The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-02
PARKER STRENGTH
INCREASES DAILY
Nomination Of Judge by Demo.
Gratis Predicted on Second
Ballot.
German Suspected by Parker Men
~, Hearst People Add to
MkIes Claims.
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2Tew Yorh Hun Special Service
st. Louis, Mo-, July All previ-
Gus estimates Of Judge Parker,s
strength fade in presence Of the d.
rect evidence that Is accommodating In
st. Louis as the delegates and lead
ers from uninstruoted states announce
their position. 1t Is now reasonably
certain that he will be nominated on
the first or second ballot.
It is absolutely certain that neither
The Kansas City nor Chicago plat
forms will be reaffrmed.
An official canvass Of the Ohio del
egates shows that, as soon as 1t IS
evident that Judge Harmon cannot
be nominated, Ohio's votes Will be
cast for Parker under the unit rule.
ed to vote for Hearst, but q canvass
proves that forty-three Of the dele
gates are opposed to him. 1t Is safe
to say that Illinois will vote for Hearst
until It Ia plain that his name Is not
a reasonable factor, and then, under
Illlnols will be east for Parker.
It 10 certain that the eight votes
the unit rule, Washington Is likely
to cast her ten votes for Parker. Kan
mas Ia also safe for Parker.
Senator Gorman's friends announce
that Maryland's delegates and the six
delegates Of the District of Columbia
are secure for Parker on the second,
II not the first ballot. West Virginia,
too, Ia to be counted In the Parker
column,
The most responsible assurances
have been received from the Massa-
ohusetts delegates that If Mr.. olney
: does not show great strength on the
f1rst ballot, the thlrty-two votes OF
Massachusetts will at once so for
Parker.
New Jerseys Position.
Figures Of canvass Of the New
Jersey delegation show that Parker
will easily get "a votes Of that state
under the unit rule. He has 1a OF the
delegates.
Word comes from ex-senator Smith,
the state leader, that If Cleveland Is
not possible the New Jersey delegation
can be counted for Parker.
No doubt now exists regarding che
Pennsylvania delegation. It will be
for Parker. The Parker leaders now
in st. Louis who have seen Colonel
Guffey have confidently marked Penn
sylvania's sixty-eight delegates In the
Senator Cockrelps friends have told
The Parker men that they can count
on the thirty-six votes OF Missouri
after their own state candidate has
been voted for,
The twenty-six votes Of wisconsin
are also safe for Parker after Mr..
Wall has been voted for.
AS matters stand It Is no exaggera-
ton to say that Parker Is certain to
get $50 votes on the second ballot.
The enthusiasts claim he will be nom
mated on the f1rst ballot, and even
the more conservative Of the Parker
people could see no reason for delay
beyond the second ballot. The only
obstacle, the Parker men say, that
appears at all serious Is the constantly
/ recurring talk OF Cleveland which
comes from all parts Of the country.
1t developed today that the real
secret behind the Cleveland talk Is
probably the attempt Of Senator Cor
man and his friends to obtain control
of the organization. The people on
the ground, after talking with such
delegates and leaders as have arrived
can find no way in which Cleveland
name can be presented to the conven-
ton, unless e. deadlock should occur
Efforts Against Deadlock.
It was the intention of the Parker
managers to use every effort to pre-.
vent deadlock, and 1t was theil
opinion that they would be successful
While the nominee Of the conven
ton Is entitled to choose the chairman
of the national committee there l!
authority to say that Judge Parker
will not be antagonisttc to- Senator
German If German wants to be chair
man himself, nor to any man Gorma1
may select, provided the selection i
made In good faith.
This morning 1t was decided by tn
Parker people that German was no
in good faith in his advioes abou
controlling the convention, and
usual was playing both ends agains
the middle. The result Is that tn
organization of the national conven
tion Is again in doubt and the positio,
Of German under suspicion. The Par
ker people are still confident they will
win early in the convention.
The Hearst leaders had meeting
last night. After 1t was over the,
gave out statement saying they ha,
reports from every state and that the
control Of enough delegates to proven
the nomination OF any person no
favored by Hearst. In other words
they claim they can deadlock the con
yention.
Rose for Second Place.
The name of Mayor Rose Of Mil
waukee has been mentioned In con
nection with the temporary chairman
ship, but 1t is announced authorita
lively that the mayor is coming to 81
Louis with the avowed intention o
getting himself on the presdentia
ticket in second place, and that h
will bend every energy to that enc
He has been setting up the pins quietl
for several weeks and as result Their
is in prospect 81 lively row that wi
probably cause e. G.. Wall, the wis
consin candidate for the presidentie
nomination, to cry treachery..
Ostensibly Rose Is the Wall man
ager, but his filtration with the othe
end of the ticket will make his SINGER
ity questionable. Outside Of Wiscor
sin, the Wall candidacy has been re
garded In different lights-by some g
, a joke and by others as a stalking
horse game In the interests of Park g
Mr.. Wall himself, however, takes HI
candidacy most seriously.
Cannon on Ideal Platform.
'T do not contend for a reafPirms
ton Of the Kansas City PLATFORM" sci
former Senator Cannon, chairman
the Utah delegation, who eight yeal
ago in this city walked out Of the n
publican convention because Of 1
go reputation OF btmetallism. Continl
ing, he added:
y have not changed my principle
and a failure Of the democratic par
to specifically reindorse any one plan
of any one platform does not ind1ca
that the party has changed. on
say that we want platform broa
enough for all democrats to star
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