Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-03-19
WILSON To HAVE
800 DELEGATES
Backers Claim Nomination
on First Ballot.
Special to the EVENING NEWS.

l Special 10 the ~ ENINH ~ WSs
Washington, d. c., March 19:-
That woodrow Wilson will have ap-
proximately 500 delegates when the
Democratic National Convention as
sembles in Baltimore, June 25, and
| that he will be nominated on the
| first ballot was the claim Of the
campaign managers of the New Jer-
sey executive at the Munsey building
quarters today. There will be 1904
| delegates In the convention and 730
will be necessary for a choice under
the two-thirds rule.
In making this claim the Wilson
people did not enumerate states, but
they pointed out that in less than q
month the Pennsylvania primaries
would elect more Wilson delegates
| than are now claimed at the present
time by all the other candidates COM
bined. Primaries In Pennsylvania
are to be held on April 10, and al
| though delegate candidates have
been announced In every district In
the state, not a candidate for dele
gate has offered himself in opposition
to Governor Woodrow Wilson. The
sentiment in Pennsylvania is we'll
nigh unanimous for Governor Will
son and there Is no doubt but that
he will have the seventy-six dele
| gates to be chosen to the Baltimore
convention.
Clark Has Shot His Bolt.
1t is asserted by the Wilson CAM
paigners that Speaker Clark has shot
his bolt. They emphasize the fact
that the Missouri, Oklahoma and
Kansas state conventions were CALI
| ed far in advance of the other state
| conventions in the expectation that
the speaker would have the solid
and unanimous vote from those
states and would go to the country
with such prestige as might result.
The speaker lost half of Oklahoma
and just skinned through in Kansas
by a bare twenty-three majority In a
convention of more than TOO dele
| gates. The results in both states
We're surprising as well as disap-
pointing to the opposition to Cover
nor Wilson, who made a great race
In the home of Mr. Clark, in the face
Of great odds. Organization and
money was arrayed against Cover
nor Wilson's friends who made a
gallant fight. The friends of Cover
nor Wilson had expected nothing in
Kansas, and were surprised when
the convention declared for him as
its second choice. But for the I'M
position OF the unit rule the Wilson
people would have had the eight
delegates from the four COMPRESSION
al districts which they carried in the
primaries and county conventions.
A number of state conventions
and primaries will be held In the
near future, beginning with Maine on
the 10Th. From now on Wilson del
egates will begin to roll in.
Good Reports Received.
The Wilson headquarters are In
receipt Of good reports from every
section OF the country, j~ustifying
their claim that they will win out
convention. New England is prac-
tically solid for the New Jersey exec
utive, and now that there Is to be a
presidential preferential primary in
Massachusetts, the friends of the
New Jersey executive expect to win
many delegates there. All reports
from the Southern states Indicate
that Governor Wilson has gained
strength there. In Virginia the stu
alton has improved for Governor
Wilson. while in Kentucky, where
both Speaker Clark and Chairman
Underwood were born, the trend is
strongly in the direction OF the New
Jersey executive. A letter from a
prominent KentueRian today ex-
pressed the opinion that Governor
Wilson would have q majority of
the delegation from that state. Ali
reports from the West are OF an
equally encouraging character. Gov
ernor Wilson is the only candidate
for the Democratic presidential nom
~fnation who Ia making a contest in
every state In the nation, and the
news that is being received from
those who are leading the fight in
his behalf from every section is uni
formly good.