The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-05
Campaign Work in Full III.
Swing and Leaders
Are Cheerful. /. 81
PARKER AND THE
NEGRO PROBLEM.
Believes That Executive Has
Nothing to Do With Suffrage
Question-First Meeting in
Baltimore-clev and
Others Confer With
Candidate. 35st
Bys Walter Edward I Harris

BY Walter Edward Harris. u
I, Especial From a staff Correspondent.
&. NEW ToRR. Octobsr Much OF the
talk at Democratic Headquarters to-day
has been concerning the efforts made by u
Republicans to force Judge Parker to 4
discuss the negr, problem. 5:s 86s
"a reporter for a Republican paper, when
the newspa per man went in to see Judge L
a Parker in his room at the Seville last
night asked him what he would do con
Scerning the disfranchisement8o negroes
by several Southern States II he should s
be elected to the presidency. The 8ques-S.
ttion was direct viola ton OF the general
Understanding hat when the representa-
Stives Of the press called twice every day
they were not TO attempt to force the +
candidate to discuss issues, but simply
his personal movements and plans. he, I
Judge s face assumed d Y "a rud der hue as u
he curtly replied that his letter OF ac-$s
ceptance fully explained his attitude to-$
wards all classes OF American citizens
But this morning the paper whose re-
porter put the question to Jud Sc Parker II
had much to say concerning the refusal
of the nominee to- discuss the SUBJECT.
Parker's View Of It. ~;
HI Thou IN Z Judge Parker would not dis
5cuss the subject for publ ion. "a man
who is closer to him proba bly, than .s l
any; other man in the country, made the
following statement to me to-d ny:
Judge Parker understands sthatEthe con-
sstitutionality Of the suffrage provisions I
of the various Southern States has been
upheld by the United 81 S tes44 Supreme
Court. 4 He also b lleyessft LIN th =. ques-s
ton Is purely Judi cinl and one vi sWhich
the executive has nothing to DC:
& There are some negroes In q Ne y g Tn.
who alege that they are Den,ocra ts's ';s,;
81 these. one from, this lsclty, and one
from Albany, called to see Senator Nc
iCarreng at D Democratic State headqunrt teIs 4
to day to tell him how he could capture
the negro vote. e He was 4 out. and < he Y
negro said they would call nga in. VI Alc--sy
,Carrcns will not take any such pro POSITION.
seriously. IN 1895 some sharp negroes ms
sduced him to spend a lot Of money Inv Sll
}campaig ign among the negroes and the $gDAlgS
8colored vote promised him, lever mat or
#ialzed. TheBnegro OF New York is a $Re1s5 Re-
publican, Just as surely as /. his brother
down in Vrgnia or the caroilnas rs NJ
church IS even more a. me dunn q poli-ss
tics influence among New Y ork negroes
than It Is In the South. One of8the largest
political 4 banners I have seen In 5 y Nelv
York is out on West Thirty-ei y Street rect
One end OF the rope on " hicli q & IS sluna
across the street Is fastened to the roof a
lor st. EPaul's colored Baptist Church.
life size portraits Of roosevelt and FAR y
banks are on the banner. and the voters Ter !
are urged to make them esdent ana
Weep President,
Taggart Feeling Good.
Judge Parker has been busy Ill day re-
celying callers and debating letters. HIS h
correspondence lis probably as heavy as as !
that OF any man in America Harlaly g
day passes that every State IN the y mon
Is not represented In his mail.
Charles +. !. Murphy, the leader of TAM E I.
many. and other New York city Demo-
crn told Judge Parker to-day not 70
snend his time on New York city, bu n
Il deyote his energies to the State ana
other States where the result IS III dount. ?. !
Murphy said last night the Democfauo ao1l :,
ma iorty in the city would break / a1l n
records. ..fi, !, Z, !. 3. h,
The reception which the Manhattan MAJ 'al L
Club will give to Judge Parker to-lnor.8$ c-
row night, will be the most lmpoirtl'ant i,l' y
political event In the city since the 81 st.5;
Louis Convention. It is said slS q thou A
sand people will be- present. 5 u q
soon after Chairman TagGart came 70 I
national headquarters early this morn
ing. he began to hum tho barsMof the Y
old hymn .Theres a Land That is Fairer1f9
Than Day" and all day long he kept y
innings look 50 good. ] can't help it,'8
he said. sS
Democrats Confident,
Democrats outside of NeY York may
doubt that Parker will be elected, uttheyj
cannot stay around national l5headquarters
long Without catching enthusiasm and I
having their hearts upltfted Win hope.
1T would be hard to 4 xaggeratoi tpe
confidence to be found UP on the thlrs. !.
floor of the big Century 6ulldihg, on on I
West Thirty-fourth Street, Some OF tho
attaches of the National Committee mani
fest more enthusiasm than others, hut
.verv one from Chairman Tom Tasgart
ana w. r. Sheehan-" Blue-eyed Bllly'H
New Workers. ,call hln--ttown 70 no
elevator man. there Is a su-s -ss
prone confidence in the hellef thnt li.ohz
States after fhe fourth OF next March.
/ might analyze the causes OF confidence Z
felt by the Democra ts, hut the evldeNcca
OF 1t, Interested me more. gs s3 MA
"A Ground Swell.
.6"I do not believe there has ever been
seen such reyolutioDatn sentiment IN
the history OF politics OF this country as
has taken place IN the Democratic party
in the past two weeks, said Captain
Sam Donelson. s.of Tennessee, assistant
Of the National Commit
Tee, to-day. There Is not one OF ts Who
does not believe Judge Parker Will bn
elected, & have not always thought SO.
but / have now scarcely q doubt w me
world that President Roosevelt will he
defeated. am looking
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