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"All the NEWS
i -
Is NEWS."
A FAILURE
TO ENTHUSE
At the; Mention of Xleveland's Name
Forced Tammany to Boost McGellan. ;
MURPHY REALLY WANTS THE YOUNG MAN
- TO BE MADE GOVERNOR. ;
Wltta to Throw Up His Oppos'tbn If thr Parks People
Support Him tn That Han . He Will Get No
Such Premises.
(Associated Press Report)
' St Louis. July 4. A statement emanat-
ing from Parker headquartera today waa
la the effect that a letter expected from
Senator Gorman would say that b de-
clined to ba a candidate and that aJ ready
tha Maryland delegation knaw of It Sen-
ator Hill profeaeeu to know nothlnf of
; Una. but sak: "Wa knew thai wa will
nominate Parker."
' William F. Sheeaan who la In chair
of the work of assuring delegates eaid:
" v have reason to believe that Senator
German will not ba a candidate and we
already know that he will not allow his
am to be used In order to solidify a
minority sentiment against Parker."
Another statement came from the Tam-
many headquarters and was to the ef feot
that a poll of the delegations showed
that It was Impossible for Parker to ob-
tain mora than a majority on either tha
first or second ballots and after the first
ballot there wouia oe ooncenirmuua un m
"dark horse that would moan the defeat
of Parker. Leader Murphy reiterated the
statement that Parker could not carry
New Tork State but he did not dwell
much on me wieveianu inuuw.
.... . k nr..
yv njrc x Bim.iiy . i ."mj.
" This failure to enthuse much over
Cleveland's candidacy led Elliot
Danforth. who Is very close to
Benstor Hill to say: "Tammany !s
not for Cleveland and would desert him
i. m mint where he might be
nominated. They srs for nobody for
president. They want MeClellan for gov-
arnor and If any time between .now. and
Friday they could get a promise that
. . i .
MeClellan wouia am p.- . .
would slop work against Jade Fnrkar."-
'will they get such a promise T" was
asked. '.'
They will not and they will And that
their votes will help to nominate Parker."
Senator Hill was asked If any attempt
was to be made to break the two-thirds
rule m fsvor of a majority. He said that
the Parker adhereota had no such Inten-
Mon. ...
What to regarded as a slgnineant inci-
dent about 8enator Hill s headquarters
today was the vlelta paid by many mem-
bers of tha Pennsylvania delegation.
Benstor Hill was asked whether Pennsyl-
vania would vote for Parker. He re-
plied: Pennsylvania has not had its
meeting yet. and I can only say that
things look favorable."
Bourke Cockran said: "Mr. Hill s can-
didate can not get a two-thirds vote. The
various favorite-son opponents will re-
ceive a total of more than three-fifths of
the convention on the first ballot and
then there will be a concentration on an-
TW1U that be Mayor McClellant" was
asked.
. r-irn raiaea nis wwnwi u
..... . . . .1. MnmltlMI
pa 1 . 1 Ka nw "
- will do. Our votes will be cast for Par-
ker under the unit rute but personally we
are at present for Cleveland."
The anU-Parkenttes are not dismayed
by today's developments and continua to
sold to the first purpose of devising ways
tor the defeat of tha New Tork candl-
Mr. Johnson Talking.
National Committeeman J. Q. Johnson
f Kansas after one of the early morn-
big exchanges of views said:
"We find much that Is encouraging In
tur canvass of the situation because we
Ban not see where Parker can get mors
' than votes." He added that Mr. Par-
ker would never receive a majority of the
rotes of the convention. '
The anti-Parker movement bas also
been somewhat encouraged by the ar-
rival of the Tammany contingent and
their ODDOsltlon to the candidate from
their State. They also count on New Jer-
sey adhering to Mr. Cleveland. .
On the other hand some of the Parker
people are now claiming the nomination
of their man on the first ballot and they
a count upon the aid of Senator Gorman In
I the accompllehment of the result and
NON RUIUCLE 1XJT.0N -CITY ANP TRAIN
THE HOUSTON POST
XXTH' YEAR-NO.
