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Show ?r.rker Men Confident, but Not Claiming Result on the First Ballot; Watching Gorman's Gor-man's Movements. C5 0 0 0 1 FRANK CAnNOIf IS FOR GORMAN. . ' ' , ST. LOUIS. July I. "I don't contend for a reaffirmation of the Kan- sas City platform," said former . Senator Frank Cannon, chairman, of ' the Utah delegation, -who, eight years ago, la this city, walked oo of the Republican convention because of Its repudiation of bimetallism. Con- 0 tlnulnr. he added: "I have not changed my principles, and a failure of the Democratic party to specifically relndorse any one plank of any one 0 platform does not indicate that the party has changed. I only say that 0 we want a platform broad enough for all Democrats to stand on, and if . 0 we get that I shall be satisfied. Idealist though I am, I do not want any 0 more rainbow-chasing. Of that we have had enough.- We want a candl- 0 date who can lead, and with such a candidate and a platform dealing 0 with the live questions of the day, we will have a chance to put some of 0 0 our doctrines Into laws, which Is more important than a century of ab- - 0 ( rttract theorising." . , , , Mr. Cannon Is a supporter of Senator Gorman, but his delegation are 0 divided In their preferences. O00Xd00 ST. LOUIS, July 2. The Parker men are growing; more confident as delegations delega-tions and representatives of different delegations arrive. One of the most active Farker men in the city is Thomas Thom-as A. Taggart of Indianapolis, and he Is In constant communication with the new arrivals, especially those who are under Instructions for other candidates. Mayor David A. Rose and T. E. Ryan of Wisconsin were among the arrivals today.. They are under instructions for R. C. Wall of their own State, and declared de-clared that, having a "favorite son," they would express no opinion as to the second choice of the delegation. Claimed by Parker. "With a candidate of our own," "said ',- Vvti, "It vnuH Tot lrvol vry M'f, l. . , i to le . niuuj exire8iiij fine: iniiin nlioi:f :i p inni rhnii'A. who would be willing to see Cleveland nominated, and that they would be willing to throw New Jersey and Pennsylvania Penn-sylvania to the ex-President. Do Not Count on First. While some Parker men are enthusiastic enthusi-astic enough to claim that their man will be nominated on the first ballot, the more experienced politicians are of the opinion that complimentary votes must first be cast for favorite sons before be-fore the necessary two-thirds can be obtained for the New Torker. It is said that Gorman's candidacy cannot be determined by his movements. move-ments. He is at the head of the Maryland Mary-land delegation, and if he comes to St. Louis it will mean that he is not going to be a candidate. But if he remains at home it will be assumed by his frlenc'.n hfr tt he Ii a canM..l.-ite. r 1 U.en ewry t.-.t ti ill be made to buns about his nomination. From managers cf the Parker canvass, can-vass, however, it was learned that the Wisconsin delegation would go to Parker on the second ballot. A little light was shed upon the many . conferences that have taken place In the East between the Democratic leaders lead-ers like Gorman, Guffey, McLean, Smith and Murphy. . A delegate who has been cognisant of what took place at these conferences said today: Jclegate Are, at Sea. "Well, we are no nearer a conclusion than when we first commenced to talk." In going over the situation they found that even if they should enter Into a combination to defeat Parker, that they ' would be no nearer results than before, j ' and some of them feared that the defeat de-feat of Parker would afford an oppor-i oppor-i tunlty to nominate Cleveland, and to ! this some of the men in the conference were opposed, while others were somewhat some-what 1 favorable. Jt Is believed that Smith and Guffey are among the men Belmont Represents Farker. An Important arrival today was August Au-gust Belmont, who with several members mem-bers of his family came in on an early train, and took apartments at the Jefferson. Jef-ferson. He is one of the active leaders of the Parker movement. The Hearst boom was given somewhat some-what of an impetus early today by the arrival of the California delegation, accompanied by some of the members of the Nevada and Arizona delegations. For Hearst to a Finish. "We are all for Hearst 'until the finish," fin-ish," said Chairman Tarpey of the California Cal-ifornia contingent. "We will stay with him until the end. Callfornlans have no second choice in this or any other matter." . Another delegate, Mark Smith of Arizona, Ari-zona, expressed the same sentiment, saying that the Democrats of the West-ern West-ern coast generally prefer Mr. Hearst. (Continued on page 10.) ' V Democrats at Sea. ' (Continued from page 1.) He did not believe that the Western men in the convention would be averse to some other man In case It would become be-come evident that Mr. Hearst would not secure the! necessary two-thirds vote to nominate. Members of the three delegations discussed dis-cussed freely the possibilities with reference ref-erence to platform, but were generally of the opinion that there should be no reference either to the Chicago platform plat-form of 1898 or the Kansas City platform plat-form of 1900. I ""Tills," said one of them, "Is the year 1904," and we j are dealing with this period, and no other. I believe that our people prefer that all reference to past platforms should be omitted." Senator Newlanda of Nevada, who is at the head of the delegation from that Stat, says that the sentiment of the "Western States generally Is against ! Parker, although the delegates are not opposed to him In any hostile sense. The Hearst delegations from these Western Statesi appear to have no second sec-ond choice, although It Is understood that some of them may prefer Gorman to almost any other man. Judge Parker's friends are devoting themselves assiduously to counteracting counteract-ing the effect td create sentiment In favor fa-vor of Mr. Cleveland, and among the most outspokea of them Is National Committeeman Head of Tennessee, who Is also a member of the delegation from his State. "It la not true that Mr. Cleveland la more popular In the South than formerly," for-merly," he Bald; and replying to a question ques-tion aa to why the Southern Democrats Demo-crats are opposed to Cleveland, said: "We oppose him because he disrupted and destroyed I the Democratic party. He found the organization united and in less than two years under his management man-agement it was torn Into shreds. He has no strength In the South and I believe be-lieve that If nominated he would render ren-der even Tennessee a doubtful State." Ex-Senator Allen of Nebraska was about the lobby of the Jefferson hotel today. He said that he waa merely an on-looker. "I may be the only Populist left." he said, "but I shall atay with my party." He expressed the opinion that Mr. Bryan Bry-an would certainly be In attendance on the St. Louis convention and added "he will make a speech, too, and if he does the Chicago speech will not be a marker compared with what he will say." |