The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-02
THE TWO CANDIDATES.


The indications at present are that
there will be only two candidates for
the nomination for President at the
St. Louis convention, namely, Judge
Parker and Mr.. Hearst, both of New
York. Mr.. Cleveland, although never
a candidate was frequently mentioned
in connection with the nomination. He
is practically out Of the race now. No
effort is being made to get delegates
for Senator German. Judge Gray adj
mits that he is not in the contest, and
while the Massachusetts delegation
will probably be for Mr., Olney 1t is
we'll understood that neither he nor
his friends are making any effort in
his behalf. Mr.. Mcclellan has been
mentioned as a possibility, and it was
understood that Mr.. Murphy, the
Tammany leader, hoped to swing the
New York delegation for him by hav-
ing it sent to st. Louis uninstructed.
No one, however, is making any eff
fort in his behalf as far as known.
The action of the New York Demo-
cracy in declaring for Judge Parker in
its primaries has cleared the situation,
and where a week ago, there was
apathy and confusion in the ranks of
the Democracy there is now order and
activity.
In all parts of the country the con-
sentative Democracy has gone to work
for JUDGE Parker, and the opinion
seems to be that he will have a two
thirds majority in the nominating con-
vention. There is no doubt that he
will have a majority. providing moth
ing happens to modify present indica-
tons.
Mr.. Hearst has been making a Wig
orous campaign for weeks, and he has
met with some success. more perhaps
than was thought possible by some
of the ablest politicians of the party.
He stands a chance of getting d third
Of the delegates, though, owing to
the vigorous campaign that has been
begun for Judge Parker all along the
line, it is hardly probable he will.
The success that has attended the
efforts in behalf of Mr.. Hearst has
been due largely to the fact that prac-
tically nothing was being done in be-
half of any other candidates. Now,
however, that Judge Parker has been
pushed to the front, Mr.. Hearst will
find it much more difficult to pick up
delegates than he has heretofore found
it. No doubt his friends will continue
their efforts in his behalf, but their
activity will be helpful to Judge
Parker for the reason that it will
arouse the latter's friends to the i'm
portance Of taking the proper steps
to promote his interests.
Judge Parker has many advantages
over Mr.. Hearst. 1t is only neces-
sary to mention one or two of them.
One is that Mr.. Hearst will have no
support from his own state. That in
itself ought to be sufficient to con-
vince him that there is little or no
probability that the nomination will
be offered to him. Another advantage
is that a great many democrats of
New York are saying that If he were
the party's nominee he couldn't car
ry New York, while the opinion seems
to be pretty generally entertained by
Democrats of that state that Judge
Parker could carry 1t. 1t is admitted
that the Democratic party cannot win
without its thirty-nine electoral votes.
1t Is hardly reasonable to suppose,
therefore, that the Democratic party
will nominate a man that stands no
chance of carrying his own state, es-
pecially as that state is necessary to
success.
These advantages are sufficient to
convince Democrats that are open to
conviction that Judge Parker is pre-
ferable to Mr.. Hearst as a candidate.