The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-20

All of the States ha, '@ con- Ivention but Louisif orth Carolina, North D and | Vermont, with a ,tes
 Thus 1t will be otes | have been selected 1ere
 have have been in dge | Parker the votes ing States: New York, ' on-
 necticut 14 Tennt sia
 %; Alaska. 6 Miss an
 sas. IS. Total 216.
 | MT Hearst has i'm
 the votes of the fol liz | nois, 54; Iowa, 26; N, K
 ico 6; Rhode Island ta, s; Washington, 10; C IT, | ida, 4; Arizona, 6: w ii, | 6; Idaho 6. Total,
 For Olney-Massa or
 Wall-Wisconsin, 26, a-
 ware, 6; total instru pr
 oyer one, hundred les y
 of the convention.
 The uninstructed n | the following States. |,
 Montana, West Virgin
 sylvania, Oregon. New |,
 Kansas, Ohio, Distri --4 Alabama, Maryland, NeDraska, Mich
 igan, Indian Territory, Oklahoma, Col
 orado. Kentucky, Utah and Virginia. | Total 3S0. The instructed vote for all candidates Is now GA votes greater than the uninstructed vote. The instructed
 vote for Hearst, Olney. Wall and Gray
 Is FPS. or 12 more than the instructed If you give Judge Parker one-ha1f the uninstructed vote on the first bal lot. he will receive 406 votes, or nearly one hundred votes short of a majority, On Nthe second ballot, If you give him two thirds of the uninstructed vote. he will have a majority of the convention.
 Then comes the question of Jumping
 on the band wagon, which means to go with the winner or else to stand pat
 and defeat the New York man.
 It must be rememmered that when AaI FA fV.d Bryan and his minority report on res olutions and platform from the "Rea- son" Committee, have been defeated by the convention, and he will be either defeat of Parker or importuning for concession or compromise as to the candidate. The influence of MT. Bryan with a large number of the delegates should not be underrated.
 The St. Louis Convention will doubt | less end him as the Democratic leader,
 struggle to prevent it. Just what in fiuence he may be able to exert with the delegates from the West and South cannot be estimated. That the senti-
 ment among the leaders and masses in the Democratic party have undergone
 great change In the last four years as to Democratic policies, or rather opposition to the Republican party. is
 Whether this change of mind. in fact lrev0aution of opinion may have been brought about by RooSeVeltlsm ana all that 1t implies, there Is no telling. But 1t is known now that all good Demo- crats are anxious to get together on common ground and whip the Republic ans. To aid them in this laudab1e pur- pose stand the conservative and busi- | ness interests Of the country. Ine
 hope Is everywhere among Democrats
 that harmony, wisdom and compromise
 will prevail at St. Louis. and that Bryan
 and the leaders of the Democratic party will get together like patriots for a
 common cause and against a common
 enemy. We need Bryan, Hill Belmont
 and Tammany to thrash the Republic | ans next November.
 If the Bryanites, Hearstites and all
 Parker are determined to defeat him, | 1t seems that 1t can be easily done by
 a compact, organized, and well dis
 eiplined minority like the famous SSO6
 man to rally around. It appears that
 MT Bryan has no candidate, or if he
 has he keeps it to himself.
 | If Bryan had a good strong man to put to the front as a candidate he
 would easily defeat the Hill Belmont
 combination. but therein is where he
 failure where required. He is all right | on theory, sentiment convictions and oratory, but all wrong on tact, practi-
 cability. discipline, methods and or
 It is conceded that Mir Hearst is not the candidate for the minority 10 make the stand and fight against Judge Par ker. Better timber than Hearst must be brought to the front Of course, if the name of Senator German Is form ally presented to the Convention, and
 the Hearst and Bryan forces stand as solid wall against Parker the aMry- land Senator will be in a position 10 name the nominee of the Convention
 for 1t is well understood among Mir Germans friends that his name will not be presented to the Convention un- less he is assured of a sufficient num- Der of votes to command the situation
 German, Bryan and Hearst with their following, 1t Is believed can control in the St. Louis Convention from the
 start to finish, not less than 450 votes and perhaps 500 votes. But before
 your uncle Arthur Pue" gets into the
 your sweet life he is going to know what he Is there for and just exactly what he Is up against. for before he