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PARKER IS REVEALED
AS A GREAT LEADER
Bourke Cockran Enthus
iastic Over the Dem
ocratic Nominee
. L
AND CHANCES
OF SUCCESS
Until JaOge, Packer's Telegram, Giving
His Views ol the Money Question,
Was Received, Mr. Cockran Says
He Could See Nothing But Defeat
Before the Party But in an Instant
the Situation , Was ChangedThe
"One Thing Necessary to Success
Was a Leader, and the Puslianlmlty
of His Managers. Who Refused to
Insist on a Gold Plank. Furnished
Parker With the Opportunity Which
He Improved Decisively His Mes
sage Revealed Hint as a Leader, an
Honest and Courageous Man, the
Greatest of His Generation, and the
Prospect at Once Becam?, Splendid
at Promises of Victory.
New -York. July ll.-The Associated
Press today received the following tel
egram from 'Bourke ICockran, dated In
dianapolis July 10, explaining his decli
nation to address the National nemo
cratic convention at St. Louis:
"I left St. Louis yesterday at 12:13,
because as matters then stood I did not
want to be iri the convention when
nominations for vice president were
reached. 1
'ICays for me to make a speecn, wnica
had beeii made repeatedly on prior
days would very likely be renewed at
the final session, and at the time I
could not truthfully assure the conven
tion that Judge Parker, had in my opin
ion the faintest prospect of success. I
have made U a rule to never say on a
public platform anything which I
f could not repeat in the witness chair.
I could not prophecy voctory and I.
would ntt fortell defeat. Silence was
therefore the only course open and the
best way to pursue it was by absence.
"When I reached Indianapolis I was
handed a telegram from Charles F.
Murphy, informing me of Judge Par
ker's message to Governor 'Sheehan and
urging me to return immediately.
"In an instant the whole situation
was changed. The prospect which had
been blank with signs of disaster at
once became splendid at promises of
victory. For many months I had been
preaching that the success of the Dem
ocratic, party this year involved the
continuance of constitutional govern
ment in this country. This view was
expressed in the resolution submitted
to the state convention last April by
the Tammany members, and I think it
is shared by every thoughtful man in
the country. The one thing absolutely
essential to Democratic success is a
leader.
"Till now no one possessing anthing
like availability was conspicuous except
Mr. Cleveland: To him there were
weighty objections. His age is advanc
ed. Many politicians believe there is
a widespread objection to giving anv
man, however wise, or virtuous more
; than two terms in the Presidency. The
antagonisms which he has provoked
are numerous and bitter. Still his run
ning qualities were so elegant, that
the delegates from the old city of New
York urged his nomination as the only
one that furnished the slightest hope
even of an exciting contest. To bring
this about and to secure an unequivo
cal acknowledgement that the money
question was settled were two objects
to which the Tammany delegation con
fined the efforts of its members. It '---peared
quite early that the first f
these was wholly impossible. To ac
complish the second we felt it was only
necessary that the ' delegates from the
doubtful states should demand it firm
ly, as a condition absolutely necessary
to success? At- the meeting of the del
egation on Tuesday morning, a resolu
tion to this effect, offered by me was
suppressed by a parliaentary maneu
vre. After it had been agreed by fhe
leaders to eliminate all reference to the
money question, i again moved that
the 'New York delegation offer as an
amendment in the convention the finan
cial plank submitted by Senator Hill
to the committee on resolutions, yiy
the motion was rejected by a vote of
50 to 29 of the delegates.
"Under these circumstanced, the nom
ination of Judge Parker who was with
out any record on the coinage question,
except that he had voted twice for Mr.
rBryan, seemed to preclude the slightest
hope that he would have even as many
electoral votes, as Mr. Bryan polled in
1900. But this very pusilanimity of his
managers, which led them to surrender
their own convictions and to stifle
every attempt of the .New York city
delegates, even : to voice the opinions
of their constitutents on this momen
tous question, furnished Judge Parker
with an opportunity which he has im
proved decisively. It has revealed him
to the people of this country almost in
an instant as a great leader the great
est of this generation, an honest man
the most impressive in displaying that
virtue that I have ever known, either
through experience or reading, a cour
ageous man of such incomparable
courage that he was willing to throw
away, not merely the hope of prospect
of a nomination, but an actual -
nation for the 'Presidency, rather than
stoop to an evasion or equivocation on
a matter of principle.
