Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-12-16

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ply the out-cropping of Roosevelt's
growing unpopularity, and many
leading democrats who believed
some time ago that Roosevelt was
the strongest man the republicans
could nominate now are very much
worried because they are afraid he
viii not be nominated. They need
uot be alarmed. Roosevelt will be
nominated all right and Hanna
knows it. There is nothing now
beyond some miraculous political
contingency that can head off the
fixed program.
And Hanna will be in the band
wagon if the President has to take
pack rope and cinch him to the
front seat. They are scared at the
White House scared and ner-
vous-for fear Hanna may get
away, and he won't get away if
there are enough nets to hold him,
or unless he uses an axe, and the
President in his present frame of
mind will stand considerable mang-
ling before he lets go of the War
wick from Cleveland, Ohio.
There is considerable talk here
over an article in last Saturdays
New York Sun to the effect that
David b. Hill has come down to
New York from Albany and had
seen the democratic leaders, includ-
ing the leader of Tammany Hall.
Mr.. Charles f. Murphy, and had
everything cut and dried for the
New York State delegation TO sup
port Judge Parker for the demo-
cratic presidential nomination next
year. Those people who are not
on the inside, and who do not
know the facts nor Dave Hills
tactics, are inclined to believe that
the story is correct and Dave Hill
has captured the new and brilliant
leader of Tammany. Those who
do know the truth, however, know
that the whole story was manufac-
tured out of whole cloth with no
fear of the devil. That is the way
Dave Hill plays politics. / do
not know whether or not he was
in the City of New York on last
Saturday, but do know that Mr..
Murphy was not there and could
not possibly have seen Mr.. Hill at
the time he WAS said to have been
in conference with him. Mr.. Muir
ply was on his way TO the City of
Washington, and arrived here Sat
urday afternoon, and was the
guest of a newspaper man at the
annual dinner of the Gridiron
Club, which lasted until - O'Clock
Saturday night, and Mr.. Murphy
could not possibly have arrived
back in New York until Sunday
morning when the article above
mentioned appeared in the Sun.
Mr.. Murphy, on his return to New
York the next day, promptly and
publicly nailed the lie most en-
phatically. This shows how much
of the truth there is in this article
in the Sun so far as related to the
participation of Mr.. Murphy in
this conference anent the candidacy
of Judge Parker, and no man in
Tammany Hall has the power to
make political contracts that are
binding, except Mr.. Murphy.
This article reveals one thing.
however, and that is that Mr.. Hill
owns and controls Parker. and is
behind him in the effort to make
him the nominee of the democratic
party next year. That means that
Hill would, in the event of Parker's
nomination and election, be the
premier of the administration, and
Hill is as acceptable to the Wall
Street gang as is Cleveland.
Hills domination of Parker has
hurt his boom here with the lead
ers of the democratic party. for
Hill is a thoroughly discredited
man in high democratic circles.
Hill announces, II am demo-
crat, " but his record in the Senate
of the United States disproves the
assertion. In turning from Par
ker on Hills account, and for
other reasons that will appear in
this correspondence, the democrats
here are turning TO William Ran
.dOlph Hearst, and they believe
that Leader Murphy and Tammany
Hall will stick to him as he stuck
to them in the late election, which
will make him the choice of the
New York delegation i'm the next