Show y t. t j o J 1 NOTHING TO TAKE TAIE BACK How low Wit ran II Hos Hostility to Parker William Wilam Jennings Bryan Dryan has ha been officially engaged by the Democratic Na National a- a Committee to make speer speeches speeches- he I Ine in New e York Indiana and other places The ho former candidate for tor the presidency has hu something of a reputation as as' an nn political contortionist but he wil wi have ha the time of his Ute life explaining his liis record during the present campaign Mr r. Bryan has been een on a n good many sides ol ola ot ota a good many different questions and yet yel he lives to tell tel the tale But lut just how ho he proposes to advocate the tho election of ot Parker Is Isa a mystery Bryan Bran was wa opposed to Parker before tho convention met at St. St Iuis Louis He le was wa opposed to every evry day during the sessions of ot that inharmonious gathering When Parker sent his telegram supple supplementing supple the Democratic platform Mr lr Bryan rose from a bed be of sickness to denounce denounce de de- the nominee as a 8 traitor and a te a dictator and his dramatic appearance on on that Saturday night was wa one of ot the most extraordinary episodes of ot an extraordinary nary convention Bryan BrIan lashed Parker and foe he dared the convention to send a 8 telegram to the nominee demanding his honest opinion on other well known known wel-known De Dem Democratic ocra tic pr principles Later on Mr Bryan in his own paper the Commoner while the events in the convention were fresh tresh before him openly charged that Judge Parker was as a party to a corrupt attempt to deceive the convention convention con con- and that his nomination had been secured elured by improper means It I was wa then that the former candidate for tor the presidency dency put himself himsel on record by sing saying in inthe Inthe the Commoner of ot July 13 less than a n week after the nomination I 1 have nothing nothing noth noth- ing to take back I It t seems A curious thing to find a man who has nothing to take back appearing appearing appear appear- ing on the stump favoring the election of ot Alton Iton B. B Parker for tor the presidency If I Mr lr Bryan Brynn has nothing to take back be should in common honesty honest when he on the stump In Indiana and elsewhere repeat to his audiences exactly what he said sai in the Commoner of ot July 13 which was printed exactly one week after the Democratic convention was called to order and only four days after arter Judge Parker was wa nominated for tor the presidency and had sent his telegram repudiating the Democratic platform In this issue Isue of ot the te Commoner Mr Bryan ryan said It I was wa a plain and deliberate attempt to deceive the party The New ew York platform was wa vague and purposely so because the advocates of 01 Judge Parker were ere trying to secure votes from among the people who would have opposed hi his views had they known them The he nomination nom nom- was secured therefore by crooke crooked crook crook- ed and indefensible methods e As an exhibition of political gymnastics tics tl'S Bryans Bryan's campaign speech for tor Parker Parker Par Par- ker ought to be worth orth going miles mill to hear If I as a he says he has nothing to take balk back ht- ht hw w will wi he explain matters mat mat- to the people What did he mean when he said sad in the the- Commoner The nomination of ot Jud Judge e Parker virtually the trust antitrust plank Was it i true on July 13 that Parkers Parker's nomination had been secured by crooked means If It it was true then is it not true now Mr r. r Bryan Dran In il the Commoner said I Ishall shall hall not il n for tor h t a gf grounds un How Hf can II ie appear I n the stump therefore aud seriously isk the workingmen of the country to ote for tor the Democratic nominee after arter the Commoner had declared that The he labor plank as a prepared d by Judge Parker Parkers Parker's Par Par- ker's kers friends on the subcommittee was wal wasa a straddling meaningless plank Was Mr Bryan lying when he said in his paper A Democratic victory will wi nean menn very little if It auy progress so long longis is tS the party is 13 under control of the Wall treet element If I the pa party was wa under the control of ot the Wall Wal street element when Mr Ir Bryan wrote that editorial is it I not just as a much under the same control while he I is ison 1 on the stump Perhaps Mr Bryan can explain awa away these things Perhaps he can answer these questions Perhaps not noL |