New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-03
ALL TURNING TO PARKER.
Il Sleepy Contention Wil'ams
Guards the Platform.
LEY TELEGRAPH TO THE TnlRUNE.l

St. Louis. July 2-Opposltion to Chief Judge
Alton b Parker still! fails TO develop to the
surprise Of ever one in 81. Louis. ann the
unantnity with which men heretofore supposed
10 he opposed 10 his candidacy are concedlng ms
nom nation is the occasion, not of qualification.
hut Of apprehension to those who would like to
see the New--Yorker elected. The practically Of
fciaI announcement. made this afternoon that
Colonel. Guffey had determined that the sixty
eight votes OF Pennsylvania should 10 cast for
Parker is regarded by those already on the
ground as insurins tht New Workers. nomina-
ton ana yet the Parker men ara not happy.
The facts are that there is an utter lack Of
enthusiasm in ST Louis. ana ruere is growiuS
feeling that the nomination will he allowed To
go to Parker without much opposition because
the friends of other candidates feel that the
Chief Judge will make good n man to be de
feateG any other
There is a suspicion that Senator German
curately estimated the situation from Mary
land and that he has determined not only not
TO be a candidate himself, but to desert the
ship entirely and let David II. Eil and his ESQ
pus Sphinx go down to defeat together without
the assistance Of the Maryland statesman. The
Pennsylvania men are loudly proclamng that
German is a gutter but they are making 1T
tie capital out of the fact that their leader has
ht - climb into the Parker band wagon.
\ dispatch received from Baltimore to-da- says
that the Maryland delegation left there this
afternoon without Mr. German. and the plans
of the leaders, which included the placing of
the Marylander on the resolutions committee.
completely upset by the news. 1t is
garded s certain, however. that German has
fit 70 abandon his fight against Parker. and
that GuTey has deemed it good politics to get
into lire, and IS doing so only because he sees
no opportunity of preventing the New-Y Workers.
nomination.
ANTI-PARKER MEN COMPLAIN OF
HEARST.
The anti-Parkerites held meeting this after
noon, at which they discussed the possibility of
uniting a single candidate to place in opposi-
ton to Parker. They unable to arrive at
any conclusion, however. Those who would like
10 see the New Yorker defeated complaining
bitterly at the ineffciency of the political gen
eralshp of the Hearst managers. They say
that If the Hearst delegates presented a solid
front, well disciplined and susceptible of being
thrown to some other candidate, they would
prove an effective force with which to oppose
the Parker candidacy: but the fact is that many
of them though instructed for Hearst. are al
ready preparing to go to Parker. and are openly
announcing that they Will abandon Hearst after
the first, or, at most, the second, ballot. .
A story gained circulation this afternoon that
the Parker managers negotiating with
Hearst to give his strength to the Chief Judge
after the first ballot. It was said that Hearst
had been offered the Enthusiastically to Paris
in return for his support. and the offer had been
ravorably received by Mr.. Hearst The
could not be confirmed this evening.
An effort will probably be made to secure
Champ Clark, of Missouri for permanent chair
man of the convention. This is the policy of the
anti-Parker delegates, but it is likely to meet
with opposition from ex-senator Hill and his
lieutenants. The Bryan wing believes that the
fact that Mr. Clark is a Missouran will appeal
TO the convention. and that it will seem too
much of a discourtesy to reject the Missouri
representative in his State. There is talk
of getting Bryan to nominate Clark for perma-
nent chairman. and the Parker men have been
warned that he will be placed on the committee
on resolutions If not made chairman. 1t is be-
lieved that the conservatives would go to q con-
siderable length TO prevent Clarks being PIT on
the resolutions committee because OF his strong
free trade proclivities and the mutilation he
would attempt to perform on the conservative
tariff plank. A story has been in circulation
this evening to the effect that the Parker man
ayers would attempt to make the temporary
organization permanent. but such a plan was
promptly and emphatically denied by Governor
Hill when the report was told TO him.
WILLIAMS BRINGS THE PLATFORM
John Sharp williams has arrived with draft
OF the platform in his inside pocket. 1t is mod
eled after the Mississippi platform and con-
talns some declarations which are offensive 10
the conservative Democrats. For instance. it
affected by legislation and that the present sta
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