The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-03

gratitude and every semblance of nno- esty. The Democratic Party should cut loose from every semblance of affiiiation or sympathy with Bryan and his Pop;,- ilstic visions. and nominate a conserya- tive man on sane platform, or else pr.- pare for third defeat even worse than the other two. And we believe it will nut itself squarely on record as having had an ample sufficiency of Bryan, Bryanisin ana de1eat' and drop the Nebraskan like not cake when the time comes to act
 Whiie Alabama may be counted safely on the conservative side in Democratic politics, it has made less progress than any other Southern State in Formulating the details of its future party policy. The Cleveland men are numerous and infl,,- ental, ana have more hope of the nom- lnation of their candidate than do the.r brethren Of Georgia, the Carolinas and the Virgtnias. Unlike the Cleveland Den- ocrats in those States they have picked no substitute for MT. Cleveland. They are in some notable cases hostile to Chief Judge Parker. Their hostility is trace. able to no cause but their jealous fidelity to MT. Cleveland. For the same reason they are strongly opposed to Senator Cor man, who disagreed with Mir. Cleveland and was rated the ally of ex-Senator Hill in the controversies of 1898 and 1892. There are few boomers for Judge Parker, few Tor Judge Gray, few for ex-Secretary Ol- ney. few for Editor Hearst few for Col onel Mcclellan, and fewer for MT. Cor. man. in Alabama. Occasionally there is an isolated call for the nomination of ux- Governor Francis of Missouri. In the absence of expressions from New York,
 1t Is easy to be seen that Alabama sent iment might coalesce on Mr. Frai1cls who seems to the Alabamians to possess many of the availabilities of Mir, Clevs. land.
 There are some Democrats in Alabama who would like the National ticket to be Mcclellan and Jelks. Colonel McClel- lan's name has been favorably mentioned in connection with the Presidential nom tnation at Birmingham. Montgomery and Mobile. Governor Jelks is one of the group of young Southern executives who | Is regarded as good Vice-Presidentiai tim.
 Der. He is close to Senator Morgan, who | is a power in the Democratic politics oi the South not safely to be underesti.
 mated It would be an injustice to Gov. | ernor Jelks to say that his name has beer linked with that of Colonel Mcclellan only In Alabama discussions of the ticket | His friends claim that his candidacS would add Southern strength to any con l servative ticket, such as New York anC
 its kindred Northern doubtful States
 would be likely to name
 Colonel McClellan's possible candidacy ! has been talked over here with a gooo deal of favor. New York State Is re-
 garded as the center of Democratic influ. ence for the approaching campaign. Tam. | many Hall does not frighten the Ala
 bama politicians as 1t frightens then | neighbors to the North and East It was Judge Joseph J. Willett of this State
 who brought out the name of ex-Justice Augustus Van Wyck, of Brooklyn, foI President in 1900. Mir. Van Wyck, it Will
 be remembered, was made New York | member of the Committee of Resolutions l In the National Convention of that veal
 much to the disgust of ex-Senator Hill
 Alabama thought highly of MT. Van | Wyck in proportion as 1t thought little
 of MT. Hill. It would have been glad
 under favorable circumstances to cast l it's vote for him for President. Now
 Judge Willett Is the leading Alabama Me
 Clellan boomer.' and it is not too much
 to say that there is Justification in the attitude of the Alabama Democracy fol | the complimentary words the Judge has | used toward the New York Mayor
 Tt Is evident that a very good under standing exists between the Democratic leaders of Alabama and Tammany Hall
 It cannot be said at this time that Ala. bama has been chosen as the Southern theatre of Tammany action in the Ma tional campaign, but 1t is entirely iusti. liable to say that it may be- It is the first State on the Convention roll-call. Il will vote undoubtedly in accordance wi ii agreements made beforehand with the New York leaders. If Mir. Murphy, oi Tammany, keeps his own counsel as sue. cessfully until the Convention roll is called as he has up to the present time Alabama's answer may be the first and final answer of the National Democracy.
 obviously it is the hope of the Ala. bama Cleveland Democracy that this an swer may be for Mir. Cleveland. So fai as can be learned. MT. Murphy has sait no more to the Alabama leaders than Inc has to others in relation to his prefer ence. but it is certain that the Demo cratic politicians here expect him to at here to Mir. Cleveland until the last mo- ment. If Tammany does not then lead :ol Mir. Cleveland, Alabama will accept tho substitute proposed by New York. wheth CT it be Parker. Mcclellan, Gray, Fran cis. German or Hearst, provided only tha' the Hearst candidacy does not appear tt be unseparably identified with Bryanism. Aa Tn NAnotism