Milford chronicle., 1904-07-08
WILL NOMINATE
BE- JUDGE PARKER
Democratic National Convention Con-
trolled by Conservatives.
BRYANITES IN THE MINORITY

st. Louis, July 6-On the eve of the
Democratic nomination for president
the prospect is that Judge Alton B.
Parker, OF New York, the candidate OF
khe conservative forces, will win ham
Oily. Where a week ago were doubt,
uncertainty, sparring for position, par
leying for time, factional scheming and
manipulating to overthrow the favor
fte, is now the foregone conclusion that
the field will come in a poor second.
Not only does it appear that the con-
troll OF the nomination for first place
on the ticket will be in the hands Of
those Democrats who were in the mi
nority in 1896 and again in 1900, but
that they will select the nominees
running mate and dominate the plat
form on which the race will be made.
In defiance of such handicaps as were
created by the ambitious friends Of
German, Cleveland, Gray. Olney, Nc
Clellan and favorite sons who had fol-
Iowings that has divided conservative
Democrats, this element which ad
Vanced the claims of Democratic re-
habiltation, struggled against the
combined opposition of Bryan. repre-
senting the ruling Democratic force in
the last two presidential contests, and
the personal campaign conducted by
William Randolph Hearst.
Throughout the week the Parker
forces received material accessions. one
candidate after another who threat
ened to sap the strength Of the conser-
vatives being eliminated. until the op-
position is now confessedly in the mi
nority and seemingly too unorganized
to present a fighting front The band
wagon seats are in such demand that
a nomination is confidently predicted
on the second ballot. and the surprise
would be small if the first was de-
cisiye.
For several days Mr.. Bryan and the
hand-tied Tammany delegates opposed
10 Parker have been working to one
end-the defeat of Parker, but they
have not moved in unison. The Tam
many delegates are listed as conserva-
tives and the Bryan forces as radicals,
and in consequence their team work
has been poor.
The Parker opposition was disturb
ed, but not routed, by the action of
Pennsylvania. The 6S votes of that
state have been for weeks placed in
the Parker column, and are a part of
the 500 odd votes that have been
claimed for him. They were not in
structed. however. and if they could
have been secured for any other can
didate it would have been a serious
blow to the Parker interests.
Criticism of the action of Pennsyl-
vania has been free and harsh among
some Of the anti-Parker men, but 9TH
ers say that a proposition made by one
of the Pennsylvania leaders is quite
fair. 1t is stated that after the action
of the Pennsylvania delegation a mem
ber of the delegation held a conference
with some of the anti-Parker leaders
and said that Pennsylvania, notwith-
standing the endorsement of Parker,
would give IS votes to any eastern can
the exception of Hearst
upon whom the opposition could con-
centrate with enough pledged votes.
which, together with the GS votes of
Pennsylvania would make two votes
more than one-third OF the convention.
Among the candidates named who
would be satisfactory WERE Pattison.
Of Pennsylvania: German, of Mary
and; Gray, of Delaware; Harmon. of
Ohio Olney. of Massachusetts, and
Coler. of New York.
Upon this proposition some Of the
men have been working. !
lut they have not been meeting with
much success.
Cohesion Of the anti-Parker men is
impossible Hearst cannot s
ransfer his delegates. and his sup ,
'orters cannot promise the instructed
nd pledged Hearst men for any man {
fter Hearst is out of the running. {
will give no indication {
r pledge of her delegates beyond Oh q
ey. The same is true of Wall in Wis t
onsin, Harmon in Ohio and CockreH {
n Missouri. although it is supposed i
hat Missouri would go to German q
hould there be an opportunity. The T
orman men in West Virginia. Mary a
md and the District of Columbia pre- L
sr Parker to uncertainty and are t
hating under the restraint imposed d
pom them by the venerable Henry G. g
avis. who clings to the hope that d
'mething may turn up favorable to d
Orman a
Upon slender threads of various 7
nds the Parker opposition has hung II
S hopes, while the Parker men have o
zen moving forward, with calm assur- n
Ice, to other matters connected with Il
e convention. Former Senator Smith, &
New Jersey. who has been holding S;
s delegation in the leash while it was h
lxious to go to Parker. said that Par Il
II would be nominated unless the dis b
Teement over the platform should el
i've some state delegations from New h
Jrk's candidate. di
A story was current that David B. ri
III, fusned with the fruits of victory, la
luld undertake to force upon the op- al
sition a platform so radical that
me of the southern DELEGATIONS would