Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-07-07
FORECAST OF THE
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION


boom which looked so roseate Satur.
day appears 10 be steadily collapsing
1t has not much vitality today than
learsts boomlet Parker talk is
loud and confident, and when the con.
vcntion meets tomorrow. the indica.
tlons are that he will likely be sure
ut tue second If not on the first bal.
lot Parker's great advantage is due
10 the tact that the opposition can.
NOT concentrate on any one man. Late
last week ii seemed as though all the
e'ements opposing Parker. and there
are many. would settle on Mr.. Cleye.
lana ana give him the fourth nomina.
non nut ihai stage has passed and
now German OF Maryland is the only
man about whom the opposing ele.
menl show signs OF rallying. In fact
lle fcNeriSh suspense OF the last few
days has given place to settled con.
yiction that New York will name the
candidate. and It viii be Judge Par
kor Interest today therefore. settles
ON the platform and the vice presi.
dehcy Nearly all the delegates have
arrived. The morning trains were all
crowded. and il the roll call was made
this noon few would be found missing
Of the thousand delegates that Will
gather in the coliseum tomorrow fore
noon. Senator Jones of Arkansas,
chairman of the national committee.
says that when he calls the body to
order he will only make five min.
ute speech, leaving to John Sharp
Williams of Mississippi. who will be
the temporary chairman, to strike the
Keynote Of the campaign After
Williams speech tomorrow and the
appointment OF committees. quick
adjournment will be made until Thurs
day
Bryan issued a statement this morn.
ing in which he says; The situation
is unchanged. Additions to the Par
I,cr list are not sufficient to secure his
nomination. take it for granted
there will he strong antitrust plank
in the platform
Anti-Parker forces are still active,
and Bryan Is the center The Nebras.
kan is aroused at all hours of the
night for advice. The first of the Sc
ries Of conferences planned for today
began at a. m. today. when Bryan
ex-senator Jones OF Arkansas and
other anti-Parkerites met
There are some urging the name OF.
General Miles. Overmeyer. Kansas
Sulzer and the Tammany leader try
ing to convince Bryan that Miles
could win the nomination and election
Bryan told ex-senator Harris OF Kan.
sas this morning in an ofthand conver.
sation that he favored Harris nom
nation to the presidency. Not for
me- Harris replied.
When news OF Pennsylvania de
cision to vote for Parker was brought
10 Hill, he said: We'll. | am glad to
hear it, anticipated this twenty
hours ago" He added: There will
be. others found.
The sensational announcement was
made by anti-Parker leaders shortly
before noon OF combination against
Parker finally being effected. The
combined strength of Olney. Wall.
COckrel, Harmon and Gray form a
nucleus deal, with Bryan and Hearst
forces in reserve. The basis for the
announcement was numerous sigma
lures to petitions secretly circulated
during the night, by which the sign
ers pledged themselves to stick to IA
vOrite sons through the first and sec
ond ballots. 1t does not extend be
yond this. 1t was claimed confiden-
italy that this agreement will control
400 votes of Wisconsin. Mississippi,
Missouri. Ohio and Delaware repre-.
sentatives.
Anti-Parkertes say they are willing
to let the future lake care of itself
after the second ballot. A develop
ment of he combine was a telegraphic
call on Judson Harmon OF Cincinnati
to have a letter in st. Louis ond We'd
nesday morning stating his disposition
in 1886 This satisfies Bryan, and
Harm1~esnay he the choice OF the
Parker opposition The Tammany on
slaught on Parker today is fierce.
Much homage is being paid two
k~locratic warhorses, distinguished
above all others for active work for
the party. They are Judge Reagan OF
palestine Texas. former senator and
only surviving member OF the conied
crate cabinet, and Hugh Morris OF
PENNSYLVANIA. who sat in the Demo
cratic convention at Charleston in
1863
At o'clock this afternoon the ONO
delegation held a meeting which Is
stll in session. the purpose being TO
name Harmon as the favorite son
and to get into the band wagon at
once declaring for Parker. which
since 10 O'Clock has been the drift
Of all instructed delegations. Tam
many finished a meeting at noon and
decided to fall into line for Parker,
so that if Ohio joins in with its 40
votes this will insure Parker's nom
nation ON the first ballot, giving him
SIS votes.
Governor Hin says now that there
Is not the slightest possibility oi
Parker's defeat, that the opposition Is
completely dislntegrated and amounts
to practically nothing. Parker is sure
of The GGi votes required to make the
twothirds nomination.
The anti-Parker deal caused no sen
satlon among the Parkerites. The,