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Show 1-1 ,. . ; i ' -. " WZ ; " ; If! TCTASUINGTON', Jub' 23.1- For the' , hl nest f0"' weelcs u,eVtwo S1", f y political parties will be picking out the battlo ground for the campaign. Of course, It Is well known that New York and tho sister States I of New Jersey and Connecticut arc con- ' -sldcred necessary for Democratic auc- j cess, and with this plain fact In view, j the party which nominated Parker will " make every effort to carry them. In Ii nominating- Henry u. jjavis iui uiu i li rvice-Preflidency, West Virginia was V made a battle ground, and tho other i SUitcs in the East for which the fight I. Wlll bo made are Maryland. Delaware J; and Rhode Island. The Republican i split In "Wisconsin has mado the Badger ' j State one of tho doubtful States, and vi :the tlircatened split in Minnesota, if It fi materializes, will also give the Dcmo-' Dcmo-' cratsiLe of encouragement. By giv- J lnc attention to the States named It j'f does not mean that the Democrats are going to abandon what has heretoforo in been considered necessary States to V 'elect a Democratic ticket. Illinois anil , Indiana. At tho same time, success f should be achieved If the States mamed Hhould cast their votes for the Demo- 'J cratlc tickeL It will bo generalship on i the part of the Democratic managers , to make a strong fight In the States . i?,,,,,iirir. rtiviuinnu rrive nroni- I1 Ise of Democratic success?. . 1 Of course, prognostications will be i , -freely made on both sides a3 to what 1 cati be done In all of the States that are j doubtful, and exti avowant claims are ' J . made by partisans on both Bides. But (I it will take a month or two to show f : whether there is a drift one way or J j another, which would give an Indica- j. tlon that one or the other of the great 1 1 political parties Is to carry the country. T 'There Is no denying the fact that many I I i of the Democratic leaders, even after 'is :they had assembled at St. Louis, had '! j little or no hope of Democratic success. J I It was impossible to figure enough elec- ; ;torlal votes from the Northern States. ,'! i added to the solid South, to glve--a ma jority In the electorlal college. Granting ' them4all of the doubtful States In the ' East, States which would have to be , 'wrested from the Republicans after a most determined contest, thore was yet ! j necessary two Statos In the Mississippi ; 'valley which must be carried before bucccss was In sight. It Is true that the J 'Democratic leaders gained confidence :( .as the convention progressed. The co- 1 heslvencss of Parker's supporters, the ., f j solid, substantial Democracy that stood i behind tho New Tork candidate and ln-, ln-, : dorsed him after his famous telegram .about the gold standard, gave evidence rthnt Hip Domop.rfitR assembled in SL H Louis had more than a purpose to noin- H 'inate simply an opposition ticket. Park- H . er, who was the most denounced man H I for two or three hours by Democrats, H i Hoon became the most highly pralsod H 'man, and many Democrats who went to Hl St. Louis bolicving that they were only : paving the way to a victory four years H hence, went home feeling that they had H 'a good fighting chance to win. H' . . B ' As New York a III mako for the soic- H ' ' cess of cither ticket, It i naturally to H j , be the most Important battle ground of the campaign. Tammany men at St B . Louis said barker could not carry the h i State. This came from the leaders. H Other Tammany men, who were hang- B era-on and delegates by the sufferance of H . i Tammany Hall, told' people that Tam- H !! any Avould not allow Parker to carry v , the State because they did not propose H to have 11 ill enthroned as the boss of Hj the New York State Democracy. Again, h Parkei-'s telegram cuta a great deal of B figure. It givey Tammany a chance to H indorse him and support him because of Hl ' his advanced position, and, as a mat- H tcr of fact, Tammany will get out all H 1 of the Democratic vote when election H i I day comes. Tammany, united with the H ; up-State Democrats and the Brooklyn H 1 Democracy, makes the State doubtful in , view of the fact that Bird S. Color came . within 7000 votes of carrying It two ;) ' years ago. But the