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Show PERMANENT CHAIRMAN. ST. LOUIS.' July 5. Tho Now York , Parker people continue to assert that neither a permanent chairman nor a vico-1 vico-1 residential candidate has been agreed upon, but It was gossiped about tho corridors cor-ridors Hint tho Parker people had sent a request to Senator Gorman to preside. Ho bad not ben reached, howovor, having left his homo for Washington. Tho Maryland Mary-land delegation had no word from him and hla son, who Is here, Maid that ho had been unablo to reach him. So the matter Is In abeyanco. At the Washington headquartors tonlr-ha a meeting of the delegation was hold to discuss the candidacy of former Senator Turner for tho vice-presidency. After tho conference tho statement was made that a careful canvass of the delegates led to tho belief that Mr. Turner was gaining strength and that ho nlrcndy had received assurances that made him very sanguine. Mr. Turner, while avowedly a candidate, declined to dlHcuso tho subject, Baying that his friends hnd the mnttcr thoroughly thorough-ly In hand and wero taking caro of Ilia Intercuts. |