The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-16

ing with his audience As a candi- date he has the same facility that MT. Bryan and Colonel Roosevelt have, i and a good se..se of what constitutes news.
 THE BREWERS AND
 THE NOMINATION
 The United States Brewing Associa- tion Is lined up with Governor Har- mon so far as It's national represen- tative, John A. McDermott of New York is concerned. It is not, how ever, clear that the brewers of the country will be solid in the support of Harmon. The national manage ment of the association has accused Governor Wilson of being opposed. to them, but there has probably been some manipulation of. the facts. The brewers, generally, want local option. as opposed to county option, and Gov ernor Wilson in letter dated May l. 1911, addressed to the Rev. Thomas B. shannon Fof Newark. New Jersey, says. II am in favor of local option. I am thorough believer in local self government" Which should meet the views of the brewers who are more afraid of county option. which might make prohibition effective in many in the county would dictate the policy of the city, than of ga direct prohibi- tion movement. MT. McDermott and some of the chiefs of the brewing as- sociatfon having lined up for Cover. nor Harmon in general. are making the attack on Wilson with his local
 
 as the same interests charged Cover nor Harmon with being Lwo-faced on the prohibition question in Ohio it is probable that some other than the prohibition question Is involved in the attitude of the association.
 SOME COLONELS STAYED OUT
 Colonel Dick Johnson, of Texas. Joined some other colonels in refrain. day banquet The colonel was one of those who didn't like the orders he got at Lincoln when MT, Bryan told the national committee what ought to be done, and he organized a knock ing banquet of his own at the Ra aleigh- He had among his guests Urey Wood son, the secretary of the national com mittee, who was not inclined to lis ten to speechmaking; Frank Donnelly, and some others. Their function was progressive and in the end included Roger Sullivan, of Illinois, who bought wine enthusiastically when he might privilege which he gave up without any apparent regret. MT. Sullivan also deprived himself of the pleasure of listening to Mir. HearsPs speech One of MT. Hearst's young men. Andy Lawrence. of the Chicago E11- sminer- wants MT: Sullivah's job on the national committee, and that may have had something to do with Rog- CTS indifference to oratory.
 WILSON'S STRENGTH
 IN THE COMMITTEE
 The location of the national conven> tion at Baltimore was not a Wilson movement but the vote on the con vention city pretty accurately indicat- ed the Wilson strength in the nation of the Wilson strength in the com mittee was brought about by the InI- pression obtained by. the committee men after they reached Washington at least in some measure. The indif- ference with which MT. Bryan treat ed the Wall Street attempts to dy-
 
 admiration for the New Jersey Cover nor and the splendid endorsement given the latter by the big men in members of the committee who had not hitherto expressed themselves and the atmosphere at the national capi- tol was so charged with Wilson sem timent that it permeated the hotels and all the public and social gather ings. Members of Congress as well as unofficial Democrats came Into the open for Wilson when it was made ap- parent that he dominated the situa- tion- There was a good deal of Clark viously based rather on liking for the man than because of a belief that he could be nominated or elected. And there is no doubt that the speaker. of | the House will have a bad time get ting away with the Missouri delega- | ton. MT Folk is standing pat on his rights under the resolution of the l state convention.
 TAFT IS FOREDOOMED.
 The remarkable unaninity of sem timent concerning the probable ac- 1 .eion of the Republican convention is | one of the strange things in this pre- | convention campaign Republicans | here as well as in Washington are | agreed that MT. Taft will certainly | be nominated and as certainly beat | en by Wilson. LaFollette is a hope ! less case. and the flirting of Colonel | Roosevelt with his party and the pub lie can lead to nothing because the | present incumbent of the White House has the Republican organiza tion in hand and that settles it. Republl- cans as well as Democrats at the na- tionaI capitol are agreed that Taft l cannot win against Wilson.