Show maryland senator characterized as a quitter claims is for parker parker cannot get a two thirds vote of the delegates v st louis july 4 before the day closes we shall know exactly where mr german stands athla la the message which col murray one of the delegates at large from maryland delivered to a meeting ot athe maryland delegation with senator dails at the batters lat room early today the situation was to have been discussed at length at this conference but when it was discovered that mr german had not yet made any definite announcement no an adjournment was taken to await his action said mr german would explain bis position in a letter that will reach st louis today none 0 the parties to the conference assumed to have precise informs uon as to the maryland senators attitude as no word had been received from him since yesterday when he gave his friends to understand that he it Is evident that he Is a quette said became apparent that judge parker could not win this most of them considered enough and they are now cast ng about tor another landing its evident that he a quitter said two or of them in chorba we cannot deal with contingencies we want the concrete on this occasion they now believe mr bormans Gor mans letter will have the effect of practically taking him out of the race notwithstanding this most of the west virginia delegates still adhere to their determination to support the candidacy 0 their neighbor and they express confidence that in the end be will prove a formidable factor two of the fourteen virginia delegates are hearst men and will vote tor him two important statements bearing on the gorman situation came from the new york delegation today one emanating from the parker headquarters was to the effect that senator germans expected letter would say that he declines to be a candidate and that already the maryland delegation had received notice of it senator hill professed to linow nothing of this but said we know that he will nominate parker william F sheehan who Is in charge of the work of securing delegates said we have reason to believe that gorman will not be a candidate and we already know that be will not allow bis name to be used in order to solidify a minority sentiment against parker the other statement came from the tammany headquarters and was to the effect that a poll of delegations showed that it was impossible tor parker to obtain more than a ettare majority on either the first or second ballots and that after the first ballot this would be concentrated on a dark horse that would mean defeat tor parker senator hill was asked II 11 any attempt was to be made to break the two thirds rule in favor ot a majority he said the parker adherents had no such intention what is regarded as a significant incident about senator hills bead quarters today was the visits paid by many members of the pennsylvania delegation senator hill was asked whether pennsylvania would vote tor parker and he replied pennsylvania has not had its meeting yet and I 1 can only say things look favorable boarke cockran of tammany hall said mr hills cannot get a two thirds vote the various favorite sons will receive a total of more than three fourths ot the conventions first ballot and alter that there will be concentration on another candidate will that be mayor mcclellan vaa asked mr cockran raised hla eye brows and said 1 I cannot tell what the convention may do our votes will be cast tor parker under the unit rule but personally we are at present tor cleveland the parker opposition has been somewhat encouraged by the arrival of the tammany contingent and their opposition to the candidate from their stated they also count upon new jerseys adhering to mr cleveland shortly after the noon hour some of the tammany men began to appear with mcclellan badges the badges were elaborate and bore pictures of new yorks young mayor tons of literature taken into tammany headquarters was broken open and in the hotel corridors there was soon a plethora of mcclellan matter but no mention of cleveland still murphy talked cleveland inside an anteroom ante room while outside the borough president ahem and charles A towne asked visitors what do you think of george ahern at the same time was asserting that while tammany had great respect tor judge parker it was certain that with hill behind him he could not win congressman william sulzer representing charles F murphy was askea today it mr murphy had any idea of trying to break away from the new york state instructions for parker he said no we must abide by the unit rule unless the convention releases us and there Is not much likelihood of that |