New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-27
BLYTHE FINDS QUEER
DOINGS IN BALTIMORE
Politics Working Overtime, He Says, and Sue
cessfuIy, at Its Traditional Trade Of
Making Strange Bedfellows.

deity rolling the waters now and then
The plutoCrats and their handy men.
and many others not identified with the
Ryan outfit, but sincerely for Clark,
planned and combined and fused and
fumed and thought up plans and threw
plans down, and generally had most
annoying day. The real plan was TO
Try to push Clark over on the first bal
lot In this the Hearst Murphy COM
bination, the celebrated triple alliance
of Murphy, Sullivan and Taggart-a
most formidable combination, controlling
us votes-and various other partner
ships. both limited and unlimited, were
involved and prayed with and coaxed.
Various ingenious schemes were
evolved. One contemplated a method Of
breaking instructions. II was proposed
TO introduce a rule in the convention
that shall not allow any delegation to
change its vote until after the rollcall
has been completed. This is fine politics,
Of the real Machiavellian brand, for II
raises q question as 10 just what In
structions mean. For example, suppose
state is instructed for Harmon, and
on the first rollcall votes for Harmon.
Then, after the completion Of the roll
call, the chairman rises and says his
delegates have changed their minds and
desire to vote for Clark or any other
candidate Does this fact. that the dele
CATION voted on the rollcall, pay their in
struction obligations and leave them
free TO 20 as they will before another
ballot? or course. this looks like pay
ing an obligation with bogus money, but
these are parlous times and politics is an
involuted and a convoluted business.
The Clark men and their newly found
friends are very anxious 10 close II all
up on the first ballot. The Wilson men
are equally anxious 10 remain in Balti-
more for an indefinite period and vote
regularly for Wilson on every ballot
pickering for Mattresses.
The other candidates are mostly dick
ering with the idea Of obtaining mat
+rAsses 10 fall on when II comes time
for them 10 fall. II is certain a Pro-
RTpEEiNe must De HOHllllcAINN' @@~''NO' 80
ouery arises, VIII the convention take a
clark kind Of q conservative, Clark beng
the one 70 be taken, or will it demand
.ba Wilson kind of Progressive. the
highest exponent thereof being Wilson!
That is the main contention. The at
tempt 10 solve IL might easily or1ng q
third man into active consideratioh'
Perhaps It will Nobody IN this town
could make an intelligent guess on that
on Tuesday night.
II was announced that Mr. Bryan Is
preparing. has prepared or will prepare
IN announce his abandonment or ClarK'
II is possible he may make that an
nouncement between the writing anu
printing OF this. Bryan has oeen ser
sswing between Wilson and Clark for
long time. and in his speech on Tues
dav mentioned them both as having been
acceptable 10 him at time previous 10
the selection Of Judge Parker for tenn
porary chairman. -.
There is a feeling that Mr.. Bryan VIII
eventually go with Roosevelt Many
nersons saw he certainly will, but one OF
Mfr. Bryan's most marked attributes Is
keeping his own counsel. That sIso'
has been one Of his weaknesses. he mas
always tried TO be his own original ana
depended on his power 10 rally his sup
porters into action by oratory rather
, than to have them ready for action
otherwise. Francis J. Heney saw him,
which may or may not be significant as
Mr.. Heney is not averse 10 little pub
licity now and then, and may have fore
seen a few paragraphs in the public
prints following a sudden descent by him
on Bryan and Baltimore.
Bryan Dropping Bombs.
| Mr. Bryan spent the day in casually
dropping bombs here and there in places
where bombs seemed to him 70 be
needed. They offered TO make him
chairman of the resolutions committee,
| but he declined saying he preferred To
have another occupy that important
position, and they chose John w. Kern
Having declined to preside over the de-
| alterations OF the committee, Mr.. Bryan
ever and anon, strolled into the meeting
place. and caused CONSERVATION by In
Producing various resolutions. One re-
lated 10 what he claimed was the neces-
sary purging Of the Democratic party OF
various eminent gentlemen who have
hitherto been wont 10 point 10 their De-
mocracy with the one hand and TO hold
their real motives in the other hand high
up behind the back.
Another of Mr.. Bryans little knock
knacks related TO the adoption OF plat
form after the nomination is made on
the suspicion that the ruling forces OF
the convention might try TO take the
curse off a Progressive nomination by a
conservative platform. This was MI
Bryan's own little idea, and the resolu-
tions committee and the rules commit
tee adopted il, thinking the plan harm
less and desiring TO keep Mr.. Bryan in
good humor.
Nor will Mr.. Bryan have much diff
Guilty in getting what he wants in the
platform. He can have almost anything
along the line Of resolutions, and IT is
understood he has some striking ones
prepared
Kentuckys favortte-and largest-son.
Ollie James, was chosen for permanent
chairman. Ollie may be depended on TO
rip the eternal stars out of the burning
sky. or the burning stars out of the eter-
nal sky. as 1t happens, when he does his
keynoting All the flowers OF speech
grow in Ollies garden OF rhetoric. De-