The San Francisco call., 1904-07-02
FRIENDS OF JUDGE Parker
HOPE TO RUSH NOMINATION
Fear. DeSerti0nS
!. after a. FeW
:. :. Ballots.
Stand Of German
+. Causing Much
Talk.

:: ST: LOUIS. July 1.-Two distinct
Hines. OF. operations developed to-day in
the preliminary slzirmishing Of. the
Denocra1ic Convention e. one is a
:. scheme to rush the nomination Of
.Jgdge Parker on the first and second
=: ballot. and the. other is to scatter the
.. vote and prevent. an early nomination
b.. with a view. Of naming Cleveland or
-. German. The friends Of German and
CLEVELAND. are working 90 hold the con-
.venzion for several ballots in the hope
that their candidate may be named
The German men are not parties TO the
Cleveland movements nor are the Cleve-
land advocates combining with Cor
mans friends. There is no alliance,
bat tits 10 the interest Of both that the
Parker strength be: disiptegrated as
% soon as possible
>. There. are few men here-men Of
the. old Cleveland guard-who are
watching every point and who are in
- -use- Communication with Cleveland
.:-sunDCrters, and in subtle and subter-
Z. -the pulse Of men as they arrive. They
,: are using the race issue on the South
r.. eIn- men, and with all the delegates
- they are using the argument that
:, - e1.e.and is the only man that the
- Democrats can elect. With some ef-
; tect.they are pointing out TO the South
:sern. delegates that they need no better
p excuse for supporting Cleveland than
e = r.Err -
. venting negro domination by the Re
= *pu6Acans' The man who is credited
with being the head and front of the
E. { !eNeland movement. Thomas Ryan,
= "ll arrive to-morroW- Ryan is a dele
gate from Virginia. and has been iden-
tined with the Atlantic Coast Line
road He has also been associated with
4harles' f. Murphy, leader of Tam
: many Hall Ryan; is credited with hav-
ing some Southern State delegations I'D
ms. sleeve ready TO THROW TO Cleveland.
GORMAN'S FRIENDS ACTIVE.
- Gotman's position is stated to be
- that he wiz not enter into any COM
blhauon TO prevent the nomination of
parker Unless il means his own selec-
non He win not be: used 10 pull out
r, cnestnuts for Cleveland. Around Cor
man. are gathered the Maryland. West
Virginia and District of Columbia dele
gauons and some from other States.
with a. bare possibility of securing New
Jersey and Pennsylvania But. like
Gorman, former Senator Smith of New
Jersey and James A. GuRey of Penn
. sylvania want 10 see success in sight
before. they jump.
There is a story r~ofrz 80 -.
the politicians who are here that the
recent conferences between German.
smith, Guffey and Mclean had for
their main object a proposition TO con-
trol the party. organization: that in
the selection Of a committee chair
man some one should be chosen who
would name. men for the campaign
under the control of these men. This
control is desired to- prevent II fall-
Ing into the hands Of David r. Hin
and also that the machinery OF the
party organization should not he used
ier Parker in 1908 IL he should be
nominated and make a good showing
: this year. No one appears. authorized
10 speak with authority for anv man
VINO participated in the conference
DHt whatever occurred the friends az
Gormsan here are still talking. aho,,t
the possibility OF his nomination ana
seem 10 think he viii be presented to
The convention. This may be a mart
oI tne plan TO secure concessions from
the Parker men,
TRYING TO DEFEAT PARKER.
IL IS somewhat surprising that al
lhgugn 164 delegates. are instructed for
Parker and about go were elected un-
olf auspices favorable TO him there
shoclo be so much talk about scatter
ING his strength after one or two hal
lots because delegations are not under
instructions. The inference seems 20
be that they VIII go TO another candi-
cate At an early stage in the ballotfns
Parker's friends do not ad,nit MS
weakness Of their candidate altbougb
the opponents Of the New Yorker arc
making the supposed lack Of adherence
Of his delegates one. Of their strongest
points
II seems apparent that the control of
party affairs viii pass to the East no
matter who viii be the candidate ~
what may be the platform. Arkansss
Missouri. Kansas. Iowa and NebrasIr-,