The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-27
Boss Murphy Fully Aware
That Bryan Still Holds
Balance OF Power

BALTIMORE, ND, June 3s.-
Champ Clark, Woodrow Wilson and
q dark horse" now loom up for the
Democratic nomination, while the
names OF Gaynor and Kern are men
toned in case deadlock In irninent.
with Hearst and Murphy apparently
In an alliance To bring about victory
for the speaker Of the house OF rep
resentatives.
1t is certain now. after the test OF
strength on the chairman.hip, that
Bryan cannot get the nomination
himself He cannot stampede the
convention In his own behalf
Many friends OF Governor Harmon,
VINO have been enthusiastic about his
chances. said today that they believed
ne was ont OF the running.
With Bryan unable to be the can
didate. Wilson is the only out-and-
out progressive whose name Will go
before the convention on the first
-haliot
The close vote OF Parker. sTs. and
Bryan, SOS. showed that unless the
Ryan Belmont Murphy combination
can put on The screws and muster
bare two-thirds for Champ Clark on
tho frst or second ballot. Bryan is In
a comma nding position.
SpINScENhtiNt uolS-
II Is admitted by the conservative
forces that their only hope to keep
the nominate out OF the hands OF
Bryan is by putting Clark over on the
second ballot. They think they can
do this.
But they say that the situation -
close and openly admit that II they
can't put Clark over on the second
ballot BRYAN will be able 10 deadlock
the convention. Bryan will not be
able to name the candidate himself.
I'm that case. but he can command
enough votes TO Withhold the two
thirds from any candidate who Ia not
acceptable TO him.
wilson's advisors are confident that
clark cannot get the -twe-tAsEtas On
the SECOND ballot. They declare that
after the second ballot Bryan Will
have the whip hand and that he will
hold out indefinitely until the con
ventton finally accept the nomination
OF Wilson.
But il developed today that Bryan
Ia in q somewhat embarrassing posi-
ton as 10 Clark He In a delegate 10
the convention from Nebraska. which
In instructed for Clark. and must vote
for him on the first few ballots. This
has led the Clark people TO assume
that bryan can't night the nomination
of the speaker II he has chance to
get II on the second ballot.
Close political observers deciaFe fhe
convention will be so deadlocked that
in he end 3 dark horse must be sc
lected. They pick Senator John W.
Kern. OF Indiana, and Mayor William
J. Gaynor. OF New York, as the most
probable dark horses. Gaynor mas
been already mentioned. Kern's can
didacy suddenly doomed up yesterday
and 1t is understood that 1t Is being
astutely managed by men close 10
both factions.
1t 10 absolutely certain that the con-
vention cannot name candidate who
IL less progressive than Champ Clark
All the regular conservative can
didates delivered nearly oil OF their
votes to Parker. or HarMons there
were fifty-sepen went to Parker, or
l-nderwood's votes there we're eighty
eight and a half which went to Par
ker. Twenty-one Of Marahalfs thirty
went to Parker: twelve Of Baldwin's
fourteen went to Parker.
II required the united strength OF
the conservative candidates to defeat
BRYAN, working only with the Wilson
forces and the natural sentiment for
progressivensss among the delegates.
This the conservatives had not de-
pended upon. They dtd not figure
that ninety-six Clark votes-would not
follow him, when the path led to the
camp OF the conservatives.
Ninety.six Hold Power.
These ninety-six progressive dele
gates ere the ones upon whom the
conventions action may now depend.
They Ars:
Arizona ......... ,..........
Colorado .....,... .%........'.
Kansas 30
Kentucky ......... ............
Montana ...........,.. .,....... ]
Nebraska ......... ........... LIZ
Nevada ......... Y....s......