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ACTIONAL FIGHT IN NEW YORK
WILL PREVENT INSTRUCTIONS
, he Democratic Voters Are Opposed
| to Parker’s Nomination,
yHO IS PUI UP BY HILL TO GAIN
CONTROLQFSTATE MACHINERY
iearst Did Not Attempt to Carry the State, But is
Busy Carrying Other States Meanwhile
the Facing of the Parker Boom, the Last Sub-
JK stantiai Opposition to Hearst Will Vanish.
The Attitude of the South.
Anew York, April 4—[Special
’ fforrespsndanoe. ] — In compliance
rith yonv request for a careful and
irutbful review of the actual situa
iion in New York, I have delayed
three days before miking answer,
ind what I now write I think can be
rslied upon as far as it goes.
You will have npticed by this
time that, as often happens, the
. rst reports of the results of last
feek’s primaries in this State dif
fered somewhat from what appear
jfod later, and the newspaper reader
Vg not to be blamed for not believ
ing fully what he sees in even his
favorite newspaper—especially poli
tics. These reports were sent out
by Hill, who has claimed every
thing for effect, as he always
does.
Hill’s First Claim.
He claimed that the State com
waittee would endorse Parker, but
ji-Be failed to get the resolution
He gave it out to the
I press that it was merely because he
did not care to press the matter
against Murphy’s wishes. He will
fail at the convention to ;&t instruc
tions for Parker, and he will be at
liberty to give the same reasons,
though the fact may be apparent
that it is because he does not have
the delegates. And so far he has
I certainly failed to secure them.
iMurphy Holds the Balance of
** Power
The Herald and the World pub
lished the same interview with the
Tammany chief that I sent you,
though more at length. The state
ment of Murphy that he is opposed
to Parker and does not consider
him strong is more important than
any one outside of New Yufk can
realize, New York Uity is where
, the Democra’ic vote comes from
Ijpnd it can not be brought out with
■w»ut the active and sympathetic «up-
B port of Tammany. The nomination
of Parker would in all probability
precipitate a factional fight and lose
the ytate, while any other good
Democrat could carry it, The
thia fact would be
sufficient of Itself to prevent a Dem
ocratic convention from endorsing
A Parker’s candidacy.
A Murphy is not unreasonable.
|TM e dors not insist upon tbe nomi-
I nation of any one man, but be will
knot have Hill’s candidate, and 01 ly
p a«ks that the delegates be left uc
instructed. An analysis of the re
sult shows that Mnrphy so far has
a majority on his side, and the pros
pects are that he will keep it,
I Some of Hill’s Desperate Tac
tics.
Hill realizes the situation fully
and is making all kinds of efforts
*o beat the game. There has been
mna'n talk of Hearst'sgbarrel in this
campaign, but the first evidence of
th* improper use of money has
come to light today, and it was
among the Parker supporters.
Shrank E. Dickman and David An-
derson, both reputable men, and
delegates to the Third assembly dis
trict convention held at Mount Kis
co on Saturday, make affidavit that
they were offerrsd one hundred
dollars a piece by the Hill-Parker
men to vote as directed. Large
sums of money are ssid to have
been displayed by the Hill crowd,
but they were unable to con
trol the convention and bolted.
The convention sent an un
instructed delegation that is said to
be favorable to Hearst.
Hill Needs Help Right Now.
This shows the straits to whicn
the Hili faction is actually put to
day, after claiming everything a few
days ago. it was to strengthen his
cause that he is sending out delus
ive reports and to create sentime r t
for Parker in the South, in order to
bolster up his fight here, and to do
it quickly before the fight in New
York developes and becomes gener
ally known. If the friends of the
other candidates in the South stand
firm, it looks as it the Parker boom
will fade out, just as that of Gor
man did ; and this will practically
leave Hearst the only active candi
date in the field, with Cleveland (or
McClellan?) looming up in the
background as tbe man favored of
Murphy.
The Claims of the Hearst
League.
The supporters ot Hearst express
perfect satisfaction with the situa
tien here, where their only effort
has been to keep down any instruc
tions for another candidate. They
have not concentrated all their ef
forts here, but are actively at work
everywhere, and have some tangi
ble results to point to, among them
being the eight votes of South Da
kota and six votes of Rhode Island,
the only States whose delegates
have already b- en selected, together
with the unanimous endorsement of
the California State committee,
These results were accurately fore
casted by them, and help to give
dt finite value to their other claims,
which are as follows :
Stales Going for Hearst.
