The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-05-10
Washington Politicians Discuss
Bryan and 0'Gorman.
SAY WILSON is ELIMINATED
Belief Prevails in Some Quarters New
Jersey Candidate Is Practi-
CaIly Out.

Washington, May democratic
politicians are discussing new ma
t1onal ticket 1t will read: IT,.
For president, William J. Bryan OF
Nebraska.
For vice president. James A. O'Gor.
man of New York. .s...
This ticket is based on the conten.
ton made in some quarters that Gov
ernor Woodrow Wilson has probably
been eliminated from consideration as
candidate by the result of several
primary elections recently held. nota-
bly, in Massachusetts, Georgia and
Florida.
There is a feeling that Speaker
Champ Clark, who appeared to be the
leading candidate, is impossible With
Mr. Bryan out of the consideration the
alternatives are Governor Harmon of
Alabama. Governor Marshall of Indi-
ana is not seriously considered. There
is really more talk of Senator John w.
Kern of Indiana than there is of Mar
shall.
Combination Being Formed.
There were suggestions in Demo
cratic circles that a. combination is
being formed between the so called
progressive Democrats and the New
Workers by which Mr.. Bryan is to be
nominated for first place, with Senator
O'GOrman as his running mate. The
senator would be satisfactory to Mr..
Bryan. In fact the Nebraska states
man has said within few months that
Senator OGorman was good material
for the head of the ticket.
While there is possibility that Rep
resentative Underwood might be &C.
ceptable as a compromise the certain
ty that Mr.. Bryan's followers control
more than one-third of the convention,
in the opinion of politicians here,
makes 1t altogether unlikely that Mr..
Underwood could procure the neces-
sary two-thirds vote.
In predicting Mr.. Bryan's nomfna-
ton Democratic leaders here are
frank to say that the wish is not
father to the thought Some leaders
are driven to the conclusion that Mr..
Bryan's nomination is probability
simply because they feel he will have
sufficient hold upon the convention
again to force his nomination.
Latest Political Move.
Bryan has been playing a very clev-
probably fall heir to most of the sup
port of both Wilson and Clark if these
two leaders should get out of the run
ming. The latest political move by
Mr. Bryan's friends that indicates his
cleverness in playing the game is the
York Democrats to bring about the
nomination of Bryan and O'Gorman.
The Democrats are admittedly at
sea for a leader. They have can
vassed the field for compromise, but
Mr. Kern made a strong speech in sup
port of pension legislation in which
he criticised the Southern Democrats
because of their opposition to pensions
and by that speech Mr.. Kern alienat-
ed considerable support from the
Southern states.
1t became known here that over
lures were made several weeks ago
to Chief Justice White to permit the
use of his name for president and
there is reason to believe that the in
influences behind the movement were
sufficiently influential to bring about
his nomination, but Chief Justice
White promptly put quietus on the
movement by firmly stating that he
would decline if nominated and that
he preferred to be chief justice rather
than president.