The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-04
BRYAN AND GAYNOR
MOI POSS|BLE
There Are Some Who Believe
They May Get First and Sec
ond Places on Ticket.
ALWAYS CLOSE FRIENDS
Many Presidential Candidates
Now in Washington Build
ing Up Their Fences.
Especial to rhe Time, 5ls3atcn. i

/ Especial TO The Timcs- Dis3atca,l
; Washington, April B. VIII there be
Il union .. Tammany ana progressive
! strength al the Baltimore convention
I tina, Will mean bryan and Gaynor FOR
| hrst and second place Respectively. on
! the Democratic ticket:
New Workers who hav. been in
| Washington during the last few days
say that while there las bcen no such
union as yet. nor any serious discus
sion regarding 1T. there is a Likelihood
that such thing mas happen. Why
Is thls 40! Ncithcr Timiuuny nor the
rr"grcssivcs have Yet iHkcu 81 d.hiti:,
stand for any OF the candidates IN til"
! Held. but 1t II worth uotln- taht Mayor
HlNn"t led all others il y recent news
paper canvass taken in brooklyn. when
the paper taking it was no, especiallv
friendly to the Mayor
Mayor Gaynor declares, like other
men, that he is not candidate FOR
but he is candidate in much the same
way That Bryan is--tha. is. he would
accept the nomination for President.
OF course, were 1t rendered aim Hut
would he take second place? is be-
licvcd nc would
Mr.. Gaynor has alNay. oaen a loyal
supporter of Colonel BRYAN. and voted
for the Nebraskan on each OF the oc-
casions WHEN he ran for President. It
should be remembered that at the
times when Mr.. Bryan ran Tor Prcsl-
dent. Mr.. Gaynor was deoarred from
taking an active part In the campaigns
because OF the fact that lie WAS Il SUI
psc!nc Court judge. lie stood ilTmly
for Brynn's free silver doctrines. and
was one of the latter's st1unchcst sup
porters.
Candidates All Here.
Washington this week will Sc.
Woodrow Wilson. Champ Clark. Under
wood, Harmon and one Of tho dark
horses now grooming. Marshall. OF In
diana. 1t has been & long time since
so many presidential aspirants got to-
sether in the shadow Of the big Capt
tol dome al one time and II may he
many years before such 4 thing will
happen again.
The arrival OF Harmon a few days
ago 10 present briefs 10 thc Supreme
Court In the rate cases VAS the signal
for his friends here to get together
and declare that. although the Ohio
Governor has not beer making; nearly
so many claims as some or the other
candidates. nc is still very much Il,
The fight. and In addition to this. while
there have bean no ''hat in the ring"
horse play incident 10 advertise his
campaign. no Will b. heard from al
Baltimore The position OF Governor
Harmon, Is expressed at the National
Press Club. places him strictly in the
hands of his friends: not that his
friends arc not fighting. for t;hcy are.
but he himself believes that he should
attend to his official duties and lie.
those who arc planning his presiden-
tiai contest do the work
Why Underwood Is Popular.
Oscar Underwood. leader Of the Dem
ocrats in ttle House just now eniovs
the plcasure Of having put tho Repub.
lican party in a hole BY bringing
up AMI Sassing his several tariff bills
notably the sugar and wool bills. and
passing the income tax bill. his party
stands before the voters of the conn
try with absolutely clean hands
de passes the work on 10 the Sen
ate. What is the result? The Senate
must either take up tlrase tariff bills.
according to common custom and leg
islhtiTc rules. or falling 10 act on them.
admit that that body is not willing 10
stand for the work Of he House in 4
reduction Of tariff duties--duties for
revenue only. and not for protection.
If the Senate does nothing, that viii
be an admission of The fact that me
House is right IL IL passes the House
DIS and indorses the Democratic
work that will be an admission also OF
the correct position of the Democrats,
so that In either '.vent the Republicans
seem to be in the hole.
Wilson's Hcn on Hand.
When Woodrow Wilson reaches
Washington and goes 10 the Capitol he
VIII hnd an enthusiastic band of loyal
SIDnOrteYS = Nv J.;
professor" az he mas been called. will
not be a stranger to Congress, al
though ne probably has been around
Washington less than any OF the other
presidnatial candidates during The last
few years. The Wilson men are linin,.
up to give tho Now Jersey Governor q
rouslnS welcome p. II. McG.