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Show 1, i TOW 1 THE if MOSES j I fflemocrafs Turn From I ! i Leaders. V Si i seeking a Candidate That $ !' They Hope (Hay Reconcile 3 I Warring Factions. 5 I j lulu's Boom Is Believed to Havo 'Rcii Its Wmit Party Gropes , ! in the Dark. f J ;e,Kj3l to Tho Tribune. J IJ-iiSHlNGTON, amy 4.-It will be m wel1 for thosc tl,at are tryl"5 t0 2? ' if keep tab on the ,,slltn,nK ! I changes which are taking place A the Democratic Presidential sltua-?f!on sltua-?f!on t(5 write on their slates a new name M stories A Towne, formerly a Minno-lLta Minno-lLta Republican, a supporter of Bryan 1556 and 190O-and now a New Yorl: KjLd" broker and Tammany brave. fc3 Farkor Is not nearly so close $3fto tbe nomination today as he seemed ?lo l a eek as Th0 country is be-us be-us beard from and as It reilects the Wats of "William Jennings Bryan and i'thtHMrst syndicate, and notes the op-'pjritlon op-'pjritlon of Tammany to Judgo Parker, J there" Is a lessening of the popular en-Jtbcsiasm en-Jtbcsiasm for the sedate, sphinx-like pu-jjOof pu-jjOof Mr. Hill. I Parkers Strength Disappearing:, j Onb a few of the great leaders of J the Democratic party that arc now in j touch with the organization nt "Wash- Ifr.glon are at all confident of Judge Parker's nomination. j Rtpresentativo John Sharp Williams !f Mississippi is of this number. He lbs bf Quoted as saying he believes I its comlnatlon of Parker is assured. ( Bat when It is also remembered that HfpresentatlVG Williams expresses the (opinion that by the time of the conduction con-duction there will be no opposition to tbi Judge, those that have knowledge ci the fight that Bryan, Gorman, ,,Hirst, Cockran and others of like ijfirtngth are making, will feel that Mr. jWillame is two or three weeks behind the times. Stnator Gorman has no longer a per-kmI per-kmI hope for the- nomination. He, jitore all others, directed the light of ,'Tanmany against Parker In New York !ind the Guffey Democrats of Pennsyl-TanJi. Pennsyl-TanJi. Now he has pointed to a new Tammany brave, a personal friend to lErvan, a staunch supporter of the Sll-! Sll-! rer Democracy, and now reconciled to ' U business Interests of Wall street is has pointed to Charles A Townc. Towne Is a Spellbinder, ill Towcc is one of the delegates from Bj Sew York to the St. Louis convention. ' He Ij, as are the others from New York, j kftructtd for Parker. But these In-, In-, itructlor.B nvill not prevent him from making a speech and If a good speech, itpetch that will thrill, will win for klm the nomination, Charles A. Towno can make Juet that kind of a speech. He la rated as a broader man than .Bryan and a more eloquent speaker. He j all the vim of the Nebraskan, and, j to addition to this, Is conservative. He ; saved from Minnesota to New York, 'from the fever of agitation to the at-fso-phere of conservative business and fit into tho new conditions like an old shoe. He Is In the upper councils of the braves, Is one of Murphy's right hand bowers. Towne's nomination for President, it is conceded, would tickle Bryan, would satisfy Hearst, would please Gorman and cause Tammany to double Its energies en-ergies toward giving the State to one of Its leaders. Big Booms Killed Each. Other. Now it Is a growing belief that Parker's Park-er's nomination would bo as suicidal as Hearst's would be. These two booms have, in tho judgment of many, killed each other off. The antagonism has become so bitter that It Is believed to be IrreconcUlable. The leaders have no difficulty arriving arriv-ing at the opinion that neither of the leading candidates can be nominated without a broil and it Is conceded that a broil would be too serious to dissipate dissi-pate before the election. That the convention Is not now anybody's any-body's convention is a growing sentiment. senti-ment. That tho best it can do is to nominate a new man is admitted by many persons who a few days ago were enthusiastic for Hearst or for But half of the delegates thus far selected se-lected are Instructed. The others come from sections where Independent action may be expected. These unlnstructed delegates, It is believed, will control the convention. They -will demand harmony. They will ask the others to join them in nominating nom-inating a man who may command support sup-port from the fiercest partisans of the Parker and Hearst wings. They will superintend the platform building and -will name the permanent committees. States Leery About Instructions. To date but one Stat1 is instructed for Parker. Olney has his State behind him. Gorman has opposed instructions. Hearst has four small States for him and parts of several others. But 276 delegates have been selected. That the Democratic platform will Ignore everything that may be considered consid-ered an Indorsement of the Kansas City or the Chicago platforms, is now admitted. A great majority of Democrats want a new deal. They will furnish a platform plat-form from which their spellbinders may discuss tho tariff, extravagance and the refusal of Congress to Investigate Post-office Post-office and Land department charges. Few expect to elect their nominees, but hope to effect an organization that may be successful In 1008. |