Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-04-18
NO LOVE FEAST.
Nav Be Trouble at New York
Democratic Convention.
Contest Between the Tammany and
Anti Tammany Forces.
Not All Harmony Among Democrats Of
Empire State.

Albany. n. Y. April 17.-If the policy
adopted by the friends of Judge Alton
Is. Parker, at whose head stands For
mer United States Senator David B.
Hill. is carried out at the sessions of
the Democratic state convention. to-
morrow, there is likely to be precipi
tated upon the floor of the convention a
battle royal which has not had par
allel in state political conventions for
many years. Since the Saratoga con-
vention of 1900. when Gen. Charles N.
Bulger of OswcgO. representing Senator
Hill. denounced Tammany Hall and its
politics. Tammany has waited as an
organization to present its compliments
to Mr.. Hill, and although it is per-
fectly apparent. tonight. that the in
terests dominated by Mr.. Hill control
Il large majority of the conventions
vote. it is fOregOne conclusion that
such orators as Bourke Cochran,
Thomas +. Grady. Charles A. Towne
and Victor Bowling will. on the floor Of
the convention. personally accuse Mr..
Hill of attempting to wreck the party.
Those who are extremely close to the
leader are. tonight, making definitely
these assertions:
First. on behalf of Mr.. Hill, that un-
less Tammany withdraws what he calls
useless opposition to the instruction
of the states delegation for Judge Par
kor, Tammany will be practically read
out Of the convention. delegations in
its f'vor outside of Manhattan refused
a seat in the convention. and Tammany
Ill
tional delegate at large.
Second. on behalf OF Mr.. Murphy. as
representing Tammany Hall. that the
party platform and policy are as yet
so vaguely defined that it is unWise to
send an instructed delegation: that
Tamnany. casting the greatest pro-
portion of the Democratic vote in the
state, is entitled to name a delegate at
large: that a Democratic state COM
mittec should not be elected at this
convention but the natter should wait
until the fall convention. when state
issues are particularly dormant.
Mr.. Murphy. with his Tammany lieu
tenants. arrived in this city. this after
conference with Senator Hill, 1t is
tiidt HlT. f1l1l li1l1culdtciy
asked him to nane his candidate for
President of the United States. a re-
quest which MIR. Murphy parried by
saying that Taninany had no candi-
date, but firmly believed that it should
not be compelled to name its candidate
or be instructed for any particular
candidate. until the platform was
agreed upon and Il proper man found
who would be il accord with the is
sues.
To this Senator Hill replied that il
must be perfectly apparent to Mr.. Muir
ply that almost two-thirds of the dele
gates to tomorrow'S convention would
be in favor of instructing for Judge
Parker. and that Tammany should
therefore gracefully accede to the ma
jority demand. If it did not. Mr.. Hill
is quoted as saying, then Tammany
must take the consequences of it's op-
position. because the delegates at large
must not include any man who might
on the floor of the national convention
repudiatc the unit rule as adopted for
instruction by the state convention.
The platform to be adopted, tomor-
row. il is said, will he very brief. deal
ing generally with the failures of tho
Republican party. 1t will not i'm any
way alludc to the monetary system
nor will ii endorse any particular plat
form heretofore adopted by Demo-
cratic conventions. In a word, it is in
tended to relieve Judge Parker. if the
convention instructs for him, from any
possible embarrassment until such
time as the national platform is adopt
ed. and he is possibly compelled to
stand upon it.
1t is understood, tonight. that tho
delegates at E,rSc to the national con-
vention will be Former United States
Senators David r. Hill of Albany. and
Edward Murphy. Jr. of Troy. August
Belmont of New York. an1 James w
EidEcway of Brooklyn.