They say the Far West is solid
for Hearst, while in the MiCdle
West he will have Illinois, lowa,
Indiana, Ohio—where delegates are
now being instructed for him
in the different districts right along
—and Michigan, and possibly also
Kansas and Nebraskr.
In New England they claim that
they will h«ve Massachusetts,
Maine, New Hampshire and Con
necticut, in addition to Rhode Is
land. Their definite claims also in
clude New Jersey and West Vir
ginia.
I have examined carefully into
tnese claims and have been allowed
to see mnoh of the correspondence
upon whfoh they are based, and
they seem to me to be as well
' founded as anj thing can be.
How the South Stands.
The situation in Georgia is excit
ing a great deal of interest here
just now, especially the movement
of Cleveland’s strong followers
there, who seem to be getting ready
to co operate with Murphy if they
have a chance ; but it is no 1 ; believed
such plans can be carried out, while
the action of that State is not re
garded as pivotal. Latest advices
show Alabama to be practically as
sured, at least a gcod majority of
the delegates, for Hearst, while
Mississippi and ether States are
all but ready to swing into line.
These are the views of not only
Mr. Hearst’s friends, but they are
practically corroborated by ihrewd
politicians congregating here from
all over the country, by those who
“view the situation with alarm” as
well as those who look at it with fa
vor. And I find that a much fuller
realization of the strength of the
Hearst movement can be obtained
here, by a man with his eyes open,
than in Washington, where tne
eyes of most politicians are closed
to things going on right under their
noses. They look at politics from
all sides in this city, instead of just
their own side. What I have found
I hav* written you just as I saw it •
W. G. F. P.
TO THEDEMO-
CRATIC VOTERS
Os the Sixth Congression
al District:
The Democratic Executive Com
mitttee of rhe Sixth Congressional
District having ollied a primary for
the nomination of a Congressman
on the 20th of April, I beg to say
that 1 will very greatly appreciate
your vote in that primary for my
re-nomination.
While there is no opposing candi
date, it is important that every
Democratic vote be cast for Con
gressman in thw coming primary, as
that will virtually amount to the
election, and the number of votes
oast in the primary will be taken as
the real vote of the Sixth District.
A full vote will go far towards meet
ing the charges made by Repub
licans that the vole in the South is
suppressed in Congressional elec
tions, simply because the vote in
November is generally small, owing
to the fact that there is no opposing
Republican candidate.
Assuring you of mv grateful ap
preciation o f vour con Qdence in the
past, and with every purpose to dis
charge my duty to you faithfully
and efficiently, I earnestly request
that you see to it that the full
Democratic vote is polled
C. L. Bartlett.
wiujlamiob
Williamson, Ga , April 6 —
Rev. E A. Gray filled his regular ap
pointment, here last Sunday. A special
song service appropriate to the occasion
was rendered.
The fanners have been busy prepar
ing to plant cotton. The cool weather
is causing most of them to postpone it
tn some extent.
Frank Underwood, of Concord, spent
last night in town. He was compelled
to stop over on his way from Griffin
because of a sick mule.
Court opened in Zebulon Monday
with a full attendance of candidates.
Every one savs he will win easily.
Walter Touchstone, of Rover, was a
distinguished visitor to town Sunday.
D . W. Smith and bis sister Miss Lola
attended Easter services at Woodbury
on Sunday.
kOWBY LOBB.
Lowry, Ga., April 7.— The
farmers are now very busy planting.
Mr and Mrs E E. Spurlin and
children visited relatives here last
week
Miss Gertrude Johnson visited
relatives in Griffin Saturday. Miss
.Johnson will close her school here
Friday, the Bth.
Garden truck is very small around
here.
lhe typo made a mistake—it is T
J. Spurlin’s place that Hesea Mor
gan has moved on, insterd of J. E
E Spurlin’s.
For Sale,
A fine black Jack, cheap.
J. G. Mathews
Former Queen Isabella HL
Parts, April 6.—Former Queen Isa
bella, of Spain, is suffering from a se
vere attack of Influenza which causes
anxiety on account of her advanced
age. She waa born In 1830.
: The Manufacturers of
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the Millinery Parlors
AT
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SPRING SHOES
We have just received another lot of those Ralston Shoes in all the latest
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