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Show I DEMOCRATS FLOCKING TO JUDGE PARKER'S STANDARD. David Bennett Hiii Busy Keeping Inquirers Informed In-formed of Situation. West and South Jnslst That New York Shall Send Instructed In-structed Delegation, Cleveland's Interview Has Strengthened Strength-ened Determination of Conserva-' tlves to Go in and "Win. Special to Tho Tribune. A LBANY, N. Y., April 9. Political Al Interest now centers, in the Jaw office in this city of David Bennett Ben-nett H1U, former Governor of New York and former United States A3 the shrewdest Democratic politician poli-tician In Now York and the political Bponsor of Judge Alton Brooks Parker, Par-ker, Mr. Hill occupies a very conspicuous conspic-uous position. Friends of Judge Parker Par-ker depend upon him, and Democrats from nil parts of the country are calling call-ing upon him or writing to him about the candidacy of the New York Jurist. Mr. Hill is a very busy man those h days. His rather dingy office Is crowd- H ed dally with visiting Democrats anx- H , loua to obtain the latest inside infor-f infor-f mation and to absorb Inspiration in H regard to the Parker boom. Hi Mr. Hill assures them that he has jj not relinquished his plan of having the 'a New York delegation instructed for Parker. He shows thein scores of tcl-mri tcl-mri egraphic messages received from Dem- ocratlc leaders in Southern and West-Ill West-Ill ern States, saying a serious mistake ill -will be made if New York docs not In-13 In-13 A rtruct for Judge Parker. These Dern-m'mr Dern-m'mr ocratie leaders In tfye South and West Bf read the remarks attributed to Justice HI c . Tnjax, to the effect that an Instructed JCCc Favor Instructions. n They write to dissent from Justice Truax's views. The entire country, they assert, is waiting to te what New York will do. If It Instructs for Parker their States are prepared to fl follow the example set ror inem. av Former President Graver Cleveland's 0,J indorsement of Judge Parker as a flt- (M ting candidate for the Democratic nomination for President is received 1 with manifestations of pleasure. It Is fl significant that Southern Democrats. fl who heretofore have professed open fl hostility to Mr. Cleveland and pro- S claimed their belief that his particlpa- H tion in the forthcoming battle would 1 be injurious to the chance of the party, W 'are first to praise his magnanimity. IM They make no secret of their belief fs" that Mr. Cleveland's attitude means v I much for the success of the party, as . veil as the candidacy of Judge Parker. They fcresee a foregathering of the as? foiccs that made the party a factor in c the rat.'on's affairs previous to the sll- ?pi yer craze of 1S9G. or Judge Parker's position today as a re- j suit of Mr, Cleveland's declaration is iAJ better than it has been at any time 1 tflnce he has been regarded as a serious A candidate. It can no longer be charged fl against Parker that he is the mere 3 creation of former Senator Hill and lJ that he would be dominated by mil if .'Stl 110 "nero elected President, Nobody be- t llovc-s that Mr. Cleveland would ex- mM tend his personal indorsement to such a man. Gorman Is for Parker. S ! "1 cannot ohtaiu the nomination. Go J to work for Parker. I would prefer X1 that my friends favor him to the ex- 19 elusion of any other candidate. Let no Jar. other man step in and beat him. If tho . convention should decide that I should Enl "be nominated, then welt and good, but w otherwise I would prefer to see Parker M our next President." M i This statement is quoted hero as liav- m) ing beon made by Senator Gorman to Hi three of his Democratic associates- in H the Senate, who had called upon him ft for an exact presentation of his po9l- tion. ft "Whatever else may como out of Mr. K Cleveland's declaration there is no Hw doubt that he has taken a step which will acompllbh more toward the res-tora- HJ tion of party harmony and unity than jSA anything that has been done in a decade. Senator Bacon of Georgia, who BJ has been one of Mr. Cleveland's ae- flj vcrest critics, admits this is time. H Cleveland's Declaration Gratifying. fl "I am very much gratified," tho fl Georgian is quoted as saying in reply fl to a question, "that Mr. Cleveland ha fl made a declaration which Indicates that fl if Judge Parker la nominated ho and fl those who have been most closely fl Identified with him in political views fl N -will give Ju'lge Parker most cordial fl support. H "I am not one of those who are pre- fli pared to say that Mr. Cleveland's in- H dorsement of Judge Parker will hurt him, On the contrary, it should be of the greatest benefit to him, both In sc- curing the nomination and in being E elected President, and It should bo a II gi-eat Incentive to the other wing of tho W parly to give equal cordial support to H, Judge Parker." "I could not have stopped the Parker J movement if X had tried," Senator Hill EHf Raid when spoken to on the subject l "The fact is thut I only took an active part when tfce approach of the State J convention pointed to the necessity for afllrmatlvo party action. j3 "l bt"eve tllttl- Judge Parker will be 'b nominated ard elected. His candidacy will continue to grow In strength from fl the hour of his nomination till election i day." ! jflL fl |