New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-16
PARKER'S HANDS OFF.
NO INTERFERENCE HERE.
Sheehan Ont of Guardianship Con-
test-Jcrome Boom 4gain.
IBT TELEGRAPH TO THE rRrnuNE.l


Esopus y. Y, July 15.-Three facts CT more
than ordinary Importance developed at Rose
mount to-day, IN part sequel Of the confer
ences OF yesterday. First. William + Sheehan
VIII not be national chairman; second, neither
Chief Judge Parker nor any Of the managers OF
the national campaign will interfere on either
side in the Murphy McCarren fight; third the
question Of the national Craftsmanship is wholly
unsettled. II the friends Of Chief Judge Parker
dare they will select August Belmont; If the
pressure from the South and West is too great
they will discard him IN favor of Thomas Tag
CART. OF Indiana, or Senator German. OF Mary
land.
The question OF the national craftsmanship is
recognized here 10 be very ticklish. There are
many evidences at Rosemount that II is causing
not a little uneasiness. The problem OF the
State ticket remains in the background as yet
There is a general feeling that the candidate
should come from New-York City, since up
State claims are recognized in the Presidential
nominee. The decision Of Judge Parkers friends
that they cannot interfere in the local fight is
significant. following It does so closely Oh
Senator McCarrens visit Apparently the ad-
visers of the candidate believe that the Presi
Dental nominee cannot afford to interfere in
merely local quarrel They glibly affirm that
the quarrel viii be patched up. How. they do
not explain, beyond specifying that ii Will be
entirely without appeal TO Rosemount Incl
dentally it is asserted with apparent author
lily that w. Bourke Cochran did not go TO Rose
mount as the representative OF Charles F. Muir
ply. or for any reason other than that Of
nouncing his personal loyalty 10 the candidate.
1t is easy to infer however. that the plan for
harmony carries with it two things-the gentle
elimination of ex-senator HILL as a sop to Tam
many sensibilittes. and a recognition posi-
bly, the first place on the State ticket The hope
at Rosemount is that the pressure of the
tonal Democratic party exerted by its leaders
all over the country will drive Tammany back
into the harness.
CONCESSION TO SHEEHAN'S HEALTH.
The elimination OF William r Sheehan from
the national Craftsmanship is a reluctant
cession TO the physical condition OF the former
Lieutenant Governor. There is not the Slight
est doubt that Sheehan is regarded as the best
man for the place In any event he is certain
to be the power behind the throne. the personal
representative of the candidate But the strain
at St Louis told heavily on Sheehan, and he
will not run the risk of another breakdown.
That he might at the eleventh hour be per-
suaded TO accept the nomination for Governor
is a possibility, but unless the protest against
Belmont and other unforeseen circumstances
arise he viii not be asked to take the national
keen disappointment to the candidate. For
many reasons the friends OF the chief judge
agreed that Sheehan is the ideal man for the
place.
The problem OF choice between German.
Taggart and Belmont is perplexing in the
treme. There is no doubt that Belmont has the
first call, and he is available for multitude OF
reasons, Of which the campaign fund is not the
least. Friends OF the Parker candidacy affirm
that he has developed remarkably since he first
esssyed TO finance a Presidential campaign. But
the brief time that has elapsed since his
visit TO Rosemount has indicated the fact that
he is persona non grata to a large part of the
Democracy and his visit was followed by evil
dent worry and possibly by protests from the
party II the Parker campaign managers dare
10 defy the well known protest against Belmont
he will be named. and he is being seriously con-
sidered. but If the party opposition develops too
strongly IL viii be necessary to revert 10 Tag
CART, whose friends assert he holds pledge
from the Parker boomers. or of Senator Cor
man. whom many regard the man who would
make the most astute chairman. But all these
questions entirely probiematic.
NOTIFICATION DATE STILL IN DOUBT.
Ex-Lieutenant Governor sheehan who re-
turned from New-York to-day and VIII remain
here until Monday. simply threw up his hands
When seen py reporters To-Day, ana SAID frankly
that he had nothing definite to say in regard to
anything. He went far to cast doubt
on the date of Parkers notification implying
that, contrary the general expectation st
might precede that Of President Roosevelt The
date OF the meeting of the national committee
IS equally unsettled. and the campaign plans
yet in a state OF chaos. if evidences at
Rcsemount are correctly interpreted.
Chief Judge Parker spent the day in attending
TO his correspondence and IN a long conference
with ex-IAeutenant Governor sheehan His mail
continues Pile up and among his correspond
ents to-day were Congressman n. ]. Wade. Of
Iowa, and Assemblyman George NJ. Palmer. Of
Schoharie He also received a long poetic effu-
sion from Rabbi Joseph Lesser. Of Kingston.
Senator Daniel, Of Virginia, sent a congratu-
latory dispatch.
One fact OF more than passing interest should
be noted in the daily routine at Esopus. and that
is the growing importance attached to the boom
OF District Attorney Jerome for Governor His
personality. the possibility OF a whrlwind cam
paign through the State. and all the typical Je-
rome details are a growing influence here in
Rosemount There are unmistakable evidences
that he viii be Of the two three promi-
nent possibilities at the State convention. He
has already held many conferences with ex-Sen-
ator David B. HILL in his legislative struggles.
He is not allied with Tammany, although a
New York City Democrat, and the question of
in Rosemount. and also in other Democratic
councils OF the State That Jerome himself has
lightning rod out or at least that his friends
have rugged one up for him. is incontestabe
ana his trip 10 St Louis created no little COM
ment
While the State ticket is SIN remote and III
defined, there are many who believe that the
two leading candidates win be District Attorney
Jerome for Governor and George NJ. Palmer of
Schoharie, minority leader in the Assembly for
Lieutenant Governor. II is true, however that
many upstate Democrats. among them Erap