Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-07
BECOMING ALARMED
TIE IOWA CONSERVATIVE DEMO-.
Gratis AROUSED BY HEARST
ACTIVITY.
Judge Wade Desires Iowa to Send IN
instructed Delegation to st. Louis
Convention = Fight for Nomination
Is Between the New York Men.
tBY H. ]. MAHIN.l.
D II. j. NIAI1IIN.
Washington Bureau of the Courier.
WASHINGTON. D. c.. April 8.

Z tv0SilitSlCIl OF the COURIER.
Washington, D. c., April s.
That Judge Wade and other "con-
servative" leaders of the democrats are
now thoroughly frightened over the
success of w. r. Hearst's campaign
in Iowa and are seriously fearing that
he will finally capture the state is very
evident from Representative Wade's
attitude since he returned from his
brief trip west this week.
Since Judge Parker's campaign has
achieved such success in New York
and all indications point to the certain
ty that the Empire State will instruct
for him nearly every democrat of any
prominence in Washington, has been
out spoken in his opinion that the at
mosphere has been greatly cleared and
that Judge Parker will very likely be
the nominee. A canvass of leading
democrat senators and representatives
in Washington when the news from
New York arrived this week brought
out this almost unanimous consensus
of opinion. Judge Wade was seen
among the others and was the only one
who still refused to make a definite
statement on the matter. This is what
he did say:
Judge Parker has many friends in
Iowa. So has Mr.. Hearst. think that
the democrats of our state are anxious
to do that which is best for the party
and for the nation. have hoped that
Iowa would send an uninstructed dele
cation So that the votes of the state
could be given to the man who at the
convention would appear to be most
,o1> - 1,r;,, wi 10
the party I am sure that there are
a few men in Iowa who would stand
out in opposition to the man who was
the choice Of the doubtful states pro-
vided his democracy is unquestioned."
Although he knew that the big lead
ers Of his party We're coming out in
unqualified staten ents regarding the
wisdom of choosing Judge Parker, Mr..
Wade said that the foregoing was all
he could say.
The statement, it can be readily
seen, is more pussy footed" than those
which he made weeks ago when the
situation was greatly in the dark.
There is little doubt that Judge
Wade and other leaders of the "reor-
gained" democracy in Iowa are be-
{
5 fight for their lives or else leave the
way open to step into the other band
wagon at the last moment The re-
suits of the primaries in New York,
TSsZe caused many astute politicians to
say that the fight for the democratic
nomination is now between Parker and
Hearst only All other candidates are
eliminated and the struggle will be to
the finish. Although Judge Wade has
never openly expressed his opinion Of
Hearst. it is known without a doubt
among his friends and associates here
that he is heartily opposed to the New
York editor as a candidate for the
presidency. He has intimated such
privately to his friends many times.
Consequently when the returns came
in recently showing that Hearst was
carrying almost everything before him
in Iowa so far not only the "conserva-
tives" in Iowa were astounded but
Judge Wade was thoroughly disgusted
1t is evident that the advice which
Mr.. Wade has been giving the Iowa
democrats to the effect that they
should not instruct for any candidate
was done with the hope of warding off
the Hearst instructions which are now
beginning to flow in. There Is now no
way left open for him to advise in
structions for Parker and even if there
wore he would hesitate to do so for
fear that his advice would not only be
rejected but that matters would go
so far in the other direction as to leave
him in the position Of leader without
following. In fact Mr.. Wade's posi-
ton in Washington is quite uncomfort-
able. He has been looked to by other
democrats here as the leader of the
Iowa democracy especially since he
tacitly accepted the position by writ
Ing his recent. letter of advice and In
structions and Parker democrats and
antt-Hearst democrats are wondering
why the Iowa leader can not say what
Iowa is going to do OF how she stands
With no organization to fight Mr..
Hearst's string one and with the party
galloping in all sorts of surprising d.
rections Mr.. Wade and his assistant
leaders are In very unpleasant guam
dairy. 1t is pointed out that Mr.Hearst
is at present the only candidate who
has an organization and is doing any
actual campaigning in Iowa. Those
who are opposed to him have not much
OF an organization and furthermore
have no candidate to hold before the
people OF at least are afraid to say
that they have. Meanwhile Mr.. Hearst
is saving wood and gathering in the
delegates.
Another thing that is now troubling
Judge Wade is the fact that now that
Parker seems to be the favorite he
knows that he will have to fight the
fact that the New York Judge is really
the strongest "reorganizer" among the
proposed candidates for the democrat
ic nomination excepting Cleveland He
is also what is called safe man" by
the conservatives and next to Cleve-
land is the man of all others that the