Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-06

trade. Murphy is responsible, it Is charged,
in which Judge Parker is reviled as a tool
OF the corporations, the STANDARD OIL
candidate and the friend Of Wall street
and the money changers. There is some
thing euphonious, apparently, In that
phrase Money changers and the mar
plots roll 1t over their tongues with unc-
ton. Senator Fred Dubois of Idaho, who
walked out of a republican convention in
this very town eight years ago, along with
Towne and Cannon and Teller, to join
Bryan, Is now opposed to the group of for
mer silver republicans and populist-demo-
Gratis and Is aiding the Parker movement.
Bryan will make his last stand in his last
ditch on the question of the platform. He
Will oppose 1t because of its omission of
his cherished financial theories and will
make one desperate effort to bring back
the wandering democratic sheep to the
barren Bryan sheep fold from the green
and inviting pastures to which they are
invited by the conservatives.
Chairman Of National Committee.
There seemed yesterday for little while
to be an opportunity for row among the
conservatives over the craftsmanship of the
national committee, but the prospect is
that 1t will be averted. Guffey of Pennsyl-
vania proposes that Senator Stone of Mis-
souri, be made temporary chairman of the
national committee, to hold Office for ten
days or couple of weeks, until the wishes
Ol JUuSe fdThST, lNe prospective nominee,
are learned 1ndana's adherence to the
Parker forces is largely dependent upon the
boom of Mr.. Tom Taggart for national
chairman. Mr.. Guffey wants it himself and
it is said that Senator German would like
to have Murray Vandiver of Maryland
made national chairman With this three
cornered contest in prospect, the happy So
luton is believed to be found in Mr. Cuff
fey's proposition to hold the decision in
allegiance, each man taking his chances
with Judge Parker to secure his favor.
Hill Counts Two-Thirds.
All last evening the rush for the Parker
band wagon on the part of the state dele
cations continued. There was steady ac-
cession to the Parker strength, and from
time to time Mr.. David B. Hill would take
his little tally card from his pocket as news
Of reinforcements was brought him, and put
down a few more for Parker.
The Hill estimate te today is a clear margin
of at least fifty over the necessary tWo-
thirds on the first ballot. The anti-Parker
adherents still insist they have enough to
withhold concurrence, but they refuse to
specify the location and character of their
goods
The man who will put Judge Parker in
nomination is Martin w. Littleton, a Texan,
now residing in Brooklyn. He is much of
the same type of orator as Bryan, and ex-
ceedingly eloquent, with the fire-alarm
quality in his voice. He was chosen by
David B. Hill to nominate Coler for gov
ernor at Saratoga in 1890, when Hill put his
coal plank in the platform and busted
his party. Littleton will be expected to
offset the fiery eloquence Of Bryan.
The Second Place.
The movement to make ex-senator Tur-
ner Of Washington Vice President is a dis
tinct sop to the silver sentiment of the
west. Wall of Wisconsin declares that he
will not be satisfied with anything less
than the whole loaf, and his name will not
be pushed for Vice President The Ken
lucky people will try to start boom for
Gov. Beckham, 1t is said, but Hill does not
take kindly to it. He wants to strengthen
the party in the far western states and
thinks Turner can do it.
The complete elimination of the Cleve-
land talk is the result of the preponder-
ance of southern and western delegates in
the gathering. The first men to arrive
were the managers from the east and a lit
tie group of Cleveland boomers, who filled
the air full of Cleveland talk. When the
delegates began to come in and met the
Cleveland talk they just said, "Stuffu' and
stamped the life out of the incipient boom
with their No brogans.
Ex-senator Smith Disguised.
One of the most disgusted men in the
anti-Parker outfit is former Senator Smith
of New Jersey
THE votes were here to defeat Parker"
he said today but German and Gufrey
quit us. German seems to have been
afraid, and Guffey made a combination
which he thought would result in giving
him Mcclellan, but in which he was out
generated by Hill. Then the Parker forces
were organized and went right to work to
bottle up votes.
Il don't think the nomination of Parker
is wise, but 1t seems inevitable"
The Money Plank.
The spirit of conservatism which seems to
be dominating the convention is extending
now to the money plank. Bryan was In
conference last night with August Belmont
through Gr intermediary, the object of Bel
mont being to induce Bryan not to demand
radical silver plank and the object of
Bryan being to prevent New York from in
sisting upon a gold plank. Today the con-
ferences are being continued and it was
said at noon that there was every prospect
cf a moderate financial plank being agreed
upon.
Met Without Enthusiasm
The assembling of this convention was as
different from the last democratic national
convention as could be Imagined An en-
tirely different spirit and motive seemed to !