The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-31
HARMON AND
 WILSON LEAD
Sharp Maneuvering for Con- necticut's Vote on Second
 Ballot Already Begun
SMALL TOWNS FOR WILSON
Leaders Believe, However, That Harmon Is the Man Who Will Be Nominated

New Haven, Jan. 31-That there will be some sharp maneuvering for dele gates to the Democratic National con- Vention from Connecticut is apparent after yesterdays gathering at the Ho- tel Taft. Indeed that maneuvering has already begun and the contest lies be- tween the friends of Governors Jud- son Harmon and Woodrow Wilson. Of course the 14 delegates to the National convention will be instructed to vote for Governor Simeon E. Baldwin for the presidency and of course there's a chance that there might be such a deadlock in the national convention that dark horse would be the win ner. Following that chance once more Gov. Baldwin might be the lucky man but following the law of probabilities the Conn ecticut delegates will vote for Gov. Baldwin on the first ballot and on the second or possibly the third will go to one of the leading cand1- dates.
 It takes a two-thirds vote of all the delegates to nominate in a Demo- cratic National convention, and, from the present indications, no one of the aspirants for the nomination will be able to command that number or votes on the first ballot. There will be favorite sors in many states and it is expected that some IA candidates will receive votes on that first ballot. Gov. Baldwin will be among them and he may until the finish.
 For Second Choice.
 The Harmon and Wilson men are fighting everywhere for second choice among the favorite son delegations and they are beginning to get in some The candidate who on the second or third ballot can command the great est number of these scattering. favor ite son votes will come the nearest to getting away with the nomination.
 Hence, there will be a sharp un- der-the-surface fight for the Connec- ticut delegates. While there are few Clark men in Connecticut, the private conversation of the Demo- cratic leaders. would lead one to be- lieve that behind the Baldwin instruc- tions there is at present lining up a pretty battle for votes on the second ballot
 Recently Gov. Baldwin was quoted al saying some very nice things about Gov Harmon and he has been put down as a Harmon supporter, or he would be put down as such if he were not now a formal candidate for the honor for himself.
 It was amusing, in a way. to listen to the public and private opinions or the Democratic committeeman and viewed them about presidential candl- dates the answer usually was some thing like this:
 "Connectfcut will be for nobody but Baldwin. We have no second choice. It will be Baldwin, first, last and all the time.'
 
 and discuss whether Harmon or Will son would get the Connecticut votes on the second ballot
 Lively Wilson Sentiment.
 That there is quite a little Wilson sentiment in the state is undeniable and the visitors here yesterday said that the sentiment was to a great extent among the plain people who knew that he has fought the battle against the trusts and the bosses and the big fellows. Bryan's support of Wilson aided that sentiment quite little.
 On the other hand. the leaders of the party in the state believe that Gov. Harmon is the man who can de- feat President Taft and in their minds there is absolutely no question about the renominatio of the president These leaders say that Wilson cannot get the delegates from New Jersey New York, or any state in New Eng land. on tfie first or any other ballot, and believe that Harmon will be nom mated and elected, they are seeking to line up the Connecticut delegates so that when the time comes when it is apparent. that Gov. Baldwin has no chance of being nominated, the Con- necticut vote will go to the winner
 Take Holland, Litchfield and Wind- ham counties. for instance. In each of these the delegates yesterday said that theres was much Wilson talk and little Harmon talk. In the cities, how ever where the bulk of the Democrat ic vote is boiled! the Harmon enthusi- asm seemed to outbalance the Wilson talk It was the general opinion, how ever that the Watterson-W W1l- son row had not injured Wilson any.
 This year there will be no county delegates to the national convention There will be two delegates and two alternates, selected from each of the new congressional districts. and there will be four delegates-at-large