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Show INSTRUCT FOR PARKER. New York Democrats Name Candidate For Presidency. Tho Now York Democratic state convention for tho election of delo-I delo-I gates to tho national convention se-I se-I lected tho following dolcgates-nt-largo: David D. Hill of Albany; Edward Ed-ward Murphy, Jr., of Troy; George nbret of Now York City and Jamos W. Hldgoway of Brooklyn. As alternates alter-nates It Bolcctcd C. N. Uulger of Oswego; Os-wego; W. Caryl Ely of Dulfalo; C. IL Ackcrman of Droomo, and Francis Burton Harrison of Now York. Tho delegates were Instructed by a voto of 301 to 149 for Alton D. Parker as tho stato's candidate for president. Tammany was not treated as badly as had been predicted, bolng allowed to name a dolegate-at-largo, Mr. Ehret, and an altcrnato, and ono of tho two doctors at-largo, Harry Payno Whitney, Whit-ney, tho othor being John T. Woodford. Wood-ford. Tho platform adopted Is brief, and In addition to Instructing for Parker compols tho delegation to vote as a unit |