The Washington times., 1912-06-17
ADVANCE GUARD
OF DEMOCRACY
DOWN TO WORK
Boomers Have Full Sway
in the Monumental
City.
PRESS AGENTS BUSY
LAUDING FAVORITES
Headquarters Of Various Candi-
dates Open and Things Be-
gin to Hum.
BY THEODORE TILLER.

By THEODORE TILLER.
BALTIMORE, June 17.-Chicago
isn't the only town on the political
map. Baltimore awoke this morn
ing with the full realization that
within a week it will be in the ex-
citing business or naming a Presi-
dent, or a would-be President, and it
serves notice to this effect upon the
entire country.
The Democratic hosts have begun
TO arrive, reading the papers en-
route about the big row in Illinois.
1t is a pleasing thing for the aver
age Democrat to note all this Re-
publican squabbling, and as soon as
the aforesaid Democrat leaves the
train, he is ready to hand out an in
terview about Democratic harmony.
Called Friendly Rivalry.
Not that the Democracy will not have
its little good-natured fights. But it's
sort Of friendly rivalry and the Democ-
racy isn't calling upon the chief of
police for an additional detail of men,
and every husky gent in this Maryland
town Is not taking the oath of office as
deputy sergeant-at-arms.
The press agents are all here. The
hotels today are alive with Clark men,
Harmon men, Wilson boomers, and Un-
derwood enthusiasts.
Champ Clark headquarters were
opened today In the Emerson, and Con-
gresham Pepper of Iowa came into
town last night, conferred with the lead
ers and then gave out an interview to
the effect that the country is ahame
with Clark sentiment.
"Tawm' Pence, Woodrow Wilson's
publicity man, who has been getting
out mimeograph matter in Washington
for four months, came in last night,
AND and mas ses ms at F0s ths
Previous 10 the arrival of Colonel
Pence, somebody also set up a large
picture of the Princetonian in the cor
ridor OF the Emerson, and 1t brought a
scowl to the face of every Clarkite and
Harmonic who entered that hostelry
today.
Starting the Interviews.
The Wilson headquarters also shot
out an interview to the general effect
that the country is not afiame with
Clark sentiment, but, instead. that the
people are rising up in their might and
loudly shouting the name of Wilson.
Not to be outdone, Charles Cotterill,
who was once press agent for the
Peerless Leader" called in a stenog-
rapher and dictated a few burning
| sN.Ar lla, Al
demand for Governor Harmon of Ohio.
The Underwood boomers are also in
evidence, and are busy circulating
arguments why Underwood should be
! into a deadlock, and it is found that
neither Clark nor Wilson, the two lead
| Ing candidates, can get the requisite
| two-thirds majority.
On the outskirts of the crowd may be
seen, and sometimes heard, a modest
Marshall boomer, while down from New
England there comes an occasional ad-
! vocate of Governor Foss and his thirty
! eight word platform.
The first convention visitor to need the
hospital ambulance was a Virginian who
| arrived on the scene yesterday after
noon. He was seized with commissions
while standing on the street corner last
night and was whisked away to st.
Luke's. 1t is understood he was en-
gagged In a political argument with q
| Taft Republican.
"Win With Wilson"
Persons with tender ears heard with
alarm today that the Wilson committee
had ordered twenty gross of megaphones
to be used during the convention. Each
megaphone will be manned by a former
head yeller of some college, preferably
Princeton, and all they will have to do
is to shout every few seconds:
| "Win with Wilson"
To offset this sort OF demonstration,
six brass bands and eighteen double
quartets are today practicing the Champ
| Clark "houn dawg" song. The Harmon
| OUTFIT may rig up a mammoth phono-
| graph to remind the convention every
| few minutes that Guilt is personal"
The convention advance guard is in
excellent humor, and the naughtiest
word yet used By any of the publicity
experts is the allies" pet term en-
ployed by the Wilsonites in referring to
Clark, Harmon, and Underwood. No
| body, however, has called anybody else
a pirate, and there doesn't seem to he
a steam roller in the entire city of Bal
! timore.
The information that 5000 Wilson en-
| thusasts will come over from New
Jersey the latter part of the week
| caused furry today in the rival camps.
| The Harmon crew threaten to import IA
like number from Ohio, Notwithstanding
the fact that there's little difference
in the railroad fare.
No campaign manager intends to have