The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-06-28
BY SAMUEL G. BLYTHE.

| tSopsAlSHt- 1S1- by sam l. u DIS tucI
| BALTIMORE. Md, June 2s.-After
| entertaining as their welcome but
noisy guests the entire Pandemonium
family, from little Peter Pandemon-
ium to Grandsire P. Promiscuous Pan
! demonium, Esq, for three days, the
| Democratic delegates in convention as
| sembled are squared away, as this is
! written, to show to the waiting world
| whether they have it in them to select
| champion or pick out chump.
| Some twenty-one set speeches, and
many that will be both unset and I'M
| sought, some two or three hours of
that sort of useless noise that passes
under broad, general head Of demon
stration,- although it demonstrates
nothing except the folly of trying to
run a deliberative body when entirely
| surrounded by bowling dervishes, and
a long drawn ballot must intervene
between the production of this piece
on Thursday afternoon and its publica-
ton on Friday.
Prophets Reoala Put Back.
Wherefore, for the time being, all
prophets regalia is put back in the
cedar chest, all prophecies are here
with declared subject to the recall,
and whatever the outcome is, it was,
of course, exclusively predicted in
these dispatches.
On the one hand, then, it is conf
dentially stated, by those who are
close to the Clark management, that
Clark will be nominated either on
! io, Wi
On the other hand, it is declared
with equal confidence that Wilson will
be nominated during a similar period
of time. Continuing along down the
line until we reach Gov. Simeon Bald
win Of Connecticut, who has a small
and select number of delegates at his
disposal and who will dispose OF
them and be disposed of early in the
proceedings, it is clearly apparent
that, eventually, there will be nomi-
nation, and beyond that there is no inn
perative reason to stray.
Plotting Becomes a Rage.
have seen good many national
conventions in my time-Republican
Democratic, gold, silver, populist, Pro-
hibitionist, greenback, and Socialist
but there never was one, since began
to go to them, where there was so
much of that political ingredient called
intrigue, but not deserving the name.
The plotters here have been exceed
ed in number only by the counter
plotters and plotting became such a
rage that not a few of the schemers
found themselves unable to keep track
of their various Vaccinations and
were dismayed to discover themselves
entangled in the meshes Of their own
Observation-Disclosures.
| A good many of them, after taking a
hasty review of the situation, ascer-
tanned they had been plotting against
themselves.
Naturally, this perplexed both the
| plotters and the plottees and the stu
| alton at times assumed certain phases
of uncertainty that were only relieved
| by the appearance of a band of full
i grown men carrying little shivering
dog with them and singing Champ
| Clark's battle hymn while waiting for
the friendly ministrations of the bar
| tenders.
| Princeton Contingent Busy.
After one of these exhibitions the
nomination of Clark seemed sure.
Likewise, the Princeton contingent did
much to further the cause of Mr..
Woodrow Wilson. 1t is not yet possible
to say how many votes were secured
for each stick of red fire burned in
Baltimore and each sizz-boom-bah. but
the results must have been satisfac~
tory, for the red fire continues to
burn, and the cheers to sizz-boom, and
will continue, undoubtedly, until eth
er Mr.. Clark or Mr.. Wilson hears them
meaning the misunderstanding him.
At this writing Mr.. Clark has the