The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-24

BRYAN ARRIVES
WITH FIGHTING
CLEAN IN HIS EYE
CONTINUED From First Pagc)

,Cont!nueu L Toli! !rst IaSc.)
sion refused to look on Colonel Jim"
Guffey. of Pennsylvania. in the light
MIR Bryan desired them to. ami gave
Guftey a vote OF confidence. which. as
i, was interpreted then. amounted to
rebuke for Bryan At that time.
just after the committee adjourned
Bryan confidcd in Norman T. Mack,
chairman OF the committee. that he,
Bryan. had 1t in mind TO be a candidate
for temporary chairman of the COLI
vention. Mr.. Mack was not aversc to
this. Indeed. as an Individual men,
Der of the committee he was for II. a
month SO later Bryan and Mack
met. and Bryan said nothing to in
dictate he had changed mis- mind, nor
did he on the occaslon of another
meeting month or SO after the first
one.
Not long ago Mack received a letter
from Bryan, In which Bryan suggested
that maybe he wouldn't care to be
temporary chairman. and asked Mack
to consult with the Wilson men and
the Clark men and see whom they
had In mind as 1T man to preside
over the opening Of the convention.
Mack replied he couldn't do that, for
If he consulted with the Wilson peo-
pie and took Wilson man the Clark
against than. and the Wilson people
would have the same complaint IL a
Clark suggestion was followed There
fore he and the other members of the
subcommittee selected Judge Parker.
and thought Mr.. Bryan could not ana
would not object.
Bryan's objection followed in due
course. He is hsie now to make that
objection emphatic and as effective
as possible. hut not really because of
any objection to Judge Parker as a
keynoter. Bryan knows that keynote
speeches in "a convention are about as
effective in a political way as Il read
Ing of an essay on silence would be.
1t isn't that he is afraid Judge Parker
will say anything incendiary or be-
cause he is afraid the Judge will be
duly safe and sane. Bryan isn't after
Parker. He is after the unit rule. but
he has a difficult fight. for If the
Harmon people fall in with him. for
example. and vote to abolish the unit
rule. Harmon loses number of Ohio
delegates. and so would Underwood
Wilson.
No Line on Convention.
The leaders have no correct line on
tho convention. They do mot know
what will happen, but they intend to
uphold the choice of the subcomnlit-
tee. vote for Parker hand Parker to
the convention and then do the best
they can In reality. there are three
elements in this convention. and they
may be divided thus, radicals, near
radicals and conservatives. These are
best typed by their leaders. The
Bryan and Wilson men can be called
the radicals. in a broad sense: the
Clark men the near-radicals. and the
others the conservatives. No man
knows. accurately. Just how this di-
vision Will be maintained on roll
call. but tho victory lies, OF course
with the two elements that join
against one other. Thus. the Bryan
men and any other element could win
That is. a combination OF the out-and-
out Bryan men. and Wilson and Clark
could do anything that combination
chose. but how can such combina-
ton be e.eected? That is an artIess
little political question that will re-
qulre some thought before an answer
Is secured and more manipulation be-
fore the answer can be made effective
Although II is claimed there are
numerous letters In existence in
which Mr.. Bryan has inthnated. said,
asserted and declared, as the case may
have been. that he does not desire the
domination. the proportion OF Demo-
Gratis In Baltimore who think Bryan
wants and Will try to get the nomi-
nation Is about nine out of every pos
sible ten. These Democrats in Balti-
more are convinced they will win.
They talk in awed tones of their re-
possibilities for. as they point out in
most impressive manner. they claim
they really are making President at
this convention. in addition to nomi-
mating one. They think 1t Is all over.
but the perfuncto-y detail OF voting