The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-15
RESULTS APPEAR AT B|G CONVENTION Actual Work Done at Diff ferent Headquarters A LAW UNTO ITSELF Likened to Engine in Which National Committee Is Fly Wheel and
 Fuel Is the Big Body
 of Delegates
A LAW UNTO ITSELF

Baltimore, June H.-Only part of the work accomplished by the democratic na- tional convention, which opens here on June 25, will be performed in the conven- tion hall The results will appear there, but before these results are attained lights will burn far into the night at various hotels and office buildings throughout the city, where convention headquarters have been established by the national organization: and the organ izations supporting the candidates for places on the national ticket
 A political convention is a law unto it. self. Without leaders and committees to plan their work the great body of dele gates could make little headway. but even the most astute leader cannot a1- ways know when the delegates will up- set carefully prepared routine. Neverthe- less until the delegates ballot and one of the candidates receives the two-thirds vote necessary for nomination, those who are trying to learn in advance what the result will be will watch these head quarters.
 A national convention has been likened to a great engine in which the fly wheel Is the national committee, the governors the committees on credentials and reso- lutions and the fuel Is the body of dele gates which supply the motive power, controlled and regulated by these three committees.
 The actual work of the convention start ed here when members of the national or,irra mittee consists of 52 members, one from each state and from Alaska, District of Columbia, Hawaii and Porto Rico. It's quarters are at the Hotel Belvedere, situated in the Mt Royal district within walking distance of the convention hall. The two top floors of the Belvedere have been engaged by the committee, includ- ing 65 bedrooms. many with sitting rooms attached. In addition, the committee has taken the hotel banquet hall for it's ses- sions. In this room the committee goes over the papers filed by the contesting delegates and prepares the temporary roll of the convention This roll will be used when the convention Is first called to or der After. the committee on credentials is appointed those who are dissatisfied
 
 will take their claims before the new committee.
 The committee on credentials, and the resolutions committee which drafts the platform, as yet have no regular meet ing place. Some of their work may be done at.stbe sBelvedere in rooms allotted them by the national committee. and some in the rooms assigned to them at the convention hall.
 Next to the rooms engaged by the na- tional committee, the largest reservation at the Belvedere has been made by Thom- as Taggart. national committeeman from Indiana. For the members of his com n1ittee and his friends MT. Taggart has taken 30 rooms in the main buildings, with accommodations for 65 persons more in the annex and the fBlue Parlor" on the second floor as state delegation head quarters. Other national committeeman in whose name large reservations have been made at thee eBelvedere are: Roger C. Sullivan Illinois: Homer s. Cummings, Connecticut; J. B. Kremer, Montana; A. J. Daly, Alaska Alvah Adams, Colorado: Edwin o. Wood, Michigan; Clark Howell, Georgia; J. M. Guffey, Pennsylvania; Willard Salisbury, Delaware; Urey Wood son of Kentucky, secretary of the na- tional committee, and Herman Ridder, of New York, It's treasurer, also have their quarters here.
 Representatives of the candidates for the presidential nomination will be early on the ground and all of them engaged their headquarters months ago. Several of them have taken suites of offices in the downtown business section, as well large blocks of rooms in the principal hotels. The Clark campaign committee has offices fin the Munsey building corner Cal vert and Fayette streets Governor liar mons managers have a suite in the Equitable building across the street, and the Wilson committee has leased an entire small building at No. 10 East Lexington street.
 The Underwood forces had expected to have whole hotel to themselves. They had reserved rooms and parlors in the Eutaw House, one of the older hostelries at the corner of Eutaw and Baltimore streets. This hotel was bad 1y damaged by fire a few weeks ago and now the Underwood headquarters have been located in the St. James hotel.
 The hotel headquarters of the Will son, Harmon and Clark workers are In the Emerson, at the corner of Calvert and Charles streets, in the heart of the business district, and only half block from the Munsey and Equitable build ings The Wilson committee has the banquet hall and parIor on the mezza- nine floor and 14 bedrooms The liar mon men have 15 sleeping rooms and a parlor on the mezzanine floor for their meetings.
 Two of the notable figures in Balti- more during the convention will be William J. Bryan and Alton B. Parker the former thrice and the latter once the choice of democratic presidential convention. Colonel Bryan comes as a delegate from Nebraska and Judge Par lar a delQgate from Naw yorlx Nebraskan and his brother have a suite al the Belvedere adjoining the rooms of the national committee, and the Nebraska delegation also has quarters in the same hotel. Judge Parker will stay at the Emerson. where the New York state delegation will make it's headquarters, although 5snot all the 90 delegates from that state have been able to obtain accomm odations there
 Tammany Hall has taken 25 rooms at the Emerson, having abandoned the plan of coming to Baltimore on a big steamer and using the craft as a hotel during the convention. Other ceIebri- ties from the Empire State who have suites at this hotel are Governor Dix. United States Senator O'Gorman and Charles A. Murphy. the Tammany Hall leader. Col. George Harvey also has there The rooms of the New York leaders are expected to become one of the important skirmish grounds of convention week, since this state sends l the largest delegation and it's represen-