The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-03-23
WILL GET KANSAS
SAY WILSON MEN

Washington. D. c., March 2S.-
Especial 1.-THE Kansas delegation to
the democratic national convention At
Baltimore is not for Champ Clark. 1t
is for Governor Woodrow Wilson.
Such is the claim made in formal
statement Issued today from the head
quarters pf the New Jersey executive
in Washington. The statement of the
Wilson campaign managers says:
"Advices received today from Kan
sas make it certain that fourteen, and
probably fifteen of the twenty dele
gates to the Baltimore convention,
favor the nomination of Governor Will
son for the presidency 1t has been
asserted mat Governor Wilson only
carried IT,. ee of the eight congress
sional districts in Kansas, but infor-
nation received at Wilson headquar-,
ters today shows that Governor Will
sons supporters elected delegates in
six of the districts, giving him total
of twelve of the sixteen district dele
gates. In addition the Wilson forces
succeeded in electing two of the four
delegates-at-large one of whom is Hen
derson Martin, the Wilson campaign
manager in Kansas.
There is no doubt that the Wilson
forces have two thirds of the Kansas
delegation, and acting under the in
structions of the convention, which
declared for Clark as first and Wilson
as second choice, the vote of the del
egates of two thirds of the delegation
it is deemed expedient to do so'-the
language Of the resolution of instruc-
ito mas adopted by the convention. 1t
is plain that with two thirds of the
delegation in favor of the nomination
of Governor Wilson a perfunctory vote
on the first ballot would enable the
Kansas delegates to go to Governor
Wilson, who is their real choice for the
presidency"
The statement issued by the Wilson
headquarters places the twenty votes
OF Kansas in the Wilso ncolumn along
with the ten votes given the New Jer-
sey executive in Oklahoma. In all,
thirty votes are now claimed for Gov.
ernor Wilson and the statement adds.
There is no disposition on the part
of the Wilson people to violate the in
structions of the Kansas state conven-
tion, and unquestionably Speaker
Clark will receive all twenty votes on
the first ballot if he remains a candi-
date, but the friends of the governor
are in absolute control of the delega-
ton, and will be able to turn to their
candidate should such remote con-
tingency as second ballot become
necessary"
Kansas newspapers received here to-
day confirmed the advices received at
Wilson headquarters with reference to
the complexion of the delegation elect
ed to the Baltimore convention. Speak
ing of the work Of the convention, the
Kansas City Star, an independent
newspaper, says that Speaker Clark
got all the delegates except two thirds
of them, and that the delegates we're
instructed to vote for Mr.. Clark until
Governor Wilson wants them to vote
for him"
In its story of the convention The
Star, which is the leading newspaper
of the middle west gives much interest
ing information correcting false inn
pressions conveyed in dispatches from
Hutchinson, Kans., at the time the
state convention was in session last
week. The Star says
"The Kansas delegates to the ma
tional democratic convention were in
structed for Champ Clark, first choice
and Wilson for second choice.
whenever in the opinion of two
thirds of the delegation it is deemed
expedient to do SO, is the instructions
as to when they shall leave Clark and
go to Wilson.
The resolution was added to the
regular Clark resolution when it be-
came apparent that it was doubtful
whether Clark could win instructions
at all. The resolution recites that Will
son is the second choice. of the Kan
sas democrats, and when the delegates