Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-05-07
FIGURING
ON OUTCOME
STATISTICS IN ADVANCE ON DEM.
ocRATlc CONVENTION GIVE
PARKER LEAD
A BIG DOUBTFUL" LIST
From Such States AS California, Wis
consih, Kansas, Indiana and Nebras-
ka, vii! Come the Votes That viii
Nominate.
(BY H. ]. MAHIN.)
Washington Bureau Of Courier.

Washington, D. c., May 6.
Despite all the desperate struggles
that have been gone through by Judge
Wade and his conservative Iowa de-
mocracy" in. the past few weeks it is
now beginning to be seriously doubted
that Judge Parker will be the nominee
OF the democrats at st. Louis.
More and more is it being demon
strated That Judge Parker is under the
tnumD OF the trust interests. The
leaders OF the democratic party in
their effort to get away from Bryan
ism have gone to the other extreme
ana are now costly. ensconced within
the limits of Wall street. This is true
literally as well as fguratively since it
was only the other day that the demo
cratic national committee in New
York arranged for down town Of
flce" just a block from the,heart of the
Wall street financial district.
Belmont and Trusts.
ID. b. Hills side partner in the man
agement of Judge Parker's campaign
is August Belmont, the personification
OF snobbish and insolent capital Judge
Parker's manager in lew York state is
Cord Meyer a wealthy Brooklynite and
once prominent official in the sugar
trust. All sincere antitrust democrats
are becoming seriously alarmed and
''the party is being sold to the trusts"
is the cry. Meanwhile capitalists that
is the insolent sort represented by Au-
gust Belmont, who are out for any
thing to beat Theodore Roosevelt, are
laughing in their sleeves. Incidentally
Mr. Hearst is taking new hope; for
whatever Mr.. Hear stsInay not be GER
tainly no one ever said that he favored
the trusts.
Although from a republican stand
point nothing more satisfactory could
happen than the nomination of Parker
a calm view of the matter shows that
the nomination is still an open fight.
Outlook for Nomination.
Democratic politicians who have
been figuring on the outlook have
made up problematical balance of
about the way the first ballot will re-
suit at the st. Louis convention. 1t is
merely an estimate of course, based
on instructions in some cases and the
evident sentiment in others. The
doubtful column in the estimate is a
very important factor The first bal
lot will, of course, allow some favorite
sons to come to the front. 1t has been
figured out as follows:
Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Geor.
gia, Idaho, Louisiana, Michigan, Min.
nesota, Mississippi. Montana, New
Hampshire, New York, North Caro-.
lima, Pennsylvania, South Carolina
Tennessee, Texas Vermont. Total
464.
For German Maryland, Kentucky
Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia. Total
1876.
For Hearst - Nevada. Alaska, New
Mexico, Rhode Island, South Dakota
Iowa, Indian Territory, Oklahoma, Ha
waii, Porto Rico, North Dakota, wy.
oming, Arizona. Total 102.
For Gray Delaware, 6.
For Cleveland = New Jersey. "a.
For James r. Williams - Illinois
5f.
For Olney Massachusetts. 80.
For Cockrell = Missouri, So.
Doubtful California, Wisconsin
Kansas, Indiana, Nebraska, Maine
Oregon, Utah, Washington, District OF
Columbia ~ ]06.
The total number Of delegates will
be about 1000 and the number neces.
sary to choice. 667.
So on the first ballot Judge Parker
would lack 2O3 of the number neces.
sary to nominate him. Even if he got
all the doubtful column he would be
shy A. The favorite sons could help
him, but will they? In the mean time
Mr.. Hearst is getting very busy with
that doubtful column.