The Irish standard., 1904-06-11
Although Judge Parker is Almost as Good as
Nominated, the Small Element of
Doubt Gives Hope.
He Now Has More Than Two Hundred In
structed Delegates and Most of the
Uninstructed Delegates.

compromise candidate" for the MIR.
pose OF securing harmony in New York
state when twOthirls of the New York
Democracy are for Parker and all of
the New York votes at st. Louis arc
instructed for him. 1t would he n new
hiea in politics to promote harmony in
state by taking the nomination away
from the faction which is i'm absolute
control of the state, so far MS its rcl,.
tons t" the national party are con-
c'rned, and to give it to n mere minor-
lty representing Il part of Il single city
ana without Il vote in the nntiOnnl
gathering Al this talk of a dckcr he
tween German ana Guffcy and Smith
on one side and Tnmmany on the
othcr is somewhat absurd for the rca
son that Tammany will he as power
less at st. Louis if power is represent
Ell by votes, as If it were not in ex
iStencr. The other men have somc-
thing to deliver. Tammnny has moth
ing. Besides. there is a feeling that
'ile H"lll" mayor. admirable as he is i'm
'llihy ways. is not yet ripe for the
presidency. He may grow ana he is
| generally regarded as a man with !,
f'ltul" provided the cXigcncirs of his
organization do not kill him off pre-
lll;it''l"ly by forcing him into more
iirlls"n gas bill affairs. Mcclellan is
| in much the same situation MS vo,,nn
james X. Garfield. who has been talk
'd of as Il successor to George Il. Cor
t"lNou III the cabinet, ana of whom
President Roosevelt said the other doy
to n member of his council: "Jimmip
is Il good boy and lie is growing. and
| ! am fond of him. but he is NOT yct
quite seasoned for n place in the cab
| met"
| Democrats who have the habit Of
looking II little way ahead saw tho
nomination of Mcclellan or Foil, or
any of the younger ana incxpcrcncod
men of the party would be Il great
bIunder If the Democracy has anv
chance at all it is in running a candi-
date who is the nntithcsis of Roosevelt
NO matter what the Republicans put
INTO their platform or what the Demo.
Gratis put into theirs President Roosc-
v''t is to be the issue. The only hope
for the Democrats is to be able TO saw
10 the country: This young man is
too impulsvr. to impetuols, too quick
on the trigger, too reckless to be en-
trusted with guidance of the ship Of
state. We offer YOU an older.
steadfer. a more conservative, Il safer
man," and so on.
| But this would not do at all with
Mayor Mcclellan. a fresh man in nuh.
lie ire, or with Folk, whose activities
have not yet gone beyond the prose-
cutlon OF bo0'llers in n single city, as
his rival. The country would be yerv
likely to respond that if it came to q
choice between two Youngsters it
would prefer the one who actually had
lad experience in the White House.
and who wouldn't have to learn the
whole job before he could settle down
to good and effective work.
Bearing these things in mind, Dem.
Ocrats who think, and who want to
take every chance there is to win. saw
either Parker or Gray would make a
much better candidate than Mcclellan
or Folk.
Unless the eminent politicians of the
Democracy who are or who pretend
to be anti-Parker are able to make
much more progress toward forming
a combination than they have made
up to this hour, it may be assumed
that Judge Parker is to be the nom.
inee at st. Louis. States which have
indorsed him or instructed for him up
to this time are: Alabama, %; Con-
necticut. IA: Georgia, 2G; Indiana, 30;
New Hampshire, 8; New York, 7s:
Tennessee, "a; total. POP.
Little or no doubt exists that he will
have the solid vote Of the following
states under the unit rule: Vermont.
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