Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-30
PARKER ENTHUSIASM
It's Effect on the Democrats
in Congress.
HOPE FOR NEW YORK
SENATOR GoRMAN's FRIENDS NOT
WORRIED ABOUT TT.
It May Disintegrate the Hearst Boom
and Be of Advantage to the
Maryland Man.
HOPE FOR NEW YORK

"A great Wave of Parker enthusiasm Is
sweeping over the democrats in Congress
VINO represent the sentiment Of their sew
eral states. All the news from the north
and middle west of the past few days has
Deen favorable to the Parker candidacy,
and the southern men are delighted. They
think 1t is quite likely that the New York
state democratic convention will adopt the
Parker candidacy and set the ball rolling in
good fashion.
In the meantime Senator Gorman's friends
are not discouraged, but rather inclined to
look with equanimity on the growth of the
Parker movement. They see the possibility
that the Parker propaganda may be used to
disintegrate the Heart aggregation, and If
fight comes On at st. Louis between these
two candidates for the nomination and the
convention gets into a deadlock the Cor
man men would expect their champion to
stand good chance of coming in, as he
would not have antagonized the Hearst
people to the extent that Judge Parker had.
Looking Up on Question Of Issues.
The democrats in Congress are looking
up also on the question of issues. The re-
publicans observe this disposition with
some anxiety, realizing the force of the as
sertion of Senator PIatt of New York that
the democrats are returning to sane and
dangerous condition
In their search for issues the democrats
are proceeding along two main lines. Turn
the rascals OUT and GIVE us safe Presi-
oent instead of Roosevelt wall be their
two slogans Between now and the ad-.
Journment of Congress all the capital pos
slble is TO be extracted from the refusal
OF the republicans to investigate the Post
once Department, and an attempt will be
made to gain an advantage in the Swayne
impeachment case, if the republicans at
tempt to smother the proposed proceed
ings. The democrats will dwell with en-
phasis on the Presidents alleged usurpa-
ton OF power la issuing the service pension
order. The democrats are not opposing the
idea of pens'onifg the veterans who have
rached the age of siXty-two years, but are
rather taking their side claiming that the
administration is not doing the veterans
fun Justice as might be done by the pas
sa ge OF Il bill.
The democrats will ATTEMPT to point OUT
that this Pxssidentinf order IS a cerapresniee
and a makeshift on the part of the admin
istration and that bill regularly passed
through congress would be of far more
6eneht to the deserving soldiers. In attack
ing the President on every possible point
the democrats hope to arouse dissatisfaction
throughout the eountrywith the executive
expecting that in case they nominate con-
sefyative man OF the character of Judge
Parker they can draw to his support some
republicans who would offset the possible
detection of Bryanites. Many of the demo-
crdIic leaders, however, do not think that
they will come TO open warfare with Mr.
Bryan at st. Louis. They intend to try to
deal amicably with him, and will make an
appeal to him not to split the party
Senator Dubois Views.
Senator Dubois. who has been a steadfast
supporter of Mr. Bryan in the past, voices
the Judgment of many democrats upon this
point He says he thinks it will be possible
for the democrats to convince Mr.. Bryan
that he owes to his fellow workers in the
party who have supported him through two
campaigns, to yield his Judgment if a ma
jorfty is against him this time in conven-
ton and to give as loyal support to men
who differ with him as they gave him at
Kansas City
A Georgia congressman who returned re-
turned to the Capitol today said that the
meeting in Atlanta last week at which a
Parker club was organized to fight the
Heart movement will probably have inn
portant effect. He said that one injudi-
cious remark, however. made by one of the
democrats in attendance has been seized
upon by the Hearst men, who are using it
against Judge Parker. This man in the
meeting asked why not call things by their
right name and designate the proposed or
ganizatfOn as a Cleveland club instead of
a Parker club He said hat looking around
he could see so many of the Cleveland fol-
lowers he could not consider the meeting
anything else than yelled attempt to start
the Cleveland boom in Georgia The Hearst
people heard about this and have been IN
dustriously circulating the charge that the
Parker movement IS in reality intended to
cover Cleveland sortie.
Democrats in the House are expecting
BouIke Cochran to deliver speech in a
few days in which he will set the pace for
the attack on Roosevelt. Mr.. Cochran is
understood to be preparing one of his mas
terful campaign speeches, In which he will
rake the President over the Goals for al
legged usurpatioR of power and attempt to
hold him up as an example of an unsafe
n "a.