Omaha daily bee., 1912-06-23
BATTLE IMPENDS
FOR DEMOCRATS
Chairman Mack and Committee
Arrayed Against Bryan and
Governor Wilson.
WANT PROGRESSIVE CONVENTION
Statements Follow Day of Confer
ences Among Leaders.
MACK DECLARES NO ISSUE
Does Not See How Choice of Parker
Can Raise One.
WILSON UPHoLDS NEBRASKAN
Probability that Bitter Contest VIII
Open Baltimore Convention
Chairman Mack to Rap
for Order.
WANT PROGRESSIVE CONVENTION
Statements Follow Day of Confer
ences Among Leaders.
MACK DECLARES NO ISSUE
Does Not See How Choice Of Parker
Can Raise One.
WILSON UPH0LDS NEBRAsKAN

BALTIMORE. June 22.-Prospects tha
the democratic national convention will
be organized without a fight almos
reached the vanishing point tonight with
the almost simultaneous issuance of state
ments by Governor Wilson of New Jersey
sustaining Bryan's contention for con
Vention of progressives and by Chairman
Mack of the national committee that the
committee would make Parker temporary
chairman of the convention. .
Chairman Mack's statement came few
| hours after Vice Chairman Hall of Ne
! braska, regarded as Mr.. Bryan's personal
| representative here, insisted that Bryan
would never let up on his fight against
Judge Parker. Mr.. Mack had conferred
all day with his fellow Committeeman and
Charles F. Murphy, leader of Tammany
Hall. His statement was eagerly read by
the leaders who had to align themselves
with Mr. Bryan. 1t said:
II am satisfied that nothing will pre-
vent Judge Parker's name from being
presented to the convention. Not only
will the national committee ratify the
action Of the arrangement committee by
substantial majority, but the conven-
tion will support the action of the party
organization in naming Judge Parker"
Mack VIII Not Compromise.
Chairman Mack, in talking of the situa-
tion tonight, said
You can make it as strong as you like
that there is no intention Of compromise.
No leader or delegate has ever spoken
about compromise to me and there will
be none"
'That means fight on the floor of
the convention"
"Weli.'' replied Mr.. Mack, ~ don't see
how Mr. Bryan or any one else can make
a fight against the candidate for tempo
rary chairman chosen by the national
committee There Is no issue involved In
the selection Of Judge Parker and the
whole matter involves no platform issue"
Mr.. Bryan's friends and leaders of the
movement for Governor Wilson held con-
ferences practically throughout the day
trying to find candidate to place In
nomination for chairman to oppose Par
ker. No less than seven names were con-
sidered by the Wilson leaders, but moth
ing was decided upon and it was generally
agreed that the plan would be to await
the arrival Of Mr.. Bryan tomorrow after
noon.
Clark-Tammany Combine.
Governor Wilson's friends read with in
terest, the governors reply to Mr.. Bry-
ans note in opposition to Judge Parker.
They openly asserted that Speaker
Clark's adherents had formed an alliance
with friends of Judge Parker and pointed
to an interview given out by the Clark
headquarters, in which Senator OGor-
man of New York was quoted as saying
that he believed Speaker Clark could
the full democratic votes in all parts
of the country as confirming their state
ments that the New York delegation
was planning to cast its vote for Mr. |
Clark.
At a late conference today among the
Wilson forces the names Of Senator Cul-
berson of Texas, J. Hamilton Lewis of |
Senators Kern and Shively of |
Indiana, Governor Plaisted of Maine, |
Henry of Texas and
OGorman of New York were
discussed for temporary chairman
Roger Sullivan, national committee !
man for Illinois said tonight. that the |
national committee was not disposed to |
settle the status in convention of Harvey |
CARRIER, Ohio member of the committee |