New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-20
WOULD PLACATE TAMMANY
Parker MEN ANXIOUS.
Willing Noe to Shake off Hill to
Help Their Candidate.
nv TELEGRAPH TO The 7R1BrNE,l


Albany April i9.-With the passing OF the
convention the triumph OF ex-senator HilIs pro-
rrarnme of instructions and the defeat of the
-Taunnanv leader, the cup Of the State leader
might seem to be overhowing; but from the few
remaining delegates. from the friends of Chief
Judge Parker, and from half dozen other
sources came the suggestion to-day that WIN
the growth of Parker the decline OF ex-senator
Hin was assured Enemies and friends OF eX-
Senator Hill alike paid tribute TO the skill Win
which he had managed TO join his failing 1ort
unes with those of Judge Parker From one ana
another Of the country leaders came the same
sentiment. follows;
There was no question OF Hl-Murphy yester-
day: had there been. the result would have oeen
vastly different. Nine out of ten votes cast IUL
Ifil were simply Parker votes. Not corporal
guard Of the upstate delegates WouId nave srP
ported Hill on a personal issue. but 10: Farher
there was no choice. II is all very Wen Tor eN-
Senator Fill to claim personal triumph. Nheh
the fall convention comes the question COMES ONES
between his leadership and that Of the men pro-
ducing the goods, and the result VIII oe oI-
ferent.
From another source close to Chief Judge Par
ker came this still stronger statement:
The next few weeks will witness the change.
The Parker boom will soon be national Demo
cratic boom, not personal affair or a wloeIy
disC-edited State leader People throughout INC
nation distrust ex-senator Hill As his candl-
date Chief Judge Parker would lose thousands
of votes. and his friends are awake to Ihe SUI
ton. i VIII he only brief time untn you see
national leaders stepping in and taxing ConIroi;
men who have no use for ex-senator hil alu
no intention Of allowing him to queer the ma
tional campaign by obtruding himself upon the
scene.
REVEALS TRUE SITUATION IN STATE.
The fact that on rollcan Charles F. Murphy
was able TO gather twenty-five more rural votes
Ii hat ms
OF other delegations admitted that it was only
with reluctance that they voted with the for
n1er Senator reveals the true situation in the
state So tried and staunch a friend OF Hill as
Elliot Danforth was forced to see his own coun-
". Chensngo. voting against instructions on
Hill issue. The Kirk delegation from Onondaga
frankly admitted that it favored Chief Judge
Parker but would no longer support a Hill ma
chine. Seemingly I'm control OF the machinery
Of the party. the former Senator was clearly de-
feated IN attempt to throw out ex-Mayor
Walsh and the westchester delegations. even
after he had by word Of mouth declared to the
former Mayor that he would not deal with him.
There were other signs that the breaking Of the
Hill domination was at hand. precisely as soon
as the question Of his fortunes was separated
from that OF Chief Judge Parker.
Hill has climbed upon Parkers back and we
have got TO take him Off" was the Tammany
slogan which awakened applause from all over
the convention when spoken by w. Bourke
Cochran. Not in all the many encounters was
there real hostility TO Tammany, save in so far
as its stand was regarded as injuring Judge
Parker's fortunes
Men like William T. Sheehan and August Bel
mont the avowed friends Of Chief Judge Parker.
promptly inteTfered when It became apparent
that ex-senator Hill was prepared 10 run the
Parker cause for the u1era Dersoral
Of Furnishing Tammany 10 the extent OF his
power 1t was not due to ex-senator Hin that
the modus vivendi. finally patched up. was
reached, hut rather TO Democrats who had lit
tie or no personal concern with the private for
tunes OF the present leader.
NECESSITY OF PLACATING TAMMANY.
Already upstate Democrats are talking about
the necessity OF placating Tammany. The res
ignation with which the New-York members
went away is regarded with concern here. If
the nomination Of Mayor Mcclellan were made
the price Of Tammsny support. there is little
question that the friends OF Judge Parker would
be strong enough and ready enough 10 turn
down ex-senator Hill. Speaking on this situa-
tion. one delegate said: Between now ana the
fail convention, jdst watch the things will
do 10 ex-senator HILL
The rea' fight in the State now, II the words
or the delegates at the convention are to be be-
lieved. is not between Tammany and David 3.
Hill but between the latter and the friends OF
Chief Judge Parker, who will not permit ex-Sen-
ator Hill. with an able corps Of neutenants.
such as Gene Woods James X. Mcclure and
an expatriated leader like Elliot Danforth. re-
undated by his own county, TO jeopardize the
national campaign OF their candidate for pri-
waite purposes. In this It is apparent TO the
most casual observer that their pathway will
converge wiki that of Tlmmany, and the next
convention may witness the Tammany revenge.
full and ample.
There was another interesting feature present
at Yesterdays convention. Not in ten years has
there been such an influx Of correspondents
from ali over the country. From Atlanta, for
example, no less than three newspa pers were
represented, and from other sections of the
country, notably Washington. there were sim
liar representations. The fortunes of the Dem
ocratic State candidate were carefully reported
10 ell parts Of the country. and this invasion OF
friends Of Chief Judge Parker as a significant
tribute.
ANY one in search OF the pathetic would find
adequate material in the treatment given the
candidacy Of William r. Hearst. Save for one
or two saloons. where the sign was shown.
welcome to Hearst mem: band of music and
a few dozen blue flags. few bare walls labelled
with familiar type few faint cheers In the
galleries the boom. far Albany was con-
cerned exploded and expired more silently than
any similar boom In recent years.