Show WANTS TO SHUT SHUTOUT SHUTOUT I OUT WJ BRYAN Judge Alton B Parker Urges South Southern ern em Democrats to Take Lead Leadership Leadership of Party SPEECH AT CHARLOTTE sC SOME HIGHLY COMPLIMENTARY Charlotte N O Ge March Al AI AIton tort ton B Parker of New York in inan Inan an address before the Manufacturers dub club of thIs city urged southern Demo Democrats Democrats to take the leadership of the party Judge Parker said in part partIn partIn In 1896 you tried Nebraska Nebraska and since that day no old Democratic northern St te has one of our party to the United States senate and aid in none has there thore been a friendly governor All thi th Democratic training schools of the intermediate and high closed and have hae remained so The party paralysis was complete and almost fatal In 1904 1004 hoping to cure or paUi palliate te it you ou advised returning again to toI New York for your candidate only to I meet the worst defeat in our his histo history to tory Experience of Twelve Years It Is now near nearly twelve years ears since any man professing devotion to your par part t has been boen chosen in the nation or In any other Democratic northern to fill fillUP UP all Important executive office At the thelast last Jast election perhaps eight our of ten of the Voters then Under 30 were ranged II with our opponents and today the party organizations are lifeless their onetime I leaders are dead or have abdicated or worse have become Republicans while in more than one state the threat hangs over oyer them that they may become the vic victims tims of the Ithe spoiler or the Should Not Delay When such conditions confront you hy should you persist any longer While the of Nebraska and New NewYork NewYork York and other northern states have brought forth fruits meet for repentance or at least so long as they are threat r ng to give themselves and the party over to further you not assert yourselves ourselves You have hae borne heat and burden of the da day Your statesmen have demonstrated their abili ability ability ty not only to take care of the interests ot of their states and their section but they have been the only dam against aggression aggression sion at home and the threat of discredit abroad Among them are men with the krowl dge experience honesty and cour courage courage age to represent their fellow partisans without the surrender of principle and theIr fellow countrymen with safety and honor bonor Expresses Gratitude I 1 myself placed at the front for a Ump time have every re reason son to be grateful to Democrats everywhere especially to those of the south I appreciate the honor thus conferred upon me and have no regrets for the past but no one I think can know better than I how futile our effort has been 11 the past and how unpromising the outlook is for the future urless we throw aside isms and grasp the great moral issues now so clearly pt perceived by the people The time has come when the really effective Demo rats of the country should be recognized I and when they themselves should no 10 longer nger hesItate decline or refuse to seek seeker or er to accept those honors which are their i t just due for work wen well done |