The Sentinel=record., 1912-06-22
BRYAN OPENS
 PARKER FIGHT
APPEALS TO CANDIDATES TO oP POSE NEW YORK JURlST AS
 CONVENTION CHAIRMAN.
GETS LITTLE ENCOURAGEMENT
Governor Marshall Reminds Bryan that Parker Aided Him in His Last Campaign-Parker Ignores
 5ryan's Opposition.

1 Baltimore, June 21.-W. J. Bryan's telegraphic note to five candidates for the presidential omination-Speaker Clark Governor Wilson, Governor
 Foss, Governor Baldwin and Mayor i Gaynol- asking them to join him in | opposition to the selection of Judge Alton B. Parker as temporary chair man of the Democratic national con.
 yention on grounds that he was con servative, dissi9ated tonight the faint hope of some of the leaders here that a light at the opening of the convel- | ton might still be avoided. The selection of Judge Parker yes terday sounded a call to arms and to- day Mr. Bryan's note caused a general alignment of forces. Tonight the ma tional committeeman were eagerly awaiting to hear what the replies of the five candidates would be before making further moves.
 Charles F. Murphy leaders of Tam many Hall, with other Tammany ! chieftains, came over from New York tonight and was quickly in conference with those national committeeman ! who had voted for Judge Parker. No denial by Clark speakers had joined with the Parker forces was forthcoming during the day and 1t was generally accepted as fact ! This alliance, it was reported, would result in New York's 90 votes being 1 cast for Clark for the nomination. -,ational committeeman standing 5y Parker openly declared Bryan wou.d be defeated in the national commit tee, even though he accepted a proxy from some committeeman and ap peared in opposition to Judge Parker
 Representative D. L. Henry of Tex as. who was regarded as the Wilson candidate for temporary chairman, to- night came out with the following declaration:
 This is not a personal fight of mine, but a contest for progressive Democratic principles. The progres- sives cannot and will not agree to the selection of Judge Parker, a known reactionary, for temporary chairman to preside over the convention I'll which very large majority of the delegates are genuinely progressive. 'Progressives have won their | fight in the Democratic party and must control the organization and the convention.
 We will not support Judge Parker but fight his selection before the full committee and if necessary, carry the contest into the convention.
 Tt may be stated to a certainty that an overwhelming progressive majority will not tolerate reaction ary making the keynote speech after he and those agreeing with him have lost in the primaries and conventions.
 MT Bryan is right, and l shall be found fighting in the front with him" There was no end of conferences 10. day between the various national com mitteemen to prepare the plans for fight. Former National Committed man Thomas Taggart of Indiana, de- clared for harmony, and hoped that everything could be settled satisfac- torily To his friends he said:
 we voted for Judge Parker with no intent to affront MT. Bryan or any man. MT. Parker is a good Democrat, former nominee of the party and has always been loyal He stumped the country for Mr Bryan from Maine ! to California. four years ago, and paid his own expenses. We had hoped the
 present party harmony would be maintained and no one would disturb | it.
 "Mr. Bryan could have been named temporary chairman, but he said he did not want it. He can be named permanent chairman or head of the resolutions committee. if he desires, l for Mir. Bryan can have anything he wishes. for he is a great Democrat
 John T. MeGraw, national commit
 teeman from West Virginia, said that putting the temporary chairmanship
 proposition up to the candidates was
 not fair.
 What could Speaker Clark say?"
 asked Mir McGraw. What could
 Governor Wilson say? Just what he
 said before, that he had no candidate
 for temporary chairman and that any
 fair man would suit him"
 Judge Hudspeth, national commit teeman from New Jersey, said Cover nor Wilson had no candidate and that
 any fair minded man was agreeab. e to him. Judge Hudspeth said he had
 hoped the convention would designate
 a progressive man to represent the
 spirit of the country. National Committeeman WOOD or Michigan: Woodsun of Kentucky;
 Wade of Iowa, and Ewing of Louisiaha
 had nothing to say regarding Mir. Bry- ans note.
 Judge Parker's friends kept in close touch with the progress of attairs
 throughout the day and declared there
 was no doubt the fight had come with
 Mir Bryan and he would be beaten. those national committeeman favor able to Governor Wilson's candidacy
 said they were positive Speaker Clark and his friends had joined the Parker