Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-05
GRINDING MR.. BRYAN
Meeting With Rebufs on All
Sides.
ALL GOING TO PARKER
DELEGATES ANXIOUS TO GET ON
THE BAND WAGON.
Opposition Still at Work-Ex-Senator
Turner Being Talked Of for
Vice President.

Vice President.
Special Dispatch From a STAFF Correspondent.
ST. LOUIS. Mo, July 5.-The steam
roller is going over Mr.. Bryan and the
sound Of the crunching is something awful
TO hear When this convention gets through
with him he will have been eliminated from
control and management of his party.
Four years ago at Kansas City Mr.. Bryan
was the dominating factor. Men went to
Lincoln to see him before the convention
and had him on the long distance phone all
during the convention. He was consulted
about every move and his advice needed.
Mr.. Bryan now finds himself on the out
side of the inner circle that mana ges things.
Something has happened. He is not sent
for and he hears of conferences going on
all about him to which he is not invited.
His course since his arrival in ST. Louis
served TO ALLEVIATE the following he has hith-
erto enjoyed and to dissipate his influence.
He has been inconsistent, fiighty and ire
sponsible. He has fitted from bush to
bush Scolding like angry sparrow. First
he was for German, then for Gray, then for
Patterson, then he dropped the question of
candidates and devoted himself to efforts
to unseat the Parker delegation from I'LL
nois. He tried to make a combination with
Mr.. Guffey of Pennsylvania which, if car
RED out, would have put Mr.. Bryan In the
light of being a factor in the game. He
could not convince Mr.. Guffey, however,
that he possessed any goods to deliver.
Mr. Bryan does not hold undisputed sway
over the Nebraska delegation and he has
no general following in the other western
delegations.
Hopkins Advice May Be Followed.
1t looks as if Mr. John P Hopkins ad-
vice ''gp a with nd al,e
a slaughter-house job of it, is likely to be
followed and result in his political decapi-
tation. Mr.. Bryan from now on will be in
the capacity of drag in the machine. He
cannot forward its movement and can only
hope to make his presence felt by holding
back.
The most interesting hour of the conven-
ton thus far was the period last night
when the Pennsylvania delegation was in
session to decide its course with respect to
candidates. 1t was expected that Mr..
Gufey would declare for some one. If he
should start a Gray boom ii would carry
weight: If he should come out for Cleveland
the stampede might begin.
He surprised them all by swinging his
delegation to Parker When the news was
brought out of the committee room cheer
went up from the Parker men and in a mo-
ment it was known all over the hotel that
Pennsylvania would be for the New Yorker.
The Parker men claimed that the action
practically insured the nomination of Par
ker on the first ballot.
Mr.. David B. Hill eminently delight
ed He came out of his room and held a
ievee in the hall, delegates and others
crowding around him to congratulate him
on the progress his candidate was making.
Some of the southern men did not like the
self-satisfied action of Mr.. Hill in assuming
to take 1t as personal victory. There
were comments TO the effect that the Par
ker movement was too much Hill any
way"
The Boom for Judge Gray.
The boom for Judge Gray of Delaware
was opened in earnest today. Elaborate
headquarters at the St. Nicholas were
thrown open and literature defining Judge
Grays attitude on the question of the hour
was distributed.
Despite the apparent strength of the Par
ker movement the feeling still exists that a
slip may occur which will prevent Judge
Parker receiving the votes of two thirds OF
the convention. Mr.. Gray's boom is being
put In readiness for such a contingency.
lie is very popular with the southern men,
and In the event of mishap to the Parker
boom, will be the strongest candidate in
the field.
Tammany Hall is almost as much out of
II as Mr.. Bryan. Tammany finds that 1t
does not cut any figure at all in this con-
vention and Leader Murphy Is not much
more than a two-spot. The Tammany
braves do lot of shouting and bustling
around to attract attention to their or
ganization. but he delegates don't pay
any attention TO them.
Mr.. David b. Hill undoubtedly is the dom
mating figure in this convention. Mr. Cuff
fey of Pennsylvania is recognized as an ally
of Senator German, and, in fact as his
representative, and as such commands at
tentlon and influence. Mr. Sheehan, John
I. McGraw of West Virginia and Henry g.
Davis are influential men in the gathering
Cleveland Boom Abandoned.
Leader Murphy of Tammany Hall formal
ly abandoned his Cleveland boom at moor
today. He would not come around tc
Parker, however, and said he would try t
start up German boom. Virginia cam,
TO town today full of Parker enthusiasm
Michigan will declare for Parker today
Maryland probably will declare for Parke
tins afternoon Illinois is instructed fo
Hearst and will vote for Hearst but the an
nouncement will be made that while in
structed for Hearst, forty-fve are in favor
of Parker
The desperation of the anti-Parker forces
IN their hour of defeat was manifested II
the circulation of lying reports The,
passed around the word that some of tn,
farker delegations were getting "cold feet
anu would like to get rid of their candi
cate They said that Georgia and Alabams
were apprehensive lest perhaps it may tur,
out that Parker cannot carry tho election
ana that these states would like to quit
inquiry showed that these stories wer
plain lies. The Parker sentiment grow
every Hour ana there are cold feet
except among the opponents OF Parker.
The Illinois Contests.
In order TO deprive Mr. Bryan of the op
portunity of going onto the floor of the con
Nehtion with a. minority report on the con
tests ana making a martyrdom speech /
is probable the national committee will
compromise the Illinois contests. The frs
Idea was to reject all the Bryan contests
m Mr.
wanted; that he had material enough for ;
thfee-hours speech. They knew what tina
meant-that he would stir up the conyen
uon ana perhaps make troubIe-so to shu
him up they will give him some of the dis
trlct delegates H. the contest. The anti
farker men this morning made one NOR
uespairing effort to stop the Parker boom
Dut could make no headway with it. |
was the same old trouble-inability to agre
upon candidate to fight him. The oppo
sltion was thoroughly disorganized Will
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