Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-05-15
SAY uNlNsTRucTED DELEGATES
WILL CONTROL IOWA
CONVENTION.
CONTEND THAT CLARK CAN'T
WIN AGAINST ROOSEVELT
Rising Tide for Colonel Causes Demo-
Gratis to Take Notice and May Pre-
vent Speaker From Securing Pledge
of Iowa at Burlington Thursday
Clark Conceded Only 800 Supporters.
Special to Times-Republican.

SpeClal TO IlmeS- -RepuDllCan.
Des Moines. May 15.-Clark has only
a few more than 800 instructed dele
gates and Wilson only a few more than
200, OF those selected for the Burling-
ton convention tomorrow So the Bryan
people are declaring.
This leaves about 500 of the dele
gates free to act as they desire for the
good of the party, according to the Of
ficers of the new Bryan League,
which is scheduled to hold a confer
ence today at Burlington. On this
basis it is believed that the convention
will decide upon a delegation Of Bryan
friends without instructions.
Leaders of the Des Moines delegation
went to Burlington last night to at
tend the convention and others are go
:HS TODAY The delegation from here
will he small. because of the distance
and because of fear of lack of accom-
Democrats say that none
of the northwestern delegations will be
complete and it will be difficult to Sc
cure attendance from every county.
But they are assured that the attend
ance from the First and Second dis
trict counties will be large and that
the convention will fill the hall
Wilson Men Oppose instructions.
The Des Moines and Polk county del
egation is strictly a Wilson delega-
ton, the Bryan boomers from here not
being on the delegation. However, the
Wilson men have all along taken the
position that it would be better for
Iowa to have an uninstructed delega-
tion, and indeed at the start they did
not want any fight at all in Iowa.
Hence they are ready to join the Bryan
men if the program Is for no instruc-
tions.
The Bryan men are going to the con-
vention prepared to make quite dem
onstration in favor of Bryan. They
are going to insist that the great body
OF the democrats of the country are
now convinced that Bryan is the only
man who can lead them to victory.
They are saying that as matter of
fact they have not consulted Bryan
nor will they do SO, but will contend
that the democrats have right to Sc
lect their candidates regardless of the
wishes of individuals
Says Clark Can't Beat Roosevelt.
James Parsons. of this city. ex-
pressed the situation right the other
day. Il have never at any time been
a Bryan man." he said, "but / am one
now. For the first time have come to
be for him. figure it out this way
that Roosevelt is now almost certain to
be the republican nominee. and to
Clark would be to throw
away all chance Of election, and the
right man to meet Teddy is none other
than Bryan. He is the only man who
could stand up against Roosevelt and
match him at every turn
Democrats frankly admit that it is
the rising tide Of Rooseveltism that is
doing the chief harm to the Champ
Clark boom, and making him a practi-
cal impossibility.
1t is now believed certain that the
Clark men. which is the organization in
Iowa. have sufficient strength that
they will name delegation TO Balti-
more that will be sure to re-elect Judge
N. j. Wade Iowa member of the ma
tional committee. This has been one
of the things around which the fight
has ragged.