Brooks Parker, Chief Justice of New York State, was then
nomi- nated as candidate of the entire party by a two-thirds majority, and the news' was telegraphed to him while Hiring at his country home. Instead of accepting, however, Mr. Parker at once telegraphed back that he considered the gold standard had been "irrevocably" adopted by the Union ; that if he became President he should act on that decision ; and that if the Convention disapproved that course they must select another candidate. The managers of the party were thunder- struck by this exhibition of independence; but after private discussions which lasted for four hours, and another speech from Mr. Bryan, they yielded, and in words which we give textually elsewhere, they accepted Mr. Parker's decision, and confirmed his nomination by an increased majority.
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