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Show I BRYAN HAS I KICK COMING. I Senator Elkins also I has a talk. "," I As a sequel to tlio St. Louis convcn- tion and Its electrifying episodes, I iconics Hry au's statements to the cITcct I that lie can support Parker on four I -counts, but on a ast deal more Im-I Im-I portant counts he must neccssnilly I take Issue. Ills four "stand pat" pol-I pol-I tides are: First, because tbe Demo-H Demo-H cratlc party stands for opposition to K imperialism; secondly, because B Roosevelt Is Injecting the iacc issue Into American politics; thirdly, bc-UhL bc-UhL cause Roosevelt unlike, the Demo-B7 Demo-B7 crats, stands for the spli it of war and B strenuousiicss; fourthly, the Demo-I Demo-I cratlc platform stands for the reduc- tlon of the standing army. Bj Hut oer against these aic the facts B ithat Wall stiect Is at Paikei's back; B that the nominee will not faor a pro- B gre&slvc tarilT position; that the labor B question shall not receive propel con- B sidcration; that inasmuch as I'arkcr B is a Wall street favoiitc, "triumph B denies to the country any hope of B .relief on economic questions." B lint aside fiom these polntsof differ- B ence Is the fact most repugnant to B Mr. Rryan's sense of tilings, that B nomination was secuicd by crooked B methods. It was understood In Dcm- B " -ocratlc circles that the New York B platform was to be a criterion for the B National one, and, inasmuch as Park- B cr did not assort Ills feelings, at that B platform's adoption, iclatlvc to a gold B plank,hedeceled his party's delegates B .and thev voted for him as their stand- B arc! beaicr after declaring practically B against gold. Then, when the mis- B .chief was done, Mr. Parker, knowing B Ills nomination was seemed, foiccd B the gold issue and won the day for B Wall street. And Mr. Hill went off jBW, to a corner, called over 'Mr Williams, BPll and said "lleie's how." Perhaps not F' lialf will ever bo told. Bj So back to Ids home went Hiyan, B and there he iiiminated. The whole B diabolical plot revealed itself. Up- B rose his feelings; his sphit andccry B liber of his body tingled for light. B Like a Scottish chieftain who fiom B some lonely height views confusion B among his eistwhllc followers, gives Ef forth his battle cry, so Hry an, frctt- K cd and dlstiessed, sounds his cull to B nuns. lie gives this statement: B As boon as the clctlou is ocr 1 B .shall, with the help of those who be- B lieveas I do, uudcitakc to organle B befoie the campaign of 1008, the ob- B Jcct being to maishal the fi lends or B popular government within the Demo- B -cratlc party to the support of a iadl-B iadl-B cal and piogicsslvc policy to make the B Democratic party an ctllcient means B in the hands of the people for secur- B ing lellcf from the element that con- B trols the Republican party, and for B the time being is in contiol of the B Democratic party. This plan of oi- B ganlatlon will bo elaborated soon. B It Is only mentioned at this time B that the readers of the Commoner Bl-- L may know lna1, t,,e co"tcst for cco" jJjMr, nomlcand political effoit will begin B again as soon as the election is over B and be continued until success is B achieved." B In view of Ids great light in the gfl last convention, and of the demon- B stiatlons which were made In his B honor, It is not unlikely that such an B organization can be cllected. Hut in B the meantime this airalgnmcnt of B Parker will undoubtedly have a dire B effect upon that gentleman's chances B of election. The reasons Uryan gives B for voting for Paikcr cannot be used B to inllucnco votes against llosevclt. B Imperialism has been settled; It Is a B weak, negative issue. Tlio lace Issue B is of national Importance. War is too B -often unavoidable but, nevertheless, B !l matter that has to bo met; and Mr. B, Roosevelt, In all his actions, has been B conservative in this matter so far as B facts would warrant. Strcnuoiisness B is surely not a weakness. As to tlio B reduction of the standing army these B aic troubulous times tlio Republican B policy has quite successfully coped B with that In tho past. Then stands B tho Issue Parker or Roosevelt. B T'10 voter can very easily decide B whether a man who was nominated B by crooked methods, as Mr. Bryan flOfc states Mr. I'arkcr was, has equal do- E5l inand for lespectas a man has who g , giasps a situation llinily and charact- K eristlcly and, amid loud proclaim, and m is unanimously nominated. Why Hryan decides to voto for Parker is not iet quite clear. Senator KIklns in his speech as tcmporarychalrnian Republican state convention, of Virginia, said: "The Democratic party, In Its dcslro to capture cap-ture the state, has nominated for vice-picsldentone of our most distinguished distin-guished cltiens, and the foremost Democrat in this state, but in tills as in most eveiythlng else, the Democrats Demo-crats made a mistake. Senator Dav is, to whom I am so neaily related and for whom 1 cheilsh feelings of the highest regard, admiration and affection, affec-tion, Is a man of affairs and an expcil-enced expcil-enced statesman, having served his state cicdltably In the Senate for 12 years. With his qualification and fitness, fit-ness, he-should have been named for the Ihst place Instead of a man without with-out a recoul and without business or political experience." |