Will
say that the opposing elements can not
control their own votes. It Is claimed
for instance that upon tha first break
forty-three of the fifty-four Illinois
votea Instructed for Hearst will go ..to
Parker and some of tha Illnols msa are
themselves making this statement.
' MeClellan Badges. .
Shortly before the noon hour some ot
the Tammany man began to appear with
jscueiian badges. The badges wars
bj. " v. jwiui
Nsw Tork mayor. Tons of literature tak-
en Into Tammany headquarters was brok-
en open and In ths hotel corridors there
was soon a plethora of MeClellan matter
bat no mention of Cleveland.
Still Mr. Murphy talked Cleveland In an
Inside room whlls outside Borough Presi-
dent Ahem and Senator Towns asked
visitors "What do you think of Oeorg
B. MoCltllant"
Mr. Ahem at the same time was as-
serting that while Tammany had great
respect for Judge Parker It was eertalo
that with Hill behind him bo cosld not
win
Congressmsa Burner who Is" reproeeut-
lnc Charles P. Murphy wss asked today
If Mr. Murphy had any Idea of trying to
break away from the New Tork 8 tat
Instructions for Parker. He said: "Wa
enust abide by tha unit rule unleee the
convention releases us and there Is not
much likelihood of that"
Dr. Wendell A. Anderson manager for
Edward c. Wall Wisconsin's candidate
for president declared toourht that tha
action of the delegation In voting that
two-thirds should ooatrol tha vets ef the
whole assured tha Solid vote at Wiscon
sin for Wall until a nomination Is made.
Dr. Anderson said that nineteen delegates
out of the twenty-els were pledgsd to
' stay with Wall to ths end. .
Prolonged balloting said Dr. Anderson
would result In the nomination of Wail.
The State Delegations. . -
St Louis. July 4. -That Senator Car-
mack of Tennessee eiafll second the nomi-
nation of Judge Parker has been decided
upon. The Tenneesee delegation has ap-
pointed a campaign committee to work
for Senator Carmack for tbe vice pres-
idency. J. M. Head National committeeman
from Tennessee will be asked by the
Tennesseeans to place Senator Carmack
In nomination for the vice presidency.
Florida delegates have elected W. J.
Hllman of Jacksonville chairman and
Jefferson Brown of Key West National
committeeman. The other committee-
men have not yet been chosen. The
Parker delegates six In number against
four for Hearst will take the member of
the resolutions committee who probably
will be State Senator C. H. Wilson.
The Wisconsin delegation has made the
following committee assignments: Na
tlonal committeeman. T. F. Ryan; reso
lutions T. J. Fleming; credentials F. F.
McAusIln; rules W. O. Fordyce; perma-
nent organisation. T. A. Hanna.
New Jersey has organised ss follows:
National committeeman William B.
Oourley;. resolutions Alvah H. Clark;
credentials Howard Carrow
There Is every Indlotlon that Pannayl
vania's sixty-eight votes In ths convention
will be cast for Parksr on the first bal
lot The delegation is Instructed under
the unit rule and Nations! Committee
man Guffey controls.
It Is stated that his support of ths Gor
map candidacy has ceased. Ths failure
of Mr. Gorman to be other than a pas
slve or receptive candidate is given as
the reason. . .
Parker for president and Tom Taggart
of Indianapolis for chairman ot ths denv
ocratlo National committee Is a concise
statement of the ambitions of the Indiana
d.lpemtlon. The delee&tlon occunles a
conspicuous position on the "headquanf
ten" floor ot the Southern end calls
attention to Itself by an electrical display
of Parker's portrait
An Informal meeting ot the Missouri
delegates wss held this evening. Gov.
ernor Dockery presided. It wss decldsd
that Senator Corkrell should be plaoed
In nomination before the committee (ha
nominating speech to be made by Hon.
Champ Clark.
The Iowa delegation organised today by
electing E. M. Carr chairman and A. R.
McCook secretary. General J. B. Weaver
wss appointed a member of the commit
tee on resolutions and J. M. Parsons a
member of the committee on credentials.
