The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-06
PARKER PREFERRED
BY MANY DEMOCRATS
Leading Democratic Attorneys
of State Declare for the
New York Man.

The opening day of the April term of
the supreme court yesterday brought
great many lawyers from widely scat
tered points in Minnesota to st. Paul,
and naturally the Democrats among the
number took advantage of the oppor-
tunity to meet informally and discuss
the presidential situation.
The interviews recently given by
T h e G 0 b e with Congressman John
Lind, L. A. ROsing and T. D. O'Brien
were the topics of discussion and the
position taken by these recognized
leaders of the Minnesota Democracy
in favor of the candidacy of Judge
Parkermof New York, was freely COM
mented upon.
While there is doubtless some Hearst
sentiment in Minnesota, the sentiment
of the Minnesota Democracy, as ex-
pressed by representative attorneys is
overwhelmingly in favor of Parker,
and the men who have had the cOur-
age to put themselves squarely on rec
ord as faVOring him far in advance of
any convention came in for very gen
eraI commentator. Said one man who
was In a group of Democrats at the
Merchants hotel yesterday:
1.-The interviews given out by Lind,
Rosing and O'Brien last week consti-
tuted the political sensation of the
year, and while the position taken by
these men was no surprise to their
closest friends, to the great body Of
Democrats Of the state it came as a
revelation. Up to the time that they
spoke the rank and file of the party in
Minnesota was at sea. There was
some Hearst agitation in two or three
of the cities, but the great number Of
who h9Un voted tho Dnn0n0Ta liz
ticket conScientiouSly for the past dozen
years or more, did not know whom to
tie to. They were waiting for some
sign from the men who are in position
to know what is best for the Democ-
racy of the nation to do and I believe
it came in the statements made by
Congressman Lind and the others.
Lind, especially, in his official position
at Washington, is in close touch with
the real leaders of the party in the
country and when he declared for
Parker 1 was satisfied that his judg-
ment was the result of careful inquiry
into Parker's party loyalty and his
availability as a presidential candi-
date.
Il do not believe that he is the can
didate of the 'reorganizers,' and / do
believe that he is a man upon whom
the party of the nation can unite to
wage successful fight against the
party in power"
A st. Paul Democrat, who has been
corresponding with a number of the
best and strongest Democrats through
out the state on the question of what
Minnesota Democrats should do, has
received replies from score or more
Of men and these responses are almost
unanimous in favor of Minnesota send
ing a delegation to St. Louis which
shall be for Judge Parker or some other
man on whom the Eastern and South
ern Democrats can unite. Not more
than two Of the correspondents favor a
Hearst delegation and several men who
had by rumor been connected with the
Hearst canvass Of the state expressed
their belief in the hopelessness Of con-
sidering him presidential possibility,
though expressing a personal regard
for him as a Democrat.
The Democratic city campaign will
be formally opened with big meeting
Wednesday evening, April Is, at Mo-
Fart hail.
1t was originally intended to have
the meeting on Monday evening of next
week, but there was difficulty in secur-
ing the hall for that night and the
meeting was postponed to Wednesday
night. A committee is arranging a list
of speakers and it is expected to fire
the first brOadside into the Republican
ranks at this meeting. Mozart hall
has a seating capacity of some 700 to
500, and while this will be totally mad
equate to care for all who will want to
attend, it is the best that the city has
to - in the way of an auditorium
just at present. The 125 vice presi-
dents of the city committee will have
seats on the stage at the meeting.
The newly appointed committee on
platform for the Democrats meets this
afternoon at o'clock at Democratic
headquarters. The following promi-
nent Democrats constitute the commit
tee: T. A. Pike, chairman; Pierce But
Ter, John D. O'Brien, o. E. Holman, T.
G. Daggett, Edward Peterson, J. c.
Michael, J. M. Hawthorne, ]. d. Arm
strong, John S. erode and Norman
Fetter.
The Republicans are doing, through
the columns Of their evening organ,
good deal Of talking about colonial
tion." They take the big vote cast at
the primary election in the Fourth
ward as the basis of their charges, but
entirely overlook a situation in the
Tenth ward, which the Democrats are
watching. 1t is said that a large num-
Der of Minneapolis railroad men are
being brought over and located in the