Bisbee daily review., 1912-06-23
lO74 DELEGATES READY ID NAME
 NEXT PRESIDENT
Headquarters of Various Candidates Running
 Full Blast
NECESSARY CHOICE 7l6

BALTIMORE. Md, June 22-One thousand and seventy-four delegates will assemble in the Fifth Pegim, mt Armory in this cHy Tuesday to name a candidate to run as the democratic party's choice for president of the United States.
 These delcgats represent the dem. oCratiC voters Of forty-eisht states. the District of Columbia and the Phil ippines. The number Of delegates exclusive of the territories and in- sular possessions is twice the num- Der of the United States senators and members of the house Of representa- tIyCs.
 Each delegate tO the national con yeutlon represents a section Of the country peopled by approximately 91,- 572 ,266 people (acco-ding 10 the cen sus Of l9l0). of whom at least 27,o0O,- nou are male adults of the voting age The 1,074 Gelegats meet 10 select man VEo will represent the ideas Oi the democratic voters as 10 nee eSsGry qualifications for a president of Inc United States and to voice their | ideas as to general policies which should be followed by the chief exec utive for the four years succeeding March 4, 1913 The delegates will voice these policies in a series Of res ! UlutiOns. which. taken together. is pop uiarly called a platform" They are i also to select a candidate for vice president to serve in case Of the death ! or inability Of the president
 | Theoretically the choice of the nom. inees and the framing Of the platform are matters which the delegates take | up as quite fresh subjects. and upon which they have varying opinions. but practically. and as a result of wide 1 spread discussion in the daily press and elsc where there are always of 1 late years some well settled ideas on the subject of candidates and is sues, and a certain unauimity on many matters from the ouiset. In the pres "nt instance, however considerable mCrc dOubt surrounds the actions and decisions of the convention than has been tfe case for many years lt E generally admitted that the choice o | candidates and the framing of -ht platform will denend in a great meas ure uUou the results of the republican
 national convention now in session II Chicago
 The democratic convention nomi
 mates presidential candidate by
 twOthirds vote therefore the winnei in the convention must secure 7l' votes. No candidate in the race has anywhere near enough instructed
 votes to secure the nomination or
 first ballot Tn the order of then
 strength as indicated bv the mum
 her of delcgafes pledged to suppor
 hem, the leading candidates ar'
 Champ Clark of Missouri Woodrow
 Wilson of New Jersev. Oscar w Un
 derwood of Alabama and Judson liar
 mon of ohio
 The standing of these four candl
 dates indicates their relative strenetl
 cn the first halIot in the convention
 this week Their actual strenCth VII
 moi he known however. until afis
 the first ballot. hen about 27o upn
 gtructed delegates and a scatterln'
 vote Of ninety delegates for Governor
 Floss of Massachusetts, Baldwin Q
 Connecticut. Marshall of Indiana an' Burke Of North Dakota will he cast
 These four favorite sons are eXpecte' tn dFop ont of the contest after m
 first ballot leaving tho fight 10 m
 remaining four candidates SpeaKe
 Clark. Governor Wilson. Governo