New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-09

, nersons attending the convention is the father
of Martin W. LItteton. Of ork, the ma,
who is to make the speech nominating Suub'
Parker. The old man lives In Nashville Tenn.
ord &c a Democrat at least in part. His other SON
Jesse Littleton of Nashville, is inc I'e irb I'D
eantIeTan decIars that he takes map along win
him when he travels and changes ms ~ Ten
nessee and a Republican in New-4ork-
..T2IC, TIM" ON THE PIKE.-while the COM
rnfttee o. resolutions was struggling with the cur
rencv plank which died 'abornin',' Representative
Tim" sullivan accompanied by a score OF lam
many braves. took IN the fair Here Is no" one %
the big chiefs described the pilgrimage: Just a.
soon as Big Tim hit the pike there was sorne''i-a
doing all down the line. Gee' how the Dig 80
did shell out his coin among the taklrs. l"eS
thought he easy one at hrst' an" PNl ~
TO him all kinds Of gold bricks. but ne was ecu
on 10 their curves. With q broad grin o" MS
round face he told them he knew n thing or t"o'
and hs was on that they playing In hard luch'
too so he intended to give them all q Atl. A''e'
making a generous present TO almost every -'''""
on the pike. went into tho Iyro!eah APPS go.
There Big Tim little ScwesS pe'l''N
| counter where they sell tewelry and gimcracks'
She said she had known the big fellow III New
York and told him what a tough time S"7 was
having out here because ne @5,e2 ,f be Knew
her people over the East Side, ana httore ne 70
her $50" We o.tStI ~ - ,,ird our own business.
has mat clock on his hands and don't know what
Vas W. VS. dong things like that That's why he's the
~ ~ Ia neaple ON the East side The sale -
that clock made the little gl!l soma WIN '' "'7
for the rest OF the season
SENATOR TTII4AiAN's PHIIOsOPHY-senator
"Ren,. Tllrnan keeps the delegates in tho vicinity
If tho South Carolina standard IN constant state
! Of merriment by his characteristic frankness in
/ commenting the men who arc believed 10 De
! running the convention their way. Senator
/ 10 Fl IN tIt ID n
ayers Of the convention to-day as he was to those
! who engineered the two former conventions, which
! nominated Bryan. He has no complaint TO make
but Views the situation phllosophicaily, and says
he is prepared to bow 10 the Will of the majority
but he insists that the managers must deal falrIy
or trouble may arise before Judge Parker is noTn-
mated. This remark was not intended as threat
but II was simply outburst OK his real seHu-
ments in the excitement attending the contest over
| the report of the committee credentials In the
| Illinois case When il was known that the South
Carolina delegation had decided by poll Of 10 10
! to vote unit TO sustain the Bryan minority
/ report, some Of the ant-Parker delegates rushed
| TO the conclusion that Senator 1lllman and his
| friends were anu-Parker also. They gathered
around Senator Tlman for sympathy and de
nounced the cut and dried tactics of the Parker
seriously, you very much mistaken II YOU
| We are going TO vote for Judge Parker. 1t might
that this convention IS in the hands of oldtme
Democratic machine bosses. who are familiar with
over us on this vote. but have the satisfac-
| ton Of voting according to convictions. Tho
| men who have the Parker boom in charge are ex-
perienced machinists. and they ore different from
the managers we had to deal with in the last two
| campaigns.
WAS IT TOM JOHNsON?-There Is a mystery
in the Ohio delegation. and every man is sworn to
keep 1t. Something like seventy votes have been
taken in the delegation with view to ascertaining
| the harmony-not Harmon-which prevailed among
the Buckeyes and the result has Invariably been
the % votes for Parker and q for Bryan.
Hearst any old thing, not Parker. To-day tho
delegation held an eleventh hour caucus and adopt
ed the unit rule. nstructing the chairman to east
the unanimous vote of the delegation for Parker
by q vote Of % %, and all ST. Louis Is agog 10
know who converted but every loyal Ohioan
declares he is to secrecy and dare not tell
Rumor has it that the valiant Tom johnson was
the vacillating delegate. 1t is recalled that
on the occasion of the first vote which was
taken with view TO ascertaining the sentiment.
and not binding. Mr. Johnson voted for Folk.
and his the only vote cast for the Missourian.
Folk has urging his friends TO present his
name in the convention. and, therefore. suspicion
rests on Tom. This evening the Mayor is wearing
a castdown expression, which suggests guilt, and
there is waVering in his tread and shrinking
OF his figure which far to confirm the impress
sion Of his responsibility. 1t is also related but
cannot be verified that when Tom and the Eek
peerless one passed each other In a corridor OF
usual rapturous greeting with Is their custom
and thus one more damning circumstance is added
suspicion of having deserted the 'eX-peerless' Ii
TO l. single and all the other dear old fall
rest on him, unless he heroically and manfully
gets a release from his pledge of secrecy and re-
Veals to interested public the real perpetrator
OF the changed ballot.