The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-07-02
Political Wiseacres Chary Of
Predictions For November.
THE BIG BALTIMORE BOOMS.
Crowds Limited by Lack of Hotel Ac-
commodations-Door In Name
Onty-Women Working In Behalf Of
Suffrage and Charity-The Need of
Leather Lungs.
BY ARTHUR W. DUNN.

BY ARTHUR w. DUNN.
Baltimore, June II. - lSpecial.] -
There must be two parties. one radical
and the other conservative. That is
the way it has been with all govern
ments where the people rule. Some
times one party is radical and some
times the other, but it always seems
that the conservative party. recogniZ
ing that there are good things in the
past. remains longest in control of the
government.
The old Democratic party was con
sentative until a radical party arose
more than fifty years ago and over
threw it. Then the radical Republic
an party became conservative and its
rival the radical party. So it will be
seen that the party which remains in
power longest is that which is con-
sentative. When the radical party
gets in power it naturally tends to con
servatiSm.
Guessing on November.
One can hear all sorts of guesses as
to what will happen next November,
There are more people In Baltimore
with ideas about the next election than
there were at Chicago. Curiously
enough the general verdict after the
Chicago convention was held was to
the effect that neither man nominal
ed there could be elected. A similar
idea prevailed in Baltimore, but not
among Democrats. There never was
a Democratic convention from which
partisans did not go home convinced
that the ticket stood a fair chance of
winning.
Nonpartisan Judgment.
Ii there was such thing as non
partisan judgment it would be that the
result next November is in grave doubt
Men who came away from Chicago be
Iieying that it made little difference
what the Democrats should do at Bal
iIimore are now of the. opinion that this
will be fight to the finish and that no
ident until the votes are counted next
November.
But whatever happens it must be
said that both the Chicago and the
Baltimore conventions will go down to
posterity as history makers. e.
Champ clark's Managers. :
Three former United States senato"s
were the chief boomers for Champ
Clark at the Democratic convention.
They We're Fred Il. Dubois and Henry
Heitfeld of Idaho and r. T. Pettigrew
of South Dakota Both Dubois and Pet.
tigrew We're formerly Republicans. and
Heitfeld was elected as Populist to
the senate. Pettigrew and Dubois
were delegates to the Republican con-
vention in 1906 and walked out Of the
convention when the gold plank was
adopted They have followed the for
tunes of Mr.. Bryan in every campaign
since that time when the Nebraska
man was a candidate. But they would
not follow Bryan in his fight at Balu
more They announced that they
wanted Champ Clark and would do
nothing to interfere with his chances.
interviewing the Women.
Not only do more women attend ma
tional conventions than heretofore, but
1t has become regular business for
women to be interviewed as to wheth
er they favor woman suffrage or are
to 1t. Another feature of the
was the "votes for won
en- distributors of literature in ia.
vor of their cause. Women also ap-
peared before the committees on reso-
buttons. but they could not convince
the men who made the platforms that
this was an suspicious time In which
TO put forward woman suffrage.
Charity Women at Work.
Women interested in various chart
ties were prominent at both Baltimore
and Chicago. selling articles for char
lty. Many of them at Baltimore tried
to sell tickets for excursions and for
and entertainments to be CIV
en- in Baltimore for charity Most of
the men said that Baltimore was get
ting all their money for hotels and
meals and they had nothing for char
Ity.
Disappearance of Crowds.
Probably there would have been a
much larger attendance at the Demo
ratio national convention IL there had
been more accommodations at Balti-
more. but people could not get into
he hotels, and there are not so many
,eople in these days who are willing
o take chances In all sorts of board
ng houses for the purpose of simply
making up a. crowd. 1t was also no.
Iced at the Republican convention
hat there were not as many people
IS formerly. Perhaps it is because
rowds can no longer influence nomi
lations
Men of Voice Wanted.
With convention hall holding 15.-
90 or 10000 people it is useless for |.
ny man to attempt to talk unless he
las g real foghorn voice or one of
hose clarion toned voices that will |
ayprv mart IF thn tafl Hn Il