The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-07


called for an unknown place of meet
ing, but the New workers. managers,
confident that they have the whole sit
uation thoroughly in hand, were not
disturbed by this conference or its
possible results
For second place On the ticket it
can hardly be said that speculation to-
night centers on any one man. A
naif dozen names are on. the tongues
of the crowds that gather in the lob
bies and various headquarters, but the
general sentiment is that this matter
should be left to ripen until after the
head of the ticket has, been formally
named
New Jersey Is for Parker
Former United States Senator
Smith, of New Jersey, who is practi-
caHy the head of the delegation. saw
William F. Sheehan tonight and as
sured him that New Jersey would Join
the Parker column the first ballot The
Tammany conferences eaAed for 6
O'Clock did not mateFialize. and Mr.
Murphy, Mr.. Towne, Senator Grady
+ and others wentzout on7a visi It was
said that Bird s. Coler and few 9th
ers We're Still working to keep Mr..
Parker from getting a two thirds vote,
put this statement was received with
some incredulity even by the Tam
t1<o<.S ic1iAh anu There Is evidence
tonight that the-Fan1nany people will
keep very quiet and make: no move
either to support by word, as they
must support by vote the Parker
boom. or declare against. it Senator
Hill was SO confident of victory tonight
that he was talking over the second
man On the ticket.
Senator Smith,. of New Jersey. is
quoted as saying that he had received
a telegram from Mr.. Cleveland deelin-
ing positively to have his name pre-
sented and that Parker was therefore
New Jerseys choice. No positive con-
flrmatien, however. was TO be had of
the receipt Of such a message.
Turner Leads
Aside from the movement in behalf
or George Turner, of Washington
there was no well defined vice presi-
Dental boom. A furry resulted from
the report early in the evening that
James r. Eckles, Of Illinois, had begun
an active fight for Judge Judson Har-
mon, but the Harmon people declared
the story absurd and asserted that
Judge Harmon had already positively
and finally declined to accept anything
but nrSt place on the ticket. There was
a good deal of talk during the after
noon and evening favorable to Repre-
sentative J. r. Williams, Of Illinois.
ana IhrOuSnoutgthe7d day hetWaS next to
Turner perhaps the most frequently
mentioned Of the long list Of vice pres
idential possibilities. The Washington
delegation was confident of the nomi-
nation of its faverite, but many of the
Middle West delegates declared them
selves opposed to the selection #
man from the far West
Adlai E. Stevenson, of Illinois. Mr.
Bryan's last running mate, was talked
for time, but it was declared he
would not accept the nomination.
The Indiana delegation was divided
in sentiment as to what its position
would be if the nomination were to go
to that state. John W. Kern and B. F.
Shiveley, both former gubernatorial
candidates. were being mildly doomed
by the Indiananss as was also Maj. G..
W. Menzies. In addition to the men
already named. there was in the vari-
Gus delegations talk of. Joseph Nv. Folk,
of Missouri; Ravid Rose, of Wiscon-
sin; Samuel Alschuler, former Illi-
nois gubernatorial candidate; James B.
Kilbourne,s of Ohio; Gov. Dockery. Of
Missouri and Edward G.. Wall, of Wis