The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-08
Programme of Democrat Lead
ers Includes the Nominations
As Well as the Adoption of a
Platform by the Convention.
PARKER ON THE FISRT.
Supporters Of HIPS Candidate
Still Look for Majority
On the First Roll Call for Head
of Ticket.

St. Louis, July S.-Before tonight
the Democrat convention will have
adopted a platform. nominated candi-
dates for president and vice president
and adjourned sine die, If the pro-
gramme of the leaders can be carried
out. The Parker men are now talk
ing of securing his nomination on the
Arst ballot, but they do not anticipate
that more than two ballots at the out
side will be necessary. The vote on
the Illinois case was the test, and IA
vorable to Parker. There were 946
votes cast of the 1000 votes in the
convention, the 81 of Illinois being
withheld The negative vote on Mr..
Bryan's minority report was SAT,
which is 20 votes short of the neces-
sary two-thirds to nominate. 1t rep
resented with some exceptions the
Parker strength. although it has in it
also some of the opposition. including
the 80 votes of Massachusetts. At the
same time there were cast on the
other side Is votes of South Carolina
and the 26 votes of Kentucky and the
is votes of Louisiana, making a total
OF 81 votes from states that have de-
clared for Parker Deducting the
votes of Massachusetts and adding
the 50 votes of the Parker states.
gives a total of 677 votes which NAV
exception from the smaller states
which did not vote Parker or anti
Parker on the contested case. 1t
would seem likely that these few votes
would be balanced by those who voted
In the affirmative and are likely to
vote for Parker. But in addition to
the 677 votes accounted for there are
81 in Illinois that are ready to come
TO Parker when he needs them.
There is a. report that the Illinois
delegation under instructions for
Hearst may feel that they are no long
er obligated to vote for him because
the Hearst men all joined in an effort
to unseat them. At all events, 1t
would seem that Illinois is in a posi-
ton to make Parker's nomination sure
even II some f1ve others which were
in the negative column should be cast
for other candidates for president.
The ant-Parker men are building
some hopes upon the action of the
subcommittee on platform in adopting
a gold standard and are asserting that
some of the southern states instructed
or pledged for Parker will desert him
if the convention adopts the gold
standard plank. Among the states
named in this connection are South
Carolina Kentucky, Mississippi and
Texas. This is the only apparent hope
the anti-Parker men have
With the end of the convention in
sight there is still a chaotic condition
in regard to the vice presidency and
the outlook now is that a large num-
Der of candidates will be voted for and
perhaps several ballots taken before
anyone is chosen Among those whose
names are connected with the second
place are David r. Francis and Gov
ernor Alexander NJ. Dockery of Mis-
souri,. John w Kern of Indiana, James
r. Williams of Illinois, Senator John
W. Daniel of Virginia, Governor
Charles B. Aycock of North Carolina,
and George Turner of Washington.
Quite an effort has been made to con-
centrate on Francis and the same eff
fort for Kern. The Carolinas are for
Aycock. Conferences were held late in