The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1912-07-31

Lincoln, Neb. and Bryan was repud
iated-could be discerned. Attention
reverted to Parker, and he was finally
decided upon. A pool was formed and
Manning, with a corps Of assistants,
went to work. Meanwhile. l had re
turned from Egypt and was in Wash
ington as a correspondent. Mr.. Man
ming came to the capital and laid the
whole plan before unexpectedly IN.
forming me as to the sources'of finan'
cial support. He was urgent that
join with him, but positively declin
ed
Arrangements. he assured me, we're
making with newspapers in the large
cities to print reading matter articles
starting a boom" for the Justice.
Every statement he made afterward
verified by examination of the journals
named. Matrices and "boiler plate
began to gofrom the Manning establish
ment to all parts Of the country, and
have since seen receipted bills for
hundreds of columns of published
matter. John p. Foley, a veteran
editorial writer, Frank Morgan, and
many other equally competent men
were engaged to grind out yards OF
sCreed extolling the merits OF Judge
Parker-and these may truthfully be
= aid m bava haay, manu-
When the time approached for hold
ing the various state conventions, MIR.
Manning took the road. He travelled
this land from Maine to Oregon, from
Minnesota to Texas. He attended, and
took part in nearly every Democratic
state convention in the United States
that summer and fall of 1904. In great
proportion of these deliberative bodies,
he sat as delegate by substitution. He
was fluent speaker, was possessed of
tremendous energy, knew politicians of
both parties in every state and was sup
piled with an unlimited amount of money
from sources that do not mention. He
secured delegates throughout the south.
Of course, Judge Parker was not a
party to this. He was not consulted and
the truth was kept fiom him. When the
requisite number of delegates had been
secured, the task fell to Manning to pre-
vent them from getting away"
The only serious competitor at the
democratic national convention of 1904
was w. r. Hearst, who had several state
delegations. But his manager, ANDY
Lawrence, was no match for BILLY"
Manning and the New Yorker delivered
two-thirds of the delegates for Parker.
Mr.. Bryan was out of the way and did
nothing to help Hearst. Parker was
nominated.
Your man is nominated" said
Manning to his employers; "but do not
undertake to elect him. am republic
can and must get busy for Roosevelt"
And he returned to the republican
fold.
Manning spent most of the money
given to him fol- services, in addition to
several hundred thousand dollars "allow-
ed" for expenses He was the brains of
the entire enterprise but the hard work
he performed and the excessive drinking
that had to be done at the convention to
keep delegates i'll line, permanently in
jured his health and he died, a broken
down man, He was buried by the Elks
One of his associates, whom l had found
on the street and introduced to Manning,
CLEANED up" a fortune!
That is exactly how Justice Parker
happened to be chosen candidate for
the presidency. He never knew how or
why the lightning struck him and will
be surprised to learn the facts After the
excitement was over. Mr.. Parker came
to New York and at once entered into a
highly profitable law practice. There
fore, Manning did him great service.
William Jennings Bryan knows all
these details-and thousand more that
| might have mentioned but do not
Therefore, as corporation lawyer, Mr..
Parker stands in exactly the same posi-
ton as Senator Root. He hasn't a
thought of being "a progressive" He
belongs to the same school as Mark
Hanna, who taught Colonel Dick and
William T. Manning the political
methods in which he believed.
Whatever may be said about Mr.
Bryan nobody can charge him with hav-
ing had a presidential nomination bought
and presented to him-and he has thrice
been candidate for the highest Office.
Naturally, he hopes the Baltimore con-
vention will select candidate imbued
with progressive ideas.