The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-04-18

nose of Richard Croker, denounced
Tammany Hall and it's politics, Tam
many has waited as an organization to
present its compliments to Mr.. Hill,
and although it is perfectly apparent
today that the interests dominated by
Mr.. Hill control a large majority Of
the conventions vote, it is a fOregOne
conclusion that such orators as BOurke
Cochran, Thomas F. Grady, Charles A.
TOwne and Victor Bowling will on the
Bourke Cochran of New York as Tam
cuse Mr.. Hill of attempting to wreck
the party. These are not statements
of mere supposition, for although
Leader Charles F. Murphy of Tamma-
though former Senator Hill is equally
reticent, those who are extremely close
to them are making definitely these
assertions:
First-On behalf of Mr. Hill, that
unless Tammany withdraws what he
calls useless opposition to the in
struction of the state delegation for
Judge 'arker, Tammany Hall will be
practically read out of the convention,
delegations in it's favor outside of
Manhattan refused a seat in the con-
vention and Tammany as a body not
allowed to name a national delegate at
large.
Second-On behalf of Mr. Murphy,
as representing Tammany Hall, that
New York has met defeat in national
conventions only when it has instruct
ed its delegation: that because of this
fact that the party platform and pol
icy are as yet vaguely defined, it is
unwise to send an instructed delega-
ton; that Tammany. casting the
greatest proportion of the Democratic
vote in the state, is entitled to name
a delegate at large; that a Democratic
state committee should not be elected
At this convention, but the matter
should wait until the fall convention,
when state issues are dominant
Mr. Murphy for nearly an hour was
in conference with Senator Hill. He
presented to Mr.. Hill the name of w.
Bourke Cockron of New York as Tam
many's candidate for delegate at large.
It Is understood that Mr.. Hill immedi-
ately asked him to name his candidate
for president of the United States,
request that Mr.. Murphy parted by
saying that Tammany had no candi-
date, but firmly believed and would
reiterate it's belief in the convention
today and at the national convention
at ST. Louis, that it should not be COM
PEELED to name it's candidate or be in
structed for any particular candidate
until the platform was agreed upon
and a proper man found who would be
in accord with it's issues.
To this Senator Hill replied that it
must be perfectly apparent to Mr..
Murphy that almost two-thirds of the
delegates to today's convention are in
favor of instructing for Judge Parker
and that Tammany should therefore
gracefully accede to the majority de-
mand. If it did not, Mr.. Hill is quoted
as saying. then Tammany must take
the consequences Of it's opposition be-
cause the delegates at large must not
include any man who might on the
floor Of the national convention repu-
date the unit rule as adopted for in
| struction by the state convention.
When Mr.. Murphy left Senator Hills
headquarters he was asked whether
he would make a statement This he
| positively declined to do. Senator Hill
when seen said that so far as he un-
dsrstood the matter Tammany was
prepared to take the fight to the floor
Of the convention. He saw no objec-
ton to that and believed that was
the place to fight it out.