Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-18


Murphy started in his opposition TO in
structins for Judge Parker. He was deaf
to all arguments presented by other demo-
Gratis that 10 was necessary for New York
TO instruct Yesterday kilograms poured in
from Washington and from the south in
sisting that the convention must instruct
for Parker or the Parker boom will have
hard sledging In the south
Daniel Campau, national committeeman
from Michigan. came all the way from that
state to personally urge for instructions
lie said Parker would undoubtedly be
nominated at st. Louis If New York now
iustructs for him. Newspaper correspond
ents from all the principal southern states
sent to Albany for this convention fndi-
Gated the intense interest felt i'm the south
over the convention. Hill is manifesting
a spirit of obstinacy which Is deplored by
a great many democrats.
He has been insisting upon the enuncia-
ton of long platform Judge Parker is
opposed to it and sent word from his home
In Esopus advising against it. Hill is dead
set upon having his way in this regard,
however and in every other little detail
Hill in the Saddle.
HIN is riding rough-shod over all VINO
stand in his way. His treatment of the
Murphy OUTFIT last iliSht was ~ So'~'N-
that some of the hot-headed ones actually
talked about boiling the convention. Muir
ply is too level-headed for that. however.
He will get back at Hill in his own way
and in his own time. Hill is intent upon
only one thing to strengthen his control
of the state machine and more firmly es-
tabIish himself as leader. He does not
care about the presidency. 1t suits his
purposes for the moment to push along
Judge Parkers boom. but what Is more Inn
portant to him is his own little game OF
state politics.
BY the same token. Murphy is pushing
his little Tammany game with an eye sin
gle to Tammany interests. He cannot be
held up as a paragon of unselhshness, any
more than Hill.
Mr. Hill has finally made one compromise
proposition to Murphy, but it has been re-
fused by the latter. Mr.. Hill sent word
TO him that if Tammany would cease to
fight against instructions for Parker Mr..
Murphy could be one of the delegates at
large in place of August Belmont.
Mr. Murphy sent word that he ought to
be made a delegate in his own right, re-
gardless of his attitude toward instructions.
He would not agree to drop the fight.
Tammany's Plans.
The Tammany crowd will present in con-
vention IL resolution which will eulogize
Judge Parker. but will not be binding upon
the delegates. Bourke Cochran and the
oratorical bright lights of the party will
support it the floor and endeavOr to
swing the upstate delegates into line for it,.
as against Hills out-and-out ironclad. cop
per-riveted instructions.
Mr.. Hills platform is conservative, and
is in sharp contrast with his coal plank of
the platform of two years ago. We all re-
member how he paralyZed the democracy
then with his socialistic coal plank, and he
learned lesson which apparently he has
not forgotten.
The latform handles the tariff rather
gingerly. gets promptly into the band
wagon i'm regard to the Panama canal, and
fights shy of the Kansas City tenets.
The Hearst boom is fatter than pam
cake. Hearst has spacious headquarters at
the leading hotel, but nobody is around
Yesterday, when a New York newspaper
wanted "A photograph of the Hearst boom
in its lair. there were not enough men in
the room to form a group and they had to
drag in some of the Manhattan correspond
ents to make a showing.
Today the Hobbies are thrOnged with boy
ish-looking chaps, wearing haring Hearst
badges. and the newsboys give away Hearst
buttons with every Hearst paper. Mr.. Hill
Just laughs when they talk about the
Hearst boom. He says he won't let the
Hearst delegates come to the show tonight.
Hearst Boom is Flat.
The Hearst men are very bitter toward
Hill and Parker.
AT noon today the Hearst headquarters
issued a manifesto, charging the opposition
with having used unfair methods in the Sc
lection of delegates. The manifesto says In
part: ''In many counties the Hill-Belmont
faction achieved success by margin of
two three votes, secured by violation
of all that is fair and decent in the man.
agement of party affairs. The fact that
under the circumstances surrounding the
holding of town conventions and primaries
throughout the state there should now be
seventy-three delegates above the Bronx
that are opposed to instruction for Judge
Parker is the most eloquent evidence OBJ
tainable proving what the sentiment is on
the presidential subject
Today's convention is not representative
of The wishes of the d mo Gratis OF New L Ork
state. In some. instances the methods pur-
sued by the opposition can be cited In
Allegheny county, where the opposition TO
instruction for Parker numbered forty-two
votes as against forty, three delegates TO
the state convention were duly elected. The
minority, under instructions from Albany,
held rump convention and sent down q
contestng delegation.
In Chautauqua county assembly dis
trict the Hearst followers numbered thirty
nine and the opposition thirty-four, and as
soon as the majority had elected its dele
the deliberations of the convention, elected
contesting delegates.
Questionable Methods.
In Warren county. when the convention
adjourned after electng delegates Hll's
followers threatened the chairman with
bodily violence unless he called the con-
vention again. All those opposed to Parker
Instructions had at that time left the hall.
and those remaining then proceeded to
adopt a resolution for instruction. The
chosen delegates refused to obey instruc-
tons secured under such circumstances and
by such methods.
Throughout Cayuga county the town pri-
maries were disgraceful, for the reason
that whenever an anti-Parker sentiment
predominated rump town conventions were
held.
The language that Hearst men use in pri-
vate about the HILL Belmont Parker regime
indicates that there is rod In pickle for
somebody next November. Unless some
mighty fine pacification is effected between
now and election day there will be some
notable knife playing In the empire state.
growing out of the events of this conyeH-
ton.
Both Sides Determined.
shortly after noon I saw Leader Murphy