Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-07-06
IOWA AND |ONANS
At CONVENTION
Cato Sells Says Parker Has Ma
jority and Democrats Will
Respect Majority Rule
SEVEN ioWANs FOR PARKER
The Situation Just Preceding the op-
ening of the Convention Sized Up
- Gossip About the Iowa Headquar-
ters-Weaver Working to Aid Com.
bne Against Parker.
SEVEN IowANs FOR PARkEi.
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Special to Times Republican.
4 st. Louis, July 5.--The most intelli-
| gent statement of the situation JUS,
preceding the convention is that h,
Cato Sells, of Iowa, whose penchanl
conventions is we'll known. As mat
ter OF fact, Mr.. Sells is keen observer
( at such places and not strongly preiu-
/ diced.
! 1T is all up in the air." he said tc-
day. The situation is simply Parke,
against the field. The New York man
has a good strong lead. He has ma
I jority in the convention and this counts
tfor much, for democrats have great
i respect for the majority. But he has
not the votes in sight to nominate. His
forces have a great advantage in that
/ they are working for a definite tfliu1
and know what they have to offer
| They can say and say truthfully that
Judge Parker is a fine man personally
| and that he has the ability and chac
| acter for the presidential office The
greatest handicap to Parker is the fact
/ that he is chanlpioned by Dave Hill
and August Belmont. Unfortunately
for him both these men are here and
are working openly for Parker. A good
many delegates resent this.
THE opposition to Parker is not now
so much Hearst as 1t is anybody who
can beat Parker. There are some tn
| dications they Will be able to tie II
up. The Wisconsin men are here for
Wall and they really mean to stani
by him. The Missouri people are IN
earnest for Cockrell. II all these aela-
cations can be held away from Parker
for three or four ballots, he will be
beaten. The Cleveland boom fell fiat
and there is not much to the German
movement. But the opposition TO
Parker is at work, planning how to
work to defeat him. and if 1t can be
held together and finally be concentrat-
ed, the thing can be done, otherwise it
will be Parker
Seven loWans for Parker.
The seven Iowa delegates who are
outspoken for Judge Parker. are: w.
w. Baldwin, Burlington; William Des-
mond, Clinton: Sam S. Wright. Tip-
ton; J. W. Hanna, Winfield: j. N. Mall
lon, Hampton; o. NJ. Coffey, Maquo-
keta; A. T. O'Brien, Independence.
They appear to be willing to acquiese
in the situation. They will permit the
delegation to be voted as unit for
Hearst at the beginning, because they
hope to count the minority into ma
jority. But all their moral influence is
thrown against Hearst and the scheme
to beat Parker by an alliance of the
opposing elements. 1t is the general
belief, at least, that several of the
Hearst 19, are in fact getting ready 10
desert their idol. they do not talk with
enthusiasm of the situation.
They Got Together.
After the Iowa delegation got to-
gether on Monday and talked it over
it was found that they are all good
fellows, none of them wearing spurs
and only a few carrying cayenne pep
per concealed about their person. They
soon reached an agreement as to rooms.
The state committee had gone ahead
honestly enough with preparations for
the entertainment of the delegation
and the visitors who. in fact, secured
more room than the delegation would
made with the Jefferson hotel one by
Committeeman S. w. Mercer. the other
by Judge e. NJ. Carr. The delegation
accepted the Carr contract for seven
teen rooms at $3.50 a day. This left
Mercer with eight additional rooms. 1t
was mutually agreed that the delega-
tion would stand back of Mercer and
see to it that these rooms were filled
with Iowa people SO that neither he nor
the state committee should lose. With
this understanding the Parker minority
on the committee agreed to get into
bed with the Hearst majority and be
good. The matter was talked over in
caucus and talked very plainly. 1t was
evident that the minority felt that they
had been snubbed by the majority and
that they wanted it understood they
We're in no mood to be subject to any
Those who spoke on the
situation were Weaver, Baldwin, Carr,
Wright. Evans and Desmond. 1t de-
that conference had been
held some time ago between Carr and
Mercer. by the agreement of the
feeling in the Iowa headquarters. The
delegates and alternates We're assessed
$40 each, which would make fund
large enough for all purposes.
Lehman For Parker.
Fred w. Lehman, formerly of Des
Moines, now resident OF ST Louis.
was especially happy in greeting old
friends at the convention. a good
any OF those who have places on the
[ow1 delegation are strangers to him,
having come to the front in Iowa since
the days when lehman was the
strongest intellectual force of the party |
in the state. But among the Iowa dele |
gates there were those who recalled |
how lehman used to be the one man
called on to quell the ebullitions of an
democratic convention IN |
Iowa,
who will be the nominee?" was
asked of Mr.. Lehman.
TOO tsrly to make q good guess"