New-York tribune., 1904-10-20
NO ONE UP FOR CONGRESS-
Candidate GiUes Up His Home Dis
fHict, to His Supporters Disgust.

fFict, to His Supporters disgust.
With Alton B. Parker's consent, the Demo-
cratic voters Of the XxIVth Congress District.
comprising the counties Of Ulster, Delaware.
Otsego ard Schoharle. will have Congress
candidate tn vote for this year
The Republicans have nominated Frank J.
II F'evre, a popular young Republican OF New
PATTI. Ulster County. The Democrats nominated
s candidate who declined to run, and then
failed to unite new man. Tho time limit
for alnE certificates Of nominations has expired,
and nothing can now be done so give the twen-
~ thousand Democrats OF the XXIvth Dis
trIct Congress candidate to vote for.
when this fact became known TO local Demo-
Gratis yesterday there was profound surprise
and disgust The surprise was all the greater
by reason OF the fact that if Parker carries the
State. as his friends predict he viii probably
carry his Congress district. senator AGcCaTren,
chairman Of the State executive committee.
said last night at the Hoffman House that Par
ker and HeVrick would carry the state. and
he offered to bet $4,000 to 5000 that his judg-
nent on Parker would prove correct; but Judge
Parker despite the optimism Of Senator Nc
Carren who saw him yesterday about the state
situation, failed TO urge his friends to nominate
a candidate for Congress in his home district.
The failure OF the Parker men 10 name a
TO political heart failure 1t is the worst case
On record in this state It nearly broke Sen
ator McCa1ren's heart when ne heard Of 1t from
Mr. Parker yesterday.
After the candidate first named by the Demo-
cratic Congress Convention declined to run, the
committee appointed TO I'll vacancies met In
Oneonta to name a new candidate. This was on
Saturday last The delegate from Ulster, Judge
Parker's home county told the one from Della
ware that Judge Parker's friends did not want
TO run any one against Mr.. lie Fevre, he was
a first class fighter, and on account Of his pop
ularty in the district would make a canvass
that would stir old Ulster from end to end. He
persuaded the delegate from Delaware to think
as he did. When the committee of four met, the
representatives from Scl1oharie and Otsego were
aghast at the suggestion that Judge Parker did
not want any fight made in Ulster on the Con-
gress candidate, as 1t would lessen his chances
OF carrying it,
!'Good LORD" exclaimed the Schoharie man,
you don't mean to say the Judge hae cold feet
on this proposition, do you?"
We'll. We can't win against lie Fevre," was
the reply.
"Oh. never mind lie Fevre." said the repre-
sentative OF the Gibraltar OF Democracy; name
a wooden Indian Il YOU like, but let's agree
some one for candidate. schoharie wants
candidate for Congress"
But Ulster and Delaware objected to putting
a candidate in the field. The deadlock contin-
ued for hours, the committeeman from Otsego
siding with the one from Schoharie. A motion
to adjourn was offered. and there another
deadlock on that. The train whistle was heard
and two Of the delegates seized their valises and
bolted.
Judge Parker was duly informed Of the fall
ure u agree on a candidate. He did nothing.
What makes the inaction of the Democratic
candidate for President all the more surprising
is the fact that the Democrats had what is
termed in politics q lighting chance" in the
dis trict. Schoharie went Democratic even in
the Mckinley tidal wave year Of 1896. and is
eood for a plurality of 500 Delaware County
last year elected a Democratic Sheriff. Ulster
County is not sure Republican county al
though of late years the Republicans have been
steadily gaining ground. Otsego is about like
Delaware. usually giving Republican plurality
or 2,OOO Two years ago George j. smith, OF
Kingston. elected 70 Congress with Re-
publican plurality of about 5000. The total
vote was about 5000
Judge Parker's unwillingness to do anything 10
help himself has taken the fight out Of the
Democrats of Ulster. The Republicans there
working early and late in every election district.
In the city of Kingston there is a Republican or
ganizdton covering almost every business block.
The Republicans are not saying much. but they
all ready for the fray November :.
When the attention Of Senator McCarren was
called last night to the failure of the Democrats
in ParkeI's district to nominate a candidate for
Congress he said: Il heard about that That
matter that the Democrats here did not
interfere In. We thought that the Democrats of
the district knew better about what they wanted
than outsiders, and we let them have their way
But doesn't II look bad to have no candidate
for Congress III the Presidential candidates own
district 20 he asked
That's their business. We didn't interfere ,"
said the executive State chairman.