"I, who had left 'St. '.Louis before the
final adjournment as the only way to
avoid being placed in a position where
I must have told the convention that
Judge Parker could not in my opinion
escape crushing defeat, on the receipt
of 'Mr. Murphy's message, at once or
dered a special train and hastened
back, because I then felt free to tell
the members, if they still desired to
hear from meon the new platform,
which he himself had made, he would
be overwhelmingly elected.
"When my train 'arrived at 4 o'clock
in the morning the convention hai
completed its work, but if I had been
present I could not have made a single
suggestion which would 'have been an
improvement on its course. Indeed,
the admirable temper displayed by the
men who at first blush might have
considered themselves belittled or ag
grieved by the singularly independent
Course of their candidate, is one of lh.
most auspicious features under which
the campaign opens.''
JUDGE PARKER'S TELEGRAM.
Light Thrown on the Histdry of the
Famous Message Many -Messages
of Congratulation Received by the
Nominee.
FJsopus, N. Y., July 11. Light was
thrown on the history of the famous
Parker telegram, and the reply to it
of the Democratic convention at 'St.
Louis to-'day, by a close friend of
Judge Parker, who declined to allow
the use of his name.
"When Judge Parker went to bed at
9:45 Friday night," said this man, "he.
did not know anything at all about
the financial side of the platform,
which had been agreed upon, more
than was outlined in the very brief
bulletins telephoned from Kingston.
When informed by the Associated
Press correspondent at 6 a. tn. of the
bare fact of his nomination, he knew
no more, and the first real knowledge
he had of the action of the conven
tion on the financial plank in the
platformi was when he read the New
York morning papers.
Immediately after breakfast, he
started for a horseback ride. Juss
before mounting his horse a telegram
was handed him giving a concise out
line of the platform. From the mo
ment of his reading of that telegram
it was noticed that he was very much
preoccupied, and as he rode off his
head was bowed, asif in deep thought
"About 10:30 o'clock he rode up to
the railroad station, asked for tele
grams, and received quite a bunch of
them. I .happen to know that none
of them gave him the information he
wanted. He chatted with the report
ers for a while, and it yas afterward
recalled that some of his questions to
them betrayed the fact of his lack of
first-hand knowledge of the conven
tion's action. He waited about the
station, almost irresolute in bearing,
for fully ten minutes, and then sud
denly galloped back to Rosemont. An
hour afterward his famous - telegram
was filed with the operator, and the
remarkable series of events was un
der way. 1
"That night, while the convention
tossed and billowed with the sensa
tion he had produced, he did not go
early to bed, as he had done the night
before- although the local celebration
in his honor ceased, and the people
dispersed as early as 10:15 p. m. He
sat up ..until after 3 a. m., closely
watching, the bulletins, and made no
move toward retiring until after the
action of the convention upon his
telegram was made known to him."
"It is not true," said the gentleman
quoted above, "that Judge Parker sent
a message to Senator Hill demanding
the insertion of a gold plank. His
telegram to William F. Sheehan was
his first communication, directly or
indirectly, with the convention."
Judge Parker received the follow
ing message from former President
G rover Cleveland: ' -
"Buzzard's Bay, July 10. You must
permit me to express my gratitude and
admiration for the splendid manifesta
tion of honor and courage you have
given to your countrymen, and to
Democracy in your St. Loui3 dis
patch. "(Signed).5
"G ROVER CLEVELAND."
The telegram from William IV.
