Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-25
EFFORT At HARMONY
Democrats in New York Get
ting Together
FOR THE CAMPAIGN
CAN JUDGE PARKER'S LOST
CHANCE BE RECovEREDp
Can Put Up Big Fight in New York
City-Republicans Relying
on Themselves.
pecial Correspondence Of The Evening Star.

| NEW YORK. August "A, 10O4
Democratic politics in New York Is look
! ing up The leaders think they have some
| chance Of going down to defeat In Novem-
| Der with a united party. This apples 10
| national affairs.
have run across no one who thinks tnat
| the harmony that has been established Is
| more than a surface one that Will answer
| for the campaign. Nor has anybody VIM
| understands the inside workings OF ma
| tonal campaign given much heed 10 the
| petty squabbles among the subordinates Oh
| the democratic committee. They are hired
| men and if they interfere with one an
! others Jobs that is not of much account.
The New York democrats profess TO De
| satisfied. August Belmont is at the ma
tional HEADQUARTERS. He has his own en-
| tourage, the chief of which is clever news
paper man. Democrats who come from
| other parts of the country are made to reel
| that Mr. Belmont is the man or the CAM
paign. This. it is assumed. means that the
| funds which were threatening to dfy up
| will again flow in.
The New York crowd hasn't yet persuad-
| ed National Chairman Taggart TO take d
| long sea voyage for his health. he Is sun
| in evidence, but the elements Whicn "ere
determined that he should be put asloe =
| relegated to Indiana are now satisneo 81
thew are working with fair degree of har-
mOny.
No Issue Yet Made.
These evidences of the democrats sett1ns
together in their campaign management oo
not affect the broader question OF the Is
sues. No campaign committee can "aAo
an issue. All it does is to follow the popu-
lar trend But sometimes pres'oeh'ia4
candidate if he cannot make an issue. nas
an intuition of what the people VIII ihaNS
and is able to give direction 10 puoi1 op''A
ion. ,. .,;,,r
Now without partisan prejudice THINK
any dsinterested onlooker here In NeW
York will say that President RooseVeit -
helping to shape the issues winch VIZ
benefit his party and Presidential Candl-
date Parker so far has failed to do so.
When four out of five men comment on the
failure OF his speech Of acceptance IL ui,-
doubtedly shows a sense OF olsappoint
ment Briefly it may be summed up by
saying that nearly everybody in New OK
who takes an interest in politics Is talking
of Parker's lost CHARGE. and now the guess
ing Is whether or not he will execute some
! kind of a master stroke and regain his van
ished prestige for the ST. Louis gold tele-
gram did give him some prestige. MOST
of the democrats with whom l have talk
ed are hopeful that he will do so, but not
confident Hope without confidence Is
pretty discouraging political prospect, as
every experienced politician knows.
AS to why Judge Parker lost his chance
in the speech of acceptance opinions differ.
Before that speech was made had occa-
sion to write about the feeling in the Wall
street and the downtown district that the
judge would put out kind of supplement
tary platform, indicating that there wasn't
much difference between the parties and
that republican policies could better be
carried out under him than under the re-
publican party. A good many people here
think that the judge tried to do this and Is
still trying to do it. The criticism they
make is that he was not clear enough. II
he favors the republican policy in the Phil
ippines and with reference to other mat
tiers his whole point should have been to
impress the country that he would carry
out these policies better than President
Roosevelt That would be difficult to do.
yet it would have made a distinct issue
and would have gratifed those who pre-
tend to believe that the Presidents per-
sOnality does not appeal to the majority OF
the voters of the country.
In a quiet way an immense pressure is
now being brought to bear on the Judge to
secure something specific on this subject
of expansion and imperialism. When all
his newspaper supporters were united and
aggressive in demanding the gold telegram
he was in no danger of making mistake
IN meeting their demands. But when they
are divided in telling him what to do about
imperialism and when each faction claims
paramount rights his creator and spon-
sor the situation becomes very embarra So
ing.
Probably the Judge will have more peace
of mind during the campaign if finally he
takes stand on the anti-expansion plat
form. On the other hand. he may be sure
that he VIII be securing a temporary peace
of mind at the expense of his own pride
for the stronger he comes out against Pres
i6ent Roosevelt and the republican poltcv
ON this subject the bigger the majority
against him will be.
A Southern Democrats View.
distinguished southern democrat now
out of public life, but who served several
terms in the Senate. gave me reason WHY
Judge Parker lost his chance in the speech
of acceptance. He agreed with everybody
else that the address was a disappointment
and had made no impression on the public
mind. Judge Parker he said. started
out with long lecture on the Constitution
Now. you can't get people walked I'D when
you start to lecture them on the Constttu-
ton And don't blame the people either
1t used to be just the same in the Senate
When some one there started to lecture us
on the Constitution we went to the cloak
room and smoked and told stories"
ThtI southern democrat Is supporting
Parker, but says frankly that the Judge
ought to come out strongly for expansion
Yet it should be stated that while the
ex-senator criticised Parker for delivering
lecture about the Constitution, there are
people in New York who say the Judge was
right. They are lawyers They have form
ed a Parker Constitution Club. There are
eminent lawyers who are members of the
club. 1t may be. however, only a coinci-
dence that several of these eminent LAWYERS
are distinguished chiefly as corporation and
as trust lawyers.
l asked one of the humber members if
they really were afraid the Constitution was
in danger or If it was Roosevelt they were
afraid of. His reply was that the Consti-
| tuition was being undermined. and that he
and his fehow-lawyers We're trying to per-
form patriotic duty in saving it, But at
bottom he admitted that some of the emil
nent members of the bar did not like Roose-
welt because, as governor and as President
he had not shown their clients what they
thought proper consideration.
While the lack of vitality In the Parker
campaign as a national issue may be re-
marked, 1t would be mistake to underes-
innate the fight the combination of financial
and political interests which are anti-repub-
lcan will make to carry the state The
presidency is not SO important to them as
New York city and Albany. That Is the
secret of much of the ill-tempered opposi-
ton to Roosevelt. The President Ii going
to be a great source of strength to the re-
publicaGs in the state campaign. IS
I'll T.