Parker in the
interests of harmony. Why not go 4
step further and say; Let us cease to
be progressive in the interests Of har-
mony.
For one. I'm against the harmony
which opens our gates to the enemy.
Suppose Morgan and criminal money
were in control Of the coming conven
ton. as you and ! have seen them in
control OF other party conventions. D.
you fancy that in such case Morgan
and criminal money Would-in the
name OF harmony-let us progressive
name The chairman?
Did Wall street and criminal money
do this in Chicago, where they steam
rollered the convention life out of
Roosevelt and gave the gaveI to Root?
Wall street though the Penroses and
the Cranes and the Barnses, made them
take one of its attorneys -Root-in Chi
caeo Now through the Macks and the
| Murphys. and the Tammany Halls. it
hopes to coax us to take another OF its
attorneys Parke1-in Baltimore.
Those urging Parker talk Of har-
mony II they were really concerned
for harmony they wouldn't have pro-
posed Parker If harmony be not nee
essary they can have it by Withdraw
ing Parker
Will Urge Ollie James.
For myself l won't consent to Pal
ker upon harmony or any other ar
gunent wish most emphatcally that
Bryan had kept his oar out Of this
I've never had much use for Bryan,
and just now I've at all In brief,