The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-07-03

the election ran ahead Of the ticket.
He has since been mayor of Stamford,
mad now. though only "a years old, Is
recognized as the Democratic leader IL
his state.
David b. Hill IS a delegate-at-large
from New York, with ex-senator Muir
ply for an associate, and among tle
district delegates from that state are
Patrick II. NICCaTren, Charles (. MIR
ply, Charles A. TOWne, BOurke COch-
ran and Martin W. LittletOn. EX-Sen-
ator Hill goes to St. Louis under con-
ditiOns very different from those which
four years ago attended his appear
ance at Kansas City. Then, as nrw,
he was a large. but his
sworn enemy, Richard Croker. con-
trOlled tie New York delegation and
saw to it that ne was denied his aC-
customed place on the platform COM
mittee- Nevertheless ne was = leading
faVOrite with the convention and only
his stern refusal to accept the pla-e
prevented his nomination for vicS
president Hill for a dozen years Gov
eted his party's nomination for presi-
dent and StrOVe for il with rare Sn-
gleuess of purpose. but now that con-
ditiOns have placed the honor beyond
his grasp he is content with the role
of Warwick, and appears at It. louis
as the leader of the Parker forces Hill
- ~ inherent AAOAtA ~ II an
man the public has known in a century,
for he has no vices and never had any.
He does not smoke. drink or chew. but
he has been known to cusS vigorously
when the occasion seemed to call Tor II
1t is an ancient but Oft confirmed
saving that politics make strange bed
fellows. Hill and MCCaTren have been
bitter personal enemies for years, but
the present moment sees them working
Eaud-in-hand for the nomination ~
Parker. McCarren. ike Hill, IS MT q
sentimentalist in politics Six feet two
i'm his socks and with a CIe5n shaver
face that reminds one of both Keller,
the magician, and the late Bill Nys,
the man from Brooklyn is cOns.dere@
one of the cleverest propositions IL.
Democratic boots today he has been
in the senate and assembly of New
York for a quarter of a century and
knows every Democrat of moment in
the state Those who know him say
that he has never broken q promise
or betrayed a faith and. while keeping
his word, he knows also how Ia plan
and win victories Last gar he car
Tied Brooklyn for the Democrats when
the wiseSt were predicting III = the Re
publicdnS would sweep It with from
twenty 10 forty thousand. lie said he
would carry 81 BY fifteen hundred and.
though the talking and DettiHg were
al the other way. tie finale CoU1rned
the faith that was within him. fer be
not only carried Brooklyn by sixteen
hundred. but also won $1,000 in was-
ers. Should Parker be the convention
selection not a little of the credit for
such a result viii belong to McCarren.
Tie boss" Of Brooklyn is a man of
few words. and SO Is Charles r. Muir
ply, who makes his first appearance n
a national convention as the leader II
Tammany Hall. Tall. erect, clean
shaver, with rosy face and cheeks.
plump and firm. Murphy is the very
picture of a robust and healthy Irish
priest. he is the youngest master
Tammany Hall has ever known, being
now a little more than - years old
and signs are not wanting that he Is
also the most irOn-Willed one HIS
career, moreover, proves that the lead
ership Of that organization is a growth
and that the man who wins IL must
come up from the ranks. The son OF
an Irish immigrant. who worked Eov q
small daily wage all his life. Murphy
began at - f-H--> - was a ship