The St. Louis Republic., 1904-07-02
Hintcd That This May Be a Cloak
for the Cleveland
Movement.
POLITICIANS ARE DIVIDED.
Some Say Former Presidents
Nomination Would BE Suicidal
Ohio Is Friendly to
princetonian.

The declaration for Cleveland for Presi-
dent by John Il. Mclean of Ohio pub
lishcd yesterday morning in The Repuhlic
dispatches. taken with the known prefer
ence OF Edward Murphy. .ir of Tammauy
Hail for tn" former President was cred
ited 10y &any of tho Democrats now in 81.
Louis as the beginning of a Cleveland
noon.
on top Of IT, however. Judge r. VI. Dit
try of columbus. O.. reached St Louis
commissioned 10 establish - headquarters
at the jefferson Hotel for Judge Judson
Harmon rs the ''favorite SON Of his State.
For Harmon Judge plttey guarantees
the forty-siX votes of Ohio ou the first
ballet Judge Dittey declares that the
Harmon movement j. .hn serious prefer
ence of Ohio, and that the state presents
MIN as 4 conservative candidate. as oh,
who served - cieFeland's Attorney Cen
cral ana upOu whom ali opposing factions
of III" party could unite
AcLHan Is friendly to judge Harmon"
S,ld Judge Di'toE. II am certain Of that
But If Won viii lnalyZe tho situation YOU
VII! find that John r Mel can does not
control the Ohio delegation in the full PC
IiicaI meaning ~ that word. The unit
rule was adgut"d iy my State and thirty
nNc out Of the for'v-Six delegates a-e for
Judge Harmon HI name. 1t Is Definitely
decided. viii be presented on the first
Tom Johnson is FOR Folk for President
Counting Johnson as a conservative there
are only live radicals or extreme Bryan
men on the delegation. Including John
sons strength, the total is eleven
FRIENDLY TO CLEVELAND.
Mr.. Dittey's intimation Is that ma
jority of the Ohio delegation are friendly
to Mr.. Cleveland. though he did not put
it in so many words.
viii the Ohio delegation. after pre-
Senllng Judge Harmon, then turn TO
Judge PARKER Judge Dittev was asked.
Il can say as /" that. The delegates
WIN decide for themselves. But my opinion
Is that, II Parker Is not nominated on the
frst tw" or three ballots. Nr Cleveiand'S :
name will be presented Ia the convention.
thlnk tnat then a genuine effort " II ba
made t" nominal" him If +; fails. an
convinced that Judge Harnuns chances
VIII be- good. | have ca'iVaSsed many of
thc southern States - Mississippi. Lotlfsi-
ana. Tennessee. Kentucky. Alabama and
titofgla-hnd find that friendly disposi-
tion toward Judge Harmon exists"
Tie Cleveland talk OF yesterday was as
ne proverhial red rag 10 q bull among
the Western representation. To the
Hearst following it WAS considered as a
blind started by Parker boomers with
ievdIad me idea Of soaring .,a The bitterly anti.
might be regarded as 4 compromise man.
If Cleveland Were nominated said
J. g. johnson. National Committeeman
from Kansas. we would have to take
10 the woods We would simply have to
quit out In Kansas"
Suicidal" was the one comment OF
Fred Dubois OF Idaho Il really cannot
think that Clevoland's name Will eyer. he
seriously considered by the convention.
said Congressman j. K. Williams of Hi
nots. DO that declared John 7. Nc
Graw. Nationnl Committeeman from West
Virginia. 'and you instantly give up all
hope OF carrying my State. Missouri
Democratic politicians went so far as to
express the opinion that this state would
I've lost with Cleveland at the head of the
ticket.
The representa- OF Eastern political
opinion are not here. with the single ex-
ception Of Perry Belmont. The Belmonts
ar" known to be friendly to Cleveland. to
prefer him above ali possibilities But 1t
has long been known that the bitterness
against Cleveland lies west of the Alle-
Sheny Mountains.
HARMON'S BOOM MAY Re 4 CLOAK
The question which is agitating the sit
nation just now is whether or not Ohio's
Harmon boom, since Ohio cannot in any
sense be termed doubtful State. doesn't
amount to cloak for the Cleveland move
inent. Judge Dittey says that II is not
and yet indicates that Cleveland is strong
in his State.
The contestaes in the one Ohio contest
reached the Jefferson yesterday. They
are John G. L.. Push and c. u. SAVERS of
,lit ,l''ii'us VIZ IL. iil'i ueItstteS npli-
Ing the credentials are James Ross and
Doctor g. T.. Gillian.
The charge is that the proper notice of
time restrictions for the filing of dele
cations to be elected at n county primary
TO the County Convention was not given,
and they will present a petition in protest
from Zoo citizens of Columbus. Judge
Dittey'S forces are upon the other side
OF the question, and declare that the fail
ure TO file the delegations was due 10 fear
that they could not carry the primary. and
that then they held separate mass meet
ing for the election OF district delegates.