The delectation Is Instructed for Hearst
but fsvors MeClellan as second choice.
The Cock rail men claim today that In
addition to Missouri their candidate will
secure the Indian Territory vote and also
nan or tns Neorasxa vote.
"Hoo-ra-ra! Hoo-ra-ra! Twenty-six
Georgia. Parker!" .
Georgia's twenty-six srrlved today and
snnounced Itself as above. The delega-
tion organised on the train Just before
reaching the city. James K. Gray of
Atlanta was elected chairman. Repre
sentative Mannox win ds recoramenoea
for the committee on reeolutlons W. H.
Smith for the committee on permanent
organisation Judce W. A. Little creden-
tials; Charles R. Pendleton to notlfv ths
prestdentlsl nominee; 8. P. C. Coke to
notify the vice presidential nominee: R.
T. I"oi honorary vies president; Clark
rloweu re-cieciea memoer National conv
mlttee. ;
The California delegation elected ai
chawmsn M F Tarpey and also named
air. Tarney as National committeeman.
D. i Deimaa was names nr toe resom
tlana oommUtos. '
92.
HOUSTON;
ItM a dBBsV'VW
STAMPEDE TO PARKER IS PROBABLE
Opposition Leaders Do Not
What They
.
(Associated Press Report.)
Bf Louis. July 4. Parksr on tha sec
ond ballot: perhaps on the first.
That la tonight the claim ot ths men
who are In charge ot ths political af
fairs of the New Tork candidate. All day
long the Parker opponents havs tried to
perfect a program which would prolong
the bfill"V"g and afford an opportunity
to name another . candidate but appa
rently they nave not succeeded. Many
mentations have been suggested but
S3 tar they seen to nave proven m-
tapabW ef being-Tbsimhled lots snaps
sufficiently subataotisj to show the in-
dependent and uninatructed . delegates
haw soother candidate can be named.
Men who are supposed to bold the bal-
ance of power have assad the Parker
opponents to say what would ba done
after Parker has been put out of ths
race but tonight they say they have
received no satisfactory an. we.
Pennsylvania lor Parker.
Action taken by the Pennsylvania dele-
gation tonight by the overwhelming vote
of 17 to I to rota for Parker only served
to emphasise this evening's view of tha
citcome. ' v '
Gorman Gray and Cleveland have been
suggested but no one la prepared to give
asHiranees that either could receive the
nomination. The mention of Cleveland
has a terdency in some quarters to solid-
ify tha Parksr strength for many dele-
gates say they do not want to take even
the slightest chance of allowing Cleve-
land a fourth nomination.
While there la a very friendly feeling
for Gorman among tbe Southern dele-
gates including those woo are under In-
structions or bound by tbe unit rule to
vote for Parker yet the predominant ex-
pression from this element Is that the
effort now making In behalf of the Mary-
land senator ls too late. They also point
to the fact that when delegates ware
being chosen Gorman gave no sign that
he desired the nomination. It Is too
much to expect thqy say that the dele-
gates who were chosen ss Parker men
whether under Instructions or not will
desert him now or as long as there la
a possibility of securing bis nomination.
New Forlorn Hopes.
The opposition to Judge Parker In its
efforts to tighten the lines and make
sure of holding tha delegations now
counted as opposed to him. have brought -out
two new candidates In tha persons ot
former Governor Pattlson of Pennsylva-
nia and General Id Ilea The opposition
landers appreciate to the utmost the diffi-
culty of preventing a stampede to Parker
should tl lead become pronouncedly
manifest but they are counting on doing
this by appealing to the local pride of the
different favorite son delegations to hold
out lust as long as possible.
No announcement was given out from
Senator Gorman tonight and Mr. Vktn-
dlver. who had stated early in the day
that-he expected a communication said
tonight that he had received none. Mr.
Gorman's position as a conditional candi-
date baa become so well known that no
formal statement from him Is necessary.
His friends still expecto press his can-
didacy if Parker falls ot success and In
the meantime they will do all they can
to bring about such a situation.
