The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-15
CHAOS IN PARTY
IS PARKER'S DOOM
headers Quarrel or Sulk, While
Candidate s Personality
Retards.
HEARST'S ATTITUDE e..
WORRIES MANAGERS
E1,r T,,Io.1 Two Io1o +@ EIs-,n al
Ex-Judge Unable to Fire Follow
ers by Word of Mouth
or Pen.
BY w. w. Jermane.


New York, Sept l5.-The rumors Of
serious friction in. the ranks Of the
democratic campaign managers will not
down. An outbreak is due almost any
day. The chief cause for friction is
the inability of the leaders to agree
regarding the character Of the cam
paign. Another cause is the subordinate
Isl compelled to play. The trouble, how
ever, is fundamental. The committee
Isl weak and not well organized. It con-
stains too many chalrmen and vice chair
men, too many men who insist upon
being consulted, and not one who has
a comprehensive grasp of the politics
Of the country as whole: Taggart
knows Indiana, and that is all; Sheehan
and Belmont know New York. Efforts
have been made to bring Senator Cor
man to headquarters to superintend the
work This is in itself confession of
weakness.
Judge Parker has been contributing
to the general confusion by insisting
that he should be. consulted regarding
all important questions. If between this
be spoiled, there will be no surprise.
Parker harks back to the time when he
was in active politics, managing the
gubernatorial campaign Of D. B. Hill.
He thinks that today he knows the
game as we'll as then. At his best, he
and the trouble with his advice now is
that it is adapted to the purely local
situation. He doesn't seem to know
what should be done in states outside
of New York.
Prominent democrats freely criticize
the management, and predict that I'M
less there should be a radical change
within two weeks, Roosevelt will be
elected by an overwhelming majority.
This criticism has led to the effort to
interest German. He is an astute politi-
clan, and he knows the whole country
almost as we'll as he does Maryland
But he is still sulking. He pulled in his
horns about the time Of the ST. Louis
convention, owing to certain untoward
conditions which surrounded his candi-
dacy for the presidential nomination.
He is disgruntled and disguised. In re-
spouse to the earnest request of Sheehan
and Belmont, however, he did spend two
DAYS in New York this week, and it is
said that it is his intention to give a
good deal of thought to the active man
agement of the campaign from this
time on.
Hearst is Worry.
The cold and cIammy attitude Of
William Randolph Hearst is another
cause for democratic worry. Hearst is
supporting the ticket, after a fashion,
but it is apparent that he has no par
ticular liking for it. He has said many
pleasant things in his newspapers about
Debs and Watson and very few about
Parker. 1t is not possible at present to
but it is believed he is banking on Par,
ker's defeat, and is to make an alliance
with Bryan after the campaign is over
with a view to capturing the democratic
party for state and government owner
especially the railroads and telegraph.
Hearst is strongly in favor of the Bryan
platform as announced in the Commoner
shortly after the ST. Louis convention.
Another cause for democratic dissatis-
faction is the candidate himself, who
presidential stature. 1t is suspected
that the plan to keep him in hiding dur
ing the campaign was carefully planned
Many democrats who do not know
utter madness, but it begins to be ap-
parent that there has been method in it
The gold telegram to the st. Louis
convention placed Judge Parker. in a
false light; He was not entitled an to the
called FORTH His address Of acceptance
revealed the true Parker, and since its
delivery his stock has been steadily de-
dining. His formal letter of accept
ance can hardly improve the situation
ton and humor. His mind is heavy ant
dull, and his language is almost as pom
derous as Cleveland's without the occa
sional flashes of genius which distin
guished Cleveland: One might as wei
undertake to kindle a fire with stones a
to raise Judge Parker to q pitch where
he would be really interesting and en-
pertaining. He is as fine an example O.
permanent mediocrity as the country
has seen for many n day, and he will
60 down into political history as one O.
the slowest-footed and dullest-witted O.
our presidential candidates.
. Failure as Speaker.
? The country already knows that h
cannot write a readable paper, and if h
were to take the stump it would quickl,
know that he cannot make a passabl
speech. Last February he appeare
before the students of Cornell unive1
sity, and his effort on that occasio:
ranks as perhaps the worst ever made i
that institution by man Of pretende
greatness. Two thousand students wer
present, and the speech lasted for a
hour and a half. Here is the New Yor
Sun account of it:
d The judge tried to speak from manu-
script, but found that his sentences wer
too long and complicated to carry. The
he tried extemporiZing. AlthO his topi
was the law and right out Of his lif
work, Judge Parker became very ill a
ease upon the platform. got into deepe
and deeper water and finally went bac
TO MS manuscript IN sell -deIeICe ~
the while those the outskirts Of hi
audience were leaving the building.
A number Of things go to make u
Judge Parker's inability to make
speech. The first and most importar
is his voice The democratic candidat
has no voice for the platform. It has
Z marked tendency to be singsong an
has carrying qualities whatever. Ur
der the political limelight his heare
would undoubtedly say Immediately thu
it was tba voice of man without an
backbone. Mandy pamby' was tt
slang WORD applied by the Cornell sophie
s fnoEss. r ''.'
En- Then, also, Judge Parker has no stag
presence whatever If his Cornell un
versty speech may be taken an e1
ample Judge Parker is, in fact, very
at ease upon a platform before an aud
dience of 1000. For years the candida
has been writing judicial opinions ar
@ not delivering campaign speeches, ar
this tells. No one who heard Judge Pa
ker's Cornell university speech can in
agine how the democratic candida
could get a cheer or any kind of al