Arizona republican., 1912-06-25
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 BALTIMORE, June 24.-All hope of preventing a fight from the fall of the gavel in the democratic national con- vention vanished tonight when the national committee approved the se- lection of Judge Alton B. Parker as temporary chairman in defiance of the threat of Bryan to make an issue of the alleged conservatism of Judge Parker as opposed to progressivism which the distinguished Nebraskan declares should prevail.
 An effort was made by the national committee today to placate Bryan but the conference resulted in a complete failure. Bryan would not recede from the position he had taken and tonight he prepared to make his fight from the floor of the convention tomorrow to rally the progressives to his stan dard in opposition to Parker.
 Bryan announced today that if no other good progressive could be pre- vailed upon to make the race he would enter the field himself as an opponent to Parker.
 BRYAN FOR PRESIDENT?
 The Nebraskan stood out today a dominant figure in the convention. All contingencies of the future, in- cluding the nomination of a presiden- tiaI candidate, seemed to hinge upon what he said he would do. The inn pressiOn continued more marked that Bryan might be the nominee. Some of his friends declared tonight that he would be voted for in the convention whether formally placed in nomination or not and they expressed belief that he would win if the voting went to a fourth or fifth ballot.
 In furtherance of their hope of nominating Bryan some of his friends. it is said, are bending their energies to prevent a coalition of the Clark Wilson forces Bryan and Wilson as a possible ticket is a suggestion re- cefving attention in many quarters In the event that Bryan should not be candidate himself for temporary chairman it was said he might urge Senator Kern of Indiana for the place Leaders tonight expected Bry- an would enter the race.
 FEARFUL OF TODAY
 The contest over the chairmanship is looked forward to with trepidation by some of the leaders and by the supporters of the several presiden- tial candidates One of the most in- teresting developments looked for IS the stand to be taken by the Clark delegates A large number of these already have been pledged to support tn choice of the national committee who ever it might be. This action of state delegations is regarded as a distinctly anti-B Bryan move.
 MAY BREAK WITH CLARK
 There has been a long frendship Bryan and Clark Delegates to the convention are wondering tonight ii tomorrow's battle will show rup- ture.
 It is a coincidence that Bryan is ar raying himself against the only man who has shared with him the presi- dential nomination of his party since the memorable campaign of 1896 SIX teen years ago. Parker's comparative wide margin of success in the nation al committee, thirty-one to twenty, IS t1Ken by many leaders as an indica- tion of the defeat of Bryan. The lat ter's friends decline to put any sucf interpretation upon the action of the committee.
 BRYAN EXPECTED IT
 Bryan said, q had expected 1t When Guffy was seated against tho protest of the democrats of Pennsyl- vania, I learned what 1 expected, tha a majority of that committee eithel had no conception of democracy ol was so slavishly under control of th' predatory interests as not to be free to follow their convictions The req sons they give are like all reason: given in defense of wrong. They ar' insincere and are not reasons tha really influence them.
 'The fight will be resumed tomor row, at which time a progressiv candidate will be presented to tn convention to vote for and the lin will be drawn so that the delegate can decide whether they will all, themselves with the Belmont Ryan Murphy crowd, that overwhelmed tn party with defeat eight years az and which is in close and continuou partnership with the crowd tha nominated Taft at Chicago. The pred atory interests have no politics. The are with the party that serves then
 Having enabled a minority of tn republicans to override the will ( the majority of republicans at Chi cago they are now here to enable