The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-10
Senator TiIIman Makes Unusu-
 ally Caustic Remarks
HILL TRIES 10 PACIFY HIM,
Conference at Beginning Was charac. terized By Much Feeling, But To- wards the End Assumed a
 Very Peaceful Attitude.

St. Louis. July 9.-(s:12 p. m)-It is re- ported that Judge Parker has telegraph ed to the convention his views upon finance. declaring for the gold standard and suggesting that the convention should
 know this fact. asking the delegates to name another candidates if his views should not be in accordance with those l of the delegates. Mir. Sheehan, who has the custody of the telegram, declines to reveal the text until it is read to the con- vention. The Parker telegram has cre- ated commotion. and several senators have been to MT. Sheehan and urged him not to read the telegram to the conven- l tion The substance of Judge Parker's 1 tlegram is that he wants the conventional , to know his position that he is a gold ! standard man. and he believes that the l law irrevocably fixed the gold standard, and he would enforce the law as he con- strued it. There is @ reference in the despatch referring to a declination of thei nomination if his position Is not satisfac- l tory to the convention
 | Senator Tilman and Governor varda- man have announced in loud tones that South Carolina and Mississippi will with draw their votes immediately from Par ker If he sent such a telegram
 Do you think we are going to let hin [ i kick and cuff us about like thak? l Ollie James, chairman of the Kentucky < l delegation, says that with a gold stand- 1 ard plank in the platform. Kentucky wiiIf l give q republican majority or 100000. lI lt 1 have retired to corner in the hall for d | conference. Senator Hill is reading the1 | telegram to those gentlemen. The confer | ence was called at Senator Tillman's in- 1 stance. He presented the importance of i I the subject to Senator Hill and said in al l loud voice:
 l Tillman Grows Caustic.
 "The democratic party can always be i; | relied on to make d. fool of itself at ithe critical time"
 l Please wait senator" said Hill, putting1 | his hand on Tillman's shoulder, we'll l have a conference"
 Mir Sheehan said to some delegates who surrounded him:
 Please let me alone. I am half crazy"
 Information concerning the Parker tele- ' gram spread through the conventiopfdur- ing the recess and it soon beeashe evi- dent to the leaders that 1t wopdd be nec- essary to make some effort to shape. l evehts in a way to save the situation as much possible TBe various reports
 and rumors soon crystalized into a well i defined statement that Senator Daniel as [ chairman of the committee on resoutionss was preparing to offer a motion for the4 reconsideration of the vote by which the
 platform was adopted in order to present ! an amendment including the gold stan-
 dard declaration. so as to secure a plat
 form inharmony with Judge Parkers l via Helauatpg ohfacfRd n fbfC
 proceeding. among them being Senator Tillman who was very much aroused over the situation. He protested ill excited
 language over the proposed proceeding. declaring that the party was preparing Ito make a fool of itself" and that ir | must not be done.
 Hill Volunteers to Go.
 Senator Hill volunteered to go with 1 Senator Tillman 10 see Senator Daniel. the result being thaf the three leaders soon met in the corridor n front of the 1 presiding officers stand and they together | with number of other representative delegates retired to the rear of the hall 1 where they, shut of from all delegates 1 and visitors engaged in an earnest con- 1 ference until the convention adjourned. | Soon after the adjournment the con- | ference dispersed to meet at the New York headquarters at the Southern hotel.
 There the party was increased by tho audlt1On or uunDef or other icsidefSs including Messrs. Sheehan, Murphy and | Mir. McCarren of New York. Governor Thomas of Colorado, Senator Garmack of | Tennessee, Senator Newlands of Nevada. U. E. Cannon of Utah MT. Poe of Ma ryland Governor Beckham of Kentucky. Senator Foster of Louisiana and others 1 The conference was characterized at the beginning by much feeling but to- wards the end it assumed q very peaceful attitude. Senator carmack. Senator Can- non and Senator Tillman were among the
 most earnest speakers and all agreed that it would not be advisable to press a gold standarG plank upon the conyen- ton.
 Inclined to be Ugly.
 Senator Tillman inclined to be ugly and
 nsstent at first and spoke in loud tones of the nhrmity of the friends of the cam ddate.
 q cast no aspersion upon Judge Par ker's character. His action is manly but we of the south have been deceived. We should have known all this before. not at the ninth hour"
 | Senator Hll answered with some heat- He said:
 q am prepared to say that the telegram from Judge Parker is fortunate thing. | but 1 1o say that no intelligent delegate | or no state delegation voted for Judge | Parker without knowing exactly where Judge Parker stood. There is nothing new in Judge Parker's telegram The fact is | that I, as his own states representative, and in a sense his personal representatives. ] fought all night for financial plank for | Judge Parker to stand on, and when 1 granted ty the subcommittee I fought | another day to keep it in. It was dcfeat- | ed, and | voted with all the others to make unanimous report. So every man knows that Judge Parker would stand | on d plank of that kind. His nomination | is on a platform without t, and there in | nothing in the telegram. but the express