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FIGHT BIDS FAIR
TO Be WARM ONE
DEMOCRATS OF NEW YORK
PROMISE STIRRING TIME IN
THEIR CONVENTION.

Hill, Leading the Parker Forces,
and Murphy, Backed by TammRny.
Have Conferred. but Could Reach
no Agreement-Ffght, Therefore,
Must Go Before the Convention,
which, Hill Says, Will Instruct
for Parker.
Albany, N. Y, April 17.--If the policy
| adopted by the friends of Judge Alton
B. Parker, at whose head stands former
United States Senator David b. Hill,
is carried out at the sessions of the
Democratic State Convention, there is
likely to be precipitated upon the floor
of the convention battle royal which
has not had a parallel in state politi-
cal conventions for many years.
Since the Saratoga convention of
1900, when Gen. Charles N. Bulger, of
Oswego, representing Senator Hill, put
his finger almost under the nose of
Richard Croker and denounced Tam
many Hall and its politics, Tammany
has waited as an organization to pre-
sent it's compliments to Mr. Hill, and
although it is perfectly apparent to-
night that the interests dominated by
Mr.. Hill control a large majority of
the conventions vote, it is foregone
conclusion that such orators as Bourke
Cochran, Thomas f. Grady, Charles A.
Towne and Victor Dowing on the floor
of the convention personally will ac-
cuse Mr. Hill of attempting to wreck
the party.
These are not statements of mere
supposition, for although Leader
Charles f. Murphy, of Tammany Hall,
will not say a word tonight, and al
though former Senator Hall is equal
ly reticent, persons extremely close to
them tonight are making definitely
these assertions:
Two Factions Contentious.
First, on behalf of Mr.. Hill, that
calls useless opposition to the in
struction of the state delegation for
Judge Parker, Tammany will be prac-
tically run out of the conventions, dele
cations in its favor outside of Manhat-
tan refused seat in the convention
and Tammany as a body not allowed
to name a national delegate at large.
Second, on behalf of Mr.. Murphy,
representing Tammany Hall, that New
York has met defeat in national con-
ventions usually when it has instruct
ed it's delegation: that because of the
fact that the party platform and poi
icy are as yet vaguely defined 1t is un-
wise to send an instructed delegation
that Tammany, casting the greatest
proportion of the Democratic vote in
the state. is entitled to name a dele
gate at large; that Democratic State
Committee should not be elected at
this convention, but the matter should
wait until state issues are dominant.
Mr.. Murphy. with his Tammany
lieutenants, arrived in the city this
afternoon, and for nearly an hour was
in conference with Senator Hill He
presented to Mr.. Hill the name of w.
Bourke Cochran. of New York as
Tammany's candidate at large It is
understood that Mr.. Hill Immediately
asked him to name his candidate for
the presidency of the United States. a
request which Mr.. Murphy parried by
saying that Tammany had no candi-
date, but firmly believed and would
reiterate the belief in the convention
tomorrow and at the national conven-
tion at st. Louis, that 1t should not
be compelled to name its candidate or
be instructed for any particular can
didate, until the platform was agreed
upon and proper man found who
would be in accord with it's issues.
should Accede Gracefully.
To this Mr. Hill replied that 1t must
be perfectly apparent to Mr.. Murphy
that ALMOST two-thirds of the dele
gates to to-morrow's convention would
be in favor of nstructing for Judge
Parker, and that Tammany, therefore,
should accede gracefully to the major
ity demand. II IL did not, Mr.. Hin Is
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