The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-04-25
WOODROW WILSON
MAKING GAINS
DESPITE COMBINATIONS AND AL
LIANCES PEOPLES MAN IS
EASILY IN LEAD.

Wilson swept the primaries in Ore
eOn, adding ten votes to the l5O
delegates in favor OF his candidacy
previously elected to the Baltimore
convention. Gov. Wilson's strength
now represents 100 delegates among
those already elected. which is ~
more votes than any other candidate
has to his credit.
More important than the Oregon
primary result was the action Of
county conventions in Michigan last
week. which leave no doubt that
Woodrow Wilson will get the thirty
votes of Michigan Democrats to the
Baltimore convention.
When he captured Nebraska.
Speaker Clark added another State
bordering on Missouri to his column.
Up to the present moment Speaker
Clark has not carried State that
does not border on Missouri, his own
State. Moreover. he hasn't as many
as three delegates from any State
that does not touch the Missouri
State line, and he will not receive at
any stage of the contest the dele
gates In any two States that are
not contiguous to his own State. Mr..
Clark's strength to date is based on
Missouri sentiment The delegates
in Nebraska as in all other Clark
States are for Coy. Wilson as second
choice.
Speaker Clark has apparently car
ricd most of the districts in Ne
braska, where the Harmon and
{ lark forces. which have been in
thorough understanding throughout
the campaign, worked in tandem.
Advices were received at Woodrow
Wilson headquarters early last week
that Speaker Clark's can
d!dacy was to receive support from
the Harmon forces in certain Sec
t:Ons of Nebraska, and that the COM
plimcnt was to be returned by the
clark people in other sections of the
state. where Governor Harmon ap-
pcared to have Il chance and the
lark element was not over hopeful.
fhis latest display of team work on
he part Of the allies proved almost
IS effective as it did in Illinois,
y h re the Harmon people closed cx-
Dcnsltc headquarters, which had
)rca running for months, quit tho
icld. and got squarrly behind the
lc. si-clark forces.
Ia Ncbr ska d., in Oregon il was
Ii field against Wilson Those cx-
Republican cmiSsar.cs, rctligrcy',
luloiS ld George Fred Williams,
ser" all on the scche in Nebraska,
lire ting the clark ight ana vcnti-
alire their baselrss assaults on Gov.
Wilson. They also had in the state
.A-Scnator Townc and eX-Gov. Dock
'ry, of Missouri, not to mention 9TH
RS. The Clark State campaign man
lger was Arthur Mullins, who was
It work for Harmon when drafted
'hc Clark people. The Harmon
Orces directed all their energies
against Gov. Wilson's candidacy
Thus the Wilson forces had the field
lgainst them.
The allies have displayed versa
ility not heretofore approached In
American politics. With equal celer.
ty and adaptability they can do the
\lphOnsc and Castor in certain
states Of the Union, or they can dou-
lie up in others at the expense OF the
,nly nationwide candidate in the
Ontest.
Notwithstanding the alliance that
las resulted in the withdrawal Of
speaker clark as candidate In
;eorgia. Florida. and other States.
hat has made IL necessary for Gov.
to withdraw in Illinois, Wis
onsin. and other States. and which
laces Mr. Underwood as a candi-
ate in only few of the States, Gov.
wilson is in the lead in the race,
aving more delegates committed to
is candidacy than any other candi-
ate.
Gov. Wilson's strength of delegates
lected to the Baltimore convention
epresents 160 votes. which is 50
lOre votes than can be accorded any
ther candidate. Speaker Clark,
fourteen delegates from
'ebraska for him, has 1l9 votes.
ov. Marshall has 80, Mr.. Under
-ood 2i-that being the vote Of his
cme State-and Gov. Harmon has