The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-19

atOr Patrick II. MCCdTTeH, NoHSiS
man Bourke Cochran, of New YORK;
August Belmont and William s. Rodey,
of the Democratic state committee,
arrived at Ssopus today. They all said
they came on the invitation of Judge
Parker. and did not know would
be the subject of the conference or
how long they would stay.
CONGRESSMAN Cochran was asked II
he would take the stump for Judge
Parker.
rs it necessary to ask that?" he
replied.
He said that he woul support the
ticket with his whole heart any way
that appears likely to help toward VIC
tory.
Senator McCarren arrived later in
the day and was as uncommunicative
as those who had preceded him. He
said hat he had no knowledge of the
coming of Messrs. Cochran, Belmont
and Rodey. His only remark W a
All is harmony now, you knew."
With the senator was William c.
Hudson, former secretary Of the state
railroad commission. Mr. hudson is
an old friend of Judge Parker, and he
said his visit was largely personal
1T is only a question of the major
ity as ! see it, said Senator &C.
rem, after the conference. The ques-
ton Of campaign funds will not play
the part it has played in the past two
campaigns This time 1t is more a
question of the man than of any issue,
and the decision lies with the people
absolutely. The sordid element will
not be so much a feature as in the
past
The minute / saw the gold dis
patch, and / was with Mr.. Sheehan
when he received it, 1 said it was the
right thing under the circumstances"
Asked about the Bryan u~tterances,
Senator McCarren said that Mr.. Bryan
had pledged himself on the platform
in the convention TO support the ticket.
and that he believed he would do So
The conference between Judge Par
ker and Senator McCarren lasted
an hour and from what was learned
afterwards. there is a strong impress
sion here hat Mr.. Sheehan is no long
er to be thought of in connection with
the Democratic national chairman
ship, and that those in the position
of leadership do not regard the ma
tionaI committee as in any way bound
to Thomas Taggart. of Indiana.
1t may be said that if any one has
DeSI SSleCleu LOT the ndllOndl Cndlr-
manship there is no reliable informa-
ton o~btainable here tonight as to who
ne is.
Messrs. McCarren, Cochran and Bel
o left for New York tonight.
Six carloads of enthusiastic friends
of Judge Parker came down on a Spe-
cial train tonight to celebrate the
judges nomination. Most of those
who came were Democrats. but there
were not a few old Republican friends
of the judge. and the celebration was
designed 20 be non-partisan in
character.
Headed by the first regiment band,
of kinston, the visitors marched to
Rosemount and gave Judge Parker a
rousing ovation. The speech in behalf
of the visitors was made by former
State senator John j. Linson, of King
ston.
In reply Judge Parker said:
Senate LinSOn and gentlemen OF
that gallant band of tw~enty-six that
went over TO st. Louis the other DAY,
old friends and neighbours:
There are never any like the old
friends. Friendship is not a plant OF
rapid growth. For more than a quar-
ter of a century 1 lave passed among
You day by day. We met one another
on the street and as we were going
about our duties. We chatted togeth-
er at the clubs and met one another in
social intercourse at our respective
houses. Screwed together when dear
friends passed. together We helped one
another on occasions of need. We
rejoiced together when some great
good came to the life or lives of some
of our friends.
During those years We formed re-
lations of friendship with one anoth-
er. AS an illustration Of it we find
that twenty-six Of you went all the
way to St. Louis through the heat to
say something kindly of their friend
of that Kingston and Ulster county
band associated together for so mans
years, n / know very we'll that they
have not told the whole truth at St
Louis. There is something abou
these friends whom I have known sc
well these years that makes it impos-
Sible for them to tell the exact truth
about a friend, and I kno we'll tina
in talking to the several delegations
there they failed to recollect aught
but those things which pictured theil
neighbor as they liked him and like6
to view him. I need not say that
am very grateful to thosemen. I die
not ask them to go, but I appreciated
the fact hat they went. I knew tina
they would be a force there, as I hav,
learned they proved to be N I know
very we'll If a little effort had beer
made that h a band could have beer
very largely increased from amons
friends and neighbors who would hav,
been only too glad to go.
Il am not going to attempt to max.
a Speech but I want to welcome 70,
to Rosemount. Never will I forget
-As1- H.