The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-05-17
WHO Will VIM!
Speculation as to The Mkt Democratic
Candidate for President


WILSON GROWS STRONG
But Then There Are Governor Har-
mon, Speaker Clark and William
Jennings Bryan Who Have to Be
Reckoned With, as They too Are
in the Game.
It is a long way to the Democratic
national convention Of next year,
and while many things may happen
in the meantime, there is no reason
that as the course Of politics Is the
Woodrow Wilson movement is TAX
ing hold Of the various Democratic
strongholds with remarkable rap
idity, says the Washington Times
Thursday.
It begans to looks as If the gov
ernor of New Jersey would go to the
convention with the nomination nail
ed down so securely that none Of the
other aspirants would have half a
chance. Old politicians in Washing
ton express astonishment at the rap
idity Of the spread Of the sentiment
that Wilson is to be the Democratic
nominee.
1t has been only little while
since the talk here was that there
would be a close race, in which Gov.
Judson Harmon, Champ Clark and
Gov. Wilson would be the partici-
pants. Commenting on the presi-
Dental situation the Washington
correspondent Of the State says:
But as the situation stands now,
Gov. Harmon seems to be practically
out of the running. Probably GOV.
Harmon does not know this, and a
lot Of his friends don't know it. But
the facts are hardly open to dispute
as reasonable proposition Of poll
tics. II there is one thing that has
been made clear in recent weeks so
far as the Democrats and presidency
are concerned it is that no man need
expect to gain the nomination who
has opposition Of William Jennings,
Bryan.
The largest simple influence in the
Democratic party today Is Bryan.
Any man who Is nominated against
the will Of Bryan will be so certainly
knitted by the Bryan following that
it would be idle to nominate him.
Speaker Clark has the friendship
of Col. Bryan. And there is no doubt
that he is a strong political factor 30
far as 1912 is concerned. If tho rec
ord of the house in this session and
the next is such as to appeal to the
country. Mr. Clark will be strong in
the eyes of the country. He has
strong hold on the South, Icing
Southern man himself.
But Eastern Democrats OF the
progressive cast are friendly to Will
son, and believe he is the best man
to make the race This is the one
element of Wilson's strength. An
other thing is that he has powerful
Southern support. He is even more
of a Southern man than Speaker
Clark. He was born in the South,
and thought he has identified himself
with the North, it is fact that
Southern Democratic look on him
with peculiar liking.
The outlook now is that Wilson
will command the bulk of the South
ern. delegates. Some even say ne will
well-nigh sweep the South. Signi-
icant in this connection is the fact
that a recent conference of Georgia
Democratic leaders was held, aad ]:
was decided that the Georgia dn'ega-
ton would be thrown to Wilson
More Southern men go to Prince
ton than to perhaps any other North
ern educational institution. 1t neec
scarcely be said that this fact is go
ing to have an important bearing On
the 1912 outcome.
Within the past week there have
come out for Wilson in the South
such newspapers as the Raleigh News
and Observer, the San Antonio Ex-
press, the Pensacola News and the
Tampa Tribune.
The Atlanta Journal has come out
for Wilson. The lea.i:ng Democratic
newspapers Of Tennessee are for VIII
son, is the political bugleman OF the
fact that his brother, Joseph R. Will
son, is the political bugleman Of the
Nashville Banner 1t looks as If Will
son would unquestions bly, have the
Tennessee delegation. Only the other
day Wilson made a great hit IN
speech in Norfolk, and he will have
powerful support in that State.
Josephus Daniels. editor OF the
Raleigh News and Observer. who has
been in Washington recently on his
wav from the meeting of the pub
fishers in New York, reports tre-
mendous Wilson movement. He has
come out for Wilson, and as his
newspaper has the following of the
KitchiH element in North Carolina 1t
may be assumed this means North
Carolina is going to send Wilson
delegation to the convention.
These are a few recent straws In
dicating the trend Of sentiment, with
respect to Wilson It is hardly Hec-
essary to say that Wilson has pow
erful support in many Of the Middle
Western States where progressive
sentiment is strong. The fact that
Bryan in recent appearance in Des-
IlNoines seemed to lean to Wilson is
not without it's significance.
It is true that Bryan as a preslden-
tial possibility will not down. Recent