New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-05
PENNSYLVANIA PARkER'S.
Votes to Support Him-Murphy
Still Holds Ont.

CT Iouis JuIv 4-What is considered the be-
ginning of q stampede TO Parker occurred To-
night when the Pennsylvania delegation adopt
ed by a vote of 81 to .. a resolution instructlns
the chairman Of the delegation to cast Pennsyl-
vania,s sixtv-eigft votes in the convention for
Parker. This vote was the result or the nrst
ballot In the caucus of the delegation. 1t fol-
lowed a spirited nominating speech by Charles
p. DonneIly chairman of the Democratic City
Committee of Philadelphia There was no OPP
position to Parker in the way of speechmaking.
When the action of the Pennsylvanians be-
came known ex-senator Hill was led TO remark
that with another small accession, Judge Parker
would be nominated on the first ballot William r.
Sheehan, who has been the active leader of the
Parker forces, and August Belmont deprecated
this, and argued that IT would be wise to allow
the other states at least to have the honor OF
naming, in convention, their favorite candidates.
The was received at the Tammany
headquarters I'm an entirely different way.
Charles +. Murphy at first refused TO believe
1t. saying that he had been assured late this
evening that the delegation would support ex-
Governor Pattison. It was only a few minutes
prior to the announcement OF Pennsylvania
vote that State Senator Thomas f. Grady had
declared that Pennsylvania would vote for her
favorite son, and that Tammany had planned TO
abandon the effort to concentrate the anti
Parker vote and would devote itself to dis
tributing the ballots so that Parker could not
obtain two-thirds vote prior to tho seventh
or eighth ballot
"In this way said Senator Grady, we will be
able to convince the convention that 1t would
better select some other candidate-either Glove
land, Mcclellan or Gray"
After the announcement had been made TO
them of Pennsylvania decision. and they had
somewhat recovered from their surprise. they
still gave 1t their view that there would be
enough votes held by individual States not in
structed for Parker or voting for individual
candidates to prevent Judge Parker from OBJ
tanning a nominating vote for at least the first
five or six ballots. Mr.. Murphy himself said:
We expected Pennsylvania to have a candi-
date OF it's own, but not disheartened.
There still two three days before the
nomination and we shall continue TO do active
work against Mr. Parker, not because we dis
like him personally. but we know that ne can
not carry New-York State.
Bourke Cochran and some others OF the lead
IN Tammany went over to Alabamas dele
cation this evening to try to persuade them to
consolidate their ten anti-Parker votes Ala
bama has twenty-five delegates. twelve OF
whom are instructed for Parker, the others
being divided among several candidates. 1t "
understood that Mr.. Cochran was met with the
threat by the twelve Parker adherents that. II
any attempt was made to consolidate the other
interests, they WOulO aCOpI Ine ulllL IulS
cast the whole twenty-five votes for Parker.
Still another rebuff to Tammany's plans came
from Virginia. Tammany assisted by e1-Sena-
tor Henry G.. Davis, of West Virginia, has been
working to win the Virginia delegation away
from Parker. Senator Martin, OF Virginia, tele-
graphed Senator Hill this afternoon that, while
on the way to the convention. the Virginia dele
cation had voted unanimously TO support Judge
Parker.
But T. E. Ryan, chairman of the Wisconsin
delegation. and national committeeman, with
several delegates called on Mr.. Murphy. at the
Tammany headquarters. and told him that Wis
consin against Parker first, last and all the
time. Mr.. Ryan said that the Wisconsin Demo-
Gratis were progressive and could not counte-
nance q platform like that approved by the
Albany convention.
The Missouri delegates told Mr.. Murphy that
Missouri against Parker and that, after
COckrell received a complimentary vote, the
delegates would be ready to support the antt+'
Parker candidate. The accession OF the Wis
consin and Missouri delegates TO the anti-Parker
ranks has stimulated the Tammany men In their
fight. Further surprises are expected to-nor-