The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-18
None But Friends of the Jnrist Will Be Sent to St. l Louis Convention. S
Up-stats, Leader Has Two-thirds of Albany Gathering With Him, !, # and Proposes to Tame the Tigsr-coeAran, TovnsA P ite~ sf 7. Fs71V FrN 7
 and Others Expect cd to Become < f. .tr- n
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Albany, N. T., April i7--If, the policy < adopted by the friends of Judge Alton B. Parker, at whose head stands former United States Senator David B. Hill. is carried out at the sessions of the Demo- cratic Convention tomorrow. 1t is likely to precipitate on the floor of the convcn- ton q battle royal which has not had a parallel in State Conventions for many years. when General Charles N. Bulger of os- wego, representing Senator Hill putting his finger almost under the nose of Rich ard Croker, denounced Tammany Hall and it's politics. Tammany Hall has wait ed as an organization to present its com piirnents to MT. Hill. and although it Is apparent tonight that the interests dom hated by MT. Hill control a large major tty of the convention, 1t is foregone conclusion that such orators as Bourke Cochran Thomas F. Candy. Charles A. Towne and Victor Bowling will, on the floor of the convention, accuse Mir. Hill of attempting to wreck the party. :.
 Battle Lines Drawn.
 These are not statements of. mere sur 1. position, for although Leader Charles F. Murphy of Tamnany Hall win not say a word tonight. and although former Sena- tor Hiil.is equally reticent, those who are extremely close to them are tonight nak- ! lngi definitely, these assertions. First ton behalf of Mir HliD-That un- less !Tammany withdraws, what he calls useless opposition to the instruction uf Che State delegation for Judge Parker, sFarnEnanx Han Will sbss praet tlcaliy read puts0 of the tconventi6n. De1egH lions In It's favor outside of Manhattan, refused a seat ln the convention, and Tamnany as [ body not allowed to name national dei- egate-at-large. 24g.. ..s ..
 Second ton behalf of MT, Murphy. as representing Tamnany HalD-That New York has met defeat in National Conven- Hons only when 1t has instructed It's dele- gation. that, because of the fact that the party platform and policy are as yet vaguely defified. 1t Is unwise to send an instructed delegation; that Tammany, casting the greatest proportion of the Democratic vote in the State, Is entitled to name a defegate-at-large that a Dem Dcratic State Committee should not he plected at 4his convention, but the matter should walt until the Fall convention, { when State issues are dominant.
 2 Hill Examines Murphy. s.
 Mir. Murphy with his TaShmany lieu tenants. arrived in the ciiy this after noon.- and for nearly ankhour, was in con= ference with Senator Hill He presented to Mr. Hill the name of w. Bourke Cock tan of, New York as Tammany's candi- Hate for delesate-at-iarge. It Is under stood that MT. Hill immediately asked him to name his candidate for President Z Of the United States, a request which MT. Murphy parried by saying that Tammany had no candidate. but firmly believed and would relterate the belief in the conven- espn tomorrow and at the National Con- wention at st. Louis. that 1t should not be compelled to name its candidate or be instructed for any particular candidate until the platform was agreed upon, and a proper man found, who would be' in accord. with It's issues. ..4 .-s
 To this Senator Hill replied that 1t must be perfectly apparent to Mir. Murphy that almost .two-thirds of the delegates to the convention would be in favor of in- btructing for Judge Parker. and Tam many should. therefore. gracefully accede Eo the majority of demand. ....s- G..
 If it. did not, Mir. Hill is quoted as say Ing, then Tammany must take the conse- quences of it's opposition, because the nelegates-at-large, must not encourage any who might on the floor of the Ma tionaI Convention repudiate the unit rule as adopted for instruction by the State Convention. .-,-
 Belmont for Delegate.
 He had intimated that in the place of Mir. Cockron, majority of the delegates might select, so as to be sure that their instructions for Judge Parker would be carried out August Belmont, who had al- ready. pledged himself for Parker
 When MT. Murphy left Senator FTill, he was asked by the representative of the Associated Press whether he would make a statement This he positively declined to do. but Senator Victor Dow HH nf,t that there. was absolutely no change in the situation.
 .'senator HilI positively declines to meet us half way and the fight will SO to the floor of the convention" said Sen ator Bowling where even though we may in the minority. we shall by voice and action, try to impress the people of the State that, we are in the right -
 Senator Hill. when seen, said that so for as he understood the matter Tam many was prepared to take the fight on the floor of the convention. He said there was no objection to that from a Democratic standpoint, and. indeed. he believed that was the place to fight it out. ... .''
 He had no fear of the result. and not only believed, but knew that the conyen- tion would instruct for Judge Parker.
 He added that care would be taken that the delegates at large selected would be those who would apply also to the selection of the electors.
 Not Unusual Procedure
 Asked whether it was not unusual to elect new State committee at this com vention. he said 1t was not, but that 1t was an excellent policy to select it at this time. so that 1t might be in work Ing order immediately after the nomina- ton of the convention of July.
 There was some discussion tonight as to the platform to be adopted. It Is said to have been Senator Hill's idea that the