The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-23
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Republicans Concede Doubtful
States to the Demo
Gratis. ia8
THAT PAR KER TELEGRAM Y. 6 R ] \

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81 (Fron, Our Regular Correspondent.))
WASHINGTON, D. c., July 22.--T III,
are Indications that the Republicans VIII
make no serious effort this year TO carry
the doubtful States Of the East. This MS
means that they concedo the Southern
States to- tho Democrats and also SO me me
States OF New York, New Jersey = ' ela-
ware and Connecticut Republicans have
never seriously protested that they h 2
reasonable chance Of carrying MARY
land and Kentucky. 1t is believed they
have little hope OF getting West Vi =
ginia. q siss s & i.3
y They do not admit that the Dem m Q Gratis
will carry Indiana, but Democrats !. re-
call that tho State went Tor grover iIre
Cleveland in 1892 by n majority Of over
six thousand, even with an Indiana man M.
at the head OF the national ticket =. ne !,
per cent ofBthe vote of Indiana which
is purchasable Is larger than that OF any
other State in the Union. Money de cldcs
nearly every election. If Taggart should
be the National Chairman h he e would
move heaven and earth to get&thes eleo-
toral vote Of the State for Parker a ana
Davis, and he would not lead g forlorn
hope. Tho In the State az poullinls
TO be close, Vine ther Roosevelt Or Ia arr
gets q majority The fact that Sen ana tor
IEairbanks sis on the ticket docs not mean
as much, the light Of history, and the
senator's personality, as the unthin n
Ing might suppose. The State went s1or
4 Grover Cleveland In 1892 when Benjamin
h Harrison was a candidate for re elec-
\ ton. Ri Fairbanks is AMMAN muclt IKE
Harrison. u HoYis absolutely without per-
sonal Magnetism. He Is a. man Q ( con-
siderable ability, but ten minutes IN ms
societygco ols a man off as 1.-The hadToeeelll
d sitting on an Iceberg, crack Ing fhnilstones
} WITH his teeth. III 9 is lii the Senate ecause
Z he is AZ man Of great wealth, and onoy
lis more needed in Indiana than IN & any
State In the Union. Isl III
Are Rather Panicky.
The Republicans are up In the air.
They we're demoralized to tile point !!
panic blythe tele gram Judge Parker sent
to the National Convention after his
3,r,,o,minat Ion. This was admitted here last
night by ono sof the best known sitepulpil-
cans In the country. He was. conVerslns
with an intimate friend, whose snamo
cannot be given, but Who repeated the
substance sof the conversat tom CO reluily
withholding from publica ton the y name ans,
\ 81 the gentleman made adn,iss ohs OF
the weakness of the Republican party {. N n
the East, and the Generalization into MO
which It was thrown by the Parker tele-
gram This gentleman, BY the way, holos
ono of8the highest positions in the gov
SeT,men t. Ia :9 !55.
az 5do not think the Republicans can.
carry New y ork. New Jersey. Delaware.
Connecticut. MARYLAND West Virginia Or
Kentucky,n.8he said. am willing TO %
nit there ! IS doubt about their being able
sto carry Indiana. but l believe the eiec--3
toral vote offthe State vii be cas- T forl
Roosevelt. believe the Republic WI
carry Practically everything west q { the
NIississippi.S IN ia ct, i belieVett the Demo
Gratis will lose everything west Of the,
Mississippi States. L know, though,
that there is some doubt about the re-
suit I'm wisconsin. where there is such a
terrible spitin the Republican ra nks, q S na
conditions In Michigan are not as IA . Vor-
able as the Republicans could wish
hope to- see Improvement in Mtchlsan
before tho day of ell ton
Il referring to the Parker telegram, he
said ,si6 3 n En- ". b, q, s,
a campaign to be fough hi on the lines Of
last year. The threat Of free COMA 8oIs
silver, If the Democrats got iint apo WLerril
was to be used. andiiall houi.i tfIat4ree
was prepared along that line. Z The ii ele!s
gram compelled a complete change and
We have not yet completed the mapping
out of#the campo gn. We did not expect
the Democrats to- declare for the gold
standard I'VE expected them to void any
;allusion to the money questi In heir
platform, and that is Just what they di ~
Then comes the telegram, putting Inc
party sauarely on a gold plat form. SO we
* 1c1, roy
and the work is not yet omplet ed. ''i5
What They Will Attempt.
Regarding the issues which tn Repn 2;
8llcans will finally attempt 70 %FIna &c. u E
gentleman quoted seemed Sin some d oubtt
He did say, however, re that 7 he fought
tho ground taken by many that the counl.5
try was irreyoca bly committed B to the
gold standard of value was sound II =
also said that It was not certain 4 tina Z
the country is now on "a gold basis, and
this contention Is made by several leadlngi
Republican papers Of the country, IN clud-
ing the New York Tribune, which, by
he way, Is about the only pa per in New
York which Is not supporting Parker and
This would Indicate that the &Republi+5
cans are going to still seek to ma c the
financial question an issue BY contendinE
thatRthe country Is not ga ely on ~ GOLD.
basis, and that the Democrats are at
heartriln favor OF the free coinage OF
silver, The Tribune is printing dali ~ ex-
tracts from tho speeches of 4 Demo cratic
campaign orators In 1896 to show that the
party Is In favor of free coinage, and
4 that IL 1t he'd the power It would a bolish
the single gold standard Tomorrow.
Democrats would we leone an attack
along those lines. The ST. Louis Ecorlven-i
ton demonstrated to- the country SO
clearly that the Democrats wished to-
allow the money question to rest where
IT had been lain that there is nothing to-
fear from attempts to resurrectt a ghost.
The Republican whom ] have been :quot-
ing above remarked q tone point ~ n the
conversation that "if the issue is not
as between candidates, l have no fears
a $ to the result W. Si
And, after all, there is where the real