The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-12-08
HANHA PICKS PARKER.
Senator Says the Judge VIII
Win DEMOCRATIC Nomination.
GIVES REASONS FOR HIS OPINION

Relieves All Wings OF Democratic
Party WIN Favor the View York
Man-with Him as Candidate FOR
President, lie says. RepubIlcans
Must right Hara 20 carry Empire
state.
senator Hanna believes the Demo
cratic party viii nominate Judge Alton
y. Parker Of New York for president
next year. says Walter Wellman. the
special correspondent Of the philadel-
phia Press at Washington He also
believes Judge Parker will make
strong candidate and that the Repub-
leans win have to fight hard to carry
New York state for President Roose-
Welt He has no fear that President
Roosevelt IS to be defeated, but be does
not share the views Of those Republic
ans who think tile battle Is to be won
with ease. He believes there is to be
a stiff and stubborn tight aud that the
Republican ticket viii win on account
Of the popularity Of the president in
the west and northwest.
senator Hanna, who returned from
New York recently, expressed to
friend who saw him there not long ago
the views given in the foregoing para
graph.
Mr. Hanna has never believed the
Democratic party would nominate 81.
President Cleveland next year, though
he has not denied that in bis opinion
Mr.. Cleveland would prove the stron-
gest candidate that party could put up.
lie has inclined to the opinion that ii
would be impossible for the Democrats
to nominate the ex-president on ae-
count Of the fierce and nnyieldlng OPP
position Of the Bryan Democrats Of the
west and considerable share OF the
Democrats who are not favorable to
Mr. Bryan but who dislike Mr.. Cleve-
land as a result of old scores.
A number of southern Democratic
senators have told Mr. Hanna that if
Mr. Cleveland We're to be nominated
they could not guarantee Democratic
success in their states, one Of the
most prominent men from Texas. rep
resenting his state in congress, de-
clared that ia his opinion the nominal
ton Of Cleveland would result Iii Texas
giving her electoral vote to President
Roosevelt This man said scores Of
prominent Democrats Of his acquaint-
ance had told him they would vote for
Roosevelt il Cleveland were made their
party candidate. ana number Of them
added that they would not only bolt
the ticket, but would take the stump
for Roosevelt.
Since the publication Of Mr.. Cleve
lands letter Of declination senator
Hanna has been more than ever con-
WINGED that Judge Parker will be the
Democratic candidate He picked
Parker as winner six months ago
and sees no reason 70 change his mind
His conviction is based upon i knowl
edge Of the fact that the Democrats
Will naturally and instinetively seek
man who has a chance 10 win, aud he
believes the conditions are such that
they Will hit on Parker as that man.
Judge Parker's strength is that he
has no troublesome record on public
questions and is acceptable to all wings
of the party he voted Cor Bryan ald
therefore bears the stamp Of regular
ity" and at the same time Is not OBJ
jecti0pable to the conservative wing Of
the party nor 10 the business interests
of the country.
Mr. Hanna does not say 50 in plain
language, but ii Ii well understood By
his friends that since his recent So
journ in New York he is convinced the
money power will throw large
share Of its influence in favor Of Judge
Parker il he is nominated and against
President Roosevelt The Rockefeller
interest, by long odds the most pow
erful chain of banks, railways, insur-
ance companies and INDUSTRIAL corpora
tons in the world, is for some reason
or other extremely bitter against Pres
ident Roosevelt, and unless a change
comes over the spirit of its dreams it
viii without much doubt contribute
large sums to the Democratic campaign
fund.
James ]. Hill Is also known 10 be bit
ter against the president and is relied
on by the Democrats forsa handsome
campaign subscription and also for eff
forts to carry one or two states in the
extreme northwest for the Democratic
ticket
The friends Of President Roosevelt
are not at all worried by the reports
which come from New York through
Senator Hanna ana others that the
lRockefellers are determined to defeat
him. President Roosevelt himself IS
not afraid Of the money power. He be-
lieves that when it becomes known the
richest man ia the world. a man who
Yields giant power through his CON
troll Of vast sums of money, is inimicai
TO the president because the president
has dared to try to do his duty the eff
feet upon the popular mind will be ex-
tremely favorable to the Republican
candidate.
During Senator Hanna's recent SO
journ in New York city final efforts
were made by men who represent great
corporations and who are anxious to
defeat President Roosevelt to induce
Mr.. Hanna to make a stand for the
Republican nomination. Mr. Hanna
gave no encouragement to these people.
TO the contrary, he declined their prof
fers Of helm and dnc1arad that ifndar no