The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-02
BOOMERS ARRIVE.
Taggart and August Belmont
Among the Parker Leaders.
WhOOping 1t Up for the New
York Judge at ST. Louis.
CalifOrnians Consider No Other
Name Than Hearst's.
THEY SEEK HARMONY.
: Among Democrat Delegates
Who Have Reached st. Louis
The Platform Is the Chief Topic
of Conversation.
ARE VET FAD ADADn
ARE YET FAR APART
Ats Preparation Likely to Fall
to German and Williams.
Parker Seems to Be Butt of At
tack for All Other Fractions.

st. Louis, July 2.-The Parker mer
are growing more confident as dele
cations and representatives of differ
ent delegations arrive. One of the
most active Parker men in the city is
Thomas A Taggart of Indianapolis
and he is in constant communication
with the new arrivals and particularly
those who are under instructions for
other candidates. Mayor David A.
Rose and T. E. Ryan of Wisconsin
were among the arrivals today. They
are under instructions for E. c. Wall
of their own state and declared that
having a 'favorite son" they would
express no opinion as to the second
choice of the delegation. with a
candidate of our own" Mr.. Ryan said
'it would not look very well for us
to be going around expressing an
opinion about a second choice
From managers of the Parker can
vass, however. it was learned that the
Wisconsin delegation would go to
Parker on the second ballot A little
light was shed upon the many confer
} eaces that have taken place in the
east between the Democratic leaders
and Murphy. A delegate who has
been cOgnizant of what took place at
these conferences said today that at
their close one man participating re-
marked:
'FWeiI, we are no nearer a conclu-
sion than when we first commenced to
talk"
Couldn't Agree.
In going over the situation they
found that even if they should enter
into Il combination to defeat Parker
that they would be no nearer results
than before and some of them feared
sNr. % -er- glT
ford an opportunity to nominate
Cleveland, and to this some of the
men in the conference were opposed
while others were somewhat favor
able 1t is believed that Smith and
Guffey are among the men who would
be willing to see Cleveland nominated
and that they would be willing to
throw New Jersey and Pennsylvania
to the eX-president-
While some Parker men are en-
thusiastic enough to claim that their
man will be nominated on the nrSL
ballot the more experienced politi-
clans are of the opinion that cOmpli-
mentary votes must first be cast for
favorite sons if the necessary two
thirds can be obtained for the New
Yorker.
1t is said that Gorman's candidacy
ran be determined upon his move
ments. He is at the head OF the Mary
land delegation and if he comes to
St Louis it will mean that he is not
going to be a candidate But if he
remains at home it will be assumed
by his friends here that he is a candl-
date and that every effort VIII be
made to bring about his nomination.
An important arrival today was
August Belmont, who with several
members of his family, came IN on an
early train and took apartments at the
Jefferson. He is one OF the actlVe
leaders of the Parker movement
No Second Choice.
r-,,a HEARST boom was given some
what of an impetus early today by the
arrival of the California delegat.~n ac-
companied by some of the members Oh
the Nevada and Arizona delegations
I'VE are all for Hearst until the nm
ish." said Chairman Tarpey of the CAL
ffornia contingent
We will stay with them until the
end: Californians have no second
choice of candidates or in any other
Another delegate. Mark Smith, of Ar
izona, expressed the same sentiment
saving that the Democrats of the west
ern coast generally prefer Mr. Hearst
he did not, however, believe that the
western men in the convention would
should become evident that Mr.. Hearst
could not secure the necessary TWO
thirds vote to nominate
Members of the three delegations
discussed freely the possibilities with
the reference to platform. but We're
generally of the opinion that there
should be no reference either to the
Chicago platform of 1886 or the Kan
sas CITY platform of 1900.
This" said one of them. is the
wear 1904 and we are dealing with this
reriod and no other. I believe that our
people prefer that all reference 10
mast platforms should be omitted.
Senator Newlands. of Nevada, who is
at the head of the delegation from that
state saws that the sentiment of the
western states generally is against
Parker although the delegates are not
opposed to him in any hostile sense
The Hearst delegations from these
western states appear to have no sec
ond choice although it is understood
that some of them may prefer German
TO almost any other man.
The subcommittee on arrangements
of the Democratic national committee
which was called to meet at 20 O'Clock
TODAY failed to secure quoroln ana
adiolIrned until o'clock p m In ad-
dition to Chairman Jones IheFe was
onIy one member present
South Not for Cleveland.
Judge Parker's friends are devoting
themselves asSiduously 10 counteract-
ing the effort TO create sentiment in