The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-20
PARKER ON FIRST BALLOT
The Judges Nomination Re-
 garded as Certain.
The Hearst Boom Looked on With No More Concern Than q Toy Balloon on Circus
 Day.
Advertiser Bureau,
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Washington, April 1e.
 Although regarded as foregone con clusion that the plans of the friends of Judge Parker would go through at the New York Convention. Democrats of the House and Senate were deeply grAti1ed today with the news from the Empire State Democracy. The invariable view was that the nomination of Judge Parker was now assured beyond cavii. and on the first ballot of the convention. The Hearst boom is regarded with no more concern than toy balloon on circus day.
 There Is much talk among members to- day of the wisdom of having their States instruct straight for Judge Parker, just as New York has done Among Ala hamians 1t Is thought that. on account of Alabama having alphabetical prece- dence in the call of the roll of States at St. Louis, it will be quite the proper thing and commensurate with alert tn- telligence of Alabama Deomcracy to lead the Parker procession at St. Louis
 Representative Clayton said today:
 The View of Clayton.
 ''The work of the New York convention was so well done and it assures 50 oyer- whelming a vote for Judge Parker at St. Louis that his nomination. in my opinion. will be practically unanimous. Indeed I
 
 present any other narne.r
 Representative Patterson of Tennessee. who until Mir. Cieveiand's letter. was of the opinion that he was the stronnest man whom the Democrats could name. said: .
 The result in New York means a united Democracy in that State which will give its vote to the Democratic nesnf- nee Judge Parker.
 'The feeling among the two factio1s for local control will not be extended t6 tho polls in the National election Judge b Parker looks the noruinee for pnes,dasst | No Vice-President has ever been elected President of the United statss. ana as Theodore Roosevelt, in particular should not be- Democratic success would seem assured. Conservative men are looking for . safe and not c spectacuiar preal- dent The country needs an executive head who respects constitutional aafa- guards and orderly administration, not c President who lacks in these r8Apects both reverence and adequate conception.s Friends of the Mississippi River are somewhat disturbed, today by evidences that the majority of the Rivers ana Har- bors Committee, led by Chairman Burton. will fight the Berry amendment to the emergency river and harbor Appropriation bill appropriating ,S1.0O0.0 900 for the con tinuation of the improvement of the Mis- sissippi River which was interrupted by the flood of 1908. Mir. Burton, 1t Is said. professes to be displeased with the evident disposition upon the part of the Senate Commerce Committee to upset the program of the House Rivers and Har- bors Committee. When the measure comes out of the Senate and goes into conference, then will come the tug of war Mir. Burton is said to prefer the defeat of the entire emergeacy measure to concurrence in the Berry amendment It looks blue for the amendment but It's friends will not abandon the struggle in my event.