The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-01

DeIany. T. F. Grady, John Fox. Phillip
F. Donohue, NJ. Warley Platzek,
Frank A. O'Donnell, Joseph Cassidy,
William Sulzer, Bird S. Coler, T. D.
Sullivan, and possibly Commissioner
McAdoo. Charles A. Towne will go on
one of Tammany's specials
Senator George Washington Plunk1tt
was busy this afternoon distributing
tickets to the TammanyiteS who will go
on the special trains Sunday morning.
The railroads will get SIS, 900 from Tam
many for transporting its 1000 repre-
sentatives to the convention. There
will be six special trains-three over the
New York Central, two over the Penn
sylvania and one over the Baltimore
6& Ohio. The trains will carry no dining
cars. and stops of 10 minutes will be
made for meals.
On the train which carries the dele
cation from the 18th assembly district
will be the six delegates from Porto
Rico. Two of the delegates, Herbert
Shoffer and DR.. Molino. are already in
the city. Some time ago a letter was
received from the Porto Rico delegates
asking that they be taken on Tam
many train.
1--WE come as an uninstructed dele
CATION, but we love old Tammany just
the same,''' the letter concluded. Lead
er Murphy at once extended an invita-
tion to the delegates to become the
guests of Tammany and had arrange
ments made for them.
August Belmont, chief manager of the
Parker bonn, today will open Parker
headquarters in the Planters and JEFF
ferson hotels. David B. Hill, w. F.
Sheehan and Elliott Danforth start
from Albany today, and full force of
Parker boomers will be in st. Louis by
Saturday morning.
A few prominent members of the
Democratic national convention held a
mally agreed on Congressman John
Sharp Williams of Mississippi for tenn
porary chairman of the convention. No
man mas yet been selected for perma-
nent chairman, but it is understood
that some prominent northern Demo-
crat will get the place. Anti-Parker
leaders, including Tammany men, have
started boom for Mayor Patrick "A.
Collins of Boston for permanent chair
man. The Parker managers are going
to make a hard fight to bring about his
nomination on the second ballot. Some
of them admit that unless he is NOM
mated on the second roll call he will be
defeated. His friends assert that all the
delegates and the Cor
man, Olney, Gray, Wall and Cockren
votes will be cast for the judge after
one roll call. The anti-Parker forces
will caucus as soon as they go to ST.
Louis and try to unite candidate.
Charles F. Murphy has issued final or
ders to the Tammany delegates to make
a fight all along the line for the nomina
tion of Mayor Mcclellan. Mr.. Murphy.
it is said, believes that the situation is
ker's chances for the nomination will be
slight, and that the prize will fall to the
man whose friends put up the strongest
fight.
It is said to be Murphy's plan to have
the Tammany delegates and district lead
ers start on a campaign as soon as they
reach ST. Louis They will spread in
formation to the otehr delegates that
New York Democrats believe it will be
impossible to win with Parker. McC1el-
lans name will then be sprung on the.
convention at an opportune moment and
the nomination will be made by one of
the most eloquent orators of the SOUTH
1t will be seconded by sT3ourke Cochran.
As Murphy and his friends are bound
by the vote of instructions adopted at
the Albany convention. Hill and his ad-
herents are denouncing Murphy's action
as the blackest cherry. The Parker
men will make an attempt to have a
resolution adopted doing away with the
two-thirds rule.