The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-15
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AsTERN pENoc RA5Tic LEADERS
FEAR AhaFED tn ~
s.PEEREEss FADE AFTsER
IL NoVEMBER DEFEAT.
new oct::: "a special
pateh he q ribune from Wash
ton says inc vital Bile de
feat staring the Democrats in the face,
lsexpectati ion Of carr ying the Presi=
Dental election las been finally
abandoned BY them The Parker
Leaders Of TIL Democracy are con-
fronted wit a form Of treachery
which strikes terrorto the hearts, Of
sponsors of the safe and sane
pemocEacy.'s according to a thor
3Ssough1y trustWort tn y.$rep port which has
IsSreaehed#fhe head quarters of the Dem
ocraticS National committee in Wash
toni theBe Belmont Hil1:Sheehan com
btnatfon viii devote san it's energy
fromSnow8untilSel election to preventing
oll1
agcendancy in the Democratic party
which he enjoyed for eight years.
as seems probable, Parker fails
tossecure as many electoral votes as
Bryan d I'd, no in fuence will be able
gtoscheck the stampede Of the rank and
the Deomcracy2to the extreme
radical wing OF which the peerless
leader has always been the expo
( mems T3hefN lew = ork leaders are. thor
ssough ali to- this fact, and for that
reason hey will strain every nerve
o#carry ew5s Yorls West Virginia and
Nevada. the Sonly States which in their
sppinio . e he slightest opportuni-
for Democraticsg gains, a1though they
would rove far from sufficient to
elect natl nal ticket. as they
Wou1d 1eayeSP barker and Davis 80 votes
RS Hortss ofsthe lumber necessary to
sgart eiping Bryan.
effort Of the New ork contin-
gent toscarry New York is certain to
ssbe seriously hampered by what they
term sreachery8 of the basest sort
espairfng of achieving national
victory and pelessSof carrying In
sdianassfo Parker; Chairman Taggart
has listened ITO the siren voice of VIII
n liam ryan, and, with the co-opera-
asti ion Senator James K. Jones,
has arranged speaking tour of IN
siianasf orsth Nebraskan. Mr.. Bryan
3 has already the opinion Of Nation
leaders become a traitor to Parker,
Il conceding Nebraska to Roosevelt
and F'afrbanEs with the hope of sim
spIifyins. his. own effort to carry the
NEBRASKA 8Legislatu and to succeed
the seat the Senate occupied by
Charles DIETRICH. The tenor of
Bryan remarks Throughout this
zcampaignS has been detrim ental, if not
actual ysi nimical, to Parkers chances,
and the probability that his Indiana
speeches I'LL Ssbe such as to remove
of the Parkerites to en-
list support of the conservative
sDamocracy#of New York, is fully APP
sprecfated by the New York contin-
gent.
II face Of situation which
would sadden any Republican organi-
szzationg In the country there is evil
3dence at Democratic Congressional
slSadquaTleTs*SoI5 a. certain CLEAN of |
Chairman Cowherd went to
8sfSlewssSY 81, ork%a and pleaded eloquently
wit I'M 81. Sheehan and his partners
not ito B waste their entire substance
Son#sthe $ignis& titus of Democratic /
national victory, but to lend some as
8sistance to his efforts to secure a
DE attic ajority in the House.
sasEo5 Mr. Cowherd's pleadings the New
8 ork8.c ntingent turned deaf ear.
With IA It'll the rich plum OF New York pat
homage dangling SO temptingly be-
lore their eyes, and with thu spossibili-
&fy Of restoring the tarnished prestige
Of David p. Hill to its pristine bril-
5liancy, he and other Parker managers
hadgnefther5 time nor money to waste
oto!n 1ssCongressional districts, and Chair
SInan@G oWherd returned to Washington
with mo more available asset than a
large$consignment of "professed sym
patty It is hardly. surprising, there
fore, that the admission which Bel
s m Sheehan & Co. have now been
sreIuctantly forced to make to Mr..
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