Hearst, sent on Saturday, evidently
went astray, but a duplicate was re
ceived today as follows, dated Chi
cago, July 10th:
"I congratulate you upon your
nomination and upon the expression
of Democratic principles in the plat
form on which you stand. I hope and
believe that battling for the people
and for such principles; you will lead
the Democracy to victory. t
Judge Parker immediately wrote j
Mr. Hearst the following letter: !
"Hon. William Randolph Hearst: 1 .
"Dear Sir: Just a word to thank you
for your very kind message of con- '
gratulation, and to assure you of rr
very grateful appreciation. ;
"Very trulv yours.
"ALTON B. PARKER."
Other telegrams received today in
clude the following:
From the Right Rev. Charles C.
I
your nomination, but on your saga
cious leiegram wnicn ine conveuuwn
by overwhelming majority has sus
tained. Those who have been asking
that you announce your position on
the issues can not longer have any
question as to your convictions or
your courage to express them." .
From former Vice President Adlai
E. Stevenson, from Bloomington. 111.:
"My hearty congratulations."
So far as his plans have as yet
been made, Judge Parker will not tour
the country making speeches. His
personal campaign will be conducted
in a way similar to that of President
McKinley to a large degree from the
porch at Rosemont. He will prob
ably make but one or two pilgrimages
to the larger cities.
An explanatory statement of the
long silence of Judge Parker - was
given by a close personal friend of
the judge this afternoon to the Asso
ciated Press. As a judge, said the
authority, Judge Parker had kept-silent
on political questions. He be
lieved that it was not compatible with
the dignity of a judge on the bench to
discuss suchi questions. When he was
prominently mentioned as a candi
date for the presidency, Judge Parker
thought that the people of the coun
try knew his full views. He realized
that the Democratic party, would be
composed of two elements when the
national convention assembled -radicals
and conservatives. He knew that
he was regarded as. the candidate of
the conservatives, and became ; con
vinced that it was not necessary, for
him to make any statement of his
views. Judge Parker had voted! for
Mr. Bryan in 1896 and 1900, and he
had done so, not because of, but in
spite of, the silver plank. He di'dt not
think that any one had any doubt as
to where he stood, and hoped to main
tain his silence through the camfoaign
preliminary to the convention.
Judge Farker'had no intimation of
the subject matter of the platform un
til after he had been notified by the
Associated Press of his nomination,
said the authority. When he 'hadgone
for a horseback ride he realized thlat
if he allowred the convention to" ad
journ without knowing his financial
views, the people would regard as
true Mr. Bryan's statement that the
judge was tricking the convention and
the party. He was not willing ,. to
profit by the nomination, and thus toe
regarded as being guilty of tr'.keity.
It was then, said the informal' that
Judge Parker decided to send 'a. tele
gram to the convention. He returned
from his ride, and without consulting
any one, wrote the telegram to Mr.
Sheehan which was filed at Esopus at
11:50 a. m. on Saturday.
William F. Sheehan arrived.- - aj
Esopus from St. Louis thistirrt.r
He was met at the station y Mrs..
Sheehan, and was driven to his sum
mer home near Rosemont. On the way
Mr. Sheehan met Judge- Parker, who
was driving. The two gentlemen
alighted and greeted each other. Mrs.
Parker and Mrs. Sheehan then drovo
to the Sheehan house in one car
riage, and Judge Parker and Mr.
Sheehan in the other. Later Mr. Shee
han made this statement to the As
sociated Press.
"I am authorised to say that no
telegram was sent by Judge Parker to
Senator Hill on any subject while the
latter was in St. Louis."
Judge Parker returned here from
Mr. Sheehan's residence at 7 o'clock,
after which he dined.
This afternoon, in reply to his tele
gram of congratulation to former
Senator Henry G. Davis, the nominee
for Vice President, Judge Parker re
ceived the following:
"Elkins, W. Vaf, July 11.
"Delayed in reaching home. Thanks
for your telegram. Most cordial con
gratulations to you and the country
on your nomination. I feel proud and
highly honored to be associated with
you on the ticket.
