The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-04

Empire State Delegation Con.
fident That Their Candidate
Will Be Victorious
ST. LOUIS, No., July 3.-New York,
and, of course, New York means Par
ker, is sc confident tonight that their
candidate is TO be nominated that they
are talking over with leaders OF dele
cations from other states the question
of a running mate. and to all delega-
place, and giving assurances of their
distinguished esteem. Former Sena-
tor Hill, William F.. Sheehan, former
Senator Murphy and State Senator
McCarren held a levee all the after
noon and tonight, while they have not
yet seen all the delegations promised
for Parker, are in a state of extreme
confidence, so much so. indeed, that
they are not paying any attention to
the arrival of the leaders of the Tam
many delegations. In fact, Senator
McCarren said significantly this even
ing:
We are looking for people who have un-
instructed votes to deliver. The Tam
many votes. will be cast by ex-senator
der the unit rule, and he Will cast them
for Parker. who will be nominated per-
haps on the first ballot, and surely on
The second.
No Platform Drawn
Two things were stated definitely at
Senator Hills headquarters. First,
that no platform has been drawn for
Judge Parker to stand on, and that
even a rough draft will not be forth
coming until Wednesday; and, second,
that Judge Parker, as a candidate, will
readily stand upon n platform that
a majority of the convention agrees
upon.
This last statement is significant,
because it is thoroughly well known
that he would not stand on a radical
platform. 1t is, therefore, evident that
the Parker supporters are already as
sured that the convention will not
agree TO even a suggestion of radical
ism as suggested by Bryan and Hearst
supporters, but. indeed, will strongly
tend in an entirely different direction.
particularly on the financial and tariff
planks. A man close to Senator Hill
said tonight:
TIL feeling is that the Bryan elemant
have had their way twice One year they
did as they pleased and the next time
they We're catered to by having the old
platform Endorsed. They nave had their
innings and have failed. This time they
if they are good Democrats they will do
1t gracefully
To Eliminate Bryan
This is not a mere sentiment from New
Workers or from the East. Only this
afternoon State Senator Bamberger, of
Utah, came here and made the statement
that while he had twice supported Bryan
and his principles and had in each cam
paign given largely of his personal wealth
TO try and elect him, he believed he should
that if necessary the party should go to
the extreme of absolute reputation of
his ideas. The Texas delegation also
feels the same about it and are for a
direct declaration in favor of sound
money.
And. so some of. the time of the Par
ker adherents this afternoon was Civ
en- up to the considerations of a finan-
cial plank in the platform. There is
some difference of opinion as to wheth-
er the plank should read Sound mon
ey" or simply refer to 1.-The money of
the constitution" while a few think
1t would be eminently proper to de-
clare for a gold standard. This latter
thing will not be done, but it is prob
able hat there will be a declaration
for t none of the constitution"
Senator Hill himself is paying little
or no attention to the platform, at least
for the present, and this statement was
made for him this afternoon by one Of
those close to him.:
Sanator JIiu ;c not lro uipo tho nlot-
form, and while he will represent the
state in the committee on resolutions,
will not be its chairman. Several men
of affairs, including some of the United
States senators and members of ongreSs,
are preparing individual planks and will
submit them at a conference on Tuesday
or Wednesday. But Senator Hill wants
1T distinctly understood that he has no
platform prepared. and that the only
thing he is devoting his attention to is
the nomination of Judge Parker.
1 Will Hear Contests
Tomorrow morning at 10 O'Clock the
national committee will meet for the
purpose of hearing evidence in q num-
Der of contests and deciding in favor
of delegates who are to be seated under
the temporary roll call. The real fight
in the majority of these cases will
come before the committee on creden-
tials.
The principal contest will be in Hill
nOlS, Wnere protests are made against
two of the delegates at large-John P.
Hopkins and Ben T. Cable-and twen-
ty-six other delegates, two from each
of thirteen districts. The base of the
contest in all these cases is practically
the same. it being alleged thai the
Hopkins faction in the Illinois Democ-
racy arbitrarily unseated delegates of
the Harrison n Hearst factions, for
purposes of their own, without a
) shadow of cause. The Hopkins people,
on the other hand, claim that the orig
inal elections were void, and tina the
action aiken at the Illinois state con-
vention when the delegates of the Har-
rison and Hearst people were unseat.
ed was only righting a wrong previous
1y committed.
The Harrison people seek to substi-
tute h names of their men for the
Hopkins delegates in the Second, Third.
Sixth, Ninth n Tenth districts. Eff
forts will also be made to unseat the
Hopkins delegates in the Eleventh,
Twelfth, Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Eight
zenith, Twenty-first, Twenty-third and
Twenty-ffth districts.
BRYAN AGAINST Hopkins