The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-08
NEW YORK HARMONIOUS
WILL INSTRUCT DELEGATES
 AND TAMMANY MUST YIELD.
Peace Plan is Arranged-Walter Wellman Says Parker for Pres ident and Mcclellan for
 Governor is Scheme.

leading Democrats of the Empire state are likely to agree upon. As l told you from Albany a week ago. there is no doubt the New York State Democratic convention to be held week after next will instruct the delegation to St. Louis to vote as a unit for Judge Parker. Leader Murphy, of Tammany, ostensibly still stands out against an instructed del egation. But what good can it do him He will not have enough power to con trol a third of the convention. Hill and the Parker men have the power to in- struct and the determination to instruct. and MT. Murphy will have to take his medicine. By the time he gets to St. Louis, Murphy will probably be as en- thusiastic as anybody for Parker. At any rate. he will have to vote for the judge whether he likes it or not. Hill is not afraid of Tammany opposition to
 arker at St. Louis. With the whole delegation tied up in bag and labeled Parker he does not have anxiety about the talking Murphy and his braves may do in the tavernS. Talk without votes, criticism of the man one has to cast his ballot for, never did amount to much.
 Before trouble begins at St. Louis the New York leaders probably will have buried the hatchet and reached an agree ment on the program indicated by the foregoing paragraph Murphy will be placated by a tender of the governor ship nomination to his protege. young Mayor Mcclellan. If this arrangement is made-and I have excellent reasons for believing it probably will belt may not appear publicly till after the St. Louis convention is over. The State con- vention to nominate a candidate for Gov ernor will not be held till September.
 That Mayor Mcclellan would like to make the race for Governor there Is no doubt. He is an ambitious young man and his friends are ambitious for him. They predict for him a great future. They believe he is in line for promotion to the presidency itself and that his cleo ton to the governorship of New York would be a proper and important step in his advancement.
 MT Mcclellan is an able young man. He is making an excellent Mayor. He has taken hold of the work of his office in a busnesslike, practical, pushing way that has made a most excellent impression. He does not surround himself with any fussiness or mystery. He sees everyone that wants to see him. He drives straight at the heart of every question that IS placed D6IOTe HIlIl. I1S IS uSlS lll- fully informal and after the ponderosity of his predecessor this Is well appreciat- ed by all who come in contact with him. He is the sort of man who speaks the language of his tribe-which means that he calls spades spades-wears a smil- ing face, and keeps his desk clean of all accumuationS.
 They say here in New York that the young Mayor has pleased all classes of people except the sports. He persists in keeping the lid on" He won't permit the gamblers to open up even on the quiet. How long he will do this is a matter of speculation. Tammany rule hitherto has been supposed to mean a wide-open town. There will be sore hearts if the Mayor continues to break the tradition and Tammany will be "soaked" by the sports at the next city election. For these reasons the sports themselves and a good many other peo- pie expect to see the Mayor 'let up after next falls election. But Mayor Me Clellan says the lid is on and is going to stay on and there is the look in the young Mayors smooth, strong face which indicates that he means it.
 The long-suffering people of New York like the manner in which Mayor McClel- Ian has gone at the task of securing re- lief for them. He has taken the position that he cares little what plan or method be adopted so that some plan is adopted and something be actually done. The rapid transit commission composed of eminent and public-spirited citizens is a trifle slow in it's movements For in- stance, the new bridge between New York and Brooklyn has been fifteen
 ,atfn ho rapid transit board has no plan for it's utilization, and there the huge structure stands, almost useless in its engineering magnifcence Unable to get any large and comprehensive plan under way, the Mayor is devoting much of his energy to securing relief from the intolerable conditions which prevail on the old Brooklyn bridge. The people of New York like this sort of energy, and many of them think the Mayor would not only make a good Governor, but that as a candidate he would show himself a suc- cessful vote getter
 If Hill and Murphy fix it up on the Parker -McCIellan-Hill basis. and har- mony regns from Coney Island to the St Lawrence, the Democrats will have a mighty good chance to carry New York this year. At any rate, there will be a tremendous battle, with the chances about even. The Republicans are not in the best of shape. Governor Odel is in complete mastery of the Republican ma chine, but Odell is not an "easy boss. " He plays the game in a hard way-plays it with a club. They say at Albany if a man won't do his bidding he imme- diateIy proceeds to knock him down. They say he is the new Croker' in New York politics, and that the Republican party will not stand for CrOkerism All manner of ugly things are said about Governor OuG1l. and this likenng of hIm to Croker is often carried to a sinister extreme. There may be little truth or no truth at all in these stories, but at any rate it is obvious that lot of the old followers of Senator Platt are angry at the Governor and sore over the man ner in which they have been thrust aside. How much part these Republican biCkerings and jealouSies are likely to play in the election next Wednesday,. of is noteworthy that the Democrats are exceedingly confident they can carry the State for Parker.
 It looks as if David B. Hill were shrewdly and successfully using the Parker movement as a means for re-es- tablishng himself as a political leader He could make no stronger play than to secure peace w--n Tammany and the cordial support of that organiza ton. not only at St. Louis, but in the camnaien. by giving the governorship to McClel- Ian. It being lilIs ambition to go to the United States Senate as the successor to Chauncey Depew, he would have to