New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-03
ooRWAN MEETS GUFFEY
nuEY CONFER WITH CRAM.
re,E3eg a Vigorous Effort to Side
track Parker Boom.

,..,,- p German, Of Maryland;
beD1sO- -, N. Cyuffey, Of Pennsylvania, and
co.. ..,t cram representing Charles F. Muir
J. 80. n conference yesterday afternoon at
4. Holland House. 49,.
n sorts Of rUmOrs disturbing 10 tne
- managers were IN circulation last
-. j. account Of the suspicion that Murphy
nisA' -. ,y,tb German and Guffsy to side
q u - and mite either on German or
u-0- -, acceptable to the three conferrees
sol.s -. conference Senator German went to
- 1900. a storia- where ex-senator Edward
$50 Of Troy, is staying, to call on Mr.. Muir
-. s,6 not see him. He viii see him
to-day .,,,,- .,,.oho,,
- main supporters OF the Parker boom,
- ot the Holland House at 8 D. m to see
.----.l cufrev. He was with the colonel for an
- when ne went away he looked disturbed
,o,,l5 not talk with reporters While Mr
--..h.n was upstairs with Mr.. Guffey' J. Ser
ca. c~srn cbatted with Henry H. Rogers. OF
- e+a,dard OIL Company. in the lower CORR
when Senator German was seen by Tr1o-
-s-orter st the Waldorf-Astoria, he said IN
answer to inquiries:
9ob have retired from politics.
o,a n senator Germans friends, a man with
-sor he talked yesterday, said last night at
the Waldorf; ,zu
.ssnstor German Is here on political eTrands.
-. !. -tsv,ng 81 the Holland. So IS Colonel
-.,..v .he Democratic boss Of Pennsylvania
T-,.ir interests are mutual. They are against
9,-Fer If they were supporting the Parker
tooro their respective State delegations to the
I. Tou,s convention would have been instruct
u .,- Parker. AS a matter Of fact they were
al instructed FOR any one. Senator German is
candidate for the nomination, but It is doubt
=, tf he gsts i. lie IS the kind Of a man, now
,bst william c. Whitney is dead, to take the
lssdng part n running The national conVen-
,,n He has more influence with the southern
delegates than any other man. His experience
os leader IN the Senate fits him for conven-
t,,r york. and as he is on the warpath against
Parker it win pay the men in charge OF the
,nsres interests 20 keep a particularly sharp
watch on developments.
Things are going 10 change if they change at
en- very fast in the next ten days Senator
German and Colonel Guffey are here to make
then, change their way. They find that it is
snvbodv's race at 81. Louis up to date They
,-s satisfied that the Parker men viii have less
than 350 votes on the first ballot. 1t takes 663
10 nominate. The presence Of Henry II. Rogers
st the conference at the Holland House to-
night was not without significance It means
that M Rogers knows what Colonel Guffey,
who IS in the oil business, is doing in politics
The Standard oil Company is interested IL The
way the cat Is going to jump August Belmont
IS the financial hacker Of the Parker boom.
M Belmont is the American agent Of the
Rothschlds, Kings of finance in Europe. The
Rothschids are interested in Russian oil. and
the Standard Oh Company does not like the idea
Of having the Democratic National Convention
pick out a candidate who might, without know
ing It, do the Rothschilds a lot Of good. That is
one Of the reasons why Colonel James NJ Guffey,
Of the Standard oil Company. is not particularly
friendly TO the Parker BOOM"
t could not be learned last night whether
Colonel GUffey and Senator German are going
20 see Charles 7. Murphy before they leave
town. Mr. Cram apparently is the representa-
tive Of Mr.. Murphy in all the talks that the
three men have had.
Cord Meyer, Democratic State chairman, said
yesterday that the action Of the Georgia State
convention 81 lnstTUcting Tor Parker just about
clnchec the nomination Tor the judge.
While Parker has not yet enough instructed
delegates 70 nominate him. the sentiment for
Farker IS overwhelming. and he viii be nom
mated On the first ballot" said Mr.. Meyer.