Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-07-02
PARKER MEN MORE CONFIDENT.
Conferences Between GOrmau, Gutfey,
Mclean, Smith aud Murphy
without Result.
CLEVELAND is A STRONG FACTOR.
Hearst Boom Given an Impetus by
Arrival Of the Delegates from
California.

ST. Louis, Mo. July 2.--The Parker
men are growing more confident as
delegations and representatives OF diff
ferent delegations arrive. One OF the
most active Parker men In the city is
Thomas A. Taggart of indianapolis,
and he is in constant communication
with the new arrivals, especially those
who are under instructions for other
candidates, Mayor David A. Rose and
| 7, r. Ryan, of Wisconsin, were among
the arrivals today They are under
instructions for r. c. Wall OF their
| own state and declared that having
"favorite SON. they would express no
opinion as to the second choice OF the
delegation.
WISCONSIN'S CANDIDATE.
With a candidate of our own" said
Mr. Ryan, ut would not look very well
FOR us to be going around expressing
an opinion about second choice"
| From managers OF the Parker canvas,
however Il was learned that the Wis
| consn delegation would go to Parker
on the second ballot
A little light was shed upon the
| many conferences that have taken
! place In the east between the Demo-
cratic leaders like German, Gutfey, Nc
Lean Smith and Murphy. A delegate who
has been cognl2ant OF what took place
| at these conferences said today at their
close one man participating remarked:
We'll, we are no nearer n conclusion
than when we first commenced to talk"
MIGHT BE CLEVELAND.
IN going over the situation they
found that even If they should enter
into combination to defeat Parker
that they would be no nearer results
than before and some of them feared
that the defeat Of Parker would afford
an opportunity to nominate Cleveland.
and to this some OF the men I'm the con-
ference were opposed while others were
somewhat favorable. It is believed
that Smith and Guffey are among the
men who would be Willing to see Cleve-
land nominated, and that they would
be willing TO throw New Jersey and
Pennsylvania to the ex-president.
While some Parker men are enthu-
slastic enough to claim that their man
will be nominated on the first ballot,
the more experienced politicians are OF
the opinion that complimentary votes
| must lIhl NE cast lot IdNpIllt bbls bc-
fore the necessary two-thirds can be
obtained for the New Yorker.
GoRMAN's CANDIDACY.
II Is said that Germans candidacy
cannot be determined by his move
| ments. He Is at the head OF the Mary
land delegation, and II he comes TO 81.
| Louis It win mean that he Is not going
20 be a candidate. But II he remains az
home It will be assumed by his friends
here that he Is candidate and then
every effort viii be made to bring about
| his nomination.
An important arrival today was Au-
gust Belmont, who with several menu
bers Of his family came In on an early
train, and took apartments at the JEFF
ferson. lie Is one OF the active leaders
OF the Parker movement,
HEARsT's BOOM.
The Hearst boom was given somewhat
Of an impetus early today by the arrlv-
al Of the California delegation, accom-
panied by some OF the members OF the
Navada and Arizona delegations.
eve are all for Hearst until the fin-
ish, said Chairman Tarpey of the Cali
ifornia contingent. 1--WE will stay with
him until the end, Calfornians have
no second choice In this or In any other
| matter"
Another delegate, Mark Smith Of Ari-
IONA, expressed the same sentiment,
saying that the Democrats Of the vest
ern coast generally prefer Mr.. Hearst.
| He did not believe that the western
men In the convention would be averse
| 10 some other men In case IL would be-
come evident that Mr.. Hearst would
not secure the necessary two-thirds
vote 20 nominate.
Members OF the three delegations dis
cussed freely the possibilities with ref
erence to platform. but were generally
Of the opinion that there should be no
reference either TO the Chicago platform
OF 1896, or the Kansas City platform OF
1900
no DEAD ISSUES WANTED.
"rhis," said one OF them, us the year
1904 and we are dealing with this peri
cd and no other. believe that our peo-
pie prefer that all reference to past
| platforms should be omitted"
Senator Newlands OF Nevada, who ia
NJ the head OF the delegation from that
state, says that the sentiment OF the
western states generally Is against
Parker although the delegates are not
opposed to him IN any hostile sense.
The Hearst delegations from these
western states appear 20 have no second
choice, although It is understood that
some OF them may prefer German 20
! almost any other man.