The Detroit times., 1912-07-02
BOSSES SCHEME TO
DEFEAT GGOV. WILSON
(Continued from First Pagel


yond its capacity, the nerve-wrecked
delegates were milling today like a
bunch of cattle in a corral. They are
all at sea- The leaders who have
been manipulating them have beer
unable to select the course through
: which to pilot Democracy's ship and
the individual delegates sits in his
seat sweltering and swearing, and
ready for fight at any moment.
Leaders Jockey For Positions.
Any individual Democrat with mag
netism and record Of party con-
sistency could sweep the present con-
vention off it's feet But the leaders
cannot agree and the rank and file
of the delegates have had no oppor-
tunity to voice their opinion of the
qualifications of any man, as, barring
the Bryan episodes, there has not
been a strong speech delivered on
the floor o fthe convention.
The jockeying for position con-
tinued today. individuals from GER
tain states, whole delegations in
others, were moved backward and
forward to test the temper OF the cor
vention. The state bosses in many
instances were working in concert.
The real reason for many of their
moves was seldom apparent even 10
the onlooker who knew the game,
never 70 the uninitiated. but that
there was concerted action was AZ
ways obvious.
!, A single vote, recorded for a candl-
J date who had not been placed regu.
slarly in nomination, would occasion
Z ely burst and the effect watched as
(. closely by the chieftain3 of the party
as a fever chart by a doctor in a
typhoid epidemic. The, delegates were
being tried out but there was little
+ response and the dark horse" chat.
ter continued, while the leading can
: didates received the full quota %:
their rock bottom strength and the
manipulated vote that was being tenn
{ porarily diverted awaiting the psych.
illogical moment when il was TO be
sent elsewhere.
The fear of Bryan ohsesses the
I New York delegation and the ma
chine leaders who are in alliance
with Murphy, of Tammany Hall
Michigan Position Nettles Murphy.
The Nebraskans stopping Of Champ
4 Clark had displayed his strength
Early today just before adjournment,
( word was brought TO the New York
Z leader, that Michigan after shifting
< almost Its entire strength 10 Wilson
10 test the possibility OF a stampede
in that direction. was going to throw
90 votes 10 the N5braskan 10 see what
effect this would have.
The Murphy seat is on the middle
aisle In the center Of the hall and
he was leaning back in his chair with
bis eyes closed chewing a toothpick
when the word came. He was wide
awake and reaoy IN a moment. Hast.
ny Reckoning Roger Sullivan. Thco-
lOre r Bell was called fro mhis place
with the California delegation ana
rushed 10 the Michigan position. Bell
was told by National Committeeman
Wood that, although there had been
talk OF going TO Bryan, the Michigan
delegation that was going TO shift on
this final ballot was going back 10
Clark. The news was passed To Muir.
ply and he dropped back into his ai
OF boredom after directing Bell 10 be
sure that Michigan made no histake
While the political dopesters assert
that both Wilson and Clark are now
out of Il. each having demonstrated
his ability TO muster the ons-third
vote necessary to prevent a nomlna.
ficn OF the other. and neither having
shown any prospects OF being able TO
muster the needed two-thirds 20 force
his own nomination. the managers OF
both candidates refuse to accept this
verdict as final. Both were very
much IN evidence today. For hours
before the convention reassembled,