Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-13
TO LEAVE THE BENCH
Parker Expected to Devote
Himself to the Campaign.
VIEW OF THE LEADERS
IT IS CONTENDED THAT THE CAN
D1DATE SHOULD GO ON STUMP.
Chairmanship of the National Com
mittee Still Matter Of Uncertainty
-Bryan's Future Attitude.

Prominent democrats expect that CHe1
Justice Parker will within the next re"
weeks leave his position on the bench Oh
New York state so that he can devote him.
self to the campaign without fear OF crit
icjsm.
At st. Louis before the delegates left the
city this opinion was expressed by some Oh
the most prominent men in the convention
whose acts had made possible the nominal
ton of Judge Parker. Not only Is II eA-
pected that Judge Parker's sense OF pro-
priety will lead him. without ADVICE, 10
leave his position on the bench, but leao-
ers of the party believe that there ls every
reason why he should devote all OF his time
from now until the election to the work OF
the campaign.
Favor Parker's Going on the Stump.
These leaders believe that a strong card
can be played by them in having Judge
Parker mix with the people as much as
possible. The fact that he is so little known
In the country and the idea that ne IS
man with few political convictions are re-
garded as sufficient reason why he shouio
make enough speeches to create the leehiis
that the candidate of the democratic party
is a man with political ideas and man OF
such force Of character that they Will make
nc mistake in placing their confidence IN
him. -,
1t is not expected that Judge Parker will
leave the bench until after a chairman 9i
the national committee has been selecteu.
The advice of that chairman Will nave us
influence on the course of the canoloate.
The craftsmanship of the national commit
tee is still matter of uncertainty: Whetaer
II is to be Tom Taggart Of Indiana, Shee-
han of New York. Guffey OF PennsyiYania
or some one else is yet to be determined,
and 1T will depend largely upon the wishes
of Judge Parker.
Taggart Anxious to Be Chairman.
An expression of opinion by Judge Parker
as to the national charmanship Is hkely
to make trouble in the party. Hill at st.
Louis was generous of promises. Inc
friends of Taggart have his promise In
favor of the Indiana man for the chairman
ship with the idea that Hill spoke for
Parker. While they were In possession OF
that promise they questioned its sincerity.
But Taggart is anxious to take up the bur-
den of the campaign. His friends declare
that in his state he has never been unsec-
cessful in political work and that he would
do great things for the ticket He has a
strong following in his party In Indiana,
and claim has been put forward in his
behalf that as national chairman Indiana
would become doubtful state. But among
diana is not counted on as fighting
ground. The fact that the vice presidential
candidate of the republican ticket is of
that state, and the further fact of the great
industrial growth in the case of glass and
other industries that have gone into that
state in the past five or six years giving to
1t thousands of republican votes on the
tariff issue alone, has been sufficient to in
sure dominating increase of the repub-
lican vote there.
So that Taggerts power to carry Indiana
for the democratic ticket cannot be urged
as important in his selection as national
chairman. The thing that will be an in
1uence at this time is the fact that HILL
to secure Taggart's support in the In
diana delegation, delivered promises to him
that will come to Parker for fulfillment.
Against those promises will be opposition
on the part of other party leaders. Friends
of Guffey are anxious to see him chairman.
and the Sheehan people are for the New
Yorker.
If Senator German consents to take con-
troll of the party organization as national
chairman it will be largely, If not wholly.
because of the influence that would be ex-
erted upon him by Henry G. Davis, the
vice presidential candidate. Mr.. Gorman's
friends have been satisfied that he did not
care to undertake the burden of cam
paign as national chairman.
Dealing With Bryan.
One of the delicate duties that will de-
dealing with Mr.. Bryan. There are SO
many opinions of Mr.. Bryan and his place
in the campaign that the national chair
man will have his hands full If he succeeds
in keeping him busy in way to please
everybody. Mr.. Bryans recent statement
as to the four principal reasons why he
will support the democratic ticket are re-
garded as of the nature Of a boomerang
In effect he says the democratic party is in
the hands of mighty bad men, but he pro-
poses to support the party all the same
Whether Mr.. Bryan will do good or harm
on the stump is question that the leaders
are now debating. Many of them are op-
posed to having him come east at all
They fear that without power to control
his course on the stump he might In the
east especially, injure the ticket At the
same time Mr.. Bryan's masterful presence
when before the audience of 10000 in the
convention hall at st. Louis last week i'm
pressed every man Of the party who wit
messed 1t with the belief that his powers of
oratory and his popularity are so great
that they should not and cannot be ig-
nored. Just how to use them without
injury to the party in any way is one Of