The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-26
At The MERCY
OF The TIGER
Tammany Has the Power to Dictate
to Democratic Convention and
10 Name the
Candidate.
"A STRONG COMBINATION
Murphy, Sullivan and Tagaart Arc
the Bosses Of tho Party and Have
Everything Their
Own Way.

[United Press Leased Wire servtco.l
BALTIMORE, June 28.-The nomi-
nee Of the democratic national CON
vention, like it's temporary CHAIRMAN,
can be dictated by the Tammany-
Murphy y-Sullivan-Taggart combination.
There is no doubt that they have the
votes. That they will attempt to put
over any man of their own. however,
seemed doubtful today. They had
counted noses, and decided 1t WAS
best to let the fight for the nominar
tion continue to a finish. They have
discovered that the progressive senti-
ment Is all powerful and that even
though delegates are prepared to 40
their bidding, they demand that they
desert the ultra-corservatives and
give them a chance to keep square at
home.
Yesterdays defeat OF Bryan in the
convention was the elimination Of one
of the most carefully worked out cam
paigns ever conceived. After 1t was
demonstrated that the national COM
mittee was anti-Bryan, the conssrvar
/
delegates. To make them stampede
proof was the plan, knowing Bryan
would be the principal issue perore
the convention, men with sentiments
against the Nebraska champion were
sought
4 For hours before the convention aa-
sembled yesterday, Murphy working
y through fhe great powerful financial
i interests he represents, was lining up
his men. Sullivan and Taggart were
doing the same thing. The result
was that when Bryan appeared FOR his
: fight he was already beaten.
! But knowing that they had the
votes and that If they applied the
pressure they could put across any
candidate they desired the conseTva-
! tlves halted today. They have about
decided that 80 far as the remand,
| er of this conventions work is con-
cerned, the delegates may decide for
themselves. They say that they have
eliminated Bryan as presidential
possibility. Bryan has insisted all
/, along that he was not a candidate,
and that he wanted to sit on one
, side and watch the proceedings, and
. take as insignificant part in them
as possible. Up to the present he has
refused to choose publicly between
! Champ Clark and Woodrow Wilson.
Today there is no doubt that he pre-
/ fers Wilson The Wilson men assert
: that he knows now positively that the
) Clark leaders traded with Murphy,
A and that they We're promised support
!. by him. They say that Clark cannot
: be nominated because of this.
/. That the Clark men realize that to
4 win they must get their majority
E early was shown when they today re-.
u newed their efforts to swing the unin-
! structed delegations into the camp Of
a the Missourian They seemed conf
G dent of success, but the Wilson forces
: insisted that careful poll proved
r that the speaker could never get
enough votes The Wilson men will
!. devote all OF their energies to holding
Q their delegates on the first few bal
lots and preventing Clark's nomina-
tion, feeling certain that il the speak
er cannot secure the needed two
thirds at the start his strength will
! quickly disintegrate.
: Bryan will continue his fight for the
= progressive platform and the progress
sive candidate to the last, He is CON
vinced, however, tnat the conserya-
> tives have an iron clad control and
that his fight will of necessity be a
> losing one unless they decide that 1t
would be political suicide to attempt
to combat the general sentiment for
progressive principles and let the dele
= cation do as they please II they do
u that there can be no doubt of the re-
'e suit The platform will be short
% snappy and advocate the rule of the
people,
le There was also renewed talk to-
IS day of the nomination for the head Of
IN the ticket of Kern Bryan's running
N mate of four years ago. Bryan's
rs ringing endorsement Of Kern's pro
gressiyeness made in nominating him
I'd for temporary chairman has caused
ie many of the leaders to wonder wheth
n, er after all Kern would not be goot
d. presidential timber And Kern's oper
II effort to secure harmony in his per
ut sonal appeal to Parker to Withdraw
oh in the interests of the party have no