The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-07-07

Arma geddon and c. Clark, former pos
SCISSOR of a we'll kicked houn dawg
will attest the integrity of this premise
IT was Mr. Roosevelt who hrst com
mitted this breach Of etiquette ana es
tablished a precedent and q warning
for Mr.. Clark. The latter, however,
failed to heed the warning and like the
African hunter suffered because of ms
action.
The deadly parallel has been working
overtime in this campaign Taft mana
gers kept comparing Roosevelt to Ma
poleon and when the parallel was com
iov was boundless. At the risk of out
raging the overworking parallel it
might be not amiss to point out how
Sneaker Clark lost out in Baltimore
Just as Theodore lost in Chicago.
A few days before the big Chicago
convention opened 'EBill" Flynn, of
Pittsburg, the supposedly " strong-arm -
Roosevelt leader got in touch with bls
chief at Oyster Bay and urged him to
same time Senators Dixon and Borah.
| chiefs of the Roosevelt board of strate-
CIV, advised the colonel not TO come to
| Chicago. But the colonel came and dis
sension resulted.
Finally the colonel took charge OF his
campaign and Dixon, Borah and Hadley
sulked in their tents. Colonel Roosevelt
was stimulated by the spirit of the oc-
casion to such an extent that he allowed
his enthusiasm to run away with him.
The spirit of the occasion made him ag-
gressive but his persuasive powers
failed him and the 500 delegates
counted certain for him slipped away.
Ten days later in Baltimore Speaker
Cbamp Clark looked n certain winner
for the Democratic presidential nomi-
tion He had a good majority Of the
delegates and those pledged to other
candidates were waverlnG. Clark lead.
crs tried to force tho issue, they wanted
fifty more delegates and they felt they
would be secure. They differed, how
ever, as to how to secure those dele
gates. Senator Dubois felt that per
soma lappeal from the speaker, him
self. would do the work. Therefore he
advised the Missouri hero to come to
Baltimore and convince the waverlng
ones to come into camp. Senator Stone
advised strongly against such an ac-
ton. But Champ Clark came and lost.
Arriving in town, Speaker Clark I'M
bibed the enthusiasm of the occasion
and began the work of proselyting.
Senator Watson of West Virginia, head
Of sixteen stalwart Clark delegates,
timore club. where the speaker held a
levee. But the persuasive power of
the speaker was lost as the colonel had
lost his in Chicago. West Virginia
sixteen strong, declared for Wilson.
Illinois, with fifty-eight delegates who
had hitherto voted solidly for Clark,
followed suit, and it was all over save
a resolution of thanks to the Eighth
Ward Democratic club for sandwiches
served the delegates.
To complete the moral. IL Is scarcely
necessary TO add that while the colonel
and the speaker were worrying In
heated convention cities, the president
of the United States was at the Wash
ington baseball game, marveling on the
pitching Of Walter Johnson, and the
governor of New Jersey was nicely
choosing sticks on the golf links at
Seagirt-
The southern representation at the
Republican and Democratic national
conventions was vastly different. The
southern states were largely repre-
sented at the Chicago convention by
sixty-six colored-or. rather, multicol-
ored delegates. They were shade
their attire was representative of every
tint in the spectrum. At the Demo
cratic convention every southern dele
gate was an orator and most of them
wore long hair and artists ties. Each
referred to his state as ''the brightest
gem on the skeleton hand Of time,
where women are beautiful and men
are chivalrous," or words TO that ef-
feet.
Two negro delegates to the Chicago
convention, who had been reveling IN
champagne and dining at exclusive
cafes, rather liked the convention thing
and decided to go to Baltimore. But
Baltimore is southern city, and negro
delegates to a Republican convention
are there regarded as belonging to the
ultra-elite. These delegates were not
surprised when they were told by the
astounded clerk at the Belvedere hotel
in Baltimore that all the rooms were
engaged. They believed it to be
fact, and they wandered down town.
They decided to drop into Kirwan g
cafe for a meal. The cashier stopped
them at the entrance and inquired their
business. They remarked that they
wanted to eat. The cashier reached
for fan and called Rufus, the colored
head waiter.
"Rufus,U he said, "thcse men say
they want something to eat here.
"Surely you must be mistaken; per
haps they came to see me or one Of
my assistants suggested Rufus.
But the negroes were insistent. Ru
fus then told them that all Of tho tables
in the cafe had been engaged, and the
guests TO occupy them were expected
momentarily. He pointedly suggested
that there was very nice restaurant
around the corner for colored folk.
| To turn 10 the Democratic southern
delegates again is necessary to show
their great confidence in the abiding
and everlasting principles espoused by
the immortal Jefferson. Northern
delegates, in speaking of the Demo
cratic outlook. would say,
Democracy has an excellent chance
for success this year. 1t is an oppor-
tunity. we have been awaiting for
years.
But this is too prosaic declaration
for the southern delegates.
"The winter of disaster is over, -
the southern delegate AYERS 'The gloom
of the night is dispelling- Lol The