The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-06-24

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that he did not propose to commit himself
~ any way that might prove embarrassing
within the ncNi few days. He went
further His answers plainly conveyed
the intunation that he would be only too
clad to accept the nomination IL il came
his way
Joins Wilson for Control.
From the moment Of Bryan's arrival
i, became apparent that he has joined
hands firmly with Woodrow Wilson for
control Of the national cony ert ion. The
Wilson pcople not only began an active
cusing him o, being Wall Street repre-
sentative. but made new move on the
political chcckcrboard for the purpose
Of further embarrassing Speaker Champ
Clark
The Wilson men made ovcrtures to tho
clark managers To unite in the support
nl Senat or elect Ollie James Of Kentucky
for temporary chairman in opposition
10 Judge Parker. ollie James was Clark 3
candidate for the place earlier in the strlg-
cle and the Clark meu on the committee
ot arran ccments voted soldly for hiT
When the choice cf Parker WAS made
Tho game of the Wilson people ia per
trc'lv clear They and ;nanv other Demo
rrHt, III Baltimore h"lieve that Clark
strvinS 10 carry water on both shoulders.
irving TO pleas" tharloS r Murphy hv
nr,rgirc about th" election ot Judge
rart"r and To preserv" th" good will
and eurror, of tn" many friends cf Will
Tam \ RrvGr who are uuuhcrsd among
Clark dslegdt"~ Srcal>"r Cia"k has
adopted this cour.e ho r6usr he feels
that h" "anuot he nominated without tho
support of New YORK = ninety dele gates
aud holr from Other so-cai'rd con -crva-
live States
y" smOLr Out Clark.
Nli Bryan has been lc"nlv alive to the
ca'ur hat 'w cla,i 'n"iItr"r- arc playing
and lis me- --lg" io th" candidat"s calling
'tor u >ho" iown on the Parker quest ion
wa. ,"- gr"d TO smoke the Speaker out
Now aIoug cone the Woodrow Wilson
mhuac"~, with ~ proposition which If
accepted viii nail Speaker Clark more
securely ~till to tho conservative side OF
the n,mv.racv rh" wilson v~opl" We're
pretending to.richt tha, the an, Bryan
forces ~ the Ma, ional Committee will
not carry ,rr day tomorrow for Judge
par!ior urhss Champ CLARK insists upor
maintaining third candidate in the field
With both Clark and Wilson presenting
candidates for the temporary chairman
ship. n" radical vote on the Nationa
COMMITTEE will lc divided and Judge
park"rs supporters will surely triumph
Wilson men were pretending that il
was the plan Of the Clark people to bring
about park"r's selection 10y the fuI
National Committee In this way. and ths
Alison tncn announced that they were
willing To Join with the Clark boomers il
support Of any progressive candidate
including ollie James.
lat" tonight no headwav had beer
made h'twc"n the Wilson and the Clarl
men, and tho prospect seemed To bc tina
they would be unable to cooperate in the
matter oi a candidate al tomorrow t
rn".tiic nf the National Committee.
H'' pTNIU 1DTfN'S WeT' CluttllEs
that thav would control the Nationa
Committee il their strength was mo-
divided, by from two TO four votes.
rarLrr WIN Win. Say. Mack.
Chairman Norman r. Mack of tho
National ,om,nittee and the other mel
who united in the support of Judge Parke
smiled AT these claims and said the Ma
tlonal committee at It's meeting to-mor
row would vote To indorse the selection
If .iudg" Parker
The general impre -sion in Baltimore
however. j. that the division in the com
fnttc" will he very close and jhat Parker
select ion il, 10y 40 means Il certainty.
several Democrats travelled back an,
forth to-day tc;weeu ID" opposing camp
IN al reor 70 bring ahn"t a compromi-e
Lewis ,iNru had i long ak with Charlie
+. Murphy and then held a conteronc
with Eryau. lie Suggested ,h" names o
Senator oC;orman and Herman Riddle
as men who world make satlsfaotor
presiding officers.
Roth men were acceptable 20 Brvan
bat III" stumbling block in all efforts al
compromise was the fact that it could b
accomplished only through the with
drawai Of Judge Parker from the hgh
That. III th" opinion OF CCn-"rvaUv
Democrats. would amount to II cornpl"'
surrcn'lcr 70 Rryan, even If Judge Parkc
acted solely from "A desire to bring har
mony into the situation.
Their" were we'll founded reports tina
Judge Parker himself had told (hai-Ma
Mack h,. ,ilH Iiy.. n ylflGrl.V h,lf hi
hack"rs. including Charles f Murphy
insisted that he owed II to the "onserva
lives uf the party to stand o the end
DisVi~Rscs the WanL und Eil".
Thcr" is no denying tn" fact that tn
rark and ulc oc the Democrats arc op
rosed 10 this rulnpus that has uueN
poctcnlv been started They had lookc
forward to harmonious yathcrin
which should contrast strongly with tn
Kilkenny performance in Chicago an
would greatly add to the prestige q
The party.
Instead, they find themselves con
fronted with the threat Of row whic
Is likely to bring about a sharp align
ncrt between the radicals ana con
s,crvatvcs in the party and leave har
feeling, IL it docs not actually rcsul
in a dangerous revival OF Bryan's boon
Tho Clark people were frightened 10