The Grenada sentinel., 1912-06-28
PARKER WINS
OVER BRYAN
pROGRESSIvES WILL BE GIVEN
NOMINEE AND PLATFORM.
CLARK CLAIMS NEW YORK
Bryan Nominated Kern in Effort to De-
feat Parker, and When Latter Re-
fused to Run Commoner Got
u Race Himself.

Baltimore.-A rapid fire routine ses-
sion closed the first day of the Demo
cratic convention, which began with the
defeat of William j. Bryan for tenn ,
porary chairman.
The delegates gave earnest evidence OF
they desire to do everything in a hurry.
| The delegates were very excited about
| hurrying things along. A voice from the
floor during the discussion announced:
1--WE have no Perkins to pay our bills"
| The completion of Judge Parker's
speech and the naming of the convention
committees was all the convention did
at the night session. w. J. Bryan did
not appear in the convention hall during
the evening. His failure to be on hand
resulted in an almost immediate adjourn
ment of the resolutions committee, which
met after the session. 1t was practically |
certain Mr.. Bryan would be elected chair
man of the committee. The other COM
mittees got together Immediately for or |
ganzation.
The vote by which former Judge Alton
B. Parker of New York was elected tenn
porary chairman over Mr. Bryan-579 to
51O-was interpreted in many ways. The
Champ Clark adhsrents are claiming the
+ nomination and many believed it would
. either be Speaker Clark or dark
horse"
Talk of Mr. Bryan has not ceased by
any means. Some of his friends say the
vote was no test; that many of his most
;. aruent supporters were compelled by cir
II cumstances to vote against him as tenn
porary chairman. They claimed, on the
4, other hand, that the vote OF SO given
"a to Mr.. Bryan indicated that he held a
is "veto" power in the convention, which
~ put him in a position of dominance as
to who should be the nominee.
Many of Speaker Clark's delegates
10 openly threw their support to the anti
Bryan forces.
Taken from another standpoint, thu
vote of so many of the Clark adherent7
for Judge Parker was interpreted as a
distinct bid for the support of the con
servative element in the convention.
an The conservative element, it may b'
ns stated, practically is prepared to accep
10 a radical or progressive candidate. The.
frankly admit that to name conserv
strengthen Col. Roosevelt in his organize
ton of third party. This the leader
n are anxious to avoid.
The turn of political affairs in tn
y past few days is regarded here as havin
been decidedly favorable to Speake
Clarks candidacy. The straight-out Wi
son delegates threw their support soldl
I to Mr.. Bryan. This, the leaders figure,
] would make the conservative elemer
I choose Clark in preference to the Ne
NJ Jersey governor as the progressive ca
I didate.
h There was a report abroad that IL
III ninety votes of New York would go
\ Clark. This report was based large
~ upon the action Of New York in votil
/ against Bryan. The fact that the NJ
souri, delegation also gave Parker a ~
jorty of its votes-22 to 14-quick
U called out reports of a coalition OF
II terests between New York and Nilsson
~ Underwood for Speaker.
This naturally led to talk OF Cla
- for president and New York man
vice-president. The man mentioned mo
prominently in this connection was S.
ator OGorman.
There was talk also that the Und
wood forces might come into this co
bination, the plan being that Mr.. Cnd
wood should have the speakership OF
event of Mr. Clark's elevation to
presidency. Most of the Underwt
states are said to be against Mr. Bry
on almost any proposition whatever.
tain it was that most of these state
located in the solid South-voted aagi
s Mr.. Bryan.
The Clark people declared that W
New York and the Underwood for
united under the speakers banner
latter would have more than the ne
sary number of votes to nominate.
~ 1t seemed certain from the public
= ton of the delegates and their privat
expressed views, that the Democratic
vention will nominate progressive
didate and adopt a progressive plato
Some of the leaders frankly said
resented Mr.. Bryan's assumption to
tate the temporary craftsmanship,
pointed to the vote in justification
their views. Mr.. Bryan, despite the
afta fort to elimante him, however, rom
a stalwart factor in the convention,
:. y may be given the authority to write
,klsh platform.
lotics There was nothing more tangible
the presidential situation than talk
pro claims.
"The result of the balloting on