The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-17
MUCH FOR PARKER
This is What Action of
HoOsier State DemOC-
raCy Means.

Especial TO the News and Observer.)
Washington, d, c., May 16.-Demo-
cratic politicians who have been Fig
uring" on the Presidential outlook de-
clare that the action of the Indiana
convention instructing for Parker ma
terially increases his lead in the race.
OF course the addition of thirty dele
gates to the instructed column has
weight, but more important still, in
the opinion of Judge Parker's friends.
is the moral effect of a State of In
diana's Importance inStructing for
him. 1t is expected to be especially
potent i'm the South and West, where
recently the word has gone out that
there must be no instructions for any
body. Within the week the editor of
the Atlanta Constitution, who probably
knows as much about Southern poll
tics as any one man, said that the
course of the Georgia Convention, at
least. regarding Judge Parker. de-
pended upon the action of the Indiana
Convention. He expressed the belief
that if Indiana backed 1.-The sage of
Esopus," as New York and Connecti-
cut have already done, his nomination
would be practically assured, since,
with Indiana and Georgia in his fol-
lowing the rest of the South and many
States of the West would join.
Basing their calculations on this
rosy view, which is concurred in BY
many of the leaders in other States,
and taking into account also the in
structed delegates and the known re-
suits of primaries, those who are fig
uring on results give Parker approxi-
mately the following strength:
Alabama, %; Arkansas, IS; Colo
rado, 10; Connecticut. IA: Florida, 10;
Georgia, 26; Idaho. 6; Indina. 30; Lou
isiana, Is; Michigan, Is: Minnesota,
q; Mississippi, 20; Montant, 6; New
Hampshire, S; New Work, rs; North
Carolina, "a; South Carolina, IS; Ten
nessee. "a; Texas, SO: Vermont, s. To-
tai, 426. Necessary to choice, 667.
by some, Pennsylyania's 6S votes
are put down for Parker, and by 9TH
ers for German, IL case he develops
any considerable strength. But if we
concede Pennsylvania to Parker he
would still lack 173 votes, with only
] 26 votes counted as doubtful from
which TO draw, since those who are
doing the figuring give German 1876
Hearst 102, with Delaware, New Jer-
sey, Illinois, Massachusetts and Mis-
souri, voting for .sfayorite sons" Il
is evident therefore, that as matters
now stand there can be no nomination
on the first ballot, even if Judge Par
ker gets all the States that can be
claimed for him.
But, in the doubtful column and
among the States that will cast their
first ballot for fayorite sons there is
a rich pasture in which to Craze, and
ii is among these that the friends of
Judge Parker expect the Indiana en-
dorsement to have it's greatest effect.
The 126 votes placed to Mr.. Cor
mans credit come from Maryland
16). Kentucky (26), Ohio (40). West
Virginia 14). Virginia (24). Hearst's
102 are. Iowa. 26; South Dakota and
North Dakota. each: and 6 each
from Rhode Island, Nevada, New
Mexico. Indian Territory, Wyoming.
Arizona, Alaska, Hawaii and Porto
Rico. He is also counting on Califor-
MIA. with good chances of getting
something from Oregon, Washington
and Nebraska. These are all now i'm
| the doubtful column with from s to
| 20 votes each.
FRED L. MERRITT