Arizona republican., 1903-02-16
The Democracy Lining Up.

At a dinner in Ohio a few days ago. ] William J. Bryan named William Ran dolph Hearst as his choice for the democratic nomination for president next year. At dinner in New York Saturday, the boom of Judge Alton Brooks Parker for the same nominal tion was formally started. Within less than year the election of delegates n the national democratic convention will have begun. and it is none too early for the laying of wires to be under way. A year passes quickly. and the prob abilities now are that the final lining up of the democratic party will find Hearst and Parker the leaders of the two elements which have been contend ing so long for supremacy. Immediately after the election In No vember last, The Republican ventureG the guess that Hearst's phenomenahy successful campaign for congress was but the prelude to his campaign for the presidency as the leader of the radical forces Of his party. Developments since then have verified the correctness of that guess. The support of Colonel Bryan will give MT. Hearst a powerful following, and this with his immense wealth will make him q formidable candidate for the nomination. If he re- mains in the field it is reasonably cer- tain that he will have behind him the strictly populistic wing of the party. He will not have the support Of all the old Bryan following in the south. how ever. There are many signs that the south is inclined to break away from it's alliance with the west, and renew the close relations which it formerly held with the politicians of New York and the east. Within the last wee% or two Judge Parker has been invited to benquets in Tennessee, Alabama, and Texas. and there is manifest wish of the southern democrats to learn more about Parker.
 Considering the great impetus already given to his boom it is remarkable that so little is known of Judge Parker. This new man of destiny is 52 years old He is chief judge of the court of ap- peals of New Ycrk-the highest court in that state-to which position he was elected for {; term of fourteen years Tn November, 1897. His opinions are highly valued by the courts throughout the country. Although he has been In politics most of his life. he has the unique distinction of never having suf- fered defeat. He was a school teacher at IS, and with his earnings paid his expenses while studying law. He was elected surrogate of Ulster county n 1s17. and reelected by an increased ma jority in 1883. He was delegate to the national convention of 1884, and helped Daniel Manning nominate Cleveland. AS chairman of the state committee, he managed Hill's first cam paiSn for governor. Governor Hill ap- pointed him a justice of the supreme court in JSS5- He had proved to be such a satisfactory JuGge that when he was nominated in the succeeding year the republicans nominated no candidate against him. After the dis solution of the supreme court he was appointed by Governor Flower as I jus tice of the supreme court of the first department, which position he held until elected to his present position in 1887 by a plurality of 60,O00. In the year previous the democrats lost the state by 212,OGO plurality, and their can didate for governor was defeated thz next year by Theodore Roosevelt by 1000 plurality; hence the great vote for Parker in 1897 must be considerel a proof of his own personal popularity
 The probabilities are that Judge Parker will have the support of musr of the sound money democrats i'll tht east. and will at least divide the souti with any other candidate. Favuritl sons of other states vill he in the race at first. as a matter of course, anc Richard Olney and Grover Cleveland are regarded as strong possibilities. bu Parker would be the second choice oi all other eastern candidates as against Hearst It is obvious. however. tha1 it will be extremely difficult for Parker or anybody else to win in face of diefn- -the-ditch opposition from Bryar II requiring twothirds of all the dele gates to nominate in a democratic con vention. Bryan should be able to com rand at least the necessary number [, dictate to the convention. But there i no apparent reason why Colonel Brya' should be implacably opposed to Park CT. for the loyalty of the latter to tIS democra tic ticket in 1896 and 1900 neve has been quegticned