"(Signed), H. G. DAVIS.
Other telegrams received were:
From headquarters Bryan National
Club, Charleston, S. C:
"President and members send their
sincere congratulations.
"J. D. J. KBNNEY, Secretary.'
From Governor Edwin Warfield, of
Marvland, dated Baltimore:
"The democracy of Maryland is en
thusiastic over your nomination. Y'oi,
can count on her electoral vote by a
splendid majority. Marylanders like
your backbone and manly independ
ence." AGGRESSION THE WATCHWORD.
Thomas F. Ryan on the Prospects of
the Parts- The Fine Attitude of the
South.
New York, July 11. Thomas F.
Ryan, who was a delegate from Vir
ginia to the Democratic national
convention, reached home here to
day from St. Louis. Speaking of the
convention and its results, Mr. Ryan
said:
"In one brave stroke, with the aid
cf the solid South. Judge Parker ha3
re-organized and re-united the Dem
ocratic party.- The fact that stands
out most prominently in this reorgan
ized force is the attitude of the South,
for the vote on Sunday morning shows
that it is the South which not only
emphasized and asserted the necessity
for a return to financial sanity, but it
has led the way and forced the fight
ing. To see one Southern state after1
another by the accident of alphabet
voting, standing up for sound finance,
hear their delegates leading the de
mand for it, was certainly grateful to
one whose faith in the essential po
litical soundness of the -people of that
section has been a parjr of his political
being. There was no longer any fear
to mention or to advocate the gold
standard, not as some new strange
thing, it is true, but as a recognition
of conditions already existent in the
financial policy of our government.
Too much honor cannot be given to
men like Mr. Williams, of Mississippi,
who. in the convention as on the floor
of the House, has shown himself
Grafton, Episcopal bishop of Fond du
Lac, Wisconsin, dated Providence,
R. I.:
"We will daily pray God to possess
thee with his wisdom and give thee
a courageous and peaceful heart."
From President David R. Francis,
of the St. Louis Exposition:
"Heartv congratulations, not only on
WOT SO GREAT
Reported Victory Only
a Series of Skir
mishes LOSSES LIGHT
The Russian Retirement From Kai
Chou Was in Perfect Ordei' Gen.
Oku's Advance Continues, and He is
Nearing Kai Chou The General
v Staff Expects an Engagement at Ilaf
'. Cheng Russian Vessels Left Port
Arthur Recently, and After Being
Attacked by Japanese Torpedo Boat
Destroyers, Retreated to the Harbor.
St. Petersburg, July 11. 6.08 p. m.
Details of fhe Russian retirement from
Kaichou, which is hailed as a great
victory at Tokio, show according to the
official report of Lieutenant Sakaroff,
commander of the easrern army, that
it was little mere than a series of
skirmishes. The Russian losses were
about 200 men. The Tokio report that
ten guns were captured is unfounded
The Russians retired in perfect order
before General Oku's army, consisting
of four divisions.
, Staff Captain Couunt Nero, who wras
killed, is a brother of the midshipman
of that name who was killed at the
time of the sinking of the Russian pro
tected cruiser Variag off Chemulpo.
Captain Nero was in command of the
rear guard, which is the post of honor.
A Russian officer occupying this post
must be behind his men and it was
while following the troops that Nero
met his death. -
General Oku's advance continues.
His main force which the staff claims'
to be almost 60,000, was yesterday about
five miles north of Kai Chou. His skir
mishers were about three . miles further
northrThe-1 Japanese cavalry iy"pi-o
ceeding to New Chwang and a heavy
force of Japanese is converging upon
Siadiamaf, half way to Ta Che Kiao
on the SJu Yen road.
At about noon July 9th, a Japanese
force of six companies of Infantry and
two guns were observed marching
southward from the Black mouuntain.3,
in the vicinity of Si'adama. At the
the same time a brigade of Japanese
infantry, with two batteries, advanced
from Wida Pass, Kieg at Siadiama,
Firing commenced in the afternoon and
lasted until dusk, when the Russian
troops retired. In this affair two
Russian officers and four men were
killed.
