Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-04
BY ALFRED HENRY LEWIS.

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has winged the word along the line that
he wants Hadley. of Missouri, for a
running mate. With HadIey for vice
president he hopes to stiffen the Repub-
lican hand in Missouri and the West.
Roosevelt believes that Clark will ne
the Democratic nominee against him.
With Missouri as a solid wall behind
Clark. the oyster Bay feeling is that
the single chance Of rounding up the
state for the Republicans is to put
Hadley on the ticket.
Hadley has already carried the gov
ernorship, and Roosevelt deduces there
from a local Hadley popularity.
Both the Roosevelt and the anti
Roosevelt forces declare Roosevelt will
be in Chicago not later than Thursday.
They read between the lines when he
sends forth word that he'll come if
needed" and insists that the question
, of need" has already been decided by
him IN the affirmative.
7. r. Buttons For Taftites.
So sure is former Taft contingent
| in congress Of an ultimate Roosevelt
victory at Chicago that they have
donned and are wearing new kind of
campaign button. One may he seen
most prominently blazing on the broad
| breast Of House Leader Mann 1t is
Roosevelt button, with the motto all
about it, I'VE know when we're beat"
Taft, who also knows when he's
beat" insists more strongly than ever
to his near advisers-after the doors
have been doubly locked and guarded
! that his name must not go before the
convention. He has seen enough by
the light of the recent primaries to
know that the great majority Of the
party do not want him, and, although
the indomitable Tawney and others try
to cheer him up and show him that
with the aid of the national committee
sitting in Chicago he can be steam
rollered into the nomination, he has no
heart for so empty an honor
Better, he believes. to step sidewise
out Of a situation which grows worse
and not better every day than to bur
glarize the convention for the nomina-
ton and then be beaten out Of every
semblance of political humanity at the
polls.
Finding Fault With Manaqers.
Taft is finding grievous fault with
Mckinley and Crane He insists that
it was they who, against his will and
protest, drove him into those speech
making tours, which in the recent Sri-
mary fights resulted so disastrously.
Crane and Mr. Mckinley don't saw
much in reply to Tafts complaint of
bad management. but murmurinA
among themselves they intimate that it
was he, not they, who insisted upon
that unfortunate speech making.
Among the soberer and more
thoughtful Democrats, many of whom
have not violently preferred the cause
of any candidate the conviction is be-
ginning to form that Clark should be
and will be named. Littleton of New
tYork, has come. after a weeks absence
from his seat, full of Clark belief. l
Hilton, of West Virginia and the SEN
ate, is another.
These gentlemen. in turning to Clark
and thinking greatly of the party and
a ballot triumph in November, argue
after this wise: Wilson is the leading
candidate against Clark 1t is not sure
that Wilson could carry New Jersey.
1t is sure that Clark could carry Mis-,
souri, Also, Missouri is bigger than
New Jersey.
Clark Stronger Man.
In the electoral college 1t takes 266
votes to choose a president. The Dem
ocrats given Oklahoma, Missouri and
Maryland, are certain of 1888 votes Far
the other IS required to elect, the Dem
ocrats would have Maine, Massachu
setts, California, Colorado, Illinois, In
diana Ohio West Virginia, New Jer-
sey and New York to look to.
Clark can carry Missouri, Oklahoma
and Maryland 1t is a question if Will
son could. Wilson would lose Missouri
sure, and Maryland probably.
With Hadley for vice president upon
the ticket with Roosevelt. Missouri
would inevitably go Republican if VIII
son did the running for the Democrats.
/ The returns from the popular prima
ries are thus thrashed out: Clark
swept. as if by fire, Rhode Island, Mas
sachusetts. Kentucky, Maryland, Illi-
nois. Arkansas, Utah. Colorado and
! california.
Clark also carried Nebraska. even in
the face Of Bryan's expressed prefer
ence for Wilson, and Bryan was chosen
a delegate and instructed to vote first,
last and all the time for Clark.
This marks Clark as the great ma
tional choice of the Democracy. The
candidate who can carry California, Il