The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-07-19
JUDGE PARKER HAS LIVELY DAY
Candidate C0nfers With Some of the Leaders.
Cochran Will Take the Stump for Parker.
All are Confident of Victory.
NATIONAL GUARDIANSHIP YET UNSETTLED

participants, was of vital importance.
At its conclusion Senator McCarren
said: 1T is merely a question of the
majority. No money will be needed
for the fighting of the battle, for our
campaign will be a labor of love. The
party is undivided again. the issue is
the man. l have known Judge Par
ker for twenty years and pay myself
the tribute of saying that would havo
sent the gold planK telegram to st.
Louis just as he did had | been in his
place.
while / was in conference with
Judge Parker today the New York sit
uation was not discussed. 1t is too trl-
vial to talk about anyway.
"As for the question of money, re-
peat it will not enter into our consid-
erations. The sordid element will be
wholly eliminated from the campaign"
Asked about the Bryan utterance,
Senator McCarren said Bryan had
pledged himself to support the ticket
and that he believed he would.
The senator said that the Democratic
National committee would probably
meet in New York in about a week and
that some important political confer
ences would both precede and follow
it in the metropolis. The formal noti-
lcation, he thought would shortly fol-
low that of President Roosevelt.
The senator would make no positive
statement in the matter but it was
gathered that he does not consider
selection of a national chairman Pos
sibly the McCarren wish is the sire of
the McCarren thought for it is general
ly believed that if he could have his
way, August Belmont's desire for the
Office would be gratified. Indeed there
is no doubt that Mr.. Belmont wants 10
be national chairman very much and
there will be no demonstration of coy
ness or reluctance on his part if the
proffer comes his way.
But it was also gatnered from Sem
ator McCarren's conversation that
Thomas Taggart. the Indiana National
committeeman is a formidable rival of
Mr.. Belmont, and the two, in his opin-
ion, are at present leaders in the rae !!
Contrary to the first reports however
1t is said that Taggart was not promls-
ed the chairmanship at st. Louis ard
that in fact no promises to any one
have yet been made.
Senator McCarren left for New York
about o'clock. This was his parting
shot: The campaign will begin at
once with the strengthening of the
New York state organization. l am
firmly of the belief that Parker will be
he next president"
August Belmont would only say: 81
am heartily in support of the ticket
and platform"
Left alone on his front piazza Judge |
Parker preserved a silence absolute. lie
would not say whether District Attor-
ley Jerome of New York had been DIS
,ussed as a gubernatorial possibility. |
nor whether a truce between Tammany
and the Brooklyn, Democracy was un-
Ter way. After a moment he went in
side to his library and began signing
he interminable replies to intermin-
lble felicitations.
The Rev. and Mrs. Hall arrived to-
night from st. Louis. Mrs. Hall, who
Is Judge Parker's daughter, brought |
back the standard of the Georgia dele
cation which was the first waved aloft
in the convention as counter demon
5tration to the Bryan ovation. 1t bears
a piotura pf tha pnrninaa
Former United States Senator Chas.
A. Towne sent congratulations and |
promises of support today.