The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-07-04
.GAYNOR I7z;;FSHOW
FOR NOMINATION!
IN CASE OF DEADLOCK NEW YORK
GOVERNOR HAS FINE CHANCE
OF Carrying CONVENTION.
BALTIMORE

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There was also injected into the
situation Monday morning-in fact, all
UaN-lhe recurring boom for GaynOr.
| by some his boom is taken seriously
specially in the event of deadlock (:
by others il is considered moonShine
ana one of Murphy's old political say
ings.
However this may be, il the Har-
| mon and Wilson factions get into a
mill-and it looks like Harmon and
| wilson 49, nowhere is certainly a
show for the Mayor. Clark is GER
tainly out of the runniug-he was
cleVerly boxed by that Bryan tele-
gram OF Friday, and il looks as if
Underwood is one of those who also
ran.
Undoubtedly. what is worrying the
wise ones today is that thorn in the
tlesh-the nomination of Parker for
temporary chairman. Several of the
subcommittee expressed the opinion
today that the only thing the matter
! with the nomination of Mr.. Parker
was that il was I'm fair way OF Great
| ing schism at the understanding
20 be particularly avoided in view of
the row and the route in Chicago.
There is a movement on among the
| conservatives with Murphy, Taggart
ana Sullivan to entirely eliminate
| Bryan, but whether this coup can sue
| cessfully be pulled off remains TO be
seen. Bryan undoubtedly will pre-
! cipitate fight, and his arrival to-
morrow afternoon will be the signal
for the engagement all along the line.
And so the situation stands. There
| is nothing TO hang to; Clark and I'm
derwood are out of the running: Gay
nor is either a myth or strong po-
! tentiality; Harmon is going some,
with possibly the backing Of New
| York's ninety delegates and some few
from Sullivan with Taggart on the
| job.
AS for Wilson, his position is a
precarious one. There is no use try
ing TO soft-soap Murphy. Sullivan or
| TagSart. Bryan may be eliminated
he will have to make the running
! and 40 the pace to the end.
There is said to be a conference
on for this evening at the Belve-
dere between Chairman Mack and
Charles +. Murphy. the purpOrt OF
which is TO throw Bryan out Of the
party councils and defend Parker and
the national committee against his
attacks; but there will be some riot
over this.
Fighting for Harmon.
Sounding the keynote of "Ohio solid
for Harmon" Judge David Rockwell,
of that State, arrived at the Harmon
! headquarters Friday morning. He
! ridiculed the feeble attempts being
made by Harvey c. CARRIER. expiring
| national committee from Ohio, to
| launch an anti-Harmon movement in
| these pre-cOnvention days.
| Mr.. CARRIER, as a political factor.
is matter Of history in Ohio" said
Judge Rockwell. His efforts to talk
| anti-HarmOn stuff in Baltimore are
about as effective as he has ever
been in Ohio. His supreme effort TO
! defeat Governor Harmon in 1910.
| when he massed his orators and his
! influence in the attempt. resulted in
! Governor Harmon's winning by the
| handsome majority Of 100,377. That
| is what CARRIERS strength amounts 10
| in Ohio.
HE was unable to go to his own
county convention and only attended
| the State convention at Toledo as a
spectator, which is going some for
| the Napoleon of Ohio politics. Now
/ what an ahsurdity ii is for him to
come down here and attack Governor
Harmon. backed as the Governor is
by a record OF two wonderfully sue
| cessful Democratic administrations
Governor Harmon is gaining in
! strength every day, and the people
| of Ohio are proud OF the man they
have twice elected to he their Gov
ernor.
THE Toledo convention which he is
attacking was as fine a Democratic
convention as I ever attended. The OPP
position to Governor Harmon insti-
tuted on the street corners and hotel
Hobbies by CARRIER Che had no stand
ing in the convention) was disposed
of in a very few minutes after the
convention was called to order. Gov
ernOr Harmon named the delegates at
large and resolutions Of the highest
commendatory type were adopted in
a review of Governor Harmon's work
for the Democratic party. Governor
Harmon is the one Democrat who can
carry Ohio and the pivotal States and
the party must capture these this
year it If means to win"
Wilson's College ROOtcrs.
And so it goes-but just have a
weather eye for that college crowd
70 500 strong from Princeton. Yale,
Harvard and Pennsy, who are going TO
stampede the convention for Wilson.
don't know yet how the suffragette
contingent from Washington, with
their thirty-nine cent bonnets and 81
duck suits. are going to line up.
fancy they will go over TO Teddy and
Bryan and that third party. But they
are coming; are to have some parade
and two bands of music.
One of the most interesting figures
at the Belvedere Saturday morning
was Hermann Ridder. OF the Stats
Zeitung. New York. treasurer of the
Democratic national committee. Mr.
Ridder is one of the big men OF the
convention, but convention etiquette
prevents his being quoted.
II there is any man who is an out
and-out Wilson enthusiast 1t is Sena-
tor MARITIME. OF New Jersey. It's a
pleasure for one to listen to him pro-
sey Governor as Mr.. MARITIME.
What Speaker Byrd Says.
Speaker Richard Evelyn Byrd, Of
the Virginia House of Delegates, was
also in the Wilson headquarters at
noon Saturday. Mr.. Byrd thinks the
sentiment is strong in Virginia for
Wilson. For that reason" says he.
I do not believe that the 'organiza-
ton VIII impose the unit rule. l be-
lieve that the nine Wilson men will
stand against its imposition, and if
they do the rule will not be enforced
tour-htths of the uncontrolled vote of
virginia is for Wilson," says Mr.. Byrd.
Mr.. Byrd also stated that there
would be a conference of Wilson del
egates in Washington Sund N at the
New Willard. When asked IS to the
virginia delegations attitude as to
the nc nination of Parker for tempo
rary chairman, Mr.. Byrd said that il
was neither possible nor proper to
give an opinion anti Monday.
Mr.. Hyrd, wuiIe an a~Cent Wilson
supper 'er, sees in Murphy, Taggart |
ana Sullivan an ominous setting 10
the wilson end of the business here. |
1t remains to be seen whether the