The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-06-25
MORE TALK Of
4 DARK HORSE
GaynOr and Bryan In EverYb0dy's
Mouth at Baltimore.
new YORK MAY OECIOE Il.
Bryan Reporter Now, as re Wac On
Qaynor Stronger Than ne Appears
Few Contests to Decids-MurphS che
Sphinx.
BY ARTHUR W. DUNN.

i BY ARTHUR W. DUNN.
Baltimore. June 25.-[Speciall-Al
kinds of talk have been heard, and 6arL
horse speculation has been uppermoS,
among the thousands of Democrats
who have gathered here to name Il mar
they believe they can elect president
The names most frequently heard il
this connection are ttaynor and E;ryan
At Chicago there W; $ much talk about
Bryan. He seemed to receive grcat
deal of attention. In fact. some ~
the Taft men asse ted that hs over
Swallowed Colonel Roosevelt. hus thai
was dra wing it too trong.
There have been stories a<oat that
MIR. Bryan would prefer Guynor "a
either Wilson or clark and for me
| strangest sort of res sons
They're "Aiterar, Gents"
1t was pointed out that BryaD Las
q practical monopoly upon the GU pu.
| of simon pure Democratic poIit al
opinion in literary and platform gay
and writer's. but of course can cot
| rival a man whe has been three times
nominated for president Even one
! nomination would give one of these
! hen a vogue which would make him
rival of Bryan. For that reason it is
| pointed out that Bryan would prefer to
! have Gaynor. who * nos Il literary man
/ ha O. liz an,
| the future.
The Mayors s4eaIth.
| Some one raised the question ABOUT
the mayors health. and it was imsme
diately pointed out by those who are
grooming him for the dark horse entry
that he is remarkably robust: that he
gets his photograph taken several
times week and is shown active and
! alert. More than that. he is able to
attend to his business with regularity
and ease THE mayor is frail of fig
ure," said this admirer. but he does
not lack vitality nor strength for hard
work"
1t is said that Mr.. Murphy might be
willing to have Gaynor named because
it would be so obnoxious to Mr. Hearst
History May Repeat Itself.
Sixteen years ago William j. Bryan
was one of the reporters of the Repub-
ncan convention at st. Louis He sat
among the correspondents and wrote
his views for one paper Last week he
was one of the correspondents at the
Republican convention. and many ask.
ed themselves if history would repeat
itself and the same Bryan carry off
the Democratic nomination which was
to follow so hard upon the heels of
the Republican convention. There was
another difference to Bryan's appear
ance at the conventions as a reporter
He was reporting for a large syndicate
Of papers and was receiving very large
sums for his views Of the manner in
which politics was being conducted by
the politicians this year
For Which We Are Thankful.
The contests before the Democratic
national convention are unimportant
and every man connected with the con
vention is very thankful for that con-
dition. The contests will not decide
the result. When contests decide nom
nations very serious question is rails
ed. And yet in 1896 and again in 1903
the settlement of the contests in favor
of the men who were nominated by the
Republicans did not influence the re
suit in the least. They were forgotten
soon after the convention adjourned
The contests before this conv ention
are neither numerous nor of Il charac-
ter to excite any particular interest
.- What Will Murphy Do?
1t Is quite distinction to be at q
in control of ninety votes |
more than those OF any state in the |
Union, and to be at the same tine the |
great human myth Everybody has |
been asking. What will Murphy doT'
Charles +. Murphy, tn, boss |
Of Tammany and by the same token |
boss of New York state. He is not the I
oracle. for he does not say anything |
He is the sphinx which does not |
speak. but he is not that historic myth !
when the voting commences. Then |
the attitude of Murphy will be impOr
tant. New York. under his direction.
may be able to say who shall he the
Democratic nominee and Incidentally. |
should the Democrats carry the cleo
lion, who will be president New
York can make a president" is what
% heard on every side
No Talk of Money
The Democrats have been boasting
hat there Is no talk Of money consid-
grafton as influencing the nomination
IT president at their convention.
These same Democrats indicate that
hey are going to make the NEST of
he charges Of bribery at Chicago