The Penn's Grove record., 1912-06-21
Baltimore Convention News

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DEAR SIR:
1 am writing to you for three pur-
poses.
|. I want to thank you for publish
ing in your paper the letters which l
wrote during the last session OF the
legislature. l felt i my duty to keep
the people of the county informed as to
proposed legislation. and tried to make
the information correspond with the
| exact facts and non-pOlitical. After
election is over, it is the duty of a cam
didate elected to an office to serve all
the people If his district as best he can
without regard to politics. l could not
have kept the people of u county in
formed without your help ami L want
to thank you for myself personally, and
in their behalf for publishing without
hesitation the information which l sent
you. 1t showed a desire on your part
to serve the people with your paper, to
make it in fact u real newspaper, bring.
ing all and the best news you can get
into their homes, 80 that your paper
may be as helpful and beneficial to your
patrons as possible. You have shown
that, while you may have political pre-
%ferences, and your paper may reflect
the principles for which your party
stands, yet your paper is not a mere
political organ. Many persons of both
parties both subscribe for and read
your paper, and you have shown that
you are anxious 10 make your p per a
real service 10 the people as Il whole
This, 1t seems TO me, is a high standard
for a paper to set and n Which, should
commend the respect and best wishes
of all right-thinking people.
2. l want to thank publicly the peo-
pie of the First Congressional District
who could in accordance with the laws
regulating primary elections for the
support they gave to Governor Wilson
in the election of Sheriff Joseph E.
Nowrey and myself, delegates to the
National Democratic Convention to be
hell at Baltimore next week. The
contest was II in which the personal
ity of Sheriff Nowrey and myself did
not count for much. 1t was in reality
not our fight, but Governor Wilson's,
and | thank the people for their loyalty
to him. He has never played them
false and is a man of sterling worth
and great ability, and l rejoice that
they stood by him. -
3. | want to give a short account of
the feeling in Baltimore as l have been
able to gather it at this time. The
delegates are beginning to make their
appearance. Many are now here from
the remotest parts of our country. The
hotels are commencing to buzz with
visitors. There are nine or ten hotels
here-The Emerson, Stafford, CasW ell,
Belyidere, Howard, Herman. Rennert,
st. James and Altemont. All of them
are being filled, and will he crowded all
next week. The New Jersey Dele.
gates ale TO stop at the Stafford, but
their headquarters are at the Emerson,
so is the headquarters of Speaker Clark,
Governor Harmon and Mayor Gaynor.
The situation as it appears at this time
is this: Champ Clark will likely get
most votes on the first ballot, Governor
Wilson will be a close second anu per-
haps will have as many Is Speaker
Clark. Congressman Underwood will
have the third highest number. and
Governor Hartman the fourth. Cover
o Wilson seems to be the second
choice of more delegates than any other
candidate, and to-day the feeling seems
to he that he has the best chance of
nomination. 1t is thought that it will
be either Wilson or Harmon. For
some reason the majority of people do
not seem to think that Champ Clark
will be nominated. This is not a pre-
dictiOn because We cannot tell what the
next move may bring. l have only in
Dictated the feeling OF to-day as l have
gathered it. Tomorrow, it may lie
entirely different.
A number of people have asked me
for tickets of admission to The Conven-
tior Hail. 1t serms to be understood
that The delegates will receive four
tickets each. l am trying to secure
some tickets from far distant delegates
who may lot need their tickets, and [
shall be glad to tuin over all the tickets
which | can secure-And l shall lose
no opportunity to secure all L can-to
the Salem County delegation, so that
they may be used by them. No indi-
vidual person will likely be able to at.
tend every session of the Convention,
but | shall try to secure enough ticket,
so that every person coming from Salem
County may attend some sessions. A
few extra tickets have been promised
me. l regret that it is impossible to
secure a ticket for every person for
every session. State Chairman Gross.
cup told me that one ticket was allotted
to HIM and he had received fifteen hun.
dred applications for that one.
Hoping TO see a number of Salem
County people at the Convention, lam.
Yours truly,
j. WARREN DAVIS.