The daily sentinel., 1912-06-26
THE bA[L0T|NG To BEGIN TOMORROW
DAY OF STIRRING EVENTS BUT NO BITTER wRNEs IoNA1FoRM READY
BRYAN IN COMPLETE CONTROL TODAY

Mayor William ]. Gaynor on the first
ballot.
The evident purpose is to get a
test on the first ballot, though some
said that 1t showed that Gaynor
would be doomed for the second place.
Presidential gossip filed the air
today.
Ii seemed to be admitted by all
that Speaker Champ Clark would
come into the convention with a dis
tinct advantage over all other can
didates.
The advocates of William ]. Bryan
refused to consider him out of the
running. They say that his defeat
for the temporary chairmanship yes
terday was in no sense a test of what
his strength would be as a presiden-
tial nominee.
The followers of Bryan are hopeful
that the fight for the nomination
may go to the fourth or fifth ballot,
and think that in that situation a
great many of the delegates would
go to him.
The Wilson people. who stood by
Mr.. Bryan almost to a man in his
fight for the temporary chairman
ship. are expecting his support in the
convention when it comes to nomin-
ating. and apparently base their
hope of success upon some such ac-
tion.
The chairmanship of the commit
tee on resolutions was offered to Mr..
Bryan on a silver platter; but when
the committee assembled II was re-
ported that Bryan had sent word
that he would not accept. A com
mittee, consisting of Senator Raynor
of Maryland. Senator O'Gorman OF
New York and Senator Culberson of
Texas. was appointed to urge the Ne
braskan to serve. Bryan passed the
committee on his way to the com-
mittee room. -
The friends of Bryan advised him
against his acceptance OF the chair
manship of the committee on reso-
lutions on the ground that an at
tempt to have him draft the plat
form Is a poorly concealed plot to
commit him in advance to the sub
sequent acts of the convention and
to any nominee who is willing to ac-
cept what would be known as the
Bryan platform.
Mr.. Bryan himself was loath TO
have anything to do with the plat
form until he is sure who the nom-
inee will be; and, for that reason, it
was declared, he would advocate the
naming of candidate before the
platform Is written and adopted. Mr..
Bryan made a motion to this effect
before the committee, and was sup
ported in this matter by Senator Ray
nor.
Upon Bryan's second refusal to ac-
cept the chairmanship of the resolu-
tions committee, Senator Kern of In
diana was elected to that position.
Bryan's motion, that the presenta-
tion of the platform be deferred un-
til after the nomination was made
for president, was carried by vote
of Al to s.
The committee will recommend
this action to the convention, and
adjourned until the convention
should pass upon it.
Ollie James, United States senator
elect of Kentucky, was chosen unan-
imously for permanent chairman of
the convention by the committee on
permanent organization. Mr.. James
is one of the ablest and most popular
of all the southern leaders. He is
advocating the nomination of Champ
Clark. and he has been for years one
of Mr.. Bryan's closest political
friends.
1t is realized by all that the two
thirds vote necessary to nominate in
the convention can be only secured
by a combination of some of the can
didates, or by a break or stampede OF
the delegates. Various leaders are
firm in the belief that there will be
no stampede, and say that they do
not even fear Mr.. Bryan himself in
that respect.
Friends of Governor Foss of Mas
sachusetts ''papered" the Baltimore
armory before the assembling of the
convention with an appeal to the
democrats to nominate the Massa-
chusetts governor.
Both the Bryan and the anti-Bry-
an factions in the convention were
interested today in the third-party
gossip.
The advent of Francis j Heney
of California. who fought for Mr..
Roosevelt in the Chicago convention.
and Charles r. Crane of Chicago,
who helped conduct the early La
Toilette campaign, and their report
ed interview with Mr.. Bryan gave
impetus to the discussion.
A movement to test the sentiment