Republicans of New I ! York have a irreat deal at stake and fi I i they are not going to leave anything un- t ; done to achieve success. When Gov. C OdeH accepted the chairmanship of the l .Republican State committee it meant ) that he had confidence in his ability to ' r 1 carry the State. Defeat of the Rcpub-llcan Rcpub-llcan party at this- tlrrie would' be a po- 1 . lltlcahdeath blow to Odell, and all of thk 1 old Piatt crowd and nil of the Roose- t; velt crowd would Join In saying that he H should never have taken control nles9 . he had the ability to win. Men: who 1 . know Gov. Odcll's purposes? and plans 1 ' are of the opinion that he lias so ar-ranged ar-ranged the party machinery of the State of New York that he will be able to car- , : ry It for the Republican candidates aiid secure not only the thirty-nine elector-' elector-' lal votes, but will also elect the Repub- 1 . llcan State ticket and a Republican Leg- f I . islnture. H 'u Carrying New York does not mean ! I : carr'mff New Jersey and Connc-tlcut, i i except when Cleveland Is a camlldate. ' ' 'These two States were susceptible to l ' (Cleveland influence In past campaigns, J ' It Is powible that being er close to 5 : New York they will be Influenced by 1 3 1 ftny strong movement for. Parker. So j many people do busines3 in New York fr City and live In New Jersey und Con- 1 ' nectlcut that New York influences nat- ' I varally affect the votes of both these l I i States, While they are considered as ! likely to follow New York into the Dem- j I, , ocratlc column, If Parker It' able to car- l i ', r' that State, the Republicans will not conpent to lo?e the electoral vote of I, : either without a struggle. So theso ; o tales, with New York, will be fighting i " f ' 1 territory In the campaign. H' 1 Most people concede without much question the success of the Democracy I ' in Maryland. Gorman nnd his lleuten- . ' , ants have the machinery of tho party ) EO well In hand that only the most en- , 1 thuslastlc Republicans would consider , I -Maryland a possibility. At the earno , (. :tlme there will be quite an Interesting ' )' .fight made, especially as the different , ; lepubllcan nominees for .Congress are , 'anxious to be elected. in Delaware f, '""eh dependo upon whether the Ad- . j .dicks and the antl-Addlcks men can , rt ii",,,? "tP? thTe . 8ame Sectoral ticket. ' 1 1 ; . hlle Rhode Island has a Democratic . L9overi?0r' u Is asserted by Republicans J : l ithat Seiiator Aldrlch never alfow ' hi Rhode Island to cafit her four electoral . 'yutVJJ0r th? Pcmocratlc ticket, and It that he must alo carry the State lcgls- 3 1 Iztun in order to secure his own re- y election. I ! 7 But In West Virginia there Is tt real -I opportunity for a struggle. There is not a Republican of prominence that has ! ; not for weeks felt that tho conditions In ,..,( AV'jst Virginia were decidedly bad for ' j' the Republican party. State pride in tllc Vice-Presidential candidate Is sure i , ! R cut llBure. Rut the factional 'J! cencis. ,ovcr economic questions In : ;X5:e Republican party are likely to majie seribus trouble. At the same time the Republicans who are now In the saddle, the two Senators and the five Republican Republi-can Representatives ai-o not going to see the State which gave McKInley 22,000 majority turned over to the Democrats if they can possibly help it. fun If the Republicans could have known tmt the Democrats at St. Louis were going to perpetrato a great surprise In the twleetion of a ce-PresIdentlal candidate can-didate possibly the Republican nomlnn- changed. Stephen B. Elklns was about the mly man of considerable prominence promi-nence In tho country that really wanted the VJcc-Presldontlal nomination. Ho would have been plc-asekto have had the nomination- In 1900 with 3IcIClnley. Ho really wanted it In 1904 wJth Roosevelt. He knew, however, thai tho prejudice against railroad men and corporation men-siind he- had been both all hif life-would life-would Yrevent his nomfirallonv If the Ropubhfcacs were compelled to sslcct another candidate slnco tlvo Democratic convention has nominated' a railroad man and a corporation mmi from West Virginia, they would conelcter the advisability advis-ability of gratifying Elklns hy nominating