There is no change in the situation
in the direction of Hai Cheng andSiu
Yen.
A company o Cossacks during a re
connaissance near Sian Chan, in the
direction of Liaa Yang and Saimtasza,
ambushed a squadron of Japanese Cav
alry. The Cossacks Josses were three
horses killed. The Japanese Tost twen
ty killed or wounded. The sentiment of
the general staff foreshadows an en
gagement while at Hai Cheng.
Up to noon yesterday the Japanese
had not resumed the offensive. The
admiralty has no confirmation of the
reported activity of the Port Arthur'
squadron. Nevertheless there is excel
lent ground for believing that it has
gone out of Port Arthur. The Vladi
vostok squadron is also at sea.
Japanese Advance Steadily Proceeds.
Yin Kow, July 11. Japanese vessels
have been seen off Kai Chou. It is be--believed
that they are keeping
in touch writ advance of the
land forces and that if the Japanese
take Ta Tche Kiao which understood
to be their objective it is thought that
a landing will be made simultaneously
at Yin Kow.
The fighting at Kin Chou consisted of
a series of skirmishes on July 7th
&nd July 8th, with the occupa
tion of the town by General Oku's
troops.
The Japanese began to push their ad
vance north at dawn July 9. and since
then they have proceeded steadily.
They kept their artillery well to the
front and shelled and occupied Pint
zan, seven miles north of Kai Chou
real leader; to Senators Daniel. Car
mack, Tillman and many others. But
the real honors must be awarded to
the people of the South, without whose
assured co-operation and support this
auspicious result would have been im
possible. Wheni the great solid South
really stands in doctrine, as in votes,
by the side of the conservative Demo
cratic forces, it is certain the party
is strong in position, what it means
not only politically but industrial,
cannot now be predicted it can only
be imagined.
"The courage, prescience and -leadership
shown by Judge Parker in the
initiating of this final victory entitle
him to the confidence and support of
every American citizen. Never in all
its history has the party entered upon
La great campaign more auspiciously
than - upon the present one. iror a
candidate to have said the right word
at the right moment, and to havt
done the right act, just at the time
it was needed, it showed that we are
entering" upon a campaign not of ex
pediency, in which there are to be
dodging and futile explanations, but
upon one in which aggression will be
the watchword."
at noon JuJy 9th. It is now, reported
that they are in close touch with Ta
Tche Kiao. General Oku is said to be
wearing a Chinese costume.
Japanese are close to Yin Kpw. They
can be seen on the neighboring hill to
pass from which they occasionally Are
on upon the Russian outposts.
Russian Vessels Steam Out From Port
Arthur.
Tokio, July 11. 11 a. in.' The Russian
cruisers Bayan, Dtama, Pallada and
Novik, two boats and seven torpedo
boat destroyers came from the
harbor of Port Arthur on Sat
urday morning, July 9th, preced
ed by a number of steamers, en
gaged in clearing away mines. In the
afternoon the Russian vessels reached
a point between Sensikat and Lun Wan
Tang, where they were attacked by
a Japanese flotilla of torpedo boats
and torpedo boat destroyers. Fire was
exchanged with the Bayan. At 4
o'clock in the afternoon, the Russian
vessels retreated , to the harbor.
Admiral Togo reports that the Jap
anese vessels had one cabin boy slight
iy wounded.. The vessels themselves
sustained damage.
The Operations Around Port Arthur.
Che Foo, July 11. 4 p. m. The Port
Arthur Novi-Krai of July 7th, ja copy
of which has just reached Che Foo,
contains an account ofth e operations
around Port Arthur from July 1 to 5.