Tbe wisdom of casting ths votes known
to be for Gorman tor other candidates has
been csnvsssed and this course practi-
cally decided upon. It la not yet abso-
lutely determined Just what aspirant will
ba thus complimented but the choice lies
between Pattlson and CockrelL These
votea absolutely under Mr. Gormen's
control are those of Maryland West Vir-
ginia and the District ot Columbia.
i'
. All Are Hopeful.
The men who are talking about Judge
Gray srs met with the question as to
where the votes are to be secured to
nominate him. The delegations with fa-
vorite sons as yet manifest an unwilling-
ness tn enter into combinations and. In
the Interest ot their own candidates they;
do not desire to antagonise Parker.'
If by any chanca there Is a deadlock
shay all 4iope to seoure voted from the
Parker ootoma la tha breakup. Mar ara
TEX AS TUESDAY JULY
JUST FISHING.
Give Satisf adorV -Answers to Questions as to
Are Trying to Do and This Weakens -;
Their Efforts Materially
a
GOOD WILD RESULT
From the Discussion of Men
and Issues.
' (Houston Post Special.)
St Louis July 4. Norman B.
Mack. Raw Tork's member of tha
National committee baa Issued the
following statement; ' ' . ' .
"Clearly tha asalfeat duty pf Mm '
desnwraap at this time la te asm-
Mate a maq of fun snuilsjllsr
ststur upon a platform to big
and broad and truly onm ocratlo
that every member of the party
can align himself upon it
This gathering of democrats St
St. Louis Is ths most notable tn
tba history ot ths party. It la dis-
tinguished In tbe high character
of the leaders the enthusiasm ef
tbe rank and file and the loftiness
of the principles urged by every
2 wing of ths party.
"Nothing but good can ensue
J from this thorough discussion ot
msa and this thrashing out ot Is-
sues. Nothing weak or unworthy
In standard bearers or platform
2 will emerge from the crucible of e
this convention. It Is the sound
J second thought common senss of a
the average American which will
S prevail at tha Conssum." a
the favorite son delegations such as can
be transferred. In several cases Parker
is tbe second choice of the delegstsa.
This is notably true ot ths vote Instruct-
edf for Hearst
It la not believed that the editor can-
didate could Influence them for any other
candidate while It la evident that quits
a large number from tba Northwsst ara
ready to vote for Parker 'on the second
ballot Ths vigorous declaration of Tam
many leaders to ths effect that Parker
could not carry New Tork seemingly has
had little or no offset
Ths faot that ths dsy baa passsd with-
out bringing to ths fore any figure
around which ths anti-Parker element
seems llksly to rally has taken a grsat
deal of lite out of the situation. Whlls
ths con teat over the platform and the
second place on the ticket affords a great
deal of interest when fought out in the
convention Itself ths majority of dele-
gates and those who come to see a con-
vention and shout for their favorites srs
really most Interested In the head ot the
ticket The result la that an air of
apathy pervades the lobbies and other
places where the rank and file assemble.
Contest on Platform.
A real contest on the platform Is as.
aured. No one yet knows what tha plat-
form win be but It Is known that ths
majority draft will prove unsatisfactory
to Bryan and his follow srs and there are
enough of them to make an Interesting
fight on the floor of the convention.
The developments today before the Na-
tional committee also Indicate that Bryan
will be In evidence when tha committee
on credentials reports. In this connection
considerable Interest wsa expressed to-
day tn the fact that the candidate for
president in the last two campaigns
should secure a proxy In the National
convention for the purpose of champion-
ing a contested cuse. Mr. Bryan waa en-
gaged during the day with callers msny
of them representing aspirants for the
presidential nomination. He discussed
the situstlon with sll ot them but com-
mitted himself to none. 'Among his vis-
itors were some members of the North
Carolina delegation who . Insisted thst
Mr. Bryan should slats In definite terms
whether It wss his purpose to bolt ths
ticket in case If should not ba to his
liking. He only replied that ha would
answer that question when tha ticket
ass named.
