The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-08
MAY HOPE A NOMINATION
Towne's Presence in Wa,
 ingt0n is SignilIcan
While Instructed to vots for 1sx1s the Ex-senator from lrinnsseta 1rishs With ths
 Gormanitsa
Advertiser Bureau.
 Colorado Building

 Whether or not with that eenatort encouragement, 1t Is quite notic1ab1f within the past week that admirers of Senator German have been much moro cheerfully in evidence than has beoa their recent wont. They are sett1nE much store, of hope in the prospect ox numerous uninstructed delegations to St. Louis.
 An interesting incident which haS subjected him to some critfoisrn by the Parker men hereabouts is the presenco Of Senator Towne in Washington. Mr4 Towne. while avowin9 thnt. as . d4Ia- gate to St. Louis. he is instructed for Parker, has been much in consultat10n with those who are for German for tho Democratic nomination.. For this. and because he has the instruction of the. New York Convention. he has been not a little condemned. He is reputed also to be so highly thought of by William J. Bryan as to be the only man In the East whom the Nebraskan would suo~ port with any degree of reconciliation to the fact that the nominee was not himself. excepting perhaps. William R. Hearst. z The Danforth Interview. The Danforth interview while re- garded as quite interesting reading, dfd not satisfy. as the view is that nobody
 can speak for Judge Parker but hiin- self.
 The six District of Columbia dele- gates. whom 1t is now certain will be chosen at next Thursdays convention. wil be for Judge Parker, after q com plimentary vote for Senator German. Representative Underwood who fs still in the city, hangs on to the hope less olney boom, but comedies that 1t looks very much like Parker. To- re- porter who approached him outside the White House. Mir. Underwood said to- day about the situation at home; Alabama will go to St. Louis to pic a winner rather than to voice the in- structions of any convention at home. That is why. in my opinions our Statc will not instruct. We want the party to win and desire onr delegates to have the amplest opportunity to ascertain who the successful leader would be- My own opinion is that. when our dele- gates find out how much party dissen- sion in New York Parker's candidacy
 would invite, they would try to ind somebody else. The sentiment today. however, 1t may be acknowledged. ia friendly to Parker, but in the belief that he is the man to carry New York; No Dissension in New York. There is no news here from New York to justify MT. Underwood's opir- ion that there is any party dissensi0n
 in New York, because of the talk of Parker. On the contrary. beyond the l play made by Tammany through lfur- phy for local patronage. Taihmany. rank and file. was never better disposed ! toward the choice of the State for A. candidate than toward Judge Parker That Is the understanding of we'll inc | formed people here. Democrats here know very we'll Tammany has never discovered or espoused a candidate for
 President who was acceptable either toI
 the Democracy of the State of New York
 or of the nation. Tammany will either. come into line cheerfuily or will be | beaten in or driven out. That also is we'll defined conviction here.
 Mir. Underwood ventured some sug-
 gestions about the two-thirds rule, say- ing: Personally, I wish the Democrats would drop the two-thirds rule at tho St. Louis Convention. It is more likely
 to result in weak nomination than to insure strong candidate, because it fa | apt to compel the majority to accept
 compromise at the behest of the mi~ nority.
 went there, but since has been drop- ped. and there would today be no een- timent for it's restoration"
 Mir. Underwood announced that per-
 sonally he believed Oiney would be tlle strongest Democratic candidate, but confessed that the olney movement was
 not making much headway.
 R.H. watkins