The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-06-24
BRYAN To Be
MAIN TARGET
FOR ATTACKS
THE Conservative Element of
Democracy, Led by Parker
Will Try to Put Soft Pedal
on Nebraskan.
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Parker by the subcommittee of the
national committee on the grounds
that Parker is not progressive Dem
ocrat. Mr. Bryan is entirely right in
that Mr.. Parker is as conservative
Democrat as the party boasts.
Still, Mr.. Parker was the Democratic
candidate for president in 1914 and Mr..
Bryan supported him and stumped for
him, and Mr.. Parker was a delegate
to the convention four years ago that
nominated Mr.. Bryan. Moreover, MIR.
Parker was a member of the platform
committee and helped write the plat
form on which Mr.. Bryan ran four
years ago. Also, Mr.. Parker spoke
and worked for Mr.. Bryan during the
campaign.
Thus the men who selected Parker
for temporary chairman hold that If
Mr.. Parker was good enough for Mr..
bryan four years ago and eight years
ago, there has been no remarkable
change In Parker that should arouse
Mr.. Bryan's present antipathy. So the
identity of the candidate to be select
ed by the convention is at this time
pushed into the background by the
fight against Bryan's attempted die
tatorship.
The full national committee will
meet on Monday to ratify the arrange
|ments of the subcommittee. The most
important arrangement is the selec-
|tion of Judge Parker If Mr.. Parker
stands pat and does not withdraw in
the interests of fictitious harmony,
the national committee will in all
probability ratify the choice of the
and Judge Parker will
keynote the occasion on Tuesday.
The men who seek to put the ear
imuffler on Bryan are under no delu-
Esions. They know they are in for a
flight, and they spent all day Saturday,
as they spent all day Sunday, in round
ling up national committeeman as they
arrive and pledging them to vote for
sParker. Also, they worked with vari-
ious candidates or the managers of
various candidates trying to get them
the help with national committeeman
from states where their candidates
prevail, in order, as they said, that
Bryan shall not only dictate to the
temporary chairman, but shall not be
helped to position where he can die
tate the nominee.
There is no doubt that Mr.. Bryan
Twill do all the debating within his
power. AS plain and fancy dictator,
when he gets the chance, he has few
q
those present in Baltimore at this mo-
iment, and more are coming in on
every train, who say Mr.. Bryan has
mo desire to see any Democrat other
than himself president of the United
Estates, arguing that the moment this
convention names man who has an
excellent chance of election next No
lvember, as the man will have, Mr..
iByran, instead of being the whole
lchoir, becomes second bass, mush shift
sout of the limelight and relinquish the
icenter of the stage.
Seek to Depose Bryan.
Wherefore. having no desire to see
mir Bryan president, these men in
kend to make a desperate struggle to
put him in what they consider his
proper place, which is that of a re-
Nered but former leader of the Dem.
Iocracy. They are determined to show
scrat as regular as he is. or if he can
oppose him, that he can not beat that
democrat, the name being Parker
who. as may be remembered, was de.
feated practically by reclamation in
H9o4.
! This is the first order of business
Until Mr.. Bryan is put into what the
Parker men think is his proper place
ipr until he takes what he considers
occupy the attention of the Democrats
lin Baltimore. They have a situation
TO face and they intend to afce it at
the earliest possible moment, SO they
hay.
; But-and this is a very imposing
6ut-Mr. Bryan is not yet on the
ground. He is still in Chicago, and
Twill not be here until Sunday or may.
maps early Monday. 1t has been no.
Niceable at Democratic conventions for
many years that conversation having
for Its theme the elimination of Mr.
bryan has always been pointed and
seemed OF more consequence when
>yMr. Bryan was not in the vicinity OF
the conversationalist than when he
twas in hearing distance. Somehow
lMr Bryan brings with him sort oil
discourager for this kind of talk, and
mis- presence on the spot invariably
Increases the respect for his proves
among those who thing him easy to
defeat while he is a thousand miles
or so in the offing. Bryan may be
depended upon to fight. Also, he may
be depended on to have some ideas
about platform that may cause some
of the distinguished Democrats who
see kto run this show acute politica
agony. complicated with expediency
cramps. No matter what happens tc
him, he will be the biggest possible
factor when he gets to Baltimore, and
all his foes know it and are nervously
preparing for the worst
Plot Of Candidates?
1t is said that in order to shut hin
OFF combination may be made among
various candidates to name one Of
their number on the first ballot, and
thus make it impossible for Bryan te
name himself.
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