Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-26
Alabama Will Cast TwentT- :
two Votes for Him.
THEN COMES HEARST
CALIFORNIA WILL GIVE HIM HER
TWENTY FIVE VOTES.
Politicians Think Yesterdays Actor
1mportant-The South Resent
in Tammany's Action.

Alabama casts her twenty-five votes for
Alton B. Parker of New York.
This will be the first announcement on
the first ballot for President at the demo-
cratic national convention. 1t will be fol-
lowed by loud cries and shouts Arkansas,
next, will probably vote the same way:
more loud cries
California casts her twenty votes for
William r.. Hearst" The loud cries and
shouts that first were heard will not be
marker to those that break out when Cali
fornia votes. There will be shouters at
ST. Louis for Mr.. Hearst. if there are no
voters. 1t probably viii be the old story
of the countryman who wanted to sell the
hotel keeper carload of frogs. Heaven
knows. from the noise. he thought there
was carload in the creek.
The politicians think that the action OF
the Alabama and Tennessee democratic
state conventions yesterday in lndorsing
Parker will lend interest to the democratic
situation. 1t looks now If the solid
south will be back of Judge Parker, al
though all the states will not be instructed.
They are speaking now of the first ballot.
Vicious Attitude. of Tammany.
What is making the politicians uncertain
is the vicious attitude of Tammany. Lead
er Murphy, no later than yesterday, from
his retreat at Atlantic City, served notice
that there was no let-up in the fight on
Judge Parker. OF course, Murphy is strik-
ing at David b. Hill over Judge Parker's
head.
Mr. Murphys game, as understood by the
politicians here, is to efrishten tire -soss.a-
erners into believing that Tammany is IT.
reconcilable, and that if Judge Parker is
nominated Tammany will cut him and nEht
him Some of the southern politicians say
that Mr. Murphy is liable to overplay MS
hand if he is not careful
The south is getting little bit weary OF
the constant treachery and bullying OF
Tammany. The two things go together.
If Tammany cannot bully 1t sulks. plays
the traitor and knifes the ticket Some OF
these fine days, the southern politicians
say-and the southerners stiil have httse
say in rational conventlons--they VIII tell
Tammany to go hang. Mr.. Murphy, for a
young man and a new leader, is carrying
rather a high hand, according to the opin-
ion of some of the southern leaders
1t would not be surprising IL they should
turn in at ST. Louis and give the young
Tammany buck dressing down Some OF
them think II is coming to him, and tnat
he not only needs II, but that II would do
him good. Tammany appears to be making
the mistake of thinking that IL is the demo-
cratic party, these gentlemen say. Ac-
cording to recent results, Tammany is not
even the democratic party in the state OF
New York, for Mr. David b. HUI and the
upstate democrats walked up one side and
down the other of Mr.. Murphy and his
braves 1t strikes these southerners as
rather presumptuous for Mr.. Murphy TO
come bossing around the national party,
threatening to take his doll rags and go
home if he can not have his own way about
the play.
The continued opposition of Mr.. Murphy
to Judge Parker is likely to react in The
Judges favor, in view of this growing irri-
ta ton over the Tammany methods which
are being pursued by Mr.. Murphy.