Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-06-06

refused to- stampede. They stood rock |
Ike by their game and their guns Clark |
held over 400 delegates. Bryan cut the !
Wilson strength in two. neither getting
40 votes.
Wilson. however. feels that with Clark !
winning delegates on one side and Bryan
intriguing on the other his own candida
tional days are being rapidly numbered.
In an effort to remedy matters Wilson
only the other day sent Representative
Henry of Texas to Harvey. OF Harper's
Weekly, with message of contrition.
Wilson was sorrowfully willing to say
anything. do anything. to make repara-
ton for what wrongs he had heaped up
on Harvey, and wanted Harvey to know
1t.
Harvey told Henry for Wilson that he,
Harvey. could both forget and forgive.
and to say no more about 1t. Wilson was
vastly consoled when Henry brought him
reassuring words from Harvey. and is
now convinced that his boom Will be re-
inflated. As between himself and Bry-
an. and In spite of any Belmont nearness
to Bryan. born of the campaign of 1905
Wilson IS confident that he, not Bryan,
will be the compromise favorite.
But there are some men against whom
plots are powerless. Such a man Is Clark
There are some things which money
I can't do. II can't stop a runaway horse;
it can't put out a fire; It can't trip up nor
send headlong the racing destines OF
| Clark. Clark will he named at Balti-
| more. A glance at the situation a g 1t ex-
lists will show that in the face of Bryan
| a ark -t,tII ~. , ti,,
candidate
! Consider these figures: on May q,
! Clark. instructed and pledged. had 29l
| delegates. Since then Kentucky has
! elected a State convention through coun-
ty primaries. Clark. a native son of Ken
lucky. born there in 1850. will control the
Kentucky STATE convention by practically
a unanimous vote.
III DELEGATES ARE NOW IN
STRCCTED FOR CLARK.
From Virginia Clark will have eight
, delegates to Baltimore; the Richmond
Journal makes 1t II. kentucky and vir-
ginia will r9lse Clark's 39l of May p to
i25
In primaries and conventions yet to be
held Clark Will secure support as follows
May 2y-Distrlct of Columbia ............ Il
May .9-Montana,..... .................... $
May 29-Arizona ..........,. .,..............
May 3l-Rhode Island ....................1 10
June 3ldaho........ Observation-Disclosures.
June i-Louisana. ...... ..................3
June 4-West Virginia District. IL
June 4-South Dakota ....................l0
June 6-West Virginia State.
June lS-Vermont...... ................. 8
Making a total Of 81
The Hawaii delegation. uninstructed is
for Clark according to information from
San Francisco. which makes %, or %
short of n majority
Clark Is certain to secure from Maine
, New York, Delaware Michigan. Tennes.
see and Utah. enough to make more than
, majority on the first ballot
, In this calculation no delegates have
, been counted from New Jersey. although
It IS a practical certainty that Clark Will
, receive the vote on the first ballot Of al
the uninstructed delegates in New Jersey
, III addition Clark Is bound to secure {
portion Of the Ohio delegates elected a!
. Wilson delegates. unless the state con
vention invokes the unit rule. abou
which there IS serious doubt. because o
q the fact that these delegates We're elect
cu III district prlnhrler, over winch tn'
t State convention has no control.
4 Clark Is the second choice of the VII
son delegates In Pennsylvania, Wiscon
q sin. Oklahoma. Michigan. Tennessee an,
r Oregon He is the second choice of thu
? Connecticut delegation, and stands tn
I best chance to secure the Indiana dele
e cation.
| There you have a birds eye view o
Clark's strength. and, If one may plac
: his faith in figures. neither the Bryan
. nor the Wilson's. neither the MorGans no
v the Harveys shall prevail against II,
= have been here two days. | have gon
= all through the situation with a lantern
The foregoing Is a true report. and to
, pin my name as a historian and
prophet,
Gaynor, mayor, is down here with VII
cox. of the public service commission. ~
one knows why he came, unless he want
to say something 70 Wilcox he doesn
:, care to say in the county of New YORK
- One wild view was that he was ''lookin
:, after his presidential boom" Since n
" part OF his equipment included micro
scope. no reliance has been placed on thi
rumor Also save for few newspape
" men, and Wilcox, he was wholly alone.