nominat-ing him for Vice-President. It certainly would have been an Interesting Bltua-tlon Bltua-tlon to see ELsnry O. Davis on one ticket and Stephen: E. Elklns, his son-in-law, on another, contesting- for the Vicc-PreBldentlal Vicc-PreBldentlal prize, and each trying to carry West Virginia as a. matter of State pride, because the State wae for the first time recognized In having a. man on the national ticket. O (. When Senator Joe Bnllejywas first selected se-lected by the committee on permanent organization for permanent chairman by two votes over Champ Claris Bailey promptly declined, and tree? impression got abroad that he was piqued becaufv such a large number of members of tho committee opposed him. It was alleged that he Imperiously insisted that If he was wanted for such an important place as permanent chairman that the selection- should come- with more- unanimity. Such is not the case. Bailey found that Champ Clark really wanted the place, and that he had canvassed for It, while Bailey was merely the selection of the Parker organization. Bailey p--omptIv decJIned in order that Clark might have IL "I would have been an ingrati." said Bailoy. "not. to gratify Clark in a matter mat-ter of this kind. During all my career in thei House of Representatives Champ Clark was my friend, and If he wanted this honor I would not standi In his way " What Mr. Bailey may have said to th same purpose did' not Include an explanation by a frlc-nd of his, who remarked re-marked that while Do Armond and other oth-er MIn?oirI men were snapping at Bai ley's heelo during his leadership of tho minority In the House of Representatives. Representa-tives. Champ Clark always stood by Bailey and re?ntcd criticisms passed upon Bailey by other Missourlans. Some of tho differences that occurred between Clark and De Armond were the resull of Clark's friendliness and De Armoild's opposition to the Texan. 6 An Interesting feature of both national na-tional conventions this year was tho prominence of Senators and ex-Senators. mow man two-thirds of the Republican Senators were delegates to the Chicago I convention, and nearly every Demo-crallc Demo-crallc Senator was a delegate at SL Louis. There were a few exceptions. But ex-Senators were also In evidence nt St. Louis. Hill and Murphy of New York; Davis and Camden of West Virginia, Vir-ginia, and Smith' of New Jersey were leading factors in tho convention, along with the Senators who are still In Congress. Con-gress. The- Western Statos, which still have Democratic representation, Idaho, Montana, and Nevada, were represented by their Democratic Senators, Colorado being the only exception. Senator Teller Tel-ler did not want to go to the convention nnd i Senator Patterson could not go. Georgia and Florida did not send their Senators, the former having an unwritten unwrit-ten law that neither of Its Senators shall go to national conventions. The venerable vener-able Sonntors from Alabama, Morgan and Pettus. were not nroronf. hut Imih have been delegates to national conven- j Hons. ' I During live demonstration after Hearst was -placed in nomination for the Prei-1-dc-ney, when the noise was kept up by almost artificial means, when the 200 Hearst delegates and the Hearst men In the galleries kept cheering and shouting to exhaustion, a rumor was spread j about that so much time was being con- j sumed in shouting for the nominees that j it was part of a scheme to delay, to pre- f vent the nomination of Judge Parker, s It was a part of the anti-Parker pro- f gramme to hold thcjK'onventlon as long t as possible, as It. was felt that the Par- E ker tide had reached its height on Fil- f day night, and that If the nomination F could by any means be postponed a day t or two the Parker boom would subside K Some one wont to Dave Hill and asked 5 him If he thought that the long-contin- p ued shouting for Hearst was a part of E the scheme to postpone the nomination. E He remarked' that If such a scheme was E on foot It would not work, as the Parker t men had determined to rtay there until i. the nomination was made. He also i added: "This Is a part of everv national fe convention the candidate with the h smallest number of votes almost always i makes the most noise " S ARTHUR W. DUNN |
