Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-07-04
DEMOCRATS
PARKER, CLEVELAND AND
CORMAN ARE MJ>;>:>
TALKED OF.

ST LOUIS. July 2-Todav it is
farker against a badly scattered field
u the views OF delegates. alternates
ana other Interested Democrats here
can be taken for anything, the pomin,.
tlon OF Parker seems assured ON ei.
lher the second or third ballots Tins
lar me Hearst boom has fallen fiat
lhe IoFally of the delegates Instructed
Tor MIN being questioned Conyen.
tion leaders are positive that IL Par
ker is defeated. the nomination vim
10 to no other New Yorker meaning
Mc,'eIIah. or TO any other Tammany
iaVorite. meaning Cleveland. Ohio
men maintain that Judson Harmon of
cincinnati has good chance, hut del.
esaicS from other states are auIte NOS
Tive that Harmon has no show ne
lheFe Is no reason to believe he could
redeem ohio from Republicanism
'nfhah talk is growing stronger With
farker eliminated there is disposI
ton 10 cunccde "A strong position to
the Marylan leader Bryan strength
50 far is not OF positive character
There is nothing startling today in
The contest for the national chairman.
snip. The talk centers about Tom
laggert Of Indiana. Guffey OF Penn.
sylvania. an oil millionaire has many
friends. Some German men are
booming August Belmont for the
place
German has not yet left Washing.
ton for ST Louis A message from
his home at Laurel. Md, says that he
Will depart tomorrow.
This afternoon $4,000 Parker but.
tons We're distributed from headauar
ters. August Belmont finding ready
takers. Five hundred immense litho.
graphs of the New York jurist will
he given prominent places in the city
before the Fourth Half a dozen Par.
ker leaders said: ITS all over. Now
let's get him good running mate"
Parker's personal choice is said to be
Marshall Field of Chicago.
Morning trains brought in many
leaders and at noon telegram ar
rived IRON Baltimore saying that Mr..
German had left this morning and
would arrive tomorrow He is re-
garded as a very important factor in
the new boom for Cleveland that has
just + IN up and which is spreading
today With almost resistless force. II
Mr.. German consents to Cleveland
and it Is thought he will, unless he
ls,, some new Developments, the
probabilities are that the Parker
proposition viii go to pieces before
he. do ba
president he quite general The west
ern leaders are not all in by any
means. but those that are here are
not very enthusiastic for. Mr.. Cleve-
land. although they will submit to
that nomination il it shall be shown
to them that he only can be elected
There is friction among the New
Workers. and 1t is feared that Parker
cannot carry the Empire state. espe-
cially as the big contingent of Tam
many Is so opposed to him. The
southern leaders are quite ready to
take up Cleveland. and the middle
west also, if it can be shown to them
that he can surely carry New YORK.
for with the solid south and New York
but one other state is necessary to
elect the Democratic candidate. The
Hearst boomers have not arrived in
force. They will be in tonight and
tomorrow, but so far as he Is concern
ed il would seem today that his boom
has completely burst and without max
ing any noise the Rocky Mountain
country will fight strongly against
Cleveland, and the Parker men are
getting quite close to them. The far-
ker men are also confident that the
cleveland boom viii be short lived
and the New York judge nominated
on the first or second ballot. Thus
far the platform has scarcely been
considered
The arrival of Hearst boomers from
California. Nevada and Arizona this
afternoon caused something OF a stir
and noticeably counteracted the Par'
ker sentiment. Max lhmseh' hearsls
representative. announced that the
New York publisher would not attend
the convention.
The subcommittee of the Demo
cratic national committee did not mus
Ter a quorum this morning for the Sc
lection of John Sharpe Williams o
Mississippi as temporary chairman "
the convention The matter Is 10 u
disposed of this afternoon
John II Mclean OF Ohio Is wee
presidential candidate. Samuel Johh
son. manager OF the Mclean boom
said that Mclean would run under
conservative leader on conservative
platform, but not with Hearst he De
lieyes Governor Bsckham q Ken