The Irish standard., 1904-06-11

Judge George Gray, of Delaware,
and not Mayor George Il. Mcclellan, of
New York. is the man whom the Dem
ocrntic opponents of Judge Parker
hope to nominate for president at the
st. Louis convention, which is to meet
a month from tomorrow, says Walter
Wellmnn. the Washington correspon-
dent of the Chicago Record-H Herald.
The hope is a faint one, however The
Parker boom has made so much head
way there is now but little confidence
that ii can be stopped. l am told Oh
good authority that even Senator Cor
manervering around in an effort to
find Il winning combination. of which
he could make himself the center. in
stead of being compelled to play sec
Ond fiddle to David Il. Hill and August
Belmont, has returned from New York
quite hopeless as to the outlook 1t is
believed here that Messrs. German.
Gutfry. of Pennsylvania. and Smith.
of New Jersey. are all playing for
position" that is to say. trying to hold
aloof from the Parker movement with
a view to making Il more favorable ar
r;lngenrnt with the managers of the
New Workers. interests before they
give over their opposition and come in
to camp. If Senator German. rX-Sen-
ator Smith. Colonel Guirry AMI John
X. McLran of Ohio. were to Join the
Parker forces. ut once the nomination
would hr Il forcgone conclusion, and
there would hr nothing left to trade
upon. The only way to make terms
with the Parker people is to organize
IN opposition which may have some
thing to sell that the other people want
ness.
Although Judge Parker is almost as
good as nominated, that almost" that
small element of doubt. rcscnts a mar
gin for the operations of such adroit
and experienced players of the politi-
cal game as MessrS. German. Guffey,
Smith ana Mclean Hence some sort
| of an effort. sincere or otherwise is to
be made to start up Il movement for
Judge Gray. My information is that
| the Gray suggestion had it's origin in
certain corporation iealollsics in New
| York city, and / should not be sur
priscd If it could be traced directly to
2G broadway. the headquarters of the
| Standard Oil company. Mr.. Belmont
is altogether too prominent in the
| Parker organization, and there are rich
and powerful men among his neigh
| bors in the financial district Of the
| lower end of Manhattan who would
like to cut his comb by bringing some
other Democratic aspirant for the pres
| itlcncy to the frent. 1t is clear enough
to any observing man that the nom
inec of the convention is to be con-
servative. Hearst and Bryan have
been badly whipped, and nothing is
left Of them but the ability to make
speeches and to shout in big type. II
the nominee is not Judge Parker him,
self 1t must be some man of the Parker
type and Judge Gray, former scna.
tor, i Cleveland Democrat, a man who
actually is far superior to Parker in
experience and character and ability
would fill the bill. During the last
week or ten days considerable and
! well directed effort has been made to
unite the opposition to Parker on the
Delaware jurist. who was at the head
of President Rooscvelt's anthracite
coal strike commission. 1t has not met
| with as much success as it's promoters
had hoped, and the plan to spring it
suddenly ut the Opportune moment
and sweep the deck with it does not
look very promising.
1t did not take long to discover that
there was not much vitality to the Nc
Clellan idea. Young George is a cap
ital fellow, is making good mayor,
! and doubtless would prove a popular
| candidate if nominated, but how ridi-
culous to talk about naming him as q