The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-07
MIR. CLAYTON
 SUCCESSFUL -S z Defeats Campbell For Css$..mitteemaD. THE VOTE IS l2 TO 10 MT. KeySer of the First Dis
 trict Goes Over. Colonel F e. Caney of New York h Unanimously Endorsed for
 Member of the National
 Campaign Committee.

l St. Louis. July 6.-(SpeciaL )-The Alabama delegation met this morning at 10:30 o'clock at the St. Nicholas Ho- tel. All members were present. A | call of the roll was at once made for National Committeeman, the result be- 1 ing: Clayton, 12 and Campbell, 10. | MT. keyser of the First District. who had voted last night for Campbell. I changed to Clayton and broke the deaa- lock. | The delegation has unanimously en- dorsed Col. F G. Caffey, formerly of I Montgomery. but now a successful New l York lawyer. for member of the Ma tional Campaign Committee.
 | The committee Is raised by the Na- tional Committee for the purpose of conducting the details of the campaign. | It is a very high honor, and Colonel | Caffey's Montgomery friends will be | delighted if he Is put upon the com mittee. | An Uneventful Day.
 This has been comparatively une- Iventful day. If there Is any change | in the situation. it is not marked. It still looks like Parker, and yet his op- ponents are fighting as hard as ever. The Tammany leaders are flooding the hotel corridors tonight with anti Parker literature. The most import ant of this matter is a letter from Henry Mcdonald of New York ad- dressed to delegates declaring that Parker cannot carry New York He goes into figures and details, arraying a great lot of facts to support his po- sition. The anti-Parker leaders still (claim that about 400 delegates will nev- CT go to the New Yorker and that he cannot be nominated. Yet I have not heard of any delegation today that has broken away from Parker, neither is there apparently any concert of action to concentrate on any one man tC break Parkers strength.
 The most notable feature of today's session of the convention was the splendid demonstration made over tht mention of Grover Cleveiands nams Sy John Sharp Williams in his speech d: temporary chairman. It was the only demonstration made over anybody ol anything in the session and proved conclusively that Is a very different body of men as compared with tho Kansas City Convention. different 1T makeup and different in temper. | Bryanites in DisfavOr.
 Bryan and Bryanites have very few friends here. When he walked into the hall today with the Nebraska del egation there was only bare recogni tion of his presence. There was no general or prolonged applause.
 The demonstration over MT. Cleve lands name, on the contrary was lout and long lasting for fully ten minutes It has probably put many delegates t' thinking more seriously, and If ther' is a deadlock, the majority may turi to the Sage of Princeton to lead then out of the wilderness.
 Yet the New Jersey delegation ha orders given. 1t seems ten days ago tt Senator Smith. not to place his nam before the convention. The Parke men, however, are getting nervous an' anxious. The Post-Dispatch. a mos pronounced Parker advocate, says thi afternoon that the Parker leaders pro pose to get to a ballot tomorrow after noon or evening If possible. Hereto fore 1t has been understood that the. did not expect to get to a ballot befor Friday.
 It is extremely unlikely that a bal lot will be reached tomorrow. Th committee on credentials ana that ol platform are to make reports and botl Will provoke opposition. IL Is expect cd that MT. Bryan will carry his figh against Hopkins and the Illinois del .gation to the floor and this will neces
 state some blowing off of gas MT
 Bryan will be beaten, however.
 Debate on the Platform. , Then there will be considerable de
 bate on the platform. There Is a rad
 ical difference among the conserva
 tives themselves as to the rrope currency plank and this will lead to
 lively discussion. Many leaders wil
 probably want to be heard on thi
 question, and much time may he con
 sumed. If the platform Is ad opted b . l Q wi
 have been made.
 , Another feature of the day nas bee the boom of George Turner of tn State of Washington for Vic> Presi . dent.
 , The Republic and the Post Dlspatc f are both full of news matter in hi interest. It Is even stated that tn s Alabama delegation admires so muc
 his reconstruction record in that Stat
 that they are active and enthusiast
 for him.
 How this statement has gotte z abroad Is hard to find. I nave nc . found any of the Alabamians for hir and Is extremely unlikely that a ma ' jority could be brought to his sur f port. The talk in the local papers , that the Parker leaders have picke ! Turner for his running mate. If s
 they have made great blunder an \ Will soon nHu IT out. lE II become
 necessary 1t is likely that the Ala
 bama delegation will protest and wi
 do missionary work among the othe Southern delegations It would L very ridiculous for Alabama or an Southern State to be supporting T1i P ner, who was carpet bagger, the con- 3 panion Of Bustred and Strobacl , Furthermore he was only a few year f ago a populist and only became V Democrat on the silver issue wit s Bryan. In fact, it Is his closeness { z Bryan that is understood to be th l Parker leaders reason for favorin
 him. After beating Bryan on .cand
 date and platform 1t may be the Hi
 tactics to try to appease him wit !. some such silverman as Turner for th s second place.
 e F. P Glass