The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-01
The Thrtt Big Forces Gan
 Head Off Stampede
REPUBLICANS DISCUSSING +
Eastern Papers Print Specials to the Effect That Cleveland Has Ar ranged to Have Photographic
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BY PATTERSON sTEALEY.

Washington, June 3O.-( Especial )-While many democrats are very much alarmed over the magnitude of the Cleveland boom the best opinion here is that there will be enough force possessed by Cor man, Hill and Bryan, reprentng the three big forces in the convention to head off any Cleveland stampede. The situation within one week of the conven- ton still is Parker against the field with the chances favoring the judge.
 Very naturally the republican statesmen are quick to seize upon the socalled boom of former President Grover Cleveland It is said by an administration paper today that the president has recently been dis cussing fin a dgnified way with some of his political advisers the probable out come of the St. Louis convention and they lave agreed that the democrats are going to nominate Mir. Cleveland. For instance Senator Hansbrough of North Dakota, upon leaving the White House today, said: 'I think that the nomination of Cleveland would be the most logical thing the democrats could do, and that he would prove their strongest candidate"
 Republicans Talk Cleveland.
 Lou Payne of New York who was at the White House, also thought Cleveland would be very hard for Roosevelt to beat. It is the same way with all the repub- lican members of congress. They seem more enthusiastic when talking of Mr. Cleveland's candidacy than they do when discussing MT. RooseveIt-s.
 Several of the eastern papers print tel egrams this morning to the effect that former President Cleveland has arranged with the Western Union company to have a special wire fifteen miles long connected 1 with his new country home in Vermont 1 Workmen are now engaged in erecffHk the poles, and the work will be completed by Monday It is declared that tho former | President is going to be at the end of l the wire all during the convention, and l expects that the wire will not be alto- gether useless after the convention names it's candidate.
 The republican papers are efvtng wide circulation to the speech of Roscoe Conk- | lin, who put Grant in nomination in 1880. An extract from his speech is as follows:
 conkIlno's Speech. What makes the presidential office an exception to all things else is the common sense to be applied to selecting its incum- bent. Who dares to put fetters on that free choice and judgment which is ths birthright of the American people? Can is be said that Grant has used official power and place to perpetuate his term? Hs has no place, and official power has not been used for him. Without patronagel without emissaries, without committees. without bureaus, without telegraph wire running from his house or from the seats of influence to this convention, without appliances. without eiectioneertng contriv- ances. without effort on hts part Grants name is on his country's lips. "'There Is no third term in the case, and the pretense will die with the political dogdays that gendered it. One week af- ter the convention we shall have heard the last of this rubbish about third term. Nobody now is really disquieted about a third term except those hopelessly longing for first term and their dupes, and coadjutors."
 It's Certainly Parker.
 q think there is no doubt of the nomi- nation of Judge Parker" said Represent ative Davy of the Second Louisiana dis trict tonight My state has instructed for him and I believe very few ballots will be taken before he is declared tho nominee"
 What about the pla,tform?" he was asked.
 q don't know. but if I were writing 1t the 1sms' which have been placed in democratic platforms in the last ten years would be stricken out. l have every confidence that a platform will be adopted which will insure the support of democrats all over the country without any attempt to catch votes in any par ticular locality.'