Evening journal., 1912-07-02
DEADLOCK AND RIOT.

~ HE struggle between the progressive Democrats.
Il headed by William Jennings Bryan and Woodrow
Wilson. the conservative Democrats. led by Champ
Clark and his supporters proceeded with relentless
fury in the National Convention in Baltimore yester
day The indications are that It will resumed to-
day No one knows whether the proceedings this att
ternoon tonight will result in breaking the dead
lock There those who do not hesitate to that
the object Of Bryan 20 disrupt the Democracy and to
carry the progressive end Of over to the National
Progressive Party Of Colonel Theodore Roosevelt That
is denied by Bryan his friends They say he merely
trying to prevent Tammany Hall Wall street in
erests from dominating the convention and making the
nominations.
admitted generally that such bitterness of feel
ing has been engendered as result of the Baltimore
struggle that matter how 1t may end. IL will be inn
possible to heal the before the November cleo
ton With such conditions existing in the Democracy
it will improve greatly the situation of Taft and Sher
man. Hundreds Of Democrats, disgusted by the dead
lock and the fighting in Baltimore. already have
that they will for Taft thereby assist
in rebukng their party leaders
or all the men in the convention there is
hated by the conservatives than Bryan. They rccog
nze in him tho who has made all the trouble
Bryan is the chief supporter Of Woodrow Wilson and
the New Jersey Governor has suffered greatly there
from in the ballotng. Unauestonably there are
of delegates in the convention who would have gone to
Wilson long had it not been for his close alliance
with the Nebraskan.
There times yesterday when the scenes in the
convention hail disgraceful smggers were at
work many men were knocked down and struggles were
in in many parts of the big convention hall
The Chicago convention a Sunday school when
compared with the great Democratic gathering Most
of tho lighting centered about Bryan There was a
time when It feared he would be attacked by
bers Of the Missouri delegation. Policemen were de-
tailed 10 guard him
Wilson, Bryan's candidate passed the 500 mark be-
fores the session closed Then the wave in his favor
began to recede Bryan seemingly is determined that
tho nominee shall bear the stamp his approval and
his enemies in the convention have been eqi ally de-
mined that Bryan shall head the ticket Thus
far the indications that neither Wilson nor Clark
can be nominated and that IL the deadlock is to be
broken. third man must be selected The unit rule
was smashed yesterday in effort to give votes to
Wilson. Even that expedien did not serve to give to
him the requisite two-thrds vote Nor was he in any
position to plead that when he passed the ma
jority mark he entitled to the nomination
under Democratic usage. Clark passed the ma
iority mark two or three days ago and then the
Wilson refused to be bound by precedent for his
benefit
There is no doubt that both the Chicago and the Bal
timore conventions shave brought the national conven
tion method Of nominating candidates into disrepute
Whether some other method shall be- devised between
now and tho nominations four years hence is serious
question which confronts the leaders OF each party