The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-09
Democrats Agreed to Make No
 Fight in Vermont.
COULD HAVE DONE NO GOOD
pauohters of Revolution Take Special Interest In Campaign Because Mrs. Parker Is Charter Member
 of the Organization.
BY PATTERSON sTEALEY.

Washington. September s.-(speeial.)-. Democrats here are not at all discour- aged by the result of the state election ii Vermont. It was known here that the democratic national committee decided some weeks ago to make no special ef- fort to keep down the republican major ity in the state and confined itself to en- couraging the state leaders to bestir themselves with a view to restoring the party organization to effective shape.
 The national committee felt it could not afford to sacrifice any of it's limited resources for merely sentimental reasons in state so hopelessly republican as Vermont, especially in a year when a legislature was to be elected that would choose a United States senator to suc- ceed Proctor, who Is a millionaire It was known he would spend money freely to get out the republican vote and insure big republican majority in the legislature.
 The democratic national committee rea- soned that the effort required to change enc vote in. Vermont would be sufficient to change two or three in other states in which republican partisanshp is less in- tense and inveterate.
 The committee therefore confined it's ef- forts as regards Vermont to advising the state leaders and supplying them with a few campaign speakers On the other hand the republican national committee sent into the state the best orators it had on its list and is said to have spent more money in Vermont than ever before.
 Situation in West Virginia.
 Conflicting reports came to Washington with reference to the political situation in West Virginia. A remarkable thing is that information most eneoutael z to the democrats comes from republican sources While reposts indicating great doubt as to the success of Parker and Davis in the state come principally from democrats. An active republican politican of West Virginia, who has recently made an ex tensive tour of the state said today that ne found large number of republicans in several of the counties which he visited who declared openly their intention to vote for Parker and Davis, and that Il any others with whom he had been as- sociated az republican in party work had told him privately they would not 'SNS ACA 1NCOS0Ntil llidl many or Lle1f followers In the state were of the same idea.
 As result of his Investigations his con clusion was that West Virginia was reasonably certain to cast It's electorial vote for Parker and Davis. On the other hand, democrat prominent in the state who is acquainted with nearly every West Virginia democrat of any prominence in the party, expressed the opinion today xua Q ifTand C.,fl1 1I. e democrats to carry the state this year because of the size of the majority to be overcome.
 Daughters Are Interested.
 In the ranks of the Daughters of the American Revolution throughout the country much interest is shown in the coming national election in November. On the result of the contest between Roosevelt and Parker depends in a large measure who will be the next president general of the national society of the Daughters.
 This unusual circumstance arises through the fact that Mrs Alton B. Park CT, wife of the democratic candidate, is a charter member of the organization and prominent in the New York state coun- cils of that society. It Is believed that Mrs. Parker would accept the office were 1t rendered to her. and thus for the sec- ond time in the history of the society It's chief executive would be the wife of a President.
 Has an Unusual Name.
 Theodore Roosevelt Parker. This is the remarkable combination of names borne by Californian who is seeking to enlist in the navy. The name has not been as- stunned for political reasons as Parker en- listed in the marine corps in 1901 under the same name and that was before Rose mount and its master came into promi- hence. Not only does the young applicant for admission to the navy bear the re- marlable combination of campaign cries as a name, but his father before him staggered under the same name. The Parkers are members of an old Pennsyl- vania family, so the young man explained to Representative Bell of the Second Cal ifornia district, and are related to the Roosevelts who are not relatives of the President,
 WILL ASK FOR RECEIVER.