The selection by the committee ot John
Sharp .Williams tor the temporary ehair-
m - to alvesensral aatiafantlnn
' No determination has been reached as to
who will be permanent chairman but sev-
eral men nave sbeen suggested and paw
Il7 all will ba criticised by t
1 YELVE PAGES TODAY
5 1904.
New Tork Herald.
mlttee on permanent organisation before
a selection Is made.
The trains have brought la hundreds of
politicians who attar taking pussisilon
ot their hotel aocommodatlons. have
sought holiday pleasures. Caucuses ac
the various Stat delegations generally
wars put over untQ tomorrow or
day. r
The day opened dear and warm.
sequently trains and street ears bound for
tha fair grounds wars loaded down.
: No lack af patrlotjani exists m . Isobw
Iaaspssasnns Pes if ths issfsnlng ss
ports mt osnnoa araukesaj famf ba
ss an Indication of that quality.
Toward the middle of ths afternoon
soma relief was af forded by a heavy rain
atorm which drove soise-producers In-
door and wet many stocks of fireworks.
Ths rain brought a welcome coolness as
wsU as relief from ths roar of street ex-
plosions. Interest in Contest '
Around the Jefferson hotel wbere the
democratic National oemmlttee was In
.session oonsldering tbe manner In wniob.
aontssu ara to ba heard there is little
diminution In. the crowds. Tba lobbies
were filled with persons who awaited
with great Interest ths result of tha do-
UbsraUons. Subcommittees were named
to hear the contests and waiting crowds
gained no substantial Information to re-
ward their patience.
' At the headquarters of the various can-
dl dates there wars many conferences but
these were not of a character to draw
'masses. On tha whole the thousands
known to ba In tha city tor tha conven-
tion were less In avidsnos than they will
be at any day prjor to ths convention.
A number of marching clubs havs ar
rived but the day has not been xiprlt-
lous for parading. Tba rainy afternoon
discouraged many of tha marchers while
tha small boy prone to explode his fire-
works In the ranks of ths clubs mads
other timid.
The King county democracy of Brook-
lyn to- the number of about MO got out
In ths interest of Parker and headed
by a local band the dub naraded dowa
town between showers.
A LARGE DEMAND
Being Made for Tickets to the
Democratic Convention.
(Associated Press Pe lit )
St Louis. July t The demand f-tf
tickets to ths democratic National con-
vention Is unprecedented. All the tickets
will be dtstrii uted TueHday evening from
the office of Charles A. Walsh the sec-
retary of tha National committee room
111. Jefferson hotel. Each National com
mltteema.1 la entitled to ten season tick
ets which ara good for- each session.
Each delegate Is enUtled to three be-
sides hie own. and the sltsrnstea one.
besides their own. The tickets tor the
representatives of ths press will be given
out by Hon. Gilbert M. Hitchcock from
his office room Is Jefferson hotel.
SOCIAL-LABOR PARTY
After Adopting Platform Attend
ed Annual Picnic
(Associated Press Report.)
New Tork July . ATter carefully
weighing every paragraph In their plat
form and-making a few minor and unim
portant change. the social-labor party
delegates who are holding their Na
tlonal convention here adjourned this
afternoon to attend the annual picnic ot
the organisation. The various committees
turned In voluminous reports which were
read and adopted. Tomorow the various
committees will again report and on Wed'
neaday the nominations will be made for
p real sent ana vice president
CLEVELAND FISHING.
Former President Spent Fourth
with Rod and Reel.
(Associated Press Roport)
Buasards Bay Mass.. July 4. Former
President Graver Cleveland spent tns
holiday on a fishing trip down tba bay
with Thomas Jefferson.
It I understood Mr. Cleveland will leave
jmoa to jow aa amur
PRICE-FIVE CENTS.
VERITABLE
REVOLUTION
Will Be Necessary to Prevent the Nomi-
nation of Judge Parker
EFFORTS TO PREVENT IT CONTINUE WITH-
OUT HOPE OF SUCCESS.
