The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-06
From a Staff Correspondent.

From Staff Correspondent. =
st. Louis, July 6.-The drift towards
Judge Parker continues, and while the
developments Of the past twenty-four
hours have not insured his nominal
ton beyond controversy, they have
added considerably to his prestige.
The anti-Parker forces claim today
to have made goodk&with their plan
of yesterday to get together 400 dele
gates in opposition to the Parker. can
didaey. These delegates are not
pledged to anybodyIfpr the 1presiden-
tial nomination. The4,alliance will be
over as soon as Parker is defeated. x
A prominent, ,Tammany man said to
me this IN forming that the g o'clock
conference yesterday afternoon had
borne good fruit. and that Parker
could not be nominated.
"Of course" he added, people may
be lying to us, but .on the face Of
things we will have enough votes to
prevent Parker from winning"
My informant added that it was the
purpose Of some of these 400 to vote
for Charles A. Towne On the first bal
lot, this plan being the, only one under
which they could be swung against
Parker. Towne, it is understood, con-
scented to this arrangement with some
| reluctance, for he does, not desire to
pose as presidential candidate. He
has been very busy for two days, and
is one of the leading men Of the anti
Parker crowd.
4,sa Disguised with German. as
" Mr.. Towne, with others, Is dis
| gnsted at the failure Of German to
keep his promise and come to st.
Louis. One Of the reasons advanced
for Gorman's bad faith is that he has
! been promised the Craftsmanship Of
the national committee in case Parker
is nominated.
If this is the case, he has been cap
| tured by the Parker people, just as
former Senator Turner, of Washington
| has been. If Parker is the nominee
Turner will have the lead for second
/ place, provided he can swing the
mountain and Pacific states, except
ing California. If Parker is defeated
| Turner will drop out Of sight, SO far
i as second place,is concerned.
The money plank Of the convention
/ promises to be the substance, Of the
plank adopted by the mississippi state
4 convention, and drafted by John
4 Sharp Williams. 1t says the silver
/ question has been removed from the
/ field Of politics by the timely discovery
of gold in large quantities In Alaska
/ and elsewhere, but there is nothing II
it limiting at an Endorsement of the
i gold standard nor of apology for. the
oCAA1oSA aCAS pSSiIiOli III ~ civ = y w
i Other Honors Considered.
With the presidential nomination
lso nearly insJ Judge Parker's hands a:
Ito permit the politicians a momen
for consideration Of some of the Other
matters which are to come up in the
national convention, the vice presi
dency and the craftsmanship Of the ma
tional committee are coming in FOL
some considerations.
The cards were put up severa
months ago for Tom Taggart OF In
diana as national chairman, and it wa
with the understanding that he was tt
be chosen that he wenti5to work anl
carried Indiana against Hearst, afte,
contest which, for underground
: and dark-lantern methods, equalet
anything that was done in Wisconsin
by the contending factions there or b.
the Dunn men who bolted in Ramse.
and Hennepin counties last week.
Taggart was encouraged in the be
lief that he was to manage the cam
) paign and it was not until the Indian;
, delegation reached ST. Louis that tn,
| sincerity of the conservative leader
) was questioned. Now these leader
lare dealing with Taggart precisely q,
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