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Show mont, Cleveland and the rest is that they are taking the paity back to Wall street." Judge Samuel Seabury of the chy court, who presided, spoke of Parker as the candidate of tho "plutniracy,'' He advised the metllng to reiudintr I'ai ker and urged the sending of a dil -gallon to St. Louis to protest ag.tinti hit nomination and It Assure the convention con-vention that, if nominated, Parkei could not carry the Slate of New York. The platform adopted at the meeting opens by condemning the expmsiun policy nf the Republican administration In speaking of the recent Democratic convention, the platform recites thai the convention instructed for Parker by a vole of 3D1 to HU, and that many of those who voted against this resolution of Instruction represented the Oenin cratlo districts of the state, wln're enthusiastic en-thusiastic support of the nominee Is essential es-sential to party succes. Theplalfotm goes on to say that Parkei'e candidac is dlscredlto'd by the character of hi sponsors, and that neither ho nor those who spoko foi iiitn . havn presented bin candidacy so as to even deserve success Tho platform continued: "Judge Parker Is silent. Senator Hill speaks for him. Wo know Senator Hill's record. As governor of the state of New York he blocked the secret ballot. bal-lot. As senator he opposed his party's position mi the tariff and income tax. Thd people of New York cxprcsied their opinion of Senator Hill wlmu he was beaten foi the office of governor in 18W1 by 156,000 votes. Neither harmony, confidence nor success ciu follow bin discredited leadership." Tho platform ronliuues by s it in that Parker was elected chief Juitiee uf New York In 1801 because tl u -iiiiuitt of In opH)neni diii not appear on the billot of the Oil lions' union in New York CltyBndUlieirsays " -w1- "Judge Parker is tlio caudldato of tariff beneficiaries, imperialists, monopolists mon-opolists and those who profit by apocial privileges and seek to uphold them as vested rights." News. In a dispatch from Washington (Otlio St Louis 'Republic, the following appeared: ap-peared: "There is a growing feeling here that, In spito of Mr, Folk's protests, his name will bo piesenled to the National Democratic Demo-cratic convent Ion: It is posslblo that Iho speech placing him in nomination will he inado by Uourko Cook ran of New-York, New-York, and that tho ferondlng speech will be made by William J. Bryan of Nebraska, the candidacy thus having representatives of the two groat wIiirs of the party at its back. "The order of tlio speeches may be reversed, but that plans looking to this general end are on foot cannot well be denied. "Mr. Folfc protests that ha cannot become be-come a candidate for the Presidency; that his pledges to the people of Missouri Mis-souri mako this impossible. Rut his friends in State and Nation assert that tho demands of the National organisation organisa-tion of tho party, If made, outweigh those of the 8tate organization and that Mr Folk, if nominated, can do nothing but accept." |
