The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-14
MISSISSIPPI IS
YET UNDECIDED
Parker Has Almost Enough to
Instruct Delegation
WILLIAMS OPPOSES HEARST
State Does Not Usually Instruct Its
Delegations, But instructions
Point to Definite Pledge
for Parker.
WILLIAMS OPPOSES HEARST

Washington June 13.-(Special.) 1.-The
three state and territorial conventions
which will name delegates to the st. Louis
convention this week cast a total OF Tor
ty-four votes, hence the effect upon the
candidacy OF the various aspirants for the
Presidency will not be of great import
ance Judge Parker will profit slightly
by the conventions. as 1t Is thought the
state of Mississippi will send delesa-
tion favorable to him The minority lead
er John Sharp Williams, declared his
preference for Judge Parker some time
ago and what Mr.. Williams says In
mississippi usually goes,
In view of Mr.. Williams position the
Hearst followers have made only a feeble
attempt to conduct a campaign in the
state. So far only one county In the
state has instructed its delegates at the
convention which meets in Jackson on
Wednesday to cast It's vote for Hearst
National committeeman Wallace Nc
Laurin, a brother of the Mississippi SEN
ator, has held the fight for Hearst 1t is
contrary to precedent for Mississippi to
instruct her delegates to national con-
vention and 1t Is not improbable that the
state will send a delegation to the con-
vention free to vote for the candidate
who seems most likely TO become the
nominee Both, the Hearst and Parker
men, are making strong claims In Ar
kansas, where the convention Is held to-
morrow, and as a result the state may
send its eighteen votes uninstruoted. II
is not unlikely that Hearst's campaign for
statehood as well as an efficient organiza-
ton will give him the vote or the Indian
Territory convention, which meets Thurs
day.
Completes List of Conventions.
The list Of conventions will be eomplet-
81 AN North Carolina and
Missouri conventions. Nevada, Florida
and Maine are the only states not hold
ing conventions In Nevada the state
central committee appointed the dele
gates, in Florida the delegates were
elected by primaries. and In Maine each
of the four congressional districts mas
chosen three delegates instead OF two,
each third delegate to be one of the
four at large.
The democratic congressional commit
tee under the leadership OF Representa-
tive Cowherd of Missouri has Virtually
begun the work of the present campaign
and from now until the presidential cleo
ton there will be no let up In the effort
to elect majority Of democrats to the
lower house.
The chairman, with his secretary. Mr..
Edwards, has gone carefully over the
principal democratic speeches made dur
ing the past session. and the most impor-
tant from a political standpoint, have
been edited and prepared for mailing.
BY the end of this week Chairman Cow
herd expects that the work of the liter
ary end of the commltte will be well ad-
vanced.
Mr.. Cowherd said today that reports
he has so far received are extremely en-
couraging to him. The factional trouble
In the republican party In New York,
Wisconsin and Illinois make him feel con-
f1dent that there will be big democratic
gains, and the capture of sufficient
number of seats now occupied by repub-
lcans to give the next house to the DEM
ocrats.