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Show FOOL FRIENDS KILLING PARKER Talking the Candidate to Death. Kill's Claim of Proprietorship and Cleveland's Indorsement Indorse-ment Destructive. Lock-Taw Candidate Is Growing Less Popular "With Massc3, Who Want to Know Whero Ho Stands. - N- EW YORK, May 13. "Fool IricndV' to Judge Parker are believed to have practically killed him off. ' This sentiment srows with each batch of political information that comes to headquarters and there was never a timo in Democratic pro-convention activity when a new candidate, a man that will measure up to every Important requirement, was so sought for as now. As the convention data approaches it becomes the more evident that the party caii never get together on either of tho active candidates now In' tho field. Parker does not take, well with the voters because he declines to say what ho believes. He is a veritable lock-jaw candidate, a sphynx of the school that does not inspire awe and therefore does not carry reverence or respect. Friends Talk Too Much. His friends are troubled with "to much talk." Their verbosity has overrun over-run their discretion and it Is now said that Parker's refusal to speak and his friends' refusal to cease to speak have made it impossible for two-thirds ot the delegates to vote for him in the convention!. con-vention!. HfYs' contended that the situation would not be so troublesome for Parker, and incidentally so annoying to the party leaders, if the Judge's friends would get together and give out matter mat-ter that would be consistent. But as it is the situation Is muddled by the medley of voices supposed to be the Judge's accredited mouthpieces. Hill is botli am element of strength and an element of weakness. No man can say which outbalances the other. Somo Insist that the sago of Wolpert's Roost has no right to claim Parker as his candidate that Hill merely attached at-tached himself to Parker, seeing the possibility of the Judge's preferment, to lift himself out of tho obscurity into which ho had fallen. Thej' contend that the sins of Hill should not be charged against Parker any more than those of Cleveland be entered against him. Parker merely permits these two Democrats Demo-crats to Indorse liim and he has not the voice, even though he desire It, to pronounce pro-nounce his displeasure. Tiger Playing- With McOlellan. Tammany haa become bolder iro its attack on Parker as It becomes evident that tho country is distrustful of the j "filent candidate." it has introduced-McClellan, introduced-McClellan, it is claimed, as a mere tool to point to his following ns a reason why Parker's nomlnatioa will not do. No man in all the Tiger's! company is believed to desire Mcdellan'y nomination nomina-tion for President. But tho son of the distinguished General and present Mayor May-or to Greater New York, haw an army of friends that follow him with blind de-l de-l votion and these have been lined up to show that the McClellan crowd will not toko the nomination of Judge Parker to their bosoms. Parker must have New York's influence influ-ence at St. Louis as well as the Empire State's seventy-eight votes. It is deemed more important that tho leadery go there earnestly supporting him than to merely permit tho delegates to be recorded for him. Should Murphy and To-wne and others of that class go to tho convention and nwrely say they are for Parker that he is a good fellow ami the State delegation delega-tion will support him but on the side advise tho convention leaders that tho Judge is persona non. gratia with largo numbers of New York Democrats-, this back-handed support. It is bc-lievc-d, will turn the convention from Parker in any ovent. And this is just what Tammany is planning to do. Murphy and Townc's side talk will complete the killing. Parker's boom may bo given new life through the action of several of the State convention yet to be held, but the cooler-headed leaders those that have kept out of Uic nomination conteMs except ex-cept to study the strength of all comers are looking earnestly for a good big broad-shouldered dark horse. |
