Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-06
WILSON CAMP BOMB
It's Said to Be a Letter Criti-
cising Bryan.
GOSSIP OF DEMOCRATS
Lively Stir on the Eve Of Meeting of
National Committee.
LOBBYING FOR CONVENTION
Delegations From Baltimore and st.
Louis First to Appear on
the Scene.
LOBBYING FOR CONVENTION

tnOO8nI. Inc cnOlcc or the convention
| city appears to be without political sig
| nificance in the minds of the democr~ts
gathering here. and only of supreme i'm.
portance to the rival cities.
| Presidential politics and party policies
| took precedence In all talks and confabs
The time of the convention will probably
| be fixed for two weeks after the reprb.
lican meet" That would bring nom Vat.
ing day close to the Fourth Of July. ai.l
although the democrats have not found
| this patriotic anniversary to carry any
| rabbitfoot luck for them in the past. they
| have a hanker.ng for the date. overlook
ing the fact that 1t was Rory OMoore
| who claimed there was luck In odd num-
bers.
William ]. Bryan will arrive Monday
at 10 o'clock. Charles F. Murphy comes
over from New York on the Congress
sional Limited Sunday. Gov. Dix and
a number Of other notables will drift
in Sunday night and Monday.
A Woodrow Wilson "Roorback."
The real interest Of the day centered
in the gossip about forthcoming let
| ter which is expected to serve as a
bomb thrown into the Woodrow Wilson
presidential camp. A New York
paper. it is said, will print tomorrow
a copy Of a letter alleged to have been
written by Woodrow Wilson, when
president Of Princeton University, in
which he is said to have caustically ar
raigned William ]. Bryan.
'This letter is said to have been written
to A. H. Joline Of New York. According
to the stories going around, the letter
fell into the hands Of a member of the
Princeton faculty unfriendly to President
Wilson. and ultimately Photographic
copy was made Of it,
Another chapter in the story as 1t went
the rounds today was that Mr.. Bryan al
ready knows of the letter, and that its
effect is discounted 30 far as he is con-
cerned.
Mr.. Bryan Not Worried.
It was said today that Harry Walker
told Mr.. Bryan eight months ago Of the
substance Of President Wilson's criti-
cisms, and that Mr.. Bryan at that time
replied. in effect:
"The op,nion Of Woodrow Wilson as
president of Princeton College is one
thing, and the opinion Of Woodrow VIII
son. candidate for the presidential
nomination, is another. i do not believe he
would say now what he Is reported to
have said then. and the letter does not
matter"
ington in charge of Woodrow Wilson's in
terests, was told today Of the expected
forthcoming letter and of Bryan's reputed
statement to Harry Walker. He express
ed himself as satisfied with the situation
as II stands, and only added that there
was an evident attempt on foot to cause
trouble between Bryan and Wilson.
Early Birds After the Convention.
Baltimore and st. Louis are first on the
ground with their claims for the conven-
ton city. Baltimore indeed has been on
the trail since last February, when Col.
Robert Grain started the movement
which resulted in raising 100000 in real
money as a guarantee fund to pay the
expenses Of the convention. At the same
time Col. Grain had a firm Of architects
of national repute survey the auditorium
in Baltimore and make an official report
upon its seating capacity, acoustic prop
critics and other assets.
The hall will seat 22,OOO people and af-
ford standing room for 1000 with safety.
Col. Grain also drew up statistics of the
hotel accommodations Of the Monumental
city, all of which has been carefully ex-
pounded to members Of the national COM
mittee.
Col Grain had to go back to Balti-
more this forenoon on account of the
dangerous illness of his mother, at his
home In that city, who was seized with
an attack of pneumonia.
st. Louis is represented by Mayor
Rollo Wells, National Committeeman b.
F. Goltra, former Gov. David R. Francis
and a committee of other business men.
st. Louis has new auditorium. of
which she is very proud, and some new
hotels, and will make strong contest
to secure the convention.
How about the guarantee fund?'
Mayor Wells was asked. While he hesi-
tated a moment, a New Yorker in the
group put in with New York is COM
| ing down with 100000"
"Not Here to Buy
well, II this convention is to be put
up at auction to the highest bidder"
snapped the st. Louis mayor. I'VE will
withdraw. We are not here to buy
anything. We will guarantee to furnish
the money to pay the reasonable ex-
penses Of holding the convention in q
dignified way in our city"
Augustus Thomas of New York Will
make the speech before the national COM
mittee In behalf of the metropolis. He
will dwell at length upon the news faciii-
ties of New York. and will urge the
democrats to take their convention to the
city which will give them most publicity.
The best Judgment is that the subject
will be relegated to the state convention
for action and that the committee Will
wash It's uduuS VI inc pTupOSitioh III tha
| way.
Chicagoans Due Tonight.
Chicago will come with it's convention
seeking delegation tonight or tomorrow
the latest reports being that guarantee
fund has at last been raised. although il
was said to be very similar to a process
of getting blood from turnip.
Urey Woodson Of Kentucky, secretary
OF the national committee. has raised the
most unique objection to Chicago.
| Il can't bear TO think said Mr.. Wood
| son, "of netering q convention hall with
In two weeks after the republicans have
| occupied II. 1t ought to be fumigated foi
pure democratic purposes. However, the
| sulphurous fumes arising from their de.
| iiberations may serve that purpose"
Two Of the most notable political re-
porters in the United States were around
the hotels today. They are the deans
lii there can be two-of all the politica
writer's, Edward G. Riggs Of the New
/ York Sun for the east and .tJim'' Faulk
/ ner Of the Cincinnati Enquirer for the
i west. They are said to know personally
i every politician worth knowing in botf
i political parties from the Atlantic to tn,
Pacific.