It says:
"Heavy fighting has occurred be
tween the first line of defences and
the Japanese. The results are not an
nounced. Nevertheless, little at a time,
the (facts are becoming known. Our
side sfnt scouts to ascertain the posi
tion 'and strength of the enemy and
whether they were protected by the
Chinese., it was impossible to find out
the exact strength of the Japanese, but
they do not number less than thirty
thousand men. The Chinese credit
them with sixty thousand. Thirty thou
sand men are not sufficient for opera
tions against a fortress like this unless
they expect 'assistance. After threa
day's fighting the positions of the two
armies was as follows:
"On the left flank to retain the po
sition we originally occupied, the forc
ing of our right flank back previous to
this, was rectified and now we have
both Green and Semaphore hills in our
hands. In front of these hills we are
not opposed, but we are being heavily
shelled from both sides. The enemy
retired a considerable' distance. Of
course, all this was not won without
loss, some of which will strike the
hearts of our countrymen.
"We started to take the offensive the
night of July 1st when we began a
strong attack. Our soldiers who had
been forced back at Kjn Chou were
Jwaiting for an opportunity to get at
the Japanese. The result was most sat
isfactory. The infantry marched out
as if engaged in maneuvres, while the
artillery, taking up a position, opened
a fierce fire with Shrapnel on the ene
my's line, resulting in their retirement.
"During the three day's Jttle the No
vik and flleet of gun bOtlJptt the hsur-bor-daily,
covering, the right flank of
the army and stopping the Are of the
enemy's artillery. On July 4th the No
vik fortunately obtained the' range of
the enemy's batteries and did frightful
damage to them. All the morning the
gun boats, without receiving any re
turn fire, shelled the enemy's troops
marching towards our defences.
'The Japanese fleet appeared in the.
afternoon and our gun boats returned
to the inner harbor without sustaining
any damage."
PARTING OF THE WAYS.
Dissatisfied Bryan Democrats ana
Populist Leaders to Meet in Na
tional Conference.
St. Louis, July 11. After three
eonferencesxeld by members- of the
executive committee of the People's
party, with prominnt Bryan Demo
crats who are dissatisfied, not so
much with the platform as with the
Presidential nomination made by the
Democratic national convention, it
has been decided to call a national
conference of Bryan Democratic lead
ers within the next thirty days, to de
cide on some line of action during the
coming campaign.
This statement is given to the As
sociated Press on the authority of
George F. Washburn, of Boston, na
tional treasurer of the People's party,
who said the extent of the movement
and the names of those engaged in it
would be made public when the call
for the national conference was issued,
and their prominence, he added, would
be a surprise. -
Commenting on Judge Parker?s
nomination, Mr. Washburn said:
"Next to Cleveland, the Populists
desired the nomination of Parker. His
nomination emphasizes the parting of
the "ways of the allied forces, and will
help immensely to restore the Popu
list party to its former strength and
effectiveness." .
FIRE IN COVINGTON.
Property Destroyed to the Value of
$125,000. with $60,000 Insurance.
Covington, Ga., July 11. Fire in Cov
ington late Sunday night resulted in
the destruction of property amounting
to $125,000, with $60,000 insurance. The
fire started in the Star building. The
heaviest losses are J. W. Anderson,
$14,000; Heard and White on building
$12,000 and on stock $15,000, Brook3
and Smith building $3,000 and on drug3
$6,000; Fowler Brothers. $18,000; Steph
enson and Calloway, $15,000; C. C. Rob
inson. $14,000.
The Covington telephone exchange,
the Covington Bottling Works and
Doctors Robertson, Rosette, Hopkin3
and -Ragsdale lost everything. The
Western TTnion telesranh office was
also burned.
Death of Hon. Chas. F. Warren, of
Washington.
Raleigh, N. C, July 11. Hon.
Charles F. Warren, of Washington,
this State, formerly president of the
State Bar Association, died at his
home this afternoon of Bright's dis
ease. TJhe Polvogt Go's store is crowded
every day,- with shoppers taking ad-
Visit them today. I
TO ORGANIZE
The National Committee
Will Soon Meet in
New York
FOR CHAIRMAN
Committee Members Will Consult
Judge Parker and Ills Friends Be
fore Making a Choice It is Be
lieved That Judge Parker Will be
Entirely Satisfied With Thomas T.
