The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-19
.TAMMANY CHIEF
PRACTICALLY MAKES :. PRO lS NOUNCEMENT FOR CLEvE-
 LANDS NOMINATION.
Says the Ex-President Can Whit May Mean Fight for State Con-
 vention-Checks Par ker Boom.

New York World.
 Charles F. Murphy for the first time yesterday indicated his preference for candidate for the presidency by declar- ing that Grover Cleveland could easily | be elected.
 ig This statement was regarded as tanta- lfnount to a declaration that MT. Cleve- fiand is Tammany's candidate for the l nomination until further notice. It was also thought to be a challenge to David B. Hill and the Parker men for the con | trol of the State convention. Murphys avowal disappointed tho | friends of Judge Parker. They fear that ! Murphy's attitude will be fatal to the progress of Judge Parker's candidacy. and that the committeeman who are here will go home convinced that with Mur phy opposed to him, Judge Parker can not win the New York delegation. MT. Murphy was at Tammany Hall I when he made the declaration for MT 1 Cleveland during a talk about his visit Ito Washington He said: q saw and talked with the committee | men from most of the States. There was | an interchange of views. but there seem- ed to be no decided sentiment for any man. It is not correct. as reported in the papers, that I declared in talking with the members of the committee for I any candidate.
 l T did repeat to gentlemen there a re- mark which I have made in conversa- ton with friends here%that if Grover Cleveland were nominated he would be elected. said was confident he would carry New York. I did not declare for MT. Cleveland or any one. It is not yet eime to say whom Tammany will sup port for the nomination.
 q have no candidate. and, as I said before. it Is too early to bring one out. believe this is Democratic year and that all signs point to Democratic vic tory. New York State is surely in the Democratic column
 Tt has been reported that you are op- posed to Judge Parker on account of his close relations with MT. Hill?" q have not said I was for or against Judge Parker or for or against any can didate. l have no quarrel with MT. Hill" 't Will New York have a candidate for the nomination?'
 ,5 "It may, bat it is too early yet to say that. There is no doubt but that New
 York will go Democratic.''
 Have you ever said you favored the
 nomination of MT Cleveland?"
 "I don't think I have said so. I am
 not committed to any candidate"
 Do you believe that Mir. Cleveland
 can be nominated?"
 l That is another question. I cannot
 pass upon that yet"
 In discussing Mir. Cleveland Murphy
 spoke with great emphasis. and his man.
 her was more significant than his words
 Though MT. Murphy said he did not believe he had ever spoken in favor of
 Mir Cleveland S nomination. he left nc 1 doubt in the minds of the National Com
 mitteomen as to his candidate.
 The National Committeeman in this
 city yesterday had left Washington with
 the impression that MT. Cleveland was
 not to be considered on account of the
 opposition of the South and West. They
 came here prepared to find out all about
 Judge Parker and to go home and boom
 him as the only New York man who had
 a chance.