History of the United States, Volume 6

by Elisha Benjamin Andrews

The Republican convention at Chicago, 1904.

The chief contest came in the Democratic convention of New York. There

Judge Parker was supported by David B. Hill, ex-United States senator,

and August Belmont, a New York banker. In consequence it was declared by

the opposition that Judge Parker was the candidate of the trusts, Wall

Street magnates, and a class of politicians of which Hill was the type.

This view was taken by Bryan. In spite of the opposition of Tammany

leaders and the Hearst faction, twice as many Parker as Hearst delegates

were chosen.