Taggart of Indiana, for Chairman
Judge Parker is Anxious to Meet
the Men Who Will Head the Cam
paign in the Various States.
St. Louis, Mo., July 11. -National ,
Committeeman Norman E Mack, of
New York, tonight sent the following;
message to William F. Sheehan. at
Newi York, making clear the exact
status of the new national committee. )
and when it will hold its first regular,
meeting, in order to dispel all rumora
that have arisen regarding the or
ganization of the new committee.
"Senator James K. Jones will, un
der the instructions given him by the
resolution) passed by the convention
Saturday night, call a meetiny of the
national committee as soon as he con
fers with Judge Alton B . Parker, the
nominee of the party for President,
and his friends, and learns from them .
the date, fixed! for notifying the nom
inees of their selection by the conven
tion, ' - s:
"He will then call a meeting of the
national committee to be held in New;
York city, it being Judge Parker's
Avish' to meet as many as! possible of
the national committee in attendance
upon the meeting. . '
itlt is for thl.nuraos that nh-air,
njuoj ones ..tmmms,
Parker, in order to make the dates of
the notification and the national com
mittee meeting coincide, and thus af"
ford the candidate an opportunity to V'
meet the men who will .Lead his cam
paign ip. the various states. . '
"At this meeting the national com
mittee will elect a chairman, secre
tary, treasurer and sergeant-at-arma.
The committee will then take up other
matters as may properly come before
it at the time. The national commit- -tee
will, of course, consult Judge
Parker and his friends before organ
izing. j .
"So many garbled reports have been
sent out that I deem it necessary, to
make this statement, as made to one"
by Chairman James K. Jones, who
has' been chairman of the national
committee for eight years.
"(Signed),
"NORMAN E. MACK,"
Atlanta, Ga., July 11. Clark How
ell, national Democratic committee
man from Georgia, spoke this evening
for the St. Louis meeting of the com
mittee, after the adjournment of the
convention, as follows:
"In the matter of the selection of
the chairman of the national Demo
cratic committee, there should be no
room for apprehension that the choice
will not only be satisfactory to Judge
Parken the party's nominee, but
more than that, the committee "will
be guided in its action by Judge Park
er's expression on the subject
'This is the first time in "many
years perhaps ever -that the chair
man of the national committee has not
been chosen at the meeting of the
committee immediately after the' ad
journment of the national convention.
It has been the uniform custom that
they organize immediately after the
adjournment of the convention for the
choice of a chairman, who has always
been named in accordance with the
desire of the Presidential nominee..
Until the St. Louis convention ad
journed, it was assumed that- Hon.
Thomas T. Taggart, of Indiana, was
the choice of Judge Parker, and the
fact that a majority of the executive
committee favored him grew out of
that current understanding.
"If it should develop that Judge
Parker does not wish Mr. Taggart,
but prefers some one else, it goes
without saying that the committee
will be guided accordingly, at the
meeting t be held at. a later date in
New York. If Judge Parker prefers
another to Mr. Taggart, ; the latter will
promptly withdraw his; name from
the consideration of the committee
but this will not be done unless Judge
Parker, as the "party's Presidential
nominee, states that he has In view
some one else who wouia oe more
satisfactory to him than Mr. Taggart,
who. with the understanding that his
selection would meet the approval of
Judge Parker, is the choice of a ma
jority of the national committee. -
"Mr. Taggart had charge of Judge
Parker's campaign in Indiana, and it
was partly through' his efforts that
that pivotal state was among the first
to instruct. He has been in close
touch with the Parker movement, anta
no state's action contributed more to
shaping the verdict of the convention
than did that of Indiana. Hence In
diana's presentation of Taggart'a
name w2s presumably in full accord .
with the precedent of having the nom-,
inee s full approval of the chairman
chosen." ,1 1 ! I .
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