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Show TAMMANY BRAVES. ST. LOUIS, July S.wrhc Tammany advance ad-vance guard arrived In St. Louis at 8;C0 o'clock tonight, and hud not more than registered when they caused it to bo whispered whis-pered around tho plan by which thoy hoped to demonstrate that Judgo Parker could bo beaten for' tli0 nomination. Charles F. Murphy, Bourko Cockran. Charles A. Townc. Thomas F. Orady, Victor Vic-tor DowJlng and William Sul?.er wro tho orators and politicians who wero at the head of tho party, and within thirty minutes min-utes of their arrival thoy had prepared the following statcmont attributed to Charles F. Murphy: "My position now Is what It has constantly con-stantly been. I have said and still say that, In-.my opinion, Mr. -Cleveland, so far as tho State of Now York Is cohcorned, would bo tho fltrongest candldato this convention con-vention .could name. Of course, I cannot speak for other States, aridT havo thought that tho best result would be likely reached' by deliberation among the dolc-ga'tes dolc-ga'tes representing all the States and un-tramelcji un-tramelcji by prccommlttmont or Instructions. Instruc-tions. " Perfidious Mr. Murphy. "For this reason I was opposed to resolutions reso-lutions of Instruction at Albany under any circumstances, -although 1 favored tho unit rule b' which tho final Judgment of tho delegation, after consultation on tho ground, might bo -made c'ftcctlvo as an entirety. It may bo that In the country at largo some other candldato might be stronger than Mr. Cleveland I am speaking speak-ing only of my owii Stato and with a sincere sin-cere desire for Democratic success. If at tills momont I believed that Judge Parker would bo as strong before tho people of tho Stato of New York as Mr. Cleveland would bo, I should bo tho first to urge his nomination, notwithstanding tho contest against JiiBtrUotlons at tho State convention." conven-tion." Following tho giving out of this interview inter-view came tho unfolding of tho H.chonic to boat tho Parker nomination. It was very simple, and consisted lh Visiting tho various vari-ous delegations and asking them to ntlck to thejr candidates long enough to produce a deadlock. DavlB of Woflt yirglnla -wos .urged to get together tho Gorman Slatea, mid was promised that New York would holp later, Tho Hearst people wero urged to movo on tho common enemy with unhrokPii front, and oven Mr. Bryan was sonL to In an ondeavor to keep a two-thirds' vote from coming to'Parkor on thn first ow ballots. It was said nt Tammany's headquarters tonight that this would bo tho plan of campaign for tho noxt few days. Soimtor Hill, whop shown tho Tammany statements, declined to talk, ns did also William F Sheohan, but the latter did ay: "Wo arc Hatlsllcd with tho result of tho day's effort. ' |