Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-19
COMMITTEE TO SELECT
DEMOCRATIC CHAIRMAN TO BE
ELECTED BY MEMBERS.
Heads Of Various Factions Represent
ed In Council in New York
Yesterday--Notes.

says: Leaders Of the democratic party con-
ferred for more than two hours tonight in
the rooms of former Senator D. B. Hill at
the Hoffman House, and at the close made
public statement to the effect that the
Craftsmanship of the national committee
had not been discussed. Privately. 1t was
said the judgment of all present was that
the interests of the party would be best
conserved by leaving the committee abso-
lutely free to elect its chairman. Judge
Parker was said to favor this course The
conference resulted in agreement to call
a meeting of the national committee to be
held at the Hoffman House on July 20 The
question of fixing the time and place for
the notification of Intermediates for Presi-
sdent and Vice President was left to the
candidates themselves.
Present at the conference were the lead
ers who brought about the nomination OF
Parker There was also present Senator
Victor J. Bowling of New York. who look
ed after the Tammany interests. Every
one declared that harmony had been the
watchword throughout. The conferees were
former Senators ID. b. Hill of New York
James Smith. jr.. of New Jersey, Henry G.
Davis of West Virginia. candidate for Vice
President; Edward Murphy. jr., Of New
York; Senator German of Maryland. VIII
liam F. Sheehan of New York. Cord Meyer.
chairman of the New York state com
mittee; John w. Kern of Indiana. Col
ator p. II. McCarren of Brooklyn
James NJ Head of Tennessee. Norman E.
Mack of Buffalo, Perry Belmont and Au-
gust Belmont of New York, Thomas F:
Ryan of Virginia. Senator J. X. P. Hall Of
Pennsylvania and John r. Mclean of Ohio
Insist Upon Taggart.
dispatch from Kingston last night says:
BY authority more OF less reliable it Is said
John A. Kern of Indiana told Judge
Do bofo New
York this morning that Taggart must have
the Craftsmanship of the national committee,
or the ticket would be defeated in the
hooser state. Definite news got here from
New York that was fully disturbing to
the master of Rosemount as the Taggart
threat. This concerned Charles F. Muir
ply and the attitude of Tammany. Bourke
Cochran was known to have left his Office
soon he reached 1t today, and went
about Manhattan In an attempt to stir up
Parker feeling strong enough to demand
Parker and Davis ratification before Charles
F. Murphy could hear about it and dam the
creek. News of Senator Plunkitt's indf-
ference to the ticket while McCarren Is
the captain reached Judge Parker early
in the day 1t was in the shape Of print
ed interview. Rapid-fire telephone mes
sages were shot New Yorkward. One Of
these, it Is supposed. struck Cochran. and
he became energetic.
Sentiment for German.
Senator German received a great deal of
attention from the assembled leaders,
great majority of whom are keenly anxious
to have him accept the national chairman
ship. They believe that with the expert
enced Maryland campaigner at the helm
Roosevelt can be overwhelmingly defeated.
Senator German. after declaring that he
could not accept the place. said he expect
ed TO leave TODAY in,
land. He will visit Judge Parker at Esopus
soon. and he may change his plans and &C
cept an invitation to spend a day with the
presidential candidate before returning
home.
Senator German called on ex-senator
Davis and told the West Virginia leader
the reasons why he would prefer not to
serve IS chairman of the national commit
tee Senator German made it plain thai
he stands ready to do anything he can to
aid in the success of the democratic ticket.
but he pleaded that, on account of his age
and the condition of his health. he should
not be asked to assume the burdensome du-
ties of the Craftsmanship.
Root to Head State Ticket.
a dispatch from New York last night
says: News came from Oyster Bay that
President Roosevelt has taken the guberna-
torial situation in New York in his own
hands and is seeking to prevail upon former
Secretary of War Root to accept the nomi-
nation in the hope of restoring harmony in
the party and save the state to the republ-
cans. This is the direct result of Senator
Platt's conference with the President at
Sycamore Hill last Friday. At that con-
ference, 1t was said in Oyster Bay yester-
day, the senator agreed to compromise with
Gov. Odell and abide by the decision of the
President to the gubernatorial nominee
Immediately after Senator Plat departed
former Secretary Root was invited to visit
the President. 1t was not until yesterday
that Mr.. Root was able to accept the inyi-
tation. Upon his arrival he and the Presi-
dent at once plunged into a discussion of
the situation in New York. which Is at 8 xes
and sevens because of the rivalry between
Plat and Odell.
The President has great confidence in the
ability and judgment of Mr.. Root, and
would like to see him the republican candi-
date for governor Of the state.
Cannot Support Parker
A dispatch from Iowa City, Iowa. last
night says: The democratic state conven-
ton. which meets here tomorrow to nomi-
nate state officers will be completely con-
trolled by the conservatives. The Hearst
element, which carried the former conven-
ton by a narrow margin, will be turned
down. Shifting trouble affair." State Chairman
A. w. Maxwell of Seymour who was Mr.
Hearsts manager and was named by the
last convention chairman of the state
central committee. has res gned after re-
pudiatng the democratic national ticket in
the following letter:
Unable 20 countenance. aid or support
the candidates or platform of the ST. Louis
convention, l have rendered my resignation
as member of the state central commit
tee and chairman of the same body. The
announcement Of my determination to repu-
date the ticket has been delayed until this
date in an effort to persuade myself that
there was enough good in the candidate and
the platform to Justify me in remaining
loyal to the ticket Thus far l have discov-
cred absolutely nothing to commend 1t to
the voters of the country. It's surrender to
Wall street has been so complete as to
leave no doubt Of the party's further
course: Dominated as It Is by the trusts Of