New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-09-10
CRY OF HELP TO PARKER.
Committee Will Ask Candidate
to Make Speeches.

The Parker canvass is in a bad way. Judge
Parker is to be asked on Monday by the ma
tional executive committee to do personally
what he to save It before the entire Demo-
cratic campaign becomes the laughing stock OF
the politicians
William f. Sheehan. August Belmont. ex-Sen-
ator James Smith. jr.. Colonel James NJ. Guf-
fey, John r. Mclean, Thomas S. Martin and
Timothy E. Ryan. Of the executive committee,
have united in demand that Judge Parker
quit his comparative seclusion at Esopus. that
he come to NeU-York for the remainder Of the
campaign and that hs make fourteen speeches
in the large cities OF the country.
This demand will be laid before Judge Parker
by Mr.. Sheehan, who Will to-day go TO Esopus
where he has summer home
Judge Parker is expected by his intimate
friends to refuse to move to New-York for the
campaign. but he is expected to accede to tho
request OF the executive committee to take the
stump in his own behalf
The bottom is pretty nearly out OF the Demo-
cratic campaign. although 1t is only fairly be-
gun. Money has stopped coming in. August
Belmont is the only money producer in the
camp. and he has told his colleagues that he
will not continue to finance the canvass alone.
The incomplete canvasses made in the State
reveal a surprisingly strong drift toward Roose-
velt Messrs. Sheehan. Nicon and Belmont are
working almost night and day. but they cannot
stem the tide Mr.. Sheehan has taken a suite
at the Waldorf. and has a corps OF stenogra-
piers busy writing letters to business men
around the country He has discovered that the
tide is against the Democrats and Is becoming
desperate.
Judge Parker has objected to coming TO New
York to conduct his own campaign. and last
night he told friends over the telephone that he
would not dive into active campaigning by
moving to town for sixty days. II Is understood
that he is disposed 10 accede to the request OF
the executive committee to the extent of making
two or three visits to the Waldorf or the Man
haitian Club. between now and November s.
Messrs. Sheehan Belmont and Nicon think
that If they get him down here they can con-
vince him that TO remain throughout Is the
proper thing A member OF the executive
mittee said last night:
Mr.. Cleveland, In 1892, made his headquar-
ters at the Victoria and took an active part
in the campaign. Whenever any prominent
Democrat from out OF town wanted to see him
he was available His presence at the hotel
greatly stimulated the managers, and the result
in November was particularly gratifying. 1t is
time. in the judgment OF the managers OF the
Parker canvass. for the Judge to come out IN
the open and take hold OF his campaign.
He is no longer on the bench. and 1t cannot
possibly be undgnifed for him to do what he
can to make our tasks lighter"
The executive committee plans to have Judge
Parker make fourteen speeches. follows: In
Manhattan Brooklyn. Albany. Troy, Utica,
Syracuse. Rochester and Buffalo, Indianapolis.
Chicago. st. Louis. Kansas City. Denver and
Parkersburg. w. Va. This would cover the field
sufficiently the managers think and enable the
Democrats TO enthuse a little.
At present the campaign is admitted to be as
dead hammer. Judge Parker has not been
able TO say do anything worth remembering.
The steady work OF the Republicans is having
its natural effect on open-minded voters. and
the Democratic prospects are growing blacker.
Probably little Will be done by the Democrats
until after the State convention on September
90 A conference OF the national and State lead
ers Will then be held in this city, and If Judge
Parker can be induced to take the stump imme-
diately afterward the executive committee Is
in hopes OF injecting little life into the fight.
At present the Parker and Davis wagon is stuck
in the mud.