The Detroit times., 1912-06-26
HESITATE TO PUT
OVER UNDERWOOD
OR GOV. HARMON .
Nebraskan is Stung BY Clarks
Deal With Murphy and Turns
to Wilson
THIRD PARTY SHADOW
HAUNTS STANDPATTERS
New Jersey Progressive's Sup
porters Say Speaker Cannot
Get Enough Votes to Win
THIRD PARTY SHADOW
HAUNTS STANDPATTERS

BALTIMORE, Nd, June 26.-The
nominee OF the Democratic national
convention, like its temporary chair
man, can be dictated by the Tammany
Murphy Roger Sullivan-Tom Taggart
combination. There 10 no doubt that
they have the votes. That they viii
attempt to put over any man or their
own, however, seemed doubtful today.
They had counted noses and decided
II was best to let the fight for the
nomination continue TO finish. They
have discovered that the progressive
sentiment is all powerful and that
even though delegates are prepared TO
dc their will, they must give them a
chance TO keep square at home.
Yesterdays defeat of Bryan In con-
vention was the elimination of one or
tie most carefully worked out cam
paigns ever conceived After IL was
demonstrated that the national COM
mittee was anti-Bryan, the conserya-
tive combine started a roundup or
delegates. To make them "stampede
proof" was the plan. Knowing Bryan
would be the principal issue before
the convention, men with sentiments
against the Nebraska champion were
asked tor.
For hours before the convention as
sembled yesterday, Murphy, working
through the great powerful financial
/ interests he represents, and with two
of the Belmonts sitting in the state
delegation, was lining up his men,
Sullivan and Taggart were doing the
isame thing The result was that
when Bryan appeared for his fight he
was already beaten.
But Notwithstanding they had the
votes and knowing that If they applied
the pressure they could put across any
candidate they desired the conserva-'
tives halted today. They have about
decided that so far as the remainder
OF this conventions work is con-
cerned, the delegates may decide for
themselves. They say that they have
eliminated Bryan as presidential
possibility. Bryan has insisted all
along that he was not candidate and
that he wanted TO sit on one side and
watch the proceedings and take as
insignificant a part In them as posi-
BILE. Up to the present he has refused
to choose publicly between Champ
Clark and Woodrow Wilson. Today
! there is no doubt that he prefers VIII
son The Wilson men assert that the
4 NtDI dShdn hhOW6 INV POSANt'~hJ eA.%~
the Clark leaders traded with Murphy
and that they were promised support
j by him. They say that Clark cannot
4 be nominated because OF this.
That the Clark men realize that to
win they must get their majority early
was shown when they today renewed
their efforts TO swing the uninstructed
delegations into the camp OF the Mis-
sourian They seemed confident or
success. but the Wilson forces In
sisted that a careful poll proved that
the speaker could never get enough
votes. The Wilson men will devote
all of their energies to holding their
delegates on the first few ballots and
preventing Clarks nomination, feeling
certain that II the Speaker cannot Sc
Ecure the needed two-thirds at the first
his strength will quickly disintegrate.
Bryan will continue his fight for the
progressive platform and the progress
siye candidate TO the last He " con-
vinced. however, that the conserva-
tlves have an iron clad control and
that his fight will OF necessity be a
losing one unless they decide that II
would be political suicide to attempt
to combat the general sentiment for
progressive principles and let the
} delegates do as they please. elf they
do that there can be no doubt OF the
result The platform will be short,
tcontinued ON page Io).