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Show HOI HGEJ ;IN PROGRESS AND PAMEU I NBW David a Hill Claims Two-' Two-' . Thirds of Delegates for ; Parker, and Will Make No Compromise With the Tammany Outfit. -.-, , HEARST MEN TRYING TO CAPTURE THE VOTE - IN WEST VIRGINIA. ' . . " ' CHARLESTON. W. Va.. April 11 It la stated here' that the Hearst (g) w men have euch an' organisation in this State as to cause a fi?ht at the () w Democratic State and district con- w ventions here next Wednesday. W The Hearst men expect to get part ( of the district delegates, but the ( ' conservatives, who have former '() Senator J. N. Camden, Judge J. H. ( HoH. the last Democratic candidate for Governor, O. S. McKinney and M (jr A. J. Wilkinson slated for dele- 4l gates at large, say that the Hearst men will get nothing from the State ) (J.- convention. ) ' ALBANY, N. Y April 18. Politicians wetl'astlr early this morning and the headquarters of Tammany, of David B. HUl and W, R. Hearst were busy spots. So far as could be learned at an early hour there had been no change in the situation and the Tammony leaders , said that they were quite content to go on the floor of the convention and ' state their case. That they would be beaten was certain, hut they claimed a principle involved and they would carry car-ry the matter to the floor of the na- ' ttonal convention. Tammany Turned Down, It was said that Mr. Murphy of Tammany had this morning offered to compromise by suggesting that Tammany Tam-many would agree to the adoption of the unit rule If the name of a candidate, candi-date, -as for instance Judge Parker, was rot mentioned. It was conceded that, 'hir:rJmt8i- tio-t:..r- " c "ILJ --at-9 in favor jt JdtJe I'arker, a nify-e abolition of the unit rule would r rJctlcly oe an indorsement of Judge Parker and yet would let Tammany down gracefully. But with this proportion propo-rtion waa, coupled the demand that Tammany be allowed a delegate at large, Mr. Murphy himself preferably. To this suggestion Senator Hill gave an emphatic no. The name of Judge Parker must be in the resolutions and the delegates at large must be men who are heartily In his favor and -whose loyalty to his - candidacy cannot be questioned. ' Two-Thirds for Parker. With this early morning failure of negotiations for peace the preparations . - for battle went on. Senator Hill, replying re-plying to a question aa to what the t-ituatlon was, said: "More than two-thirds of the convention conven-tion is for Judge Parker. That is ell I care to say." At a meeting of the State committee ths morning, Former State Senator Geq&e Raines was chosen both tempo-rarj tempo-rarj jand permanent chairman. Wben the roll of delegates was about to b called in the committee. Senator Grady, the Tammany representative, moved that all the contests be noted. The secretary said he had no notice of any contests and Chairman Campbell raid that it was the custom tp make up the roll of delegates from the lists presented pre-sented by the various committeemen. Eventually he raled that the contests would only be noted when filed with the committee. Me e tin-Was Stormy. The meeting .of the committee was roost heated throughout Senator Grady taking a leading part throughout. Senator Sen-ator Grady declared that it was perfectly per-fectly apparent that there was an attempt at-tempt to prove to the public that thos In control of the committee are in perfect per-fect unanimity. They were about to Instruct for a certain man and they were going to trample -orr every man who opposed them. The Senator warned his hearers that the result -mould be a repetition of the tactics that left the party without an organization organi-zation in the State. In conclusion he said: "Don't let It go out that this is a manipulated convention and that we are afraid to do the wishes of a man who carries the votes in his pocket." |