New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-27
BY Samuel G. Blythe
Downright, 1912 by Samuel O. blythe'
-r.,.rranh 70 The Tribune

.,,nr+,roe al It's traditional trade OF max
tno strange bedfellows in Baltimore To-
hsy and by midnight had the most corf'-
n,ete collection of oddly assorted con-
sn,rators bunhng with one another any
convention has produced since the Bryan
stampede in 1886.
Lions and lambs were occupying INC
game trundles, and hyenas and mares
had Identical room numbers. Preoaclous
nrptocrats were jolly old pals with horny
handed sons Of toll. and slaves OF Nam
mon linked arms and toddled on 10 Oso
with severely plain representatives OF
the plain people. Captains OF hhdhce
turned in with privates Of the same anu
the varying changes Of the day mace a
Kaleidoscope look like a painting OF sun
life. one Of those little things Inc COLI
mon folks hang in their dining rooms
showing the artists idea OF what a
neach. plum, a banana and sHIoin
steak do not look like.
DC not misunderstood me. II was not
harmony that brought about these COM
binstions. coalitions and confederacles'
7, was the lack OF harmony. congested
With ardent attempts 10 get something
IN return for the association. The pre-
dscious plutes did not Consort with the
hornv-handed becau use they liked TO, out
hAcause they had to. 1t was case O:
force, as were all the other alliances.
Zach party TO each union wanted some
thing for himself. Hence, each one en-
dured the conjunction in the hope of ulti-
mate personal emolument. The an
ncunced reason for all the manRuvr1ng,
plotting. trimming, trading, coaxtng,
threatening. cajoling, arguing dealing
crossing and double crossing was the
good Of the party. The real reason, Of
course. was the hope each intrigant had
Of getting something over he wanted
himself.
Irasmuch as the most selfish and mer-
cenary pursuit on earth is politics, its
exponents In Baltimore to-day played II
as selfshly as possible, and az night
there were large number Of wilted col
lars Of wilted nerves. OF nebulous hopes
and a large number of conditions that
would not stand the acid test.
Plutocrats Still Trembling.
The most interesting feature Of the
osv was the condition Of the predacious
plu.ocrats and the men who prey for
them in politics They began trembling
before the temporary chairman rollcall
was completed on Tuesday, and they
hadn't stopped at midnight. The pluto
Gratis are scared, and have been scared
ever since they discovered how narrow
was the margin by which they defeated
Bryan.
Thomas F. RYAN as captain-general
of the plutocrats/sat most Of the day in
the apartment he hired and received re-
ports from scouts and from sub-pluto-
Gratis he has IN his train. Mr.. Ryan was
Sisibly disturbed. Rather, TO be exact
about u. he was invisibly disturbed. so
far az the public was concerned, for only
2 few Of the chosen were admitted 70
his presence. Mr.. Ryan's disturbed con-
dit1n was clearly apparent in the ner-
,vuusness of his satellites and his handy
rnsn- They were all disturbed, too.
When you come 10 think Of II. II is
enough 10 agitate and annoy any pluto
cra- uro comes 70 Baltimore TO wipe
william Jennings Bryan off the map and
succeeds only IN smudging the place or
the map Mr.. Bryan occupies, instead OF
Cleaning It up. Moreover, there was an
other phase Of It that plagued Mr.. Ryar
and his friends. Woodrow Wilson types
thai phase. Mr.. Ryan and his friends
ere Baltimoreing this week with TIVE
sv0wed intentions. one is 70 depost
Yyvan and the other is TO defeat VII
son- Each project is dear to the hearts
Of the reactionaries. So, after they had
Canvassed the situation and had recon:
puted the vote in the convention or
TUESDAY they were not so sure they
were going TO accomplish either under
taking. and they began feverishly look
Ing for a way.
The only way they could discover was
the Champ Clark way They learned
early in the week that they might as vel
abandon the plan Of naming Harmon, OF
Underwood or any other conservative
They learned that the temper Of this
convention, and Of the Democratic party
as 4 whole demands a Progressive nomi-
nee On q Progressive platform. So they
gut trying 10 be their kind Of conserva-
tive and set about 10 be as cOnservat tive
as the convention will allow them to be
II was inexpedient, from their point OF
view, 20 nominate Wilson and the only
way they could figure out 10 defeat VII
son was with Clark, the other leading
candidate. So they set about trying 20
ind out how they stood with Clark and
how much they would have 10 do TO
name him
Their plans contemplated an endeavor
70 name Clark on the first ballot, for they
Thought this the only way TO eradicate
fne Bryan influence, which they think Is
with Wilson, and eradicate Bryan some
more al the same time. They prepared
Z large stone with which to Kill two
birds az one and the same time. This
Preparation necessitated some rather in
aeresting alliances, as outlined in the
proof of the axiom that politics makes
strange bedfellows. Still, lack Of com
patibility did not stand in the way. Far
better for the plutocrats and their friends
20 associate, for the time, with common
people If the common people can aid
them In the high and holy cause in which
they are embarked, said cause being "a
grab all they can out of It for them
selves both now and in the future