New-York tribune., 1904-09-20

IN onen convention and ran in the last cam
paien for Lieutenant Governor. subsequently
taking a place in the Attorney Generals Office
has a little boom out for Cunneens JOB. He
msv bave to compromise with a convention Of
fee hut as he came up this morning win eH-
Senator Hill and actually talked WIN - Lnat
leader, great honoT at inns llihs' us 'S
SpaTt from the political gossip on the question
Of candidates the feature Of the present conVen-
tioD is the slOwnesS OF the delegates IN arrlS-
ing on the eve Of the first meeting scores OF
delegates have not arrived AT . ,S "SIoSA - ~,
night not important conference Hau OeeLI
held not a soul knew the programme ana NOT
one apparently expected to. II seems 10 ns
agreed that tomorrow night the Hli people
win get orders and prepare to obey them.
Charles F. Murphy put of his coming unGl the
last ,nornent apparently because he realized that
- 80 ,,ot needed Dossibly not wanted. Until
Mr. Hill came there was no use for any one 10
be here Since he came he has been the con-
II was somewhat boastful for Louis XIV TO
declare 'TEtat cest moi,' but Mr. Hill would
exaggerate no whit If he said to-nlght am an.
the convention" Indeed. no one would steatly
resent IT, What irritates the delegates 10 this
unbossed convention is his pretension that any
one else except himself Will have even an al
1,isory influence. AS for election. the Tammany
men are already whetting their knives ana
boasting OF what they VIII DO TO the hilI ticket.
II was a moving spectacle in the dining room
Tonight when ex-senator Edward Murphy, JT.s
of Troy came in with the Wolferts Roost
statesman Guests recalled the fact that just
ten years ago the Troy Senator assisted IN fore
ing Hill's nomination for a third and final time.
Tammanys one regre: is that history will not
repeat itself this year.
JUDGE PARKER LOST SIGHT Of
Meantime. in the midst Of all this turmoil the
one thing entirely lost sight of is the national
candidate Two years ago. when he was talked
of for Governor, Judge Parker's name was fire.
quently heard in the hotel corridors. Tonight.
when he is the national standard bearer. his
name is not to be heard. Only his face. en-
arda nd of ixeG IN he
hotel yard, looks forth reproachfully on a Demo-
cratic convention. Even Uncle Gassaway" gets
a good humored joke now and then. but Esoplan
silence as profound here as at Rosemount en-
velops the judicial figure. Judge Parker may
have enough influence to prevent the shelVIhs
of Chief Judge Cullen; he will probably obtain
this slight concession. but then. as the TAM
many braves say. he will be "all in"
1t is NOT often that Democratic gathering
finds good things to say of a Republican can
didate. but President Roosevelts praises are to
be heard on all sdes-not praises OF his cnaE-
acter or his achievements, TO be sure. as this
would be expecting too much. What the up
State Democrats are saying openly and unani-
mously is that he is popular beyond precedent
that he is vastly stronger than his ticket and
that he will sweep the State. score of lead
ers are to be found who believe the Democratic
State ticket viii win. It is hard to get a tithe
of them to prophesy-that is. privately. Of course
that the Democratic nominee has even
vague chance.
There is something pathetic in the manner
in which the State issues are harped on and
the national ticket and issues Telegated to ST.
lence and obviously avoided. Upstate Repub-
licans last week affirmed the popularity of
Roosevelt with the rural voters. Upstate
Democrats to-day confirm 1t as a real fact. The
national ticket has been abandoned and the
Democratic rank and file anxiously clamor-
ing to know IL Hill will sacrifice the hope Of car
Tytng the State ticket with his usual political
tactics. One hears Of patronage and canal ap-
propriations The constitution clubs and the
independents anti-imperialism are academic
questions that do not arise here Upstate
leaders are hungry, the patronage tree has been
barren Of fruit for some years and not few
say so with a frankness that is refreshing