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Show oo Bryan Asks for Help in Preventing Election of Parker. Chicago, June 21. Branding Judge Alton B. Parker as a "reactionary," William Jennings Bryan today telegraphed tele-graphed to a number of prominent Democrats throughout tho country, appealing to them to join him In pre-venllng pre-venllng the olection of Judge Parker as temporary chairman of the Baltimore Balti-more convention. Tho telegTam was addressed to Speaker Clark, Governor Wilson of New Jorsey, Governoi Burk of North Dakota, Governor Foss of Massachusetts, Governor Baldwin of Connecticut and Mayor Gaynor of Now York City. Colonel Bryan's appeal follows: "In the interest of harmonj', I suggested sug-gested to the sub-committee of the Democratic national committee the advisability of recommending as temporary tem-porary chairman, some progressive acceptable to the leading progressive candidates for the presidential nomination nom-ination "I took it for granted that no committeeman com-mitteeman interested in Democratic success would desire to offend the members of a convention overwhelmingly overwhelm-ingly progressive by naming a reactionary reac-tionary to sound the keynote of tho campaign. "Eight members of the sub-commit, tee, however, have ?ver the protest of the remaining eight, agreed on not only a reactionary but on tho one Democrat, who among thoso not CailUlUcLieo IUI Liiv; inwniciiuai Humiliation Hum-iliation is, in the eyes of tho public, most conspicuously identified with the reactionary element of the party. "I shall be pleased to join you and your friends In opposing his selection selec-tion by the full committee or by the convention Kindly answer here." Mr. Bryan declined to discuss his action further than to say that the telegram spoke plainly for itself |