The Washington times., 1904-01-11
PRESIDENTIAL BOOMLETS
AMONG THE DEMOCRATS
Gossip Floating Upon the Political BreezeS Through
Corridors of the Shoreham Hotel

Half a dozen little Preside ltial boom
lets are floating serenely in the Demo-
cratic hree3es blowing through the cor
ridors OF the ShOreham Hotel today.
As stalwart as are these respective
booms supported by the friends OF
aspirants for the Democratic nomina-
ton, each is mergable boom. That is.
any one of them is capable OF being
merged into the boom of any man who
may seem likely to get the nomination
when the convention meets These
booms now being fioated are more or
less like weather vanes to determine
the direction of the wind. and any and
all of them are ready to be consolidated
with the one which gets into the nomi-
nation current.
Democratic sentiment among the
leaders who are here assembled is not
so firmly committed to any man that
every Democrat among them would not
turn in and Loyalty support the nomi-
nee. whoever he may be That is the
feeling which exists among the com
mitteemen who are TO meet tomorrow
to determine. when and where the
nomination shall be made, not who the
nominee shall be. But the friends Of
ali the candidates are working up senti-
ment in friendly rivalry for their IA
vorites. With il all there is good feel
ing to a remarkable degree indicating
that the party is more harmonious than
it has been before in a decade
The Olney Boom.
There is the Olney boom. waited here
by strong breeze from the New En-
gland coast. 1t finds sympathy among
a number of Democrats who come from
fe leA
as a conservative man of great ability.
and just such a man as many Democrats
believe the country should have in the
White House, in view OF the interna-
tional complications which have arisen
within the past four years and which
threaten TO multiply. That he could
command the support of the Cleveland
wing OF the party there is absolutely
no doubt, and his friends declare he
could command larger independent vote
than any man who could be nominated.
The attitude of the Massachusetts De-
mocracy recently i'm declaring its iIten>
tion to use its utmost endeavors 20
bring about the nomination of the for
mer Secretary of State has strengthened
Mr. Olney throughout the country, anc
has led number of prominent Demo-
Gratis to declare for him. Many of hem
before that action was talIeE. heSltated.
not knowing definitely whether Mr. Oh
ney would be presented as q candidate
but now that ii is officially ad formally
declared that he is in the race they have
come out in advocacy of his nomination.
Sentiment for German.
From all sections come friendly ex-
pressions in favor of Senator German
The German sentiment is by no means
confined to the South: Il prevails in the
Middle West. in the far West. is quite
marked In New York and next 10 Mr..
Olney has commanding influence in
New England. He is regarded as an ac-
complished statesman. a mar of strong
characted and naturai-born leader.
German boomers are much in evidence
among the Democrats who are gathered
at the Shoreham.
Talking Up Parker
The advocates Of the nomination of
Judge Parker are talking a great deal
about the advisability OF nominating
the New York jurist A ma joritv of
them. however. are not personally ac-
quainted with him and do not know ex
actly what he stands for. They simply
know that he is a good Democrat; thar
he is a man of brains and ability; but
more than all that he is the only Demo-
crat who has carried the State of New
York within a decade, with-the excep-