The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-06
OPPOSITION
 IS BAFFLED No InrOadS on Strength 0f
 Parker. MOUNTING BAND WAGON The UninStructed Delegations Want to Be for Winner. ws,eonsin Win Not Discuss Name oi Rose for vice-President for
 Fear of Disloyalty
MOUNTING BAND WAGON


 position remains unshaken. The op- position has made many assaults du- ring the day but has apparently made no impression The solid and substan- tiaI phalanx of the New York jurist has withstood all efforts of the friends of the other candidates and tonight Is apparently stronger than ever. As eurances of accessions from instructed delegations after the first ballet have been received from men who are now tied to other candidates which the Parker adherents say insures nomi- nation by the second ballot.
 All day long the anti-Parker men have tried to offer a candidate who would unite a third of the delegates so as to have a rallying point when com plimentary ballots have been cast for favorite sons. The impossibility of uniting has been made manifest and the most jealous opponents of Parker con cede his probable nomination not later than the second ballot.
 Keeps Up the Fight.
 The Parker opposition was disturbed but not routed by the action of Penn- sylvania last night, The sixty-eight votes of that State have been for weeks placed in the Parker column and are part of the 500 odd votes that have been claimed for him. They were not instructed. however. and if they could have been secured for any other candi- date, 1t would have been serious blow to the Parker interests.
 Criticism of the action of Pennsyl- vania has been free and harsh among some of the anti-Parker men but oth- CTS say that the proposition made by one of the Pennsylvania leaders Is quite fair It is said that after the action of the Pennsylvania delegation last night a member of the delegation held a conference with some of the anti-Parker leaders and said that Penn sylvania. notwithstanding the endorse ment of Parker. would give sixty-eight votes to any Eastern candidate with the exception of Hearst upon whom the opposition could concentrate with enough pledged votes which. together with the sixty-eight votes of Pennsyl- vania, would make two votes more than one-third of the convention.
 Among the. candidates named who would be satisfactory were Pattison of Pennsylvania. German of Maryland, Gray of Delaware. Harmon of Ohio. Olney of Massachusetts and Coler of New York
 Meet Little Success.
 Upon this proposal some of the anti Parker men have been working, but they have not been meeting with much success.
 COheSlOn or the men IS apparently impossible. Hearst can not transfer his delegates and his sup porters cannot promise the instructed and pledged Hearst men for any man after Hearst is out of the running. Massachusetts will give no indication or pledge her delegates beyond Olney. The same Is true of Wall in Wiscon- sin, Harmon in Ohio and Cockrell in Missouri. although 1t is supposed that rt ern fn there be an opportunity. The German men in West Virginia Maryland and the District of Columbia prefer Par ker to uncertainty and are chafng un- der the restraint upon them by the ven- erable Henry G. Davis. who clings to the hope that something may turn up favorable to German.
 Upon slender threads of various kinds the Parker opposition has hung its hopes while the Parker men have been moving forward with calm assurance to other matters connected with the convention.
 Senator Smith Talks.
 Former Senator Smith of New Jersey who has been holding his delegation in leash while 1t was anxious to go to Parker, said that Parker would be nominated unless the disagreement over the platform should drive some State delegations from New Yorks can didate
 A story was current that David B. Hill. flushed with the fruits of victory would undertake to force upon the op- position a platform radical that some of the Southern delegations would break away from New York's candidate But the illusion was dispelled It was tonight learned that Hill would not be Chairman of the Resolutions Commit tee. but that John A. McMahon of Ohio or Senator Bailey of Texas would be Chairman of the Resolutions Commit tee and that Bailey had been selected to cross swords with William J Bryan in the debate over the platform on the floor of the convention.
 Not the least efforts of the anti Par ker men has been directed toward pre- venting a stampede by delegations whether bound by instructions or oth- erwise. It is the rank and file that is pressing for band wagon seats, and while the anti Parker leaders speak dispara gingly of the men who are SC anxious to be on the winning side, they are aware that these delegates cannot be held together very long in the face of the compact Parker forces with an almost solid South lined up for him with New York and Pennsylvania for him, as well as votes in many other sections. It Is very difficult to- con- vince the average utlSSatC iiN" ei ker can be defeated under these condi- tions and he is anxious to participate in the nomination of successful can didate.
 Bryan's Waning Influence.
 An interesting feature of the day proceedings was the development Of the waning influence of MT Bryan The National Committee selected four years ago by a convention following leadership turned away from him in settling the Illinois contest.
 Bryan hSd made the fight against Hopkins. his own and the unanimous action of the committee declares that he no longer wields his one time mar vicious control. Many times during the past few days the suggestion has been
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