Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-06-09
WALL STREETS STAND
Political Forces BoomingParker
Shows Opposition of Wall
Street to Roosevelt
FINANCING PARKER's CAMPAIGN
If Parker Is Nominated Tom Tassart,
of Indiana, Will Undoubtedly Be
Chairman of the Democratic Ma
tionaI committee-Their Plan of
Campaign.

iitical forces booming the candidacy
of Judge Parker one is able to see the
Wall street opposition to President
Roosevelt, and there is not much
question that his opposition purposes
financing the Parker campaign to the
limit. 1t is this fact, which, becoming
known to the republican managers,
has caused some disquietude over the
presidents selection Of Secretary Cor
publican national committee.
Ii Parker is nominated, Tom Tag
CART of Indiana will undoubtedly be
the chairman of the democratic ma
tional committee. His personal re-
lations with Wall street are intimate.
and already, in anticipation of Par
ker's success at st. Louis, he has had
several conferences with the leading
tinanciers who oppose Roosevelt,
1t is the plan with Parker as the
candidate to focus the campaign on
New York. Connecticut, New Jersey.
and Indiana. Connecticut and Indi-
ana are VIGOROUSLY the most venal
states in the union SO far as politics
goes, and a barrel of Wall street
money, turned loose there, would
have tremendous influence.
1t is this that causes the "prac-
ticar' republican managers to shy at
the suggestion of Cortelyou for repub-
lican chairman. They say he doesn't
know the political game as he should
and that he cannot hope to measure
up to Taggart.
In reply. the president says he does
not want a Doodle campaign. He will
try, by the selection OF Cortelyou, to
put his candidacy on a high plane.
He will appeal to the best there is IN
American manhood, trusting to win
without the aid of a great campaign
fund.
With such a campaign, Parker
would be the most troublesome cam
didate the democrats could name.
Personally honest, his campaign
would be conducted by the boodlers
of the democratic party and by men
art OF buying votes and distributing
campaign funds. Such campaign
would increase the doubtfulness of
all the states named and make the
general result close.
1t is significant that the Parker
managers in this state are more hopa-
full at present than they have ever
been. They have made a count OF
delegates and profess to see how they
can nominate their candidate on an
early ballot.
The rank and file of Tammany will
cheerfully support Parker, because ):
believes he can win and they want to
get share of that campaign fund,
The opposition to Parker in this city,
am told by men of all parties, s
pretty well confined to Murphy and his
immediate friends.
So far as the November result in
this state is concerned, the democrats
are at this time more hopeful than
the republicans With Parker as the
democra tic nominee. the state would
be so close as to give the republican
managers the shivers. There are
many leading republicans who do not
look for Roosevelt to carry New York.
They say it would be almost
miraculous If he should do so. Tam
many, they say. will not bolt the tick
ct. Once Parker is the nominee, Hill
and Taggart will organize their CAM
paign and carry things with so high
a hand in the state as to make 1t al
most impossible for the republicans to
keep up with them.
Those who are beginning to make
election tables should not be in too
great hurry to put New York in the
republican column. Nor should they
put it in the democratic. The wise
thing to do is to put it in doubtful
column and let it stay there for the
present. One is almost tempted to say
the same thing about Indiana. How
ever, the situation in that state Mt
present is not so bad as it is here.
The chief trouble in Indiana is the
gold democratic vote, which has run
the republican majorities skyward the
past eight years. A large part of that
vote would probably so to Parker.
And on top of that, if one notes the
probable effect in that state of large
democratic and a small republican
campaign fund, one gets better idea
of the outlook.
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