. Review of reviews and world's work. r e than t heSpeaker. As the newspa-pers have reported,the platform, withall its omissions andevasions, ambitscheap pa rag r aphabout •? Jeffersoniansimplicity of living,was carefully readby Senator Danielwithout being heardby a single humanbeing. It was thenadopted, with sub-stantial unanimity,on a viva voce vote,under the operationof the previous ques-tion. The New York and Boston newspapers, alwaysprovincial, and always extreme in their viewsand expressions, have either minimized or con-cealed the real facts in connection with the rela-tion between Judg
. Review of reviews and world's work. r e than t heSpeaker. As the newspa-pers have reported,the platform, withall its omissions andevasions, ambitscheap pa rag r aphabout •? Jeffersoniansimplicity of living,was carefully readby Senator Danielwithout being heardby a single humanbeing. It was thenadopted, with sub-stantial unanimity,on a viva voce vote,under the operationof the previous ques-tion. The New York and Boston newspapers, alwaysprovincial, and always extreme in their viewsand expressions, have either minimized or con-cealed the real facts in connection with the rela-tion between Judge Parkers nomination and theomission of any money plank from the platform. Mr. Hill and Mr. Williams agreed to the omis-sion of any declaration on the money questionin return for votes that were absolutely neces-sary to effect Judge Barkers nomination. Judgebarker was nominated on an evasive platform,and could not have been nominated on anyother. A declaration for the gold standard, ifproposed before the nomination, would either. AMES H. ECKELS, OK ILLINOIS. From the North American(Philadelphia). have been beaten or it would have been carriedby the narrowest of majorities. In the lattercase, about two hundred and forty votes neededto nominate Judge Parker could not have beenobtained ; in the former, the nomination wouldnot have been worth having. These are thefacts which make Judge Parkers own attitudeso extraordinary and so open to criticism. Hisstrong and emphatic telegram to Mr. Sheehanput him in no possible risk. Mr. Bryans equallystrong and emphatic message to the KansasCity convention of 1900 did involve risk, for itwas sent before the nomination was made ibody which, then as now, Mr. Hill was trying tolead into paths of evasion and deceit. But JudgeParker ran no risk, as to put him off the ticketmeant party ruin and disruption. The SouthernStates would all vote for him anyhow, even ona nickel platform, and no Western State wouldvote for him under any circumstances. Onl
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