His Opponents Can Rot Be Crystallized on Anyone and Mr. Bryan's
Attempt to Start a Pattlson Boom Was
.- ' . a Rank Failure.
(Houston Post Staff Special.)
BIO. ARTHUR WILLIAMS.
St Louis July 4. Judge Alton Brooks
Parksr of Nsw Tork will be honored with
tha presidential nomination of the demo-
eratio party- unless between now and
next Vridsy when the National conven-
tion wlU select' a standard bearer there
la Chang of sentiment amounting to a
veritable revolution. Furthermore so
chang la at all likely. This convention
will hardly be stampeded by a burst of
oratory or a demonstration In fsvor ot a
dark corse. And no man whose opinion
Is worth anything believes that a oom-
blnatlon'whlch will prevent the selec-
tion of the New Tork men can be framed
op by the elements which are opposing
bias By moat of those who are recog
nised aa sxperts tn tba gams ot politics.
tha nomination ot Parker la thought to
be as nearly assured as was thst f '
Roovlt for days before the republican
invention met In Chicago.
. May Be on First Ballot
la tha vnt that Massachusetts wis-
Oonsln Missouri and other State welch
bar "favorite sons" east complimentary
rotes for their respective candidates on
the flnt ballot the nomination of Judge
Parker may ba delayed until (he second
ballot The Impression prevails how-
fnt that when tha result of ths Srst bal
lot kj assnoeneeaT. 'sOsas ot (Mr State (ss-
sumisg that thsy will honor ths man
they ara Instructed for with their first
rata) will 'Changs to Parker and that
when the clerk finally runs up ths figures
k will show that ths Esopus msn Is tbs
choice of the convention. . . .
It Is conceded thst If ths nomination la
not mad by ths second ballot ths chief
Justice's chances will be diminished but
aa before stated nobody seriously be-
Uavss anything of the kind will occur. It
I conservatively stated that at least HO
votes will be cast .or Parksr on ths first
ballot and asms farker enthusiasts are
claiming consldsrably more.'
The opinion that the Parksr- forces
would control ths temporary organisa-
tion In the convention was confirmed to-
day when ths National committee ap
proved tha action ot lu subcommittee hi
selecting John Sharp Williams as tem-
porary presiding officer. There wss no
tangible opposition to the MlsslsslppUn
and ths whole plan of ths Parker man-
agers went easily through.
Efforts at New Booms.
The frantlo efforts of ths anti-Parker
people to form a successful combination
against him oontlnued In a mors or less
desultory manner sll during tbs dsy.
What waa alleged to be a boom tor
George B. MeClellan waa talked ot by
th Tammany crowd which hold oonfsr
sacs and distributed a large number of
copies of a Nsw iork-newspapsr eon-
talnlng an article lauding tha mayor ot
the metropolis. But so far ss eould be
sssn by any Impartial observation there
was not the slightest trend of sentiment
toward ths young msn who snjoys the
unique distinction of being the only can-
didate whose eligibility to the presidency
Is questioned. I
Henry G. Davis of West Virginia and
a few others tried hard to keep the talk
of Gorman In the sir but they found It
Impossible to resurrect a movement which
ass been dead for days.
Hr. Bryan su treated early this morning
that former Governor Pattlson of Penn-
sylvania would ba acceptable to him. But
then was no response. Even the Penn-
sylvania delsgallon themselves did not
snthuse.
Judg Gray's friends tried to tell ths
crowd what a good oandidate be would
make but the fact that tbe gentleman
aid not vote for the regular ticket In 1898
wa enough to ellmlnats him from the
calculations of most of those Interested.
Ths MlssourUns talked Tolk and ths
Wisconsin delegates talked Wall but
there was nothing doing. An attemvt
was even mad to a roues soms enthu-
.tasm for Folk but It llks ths others
was unsucesssful.
There are enough disengaged votes to
block the nomination of Judge Psxkor.
but they simply could not be crysta Hied
too it wss Uks trying to mix oil and
watsr.
Mr. Bryan's Program.
