The Washington times., 1912-07-03
BRYAN INDIGNANT
At CLARK DELEGATE
LT|MORE HOTEL
Commonef Predicts Sweep
ing Victory In Novem-
Der Elections.

BALTIMORE, July 3.-After Wood
row Wilson had been nominated there
was a gathering of men and women,
representing all angles of the recent
Democratic differences, on the ninth
floor of the Belvedere Hotel, awaiting
the coming of Mr.. Bryan.
Mr.. Bryan arrived with Mrs. Bryan
and his daughter Grace.
An enthusiastic North Carolina dele
gate rushed up and said:
well, you did kick that houn dawg
around didn't your
Mr.. Bryan, who had come In smiling,
was obviously shocked. He stopped
short, his face was stern, and he waved
his hand in protest. mo, no." he said {;
, don't do that; don't do that" ..
Later other visitors voiced the same
sentiment, and in each instance Mr.
Bryan asked them, almost with tears
! in his eyes, to stop.
| Mrs. Bryan took her seat on table
| in the room and talked with friends. II
! was really a bedroom, and the chairs
| were few. Miss Grace Bryan sat on the
I bed with her uncle and talked with
friends.
In another part of the room newspaper
|
views on the outcome. Finally he turn
ed from an insistant caller who related
how he had voted for Bryan from 1Ss'
to the present and nodded to the news
paper men.
appeal to Country"
Standing with one foot on the window
fill, Mr.. Bryan, carefully but withou
| hesitation, dictated his statement.
was as follows:
Il feel sure the action Of the conven
ton thus far will appeal to the country
| had no choice among progressive can
ddates but from the first inClude
| Governor Wilson in every list had oc
casion to make. His action IN comm u,
cut strongly against Mr.. Parker 70
temporary chairman was the turnin
point in his campaign. The county
progressive. Nearly all of the Demc
| cratic party and more than half OF IN
Republican party are progressive.
THE paramount question before IN
convention was whether VIC would taE
sides with the reactionaries and INV
| encourage the organization OF thli
= party and give 10 the third party Z
| hone of defeating the reactionari'
divided into two parties, this on the OF
| side, and on the other the hominauG
of a ticket that would so appeal to II
progressive element of the nauon as
|
Expects to Win.
"I am satisfied that with Mr. Wiis'
running fer President on the platfor
which has been prepared there VIII
comparatively few progressive Repu
licans who will not feel justified IN su
porting the Democratic ticket II
were TO make an estimate l would 81
that we ought to have not less thi
2,OO0,o 800 majority of the popular va
and enough of the electoral vote to 81
us an overwhelming majority In Z
electoral college.
adopting the anti-Morgan- Ran ~
| mont resolution has demonstl ateo IN
the Democratic party is not only pr
gressive but is bold enough TO thrc
terests. II Is fortunate that Mr.. w
sons nomination was made witho
the aid of Mr.. Murphy. 1t il no reftt
ton upon the many good men IN
New York delegation to say this.
"From every standpoint the Quito
Is hopeful The only unpleasant thi
as about a political fight Is that succt
m to one aspirant brings disappointnIhe
rs find some consolation in the fact tf
l. failure is not always rejection up
nd the individual, because clrcumstanS
10 exert a larger influence than is son
e. times supposed In the determining oi
i'd convention choice.
Not a Candidate.
to Men are only available when th
he fit into conditions. l decided some I
no years ago that / did not fit into
he conditions as We then saw them, ane
he was unwilling to assume the respon
of bilitv of advocating any particular p
ny gressive. partly because l preferred
I'd 1f .,,Ia N
~ partly because ! felt that a great d
n would depend upon the action of
~. Republican convention. When the
ng pCpIc&n cohEsn.IUi auJSui teu, ~ ~
nv circumstances required some empha
action on the part of our convention
= = -