The Sentinel=record., 1912-06-21
NEW YORK MAN WILL PRESIDE OVER DEMOCRATIC coNvEN
 TON, wooDsoN SECRETARY
BRYAN'S PROTEST IGNORED
Henry, of Texas, James ot Kentucky. o'Gorman of New York and Kern of Indiana Were Candidates
 for the Position.


 was selected today for temporary chairman of the Democratic national 8 convention by the arrangements com 4 mittee.
 8 The choice of Judge Parker was made against the protest of w. J. Bryan, whose friends on the com miitee submitted the names of ionr 4 other candidates. Eight of the l6 votes of the committee went to the 8 .>ew York iurist, while Representa- ! five Henry of Texas. received three votes: Senatur-elect Ollie James cf Kentucky, three votes; Senator Kern of Indiana, one vote and Senator OGorman of New York, one vote. As the campaign managers of those seeking the presidential nomination were playing for position with re- spect to the nomination, the vote n opposition to Judge Parker was .n consequence split up.
 With Judge Parker, the committee enose trey Woodson of Kentucky as temporary secretary, and John l. Mar tin of Missouri as temporary sergeant at-arms The selection of the ar. I rangement committee is in no sense q Monday at a full meeting of the na- tional committee.
 It was reported tonight telegram had been sent to W. J. Bryan in Ch.- cago asking that he come at once to Baltimore Several national commit teemen said after today's meeting they expected a fight by Mir Bryan and his friends on the floor Of the convention against Judge Parkers selection.
 The vote taken today on the tenn porary chairmanship was moffciaily made known as follows
 For Judge Parker-N Norman E. Mack New York; Clark Howell Georgia. R NJ Johnson, Texas; Edwin O. pood, Michigan, Roger Sullivan, Hi rcis Thomas Taggart Indiana Thomas H. Browne, Vermont, and j.. Fred C. Talbott, Maryland For Representative Henry-Jose- Thus Daniels North Carolina; Robert Ewing, Louisiana, and John E. Os- born, Wyoming.
 For Senator elect Ollie James-P L. Hall, Nebraska Urey Woodson, Kentucky, and Martin Wade, Iowa. For Senator O'Gorman. of New I fork-John T Mctiraw, West V.r- ginia
 For Senator Kern, of Indiana-Roo- ert Hudspeth, New Jersey The arrangements committee was l in session for nearly three hours. Be fore the meeting the Parker forces announced openly that they had the votes to elect and said if Mir. Bryan desired to raise any issue it would be better to settle it now. Leaders or the movement to nominate Speaker Champ Clark decided that since an issue was raised on the question Of I proeressiveism as against the so called conservatism, they would come out for progressiveism and put for ward candidates against Judge Park er
 Meanwhile, Charles F Murphy leader of Tammany Hall, sent word by * John A. Mason, secretary of the Dem oeratic state committee of New York, mat the delegation was anxious to have Judge Parker
 When the committee went into ses sion there wos generol discussion over the proposition to delay select ing temporary chairman until to- morrow. Then came the first lineup With eight votes against delay and seven votes for it, the Parker ed- Lerents opposing postponement, The nomination of candidates Tor temporary chairman was then taken ur and National Chairman Mack pro losed the name of Judge Parker Ad- dressing the committee, Chairman Mack said:
 l wish to place before this com mlttee for it's consideration for tenn pefafy chairman of the convention which is to assemble here nert Tues day, the name of one of the best Democrats in the United States. The man l have in mind for that very eN- acung position was the partys eholee TOT the presidency eight years ago ana is today more highly esteemed man ever by the Democracy ot the country. He is one of New York $ most conspicuous Democrats; one O. me nations ablest statesmen There aas been no time in 30 years--eXcept
 turing his incumbency as chief judse
 VI the court of appeals of our stale ~nen Alton B. Parker was not actlVe- engaged in the campaigns of ms %fly, whether called upon in local
 eestlons, state elections or nationai
 ssoh'est. He has never failed to give
 als lime and great ability to further
 sae success of our national tickets
 aug In the last national campaign ne
 ssYoted six weeks of his time imme- s'aeely following the nomination oi
 nh Bryan at Denver in an extended
 ampaign tour through the Paclnc
 sIses Apart from MT Bryan nm 'sn no one in the whole list Of our I 'sfy able supporters devoted more