Behind all the various schemes and
plans suggested stood out clearly the fsct
that If Mr. Brian was allowed to gather
In a sufficient number of delegates to
prevent Parker's nominstlon. he would of
course. Insist on running things his own
way and thta was a thing that by no
means appealed to those from whom sup-
port wss asked. On the other hand it
was obvious that If Judge Parker was
eliminated one of the results might be
a very decided trend toward Cleveland
and this Idea sent shivers down the back
of ths Southerners and tbs Westerners.
In their efforts to make a break In ths
solid Parker sentiment among dslegates
j from Souther Slates the enu-Parkerites
You are in a class
by yourself if you
don1 tread Tie Tost
tELlVttt At YOU HOME
OK Of riCt 75c" A MONTH
started several stories to th effect thai
State like Alshama. Virginia and Ken-.
tucky which have been conceded to Par.
car. although ualnstruoted would not
vote for him even on the first ballot Ths
Post correspondent personally Investigat-
ed most of these rumor and found every
on of them to be absolutely without
foundation. On th other hand. It la
tMm malthNtl-' that tha laM mjf th.
delegations from numerous small States
which gave no Instructions made It con-
venient during the day to call on ax.
Governor Bheehan. manager of th Par-
ker interest and make arrangements to
get Into the Parker band wagon before
It was too lata.
As repeatedly forecast In these dis-
patches Pennsylvania's sixty-eight votea
wiu go for renter first last and always.
At a meeting ot the Pennsylvania dele-
gation tonight It was decided by a' rota '
"f fifty -seven to five to cast ths whole
vot of ths delegation which Is under
the unit rum for th man from Eaopua.
81s members of the delegation were not
present
This action la regarded as practically
assuring tbs nominstlon of Parker on th
first ballot
Many times this afternoon and evening
It waa confidently asserted by those In a
position to know that Maryland West
Virginia and th District of Columlla
would befound In th Parker column oa
the first ballot
Gorman for Chairman.
I So confident ara the Parker people to-
night thst they ara paying attention u
saiios einsr .man rae preswsmBai . neni-
tnstto. Thee bar let H be known Ir
no'smoartata term Chat they would like
to have Senator Gorman aa chairman of
the National committee and this has led
to a vary general request for th senator's
presence here. If he is a candidate for
th nomination. It Is argued be should
come to St Louis and make a fight
since there la really no one her to do it
for him. If he Is not the Parker people
feel that as one of th most prominent
men tn the party-he should be on ths
ground to do his share of ths work
which. It Is hoped will be preliminary to
a democratic victory next fall. At a late
hour tonight nothing definite aa to Gor-
man's 'In tendons In the premises had
given oot
The Vice Presidency. '
The Parker people also looked Into thi
question of a man for the second place
on the ticket. They of course wsnt a
man who was true to Bryan and regular-
ity four and eight years ago. but do not
want any radical supporter of the Ne-
braakaa. Neither do they want anybody
who la or has been closely Identified with
Cleveland In any way. This is taken as
aa summation of Judson Harmon of
Ohio who was in the Princeton man's
cabinet Marshall Field of Chicago Is out
of the question because he voted tor
McKlnley in ISM. Neither Mayor Rose
nor Edward C. Wall. Wisconsin's two
favorite sons an acceptable.' becauss It
la not thought that It will be advisable
to msddls with the republican family row
now In progress In the Badger State. In
other words. It to thought that If either
Rose or WsU were to be nominated for
the vice presidency ths two republican
factions would stop fighting each other
and turn on the common enemy.
Senator George Turner ot Washington
was very frequently talked of today but
hla geographical remoteness Is considered
id sffective bar to his nomination.
As a matter of fact ths vice presiden-
tial field Is very limited being confined
as the situstlon now presents Itself to
Indiana and Illinois. Nothing seems to
be being done tn the behalf ot John W.
Kern of Indiana and Thomas Taggart.
the other prominent democrat ot that
State. Is not thought of. Everything con-
sidered. Congressman James R. Williams
of Illlnslt seems to be a stronger candi-
date today than any of the others.
The Tennessee delegation this morning
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