New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-25
I'm Progressive, Says Parker.
Judge Parker said

Judge Parker said:
| ~ met Mr.. Bryan this afternoon and oui
conference came TO nothing although W.
thrasned It all out, and ! had hoped thai
| Mr.. Bryan would withdraw his opposition
do not understand why he f. lighting me
/ FOR 7 have stood and do stand for progress,
| rive ideas Instead OF lighting We ought &c
get together. Ny position now II that
am in the hands of the national com
mttee."
/ Later, when he heard that the nationa
! committee had decided to recommend his
name 20 the convention. all that Judge
Parker would add was:
II am now IN the hands Of the conven
ton"
Indications are that Sir Murphy has SONS
! apprehension as 10 what may happen In
the convention. He is not az all sure oi
controlling it for Parker. according TO clos,
! friends who talked 10 him.
Coincident with the Bryan-Psrker confer
ence another more informal gathering met
! at a table IN the centre OF Belvedere f
| largest dining room. Walters thoughtfully
| reserved the chairs a all the surrounding
tables for a mythical crowd that didn't APP
pear. This gathering included De Lancey
! Nicoll Thomas Tagsart. Roger sullivan,
August Belmont and Allan Ryan. The list
Of votes by which BRYAN was to recei, q
his first defeat at this convention was
carefully checked UP, and the party broke
up in high good humor with themselves.
Didn't See Parker Speech.
Mr. Bryan's attention was called late to-
,litrl,f IN he hot at Il Io
with Judge Parker he had passed on the
speech which the New York jurist had
prepared TO deliver as temporary chairman
OF the convention. Mr.. Bryan said
II have not thought 1t proper TO discuss
with anybody what Mr.. Parker said to me
or what I said to him, but in answer 10 a
rumor that is now being circulated. that he
read his speech TO me and that | approved
it, I feel justified IN saying that he never
read d single sentence OF his speech or
showed me any manuscript. He referred
in a very general way 10 what he IN
tended 10 say. but what he said only re-
ferred to two or three subjects, and no one
could judge from what he said whether
the speech would be acceptable or not.
a very small part of the interview was
spent on the question of what Mr.. Parker
would say. 1t cut no figure in either his
decision or mine"
Committee Acts Quickly.
/ At the adjourned session Of the com
mittee It took less than an hour 10 accom-
/ plish Bryans defeat, az per the schedule
/ II the reactionary crowd Ewing, OF
| Louisiana, a Wilson man put Ollie James''
name before the meeting as a candidate
! FOR temporary chairman. Trey Woodson
from Kentucky, James's state, protested
! that the Kentucky statesman had tele
| graphed 10 him that he, was not candi
/ date but Ewing insisted
! Woodson voted for Parker, after making
! his explanation in regard to James srC
calling attention 10 the fact that it wa
/ a Wilson man, not Clark man, who hsC
nominated James.
AIcGrsw. of West Virginia, and oLough
! lin OF Massachusetts,, voted for O'Gorman
Colorado, Delaware. Kansas, Louisiana
| Minnesota, Missouri. Nebraska, Nevada
New Mexico, New Jersey, North Carolina
North Dakota. Ohio. oregon, South Caro-