The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1904-07-06
FIRST BALLOT ON DEMOCRATIC
CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT
WILL BE SCATTERED.
PARKER MEN CALMLY CONFIDENT
DECLARE NO POSSIBLE COM M5iNA
TIoN CAN NOW DEFEAT THE
NEW YORK JURiST.

st. Louis, July ct now seems
probable that the Parker preponder-
ance among the delegates to the Dem
ocratic national convention will not
cause any change in the compl
mentary votes of the states instructed
for favorite sons on the first ballot
While the Parker column will probably
embraS, the entire South and nearly
all the uninstructed states the dele
gates from Massachusetts, Wisconsin,
Delaware, California and Missouri will
formally present and record their votes
for Olney, Wall, Gray, Hearst and
Cockrell, respectively. New Jersey is
not counted upon to vote for Parker
on the first ballot and while the deci-
sion Of that delegation has not been
reached the present indications are
that 1t will join with Delaware in sup
port of Judge Gray. The Massachusetts,
delegation has taken the additional
step of sending out missionaries in be-
half of Olney, but beyond a declara-
tion that its delegation will hold stead
fastly to Wall Wisconsin is making no
formal attempt to bring any other
states to his support at this stage.
The California delegation maintains
its attitude that it will not waver In
it's support of Hearst and confidently
believes that the New York candidate
cannot secure the necessary two
thirds vote.
In the meantime the Parker ad-
herents are calmly confident that no
possible combination can now defeat
him and while offering no opposition
to the casting of complimentary votes
contend that the avalanche will follow
that action and that the second ballot
will end the matter.
The Parker managers are confident
that the New York man will show a
clear majority on the first ballot and
that, following the precedent of all
former Democratic national conven-
tions, this showing would Immediately
bring into line a sufficient number OF
states to give him the necessary two
thirds of the total vote of the conven-
tion. Such result, it is urged, would
be simply following the history record
OF the party at national conventions.
German Vote May Go to Parker.
It is practically conceded that the
German vote, as result OF Pennsyl-
vanias action, will be cast on the in
itial ballot for Parker. Ii this is fol-
lowed by like action on the part OF any
other of the recognized candidates
then the result may prove, as some OF
the leaders assert. in an assured nom
ination before the convention assem-
bles.
Senator German has never been
formally In it, was reply Senator
Henry G.. Davis of West Virginia made
to a question as to whether Senator
German was out of the presidential
race. He added that no statement can
be made as to what German will do.
At the same time it Is understood that
the delegations from West Virginia,
Maryland and the District of Columbia,
which formed the nucleus of the Cor
man strength, have decided to vote for
Parker.
1t is also known that Ohio is dis
satisfied with the fayorite son idea and
will hold a meeting with a view OF
abandoning Harmon and voting for
Parker.
"The situation is unchanged" said
Mr.. Bryan when approached for an ex-
preston concerning the effect of the
action of the Pennsylvania delegation
in joining with the Parker forces.
That" he added, ''is all that | can
say, except to add that the opposition
to Mr. Parker still exists
At noon the Hearst managers were
assuring all who visited their head
quarters that they still had hope of so
organizing the opposition to Parker as
to prevent his nomination. They
laughed at all suggestions that the
name Of Mr. Hearst would be with
drawn and expressed the hope that
they would be able to draw German
into the melee and prevent his friends
from going to Parker's support.