The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-26

itory manner and
ASKING hn please 10 behave
lnssmrch as tie proceedings at Chit
ceso had led the Democratic leaders
opposed TO Bryan. meaning all the old
guard. 10 think this Is the open season
for shatter!ng IDOLS. these leaders had
made up their minds 10 10 some shat
t"tihS themselves. They started ou,
;"ll OF hone and with the shattering
apparatus running on high speed. with
every gear thrown in Oddly. though.
MI Bryan refused to 10 shattered
Having been an Idol for many years. he
declined TO recognize any icoaoclastic
rights as belonging 10 the lea lers. and
the upshot Of II was that while Mt
Bryan. an idol. was cracked and
chippc1 bit. ne was not shattered nor
tottercd from his base
Nhnt Happened to BRYAN.
What happened to him was that ne
nroVed In way that unless some ex-
traordinary circumstances arise this
convention Will! not nominate Bryan
for President. and thus lifted n good
ieai OF the load from the minis Ct many
democrats who darkly feared such
contingency
What also happened was that he
proved rather conclus!vely tina. II he
secs III 10 oppose any cand!dat.. aspir-
ing 10 tho nomination. that candidate
VIII have hard time getting enough
votes In the convention.
The anti Bryan leaders expected TO
defeat Bryan. but they expected TO
defeat him more decisiveiy than they
lid After ~. roll call was over they
patted themselves on the chests and
said they had more votes at their
command and might have beaten him
harder. which was evidenced bv their
their fright while the roll call was
in progress OF course, they could
have defeated him in a more decisive
fashion to be sure. hut they didn't
think TO do 1t until the vote showed
Parker elected by about sixty ma
jority--a curious manifestation of no
ltical absence OF mind.
Claim Wilson's Defeat.
The Clark men came out OF the
convention hall claiming the defeat
of Bryan was also a sure indicatio
that Wilson cannot be nominated by
this convention. SO did the Harmon
men and the Underwood men and var
ious other brands of men. They all
claimed Wilson went down with
Bryan. forgetting that Bryan has
gone down many times before, out,
homehow. has managed to come up
again with smile and a speech Not
that intend to say that Wilson can
he nominated, but that 1t is reason
ably certain Bryan is stronger than
his opponents think him to be. and
continues A most valuable asset for
any candidate for the nomination
SO far as the nomination is con-
ocrned. it still remains a rather open
question. and Will so remain until
there has bean opportunity for con-
ference between the anti Bryan and
the Bryan leaders There are many
elements to consider. including the
hope of the Wall Street contingent,
captained by Thomas Fortune Ryan,
that an eminently safe and sane cam
didate can be secured, with prefer
ence for Harmon or Underwood. the
Murphy-He combination and num-
erous other features OF a situation
that while clearer, Is not Yet en-
tirely clear And In front and In the
middle and behind every phase of the
situation is Bryan. now lighting mad.
and fairly good fighter in his way.
CANT Name Conservative.
The only safe prediction is that this
convention rs not In a temper to name
conservative candidate. The CON
sentative interests have held tenacious
ly TO tho idea OF a conservative candi-
date for long time. but they are
afraid to work to that end. for the
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