The Sentinel=record., 1912-06-25
WILL BE CANDIDATE FOR ITEM PoRARY CHAIRMAN HIMSELF
 IF FOUND NECESSARY.
RALLIES HIS SUPPORTERS
Fall of Gavel in Convention Will Be Signal for Struggle for Supre- macy--Ten Candidates out
 for President.

|yention vanished tonight when the fnational committee approved the se- lection of former Judge Alton B. Parker of New York as temporary Chairman, in defiance of the threat uf w. ]. Bryan to make an issue of the alleged conservatism of Judge Parker as opposed to the progressive ism which the Nebraskan declares should prevail
 L An effort was made by the national feNanmittee today to placate Mir. Bry- Inn. but a conference resulted in com plete failnre MT Bryan would not reeede from the position he had taken and tonight prepared to make his fight from the floor of the convention tomorrow to rally the progressiyes to his standard in opposition to Judge Parker.
 MT. Bryan announced today if no other good progressive could be pre- vailed upon to make the race, i.e would enter the field himself as op- ponent of Judge Parker.
 The Nebraskan, three times can didate of his party for the presiden cy, stood out today as the dominant | figure in the convention All con ltlngencies of the future. including the nomination of a presidential candi- | date. seemed to hinge upon what he would do. The impression continued to be more marked that MT Bryan might himself be the ultimate pres idential nominee. Some of his friends tonight declared that he would bc voted for in the convention even if not formally placed in nomination, and they expressed the belief that he would win if the voting should go to fourth or fifth ballot
 Tn furtherance of their hope oi nominating MT. Bryan, some of his friends, 1t is said. are bending their energies to prevent coalition of the Clark and Wilson forces. They are talking of Bryan and Wilson as possible ticket and the suggestion is receiving attention in many quar- ters.
 In the event Mir Bryan should not be candidate himself for temporary chairman. it was said, he might urge Senator Kern of Indiana, his running mate of four years ago, for the place. Leaders, however, expect MT. Bryaif l to enter the race.
 
 is looked forward to with trepidation by some of the leaders and by the supporters of several of the presidea- tial aspirants One of the most in- teresting developments looked for IS 1.-the stand to be taken by the Champ Clark delegates. A large number of these already have been pledged to support the choice of the national committee, whoever he might be- This action was regarded in the state delegations as distinctly an ami Bryan move There has been long standing friendship between Mir. Brv- an and Speaker Clark. Delegates to- lnigh. are wondering if tomorrow's battle will show a rupture.
 It is coincident that Mir. Bryan is arraying himself against the oniy man who has shared with him the presidential nomination of his party since the memorable campaign of 1896. Judge Parker's comparatively wide margin of success in the national committee-31 to 20~-was taken by many of the leaders tonight as an indication of defeat for MT. Bryan. The latter's friends declined to put any such interpretation upon the ac- tion of the committe, Mir. Bryan said
 q had expected it. When MT. Guffey was seated against the pro- test of the Democrats in Pennsylvnu- + ia. I learned what I had expecte 1, that a majority of that committee either had no conception of Democra- cy or was so slavishly under the con- trol of the predatory interests as not to be free to follow their convictions. The reasons which they give are like all reasons given in. defense of wrong. They are insincere and are not ne
 reasons that are really influencing them. The fight will be resumed to- morrow at which time progressive will be presented for the convention to vote for, and the line will be drawn so that the delegates can decide
 whether they will ally themselves | with the Belmont Ryan Murphy crowd that overwhelmed the party with defeat eight years ago, and which is in close continuous co- Ipartnership with the crowd that nom 1 mated MT. raft at Chicago.
 'The predatory interests have no politics. They are with the party tEat serves them. Having enabled a minority of the Republicans to over ride the will of a majority of Repub- licans at Chicago. they are now here to enable a minority of the Democrats
 to override the majority in this con
 ventiOn.
 eThere is not great exploiting interest that is not represented in the
 lobbies of the hotels; there Is not a corrupting influence in American politics that is not being used and