Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-03-03
rELeoRAPHIc NEWS.
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tions." So says Democratic senator
who recently spcut several days Ia
New York This senator added:
"rammnny is more likely to he foi
Justice Parker than for anyone else
in the end but up to this time Lead
er Murphy has not been able to roach
an understanding with Justice Parker
ns to the future, and without such an
understanding the willy leader will not
commit himself TRmmany people do
not intend to have another such cxpcr
ience as that which came to them
when they elected MIR Cleveland Pros.
ident and We're afterward left out In
the cold in the distribution Of federal
patronage. Tammanys great fcar OF
Justice Parker is that he Is TOO much
/ under the influence OF David - fIlU"
Among Democratic senators there ls
a great deal of talk about the absence
of all concentration OF sentiment with.
in their party as TO the presidential
nomination. The national convention
is only little more than four months
| distant, and yet there are no signs ihat
the Democratic masses are uniting or
even beginning to unite upon any can
| didate. The worst OF u is. senators
say. the Democratic hosts do not ap
pear to be taking much interest In the
matter Though there Is widely
prevalent notion that Mr Cleveland
| would accept II he were nominated.
and also a very general belief that he
would be the strongest candidate that
could be put up, there Il no enthu-
siasm for him, no demand for his nom
ination. Senator German Is pretty
nearly out of IT, Former Secretary or.
ney does no appear To grow. The
Parker boom, which was so much talk
ed OF few months ago. is haltiug and
| failing to to make headway II is so
with all the sO.called candidates.
There is no responsiveness among the
| rank and file, Democratic leaders here
wonder what has come over the splrIt
of the dreams of the old party. They
say the prevailing apathy. which looks
almost like hopelessness. Is something
beyond their comprehension. Tho on
ly aspirant for the Democratic nomina-
ton who seems to have vitality and
push Is Willie Hearst.
Nor is this the worst OF It. in the
opinion of the Democratic leaders.
They are themselves discouraged.
This is not due altogether to the fail.
ure of party opinion to concentrate up
on candidates. It is in large part duo
to the failure OF the leaders themselves
to get together on an Issue The par
ty has been seeking the man aud has
found him not II has been seeking
the Issue, and has not discovered 10.
Mr.. German and some OF his follow.
ers thought they could find the issue
In the Panama business. and that II
they could not actually defeat the
treaty they might at least emphasize
their charge that President Roosevelt
has acted with so much rashness In
that affair as to prove their contention
that he Is an unsafe" man But this
hope was dashed TO pieces when the
Democrats of the senate divided into
two equal parts on the treaty Then
Mr.. German started his campaign
| against enlargement OF the navy, and
in the house Of representatives Dem.
ocratic members openly repudlated
| that policy and declared in favor of
large appropriations for naval enlarge
ment. John Sharp Williams. the lead
er of the minority in the house. has
declared more than once in favor OF
making the Democratic issue tarlG re-
form, and nothing but tarin reform;
even this has aroused no enthusiasm
among the faithful Amid all these
| dlscouragemeDts the Democratic lead
ers here refuse to be absolutely cast
down II nothing else occua to help
| them out they say they have an abid-
Ing faith that before election Presi-
dent Roosevelt Will make some blund-
! er which will turn the tide against the
| Republican party.
Meanwhile the Democratic chief
tains are asking about Mr. He3rsts
movement to capture the presidency.
| Reports come In from the South and
West of great headway which Mr..
Hearsts agents are making IN their
pursuit of delegates. He has the field
all to himself and by dint OF sub.
| sldizing professional politicians and
putting up money for expenses" he
4 has rallied to his standard a tremen-
dous following It has been a fagorlLe
notion with the leading Democrats ia
Washington that the boys were work.
ing Willie that is 10 say. swallowing
his money and intending 10 give him
the gO-by when the time comes for a
showdown. But others are asking "
it is safe to depend upon this They
fear that Mr.. Hearst may not only
corral more than onelhlrd Of the del
egltes but be able to hold thcm and be
in a position to dictate terms to the
convention Almost every hour one
may hear a Democratic senator or rep
resentative exclaim:
well. let Willie Hearst buy the
nomination. Then wen bury him
deeper than any other candidate Tor
president was ever buried. And after
that well get new Democratic par
ty"
LITTLE ROCK. Ark, Feb 29.-Mrs.
Horace Allis, wife OF the former pres.
ident of the First National bank OF
this city, hanged herself by rope