The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-06-05
Says His Nomination Would
Mean a Return to Old-Time
Democracy.
SOME OPPOSITION TO PARKER.
Finds That There Are Charges
That New York Candidate Did
Not Support the Party Nom
inee in 1896.
The Republic Bureau.

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washington, May 4.-Representative W
d. Vandiver. who is managing the cam.
paign for Circuit Attorney Folk, returned
from New York last night. He went t.
that city to attend to some matters O,
business, and incidentally to go over thu
political situation with prominent poll
ticians.
Asked to-day about the telegram he is
alleged to have sent Colonel Carroll. in
which he is said to have stated II havs
followed your Instructions" Mr.. vandiver
said:
During this campaign hundreds-per-
haps t~housands-of lies have been told
on me. and 1 have not taken the trouble
to deny any of them l am not in that
business"
Discussing national politics with The
Republic, Mr.. Vandiver said:
while in New York 1 talked with a
few prominent Democrats and found that
there was strong opposition to Parker, es-
pecially among the Tammany crowd. If
1t be true. as they allege, that he refused
to support Bryan in 1896, his nomination
would lose us many votes in Missouri.
Whether this charge is well-founded or
not, 1 am unable yet to determine. Pos
sibly 1t may turn out to be only one of
the usual campaign canards
AT any rate. Missouri 8 candidate for
the presidential nomination does not have
to prove where he has stood on the great
public questions of the last decade. / am
more than ever impressed with the idea
Of nominating Senator CockrelI. 1t
would mean thousands of votes for us in
Missouri. and. 1 believe. would put the
Democratic party of the nation In better
shape than any other that can be made.
His absolute honesty. his perfect
knowledge OF all the details of admins
tration in every department of the Gov
rnment and his persistent industry are
all so well known that his election would
insure a return to the old-time methods of
plain, unassuming industry and public
economy.
1T is my firm conviction that no man
in any branch of the Government service
more fully earns his salary than does the
Grand Old Man of Missouri, as he tolls
from early morning till late at night over
the minutest details of all the various
matters Of business which he attends to
in the Government departments.
1T is also gratifying to note how well
he Is looking. He is enjoying robust
health. and / never saw him looking bet
ter than when 1 found him this morning
at work in his library. AS he put on his
hat when 1 left him and started out for
the market to select his vegetables for
dinner, / considered that his plain, demo-
cratic habits would make him an ideal
candidate for the presidency. Old Cin-
cinnatus never appealed to Roman virtue
with iuster pride than the Missouri farm
er would feel in following his pillow and
shouting for Cockrell."
Hr. Vandiver came to the capital for
the purpose of making arrangements to
take his family to Missouri for the sum-
mer. The work of the school year is
about completed. and he will depart either
this evening or tomorrow, accompanied
by the members of his family now in the
city. He further stated that he would be
in St. Louis Monday evening.