The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-04
GOSSIP OF THE TWO PARTIES
DEMOCRATIC

New York. September 2.-Eugene zlm- merman, of Cincinnati father-in-law of the duke of Manchester, called at demo- cratic national headquarters. It was said by Chairman Taggart that MT. Zimmer- man Intends to vote for Parker and Da- wis. Usually he votes the republican ticket.
 David B. Hill has wrought signifi- cant change in the views of local dem ocrats who thought they would have a good deal to say about the choice of the state convention of a candidate for gov ernor.
 When in town MT. IIll told several Par lxer men at the national and state head quarters that he was for Stanchfield for governor, and that it was about time to stop talking about other candi- dates
 From this time forward little will be heard of the Lamont or the Shepard boom. Mir Hill has the machine and apparently he has the backing of Mir. Parker in his programme to nominate jStanchfield for governor, Justice Her rick for chief judge of the court of ap- peals, and Attorney General Cunneen for associate judge.
 Representative Francis Burton Harri- son of Tammany Hall who has been designated by the democratic state com mittee to assist in organizing the party In many upstate rural counties, is In Albany for few days. He is to look over the situation here and insRensselaer aaf Sah anfa fi rnff fha cf d. point of an outsider, without attempting to interfere in any way with local ar engagements. It Is expected that his re- ports to state headquarters will form a basis for recommendations from the Hoff- 1 man house leaders to local party lead \ers throughout the state, to perfect the arty machinery in upstate counties
 Mir Harrison is to make a tour of many
 -state counties and 1t Is intended to
 ist the services of what are termed
 h class democrats in every city and lunty up the state in the effort to up- buMd the democratic machine, especially in republican strongholds
 The Jacksonian club of Omaha, fa- nous as the discoverer of Bryan, is forming the Parker and Davis league of Nebrasha" and will lead the cam paign to carry the state for Parker, let ting Bryan and his wing look out for
 
 as well as the Bryan sympathizers are making plans to exchange presidential votes for votes for legislative candidates ''I base my opinion that the democrats will carry Indiana on what I heard of the personality of Chairman Taggart when l was in Indianapolis last said former congressman John M. Wiley, who was at the Hoffman house last night.
 MT Wiley was a representative in con gross for number of years from one of the Buffalo districts and was made Consul to Bordeaux by his friend Pres ident Cleveland He is a slrewd politi- clan and close observer of political mat ters. l Tt Is not. the way to canvas state" said MT Wiley with a smile. "and mo- body appreciates that fact more than do, but I am willing to go on record as saying that Taggart in Indiana Is strong ter personally than any other one man is in any other state. He has so many friends thre. that his election as national chairman of the democratic party shifted political lines in Hooscrdom.'
 George Foster Peabody. the banker, who has been chosen as treasurer of the democratic national committee, was twen- ty-fve years ago in the dry goods busi- ness in the same building that now houses the great dry goods house of Cornelius N Bliss who is the treasurer of the re- publican nation9l committee. The build ing is at the corner of Thomas and Church streets MT. Peabody as a young man was there with the old firm of White Payson & Co, which then represented the Manchester Mills.
 It Is not generally known that MT. Pea body at that time contemplated leaving commercial life and studying for the ministry He was member of the Brok- lyn Heights Reformed church, of which Spencer Trask was the Sunday school su- perntendent. MT, Trask took great interest in young Peabody and induced him to abandon the study of theology for the study of finance.
 An old friend of Senator Davis. the vice presidential nominee of the democrat ic party, wrote a congratulating let ter saying in part:
 'They have compared you with Noah; may you live as long as that good old animal tanner. Look for a flood of votes from the south.'
 The Senator replied
 > "The silver shaft on our ark has been broken by the weight of years. We have been unable to repair it till now It needed gold to do the trick. Sent out the dove which brought back the good things that we shall land in November"
 Mantels, 33 l-3 per cent off at Prowell's.