Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-29
PLETHORA OF TIPS
"Wise Men" of Baltimore Con-
vention Predict Results.
AN EARLY CROP OF HINTS
Do Not All Agree, But Each Il
Ably Endorsed.
SOME TALK OF STAMPEDE"
Flops, Breaks and Combinations
Also outlined-Friends Of All
Candidates Hopeful.
From 4 STAFF CORRESPONDENT

From a Staff Correspondent
CONVENTION HALL. BALTIMORE,
June 29.-Exceedingly warm weather
brought out a fine crop OF hot tips this
morning. Tips flourish under the scorch-
| ing roof OF convention hall like forced
vegetables under a winter dollhouse. The
hottest one today seems to be the pre-
| diction that Bryan will be the eventual
candidate, and no matter how true or un-
true that is, a small army Of workers is
buttonholing the delegation leaders and
national committeeman in his behalf.
With the convention in deadlock, the
delegates all got down to breakfast very
late this morning. having stayed in the
sweltering hall through the twelve bal
lots until in the morning. The talk of
combinations, flops. stampedes and breaks
in the solid Clark or Wilson states began
| to take shape as soon as the waiter had
appeared with coffee and rolls.
In the Emerson Hotel where the Clark
and Wilson people have separate head
quarters. hints began to sprout early.
The Clark people sent out crop, which
would indicate that Clark would garner
his needed votes about o'clock today.
and that it would then be all over ex-
/ CepC choosing a vice PreS1Qenl.
The District of Columbia delegation
last night received hurry call to get
into a combination that made Clark
President and Wilson Vice President
Evidently that was a report sent out
for effect from Clark headquarters, be-
cause every Wilson man who was ap
preached on the subject today showed
signs indicating apopfexy and an i'm
mediate desire to murder the person
who mentioned it. The Wilson people
declare the Clark wave will break today.
What Nobody Believes.
Nobody believes the New York vote
| will stay In the Clark column-that is,
no one except the dyed-in-the-wool Clark
| boosters. Underwood emissaries were
running in and out Of William Jennings
| Bryan's room in the Belvedere all the
morning, but none of them would say a
thing that would indicate the slightest
political information-for public use. The
quantity and quality of mystery which
hangs around the ordinary visitor In the
Bryan camp Is marvellous. Mr.. Bryan
himself allowed the newspaper men an
interview. which means nothing, take 1t
any way you like. backward, upside
down or forward.
The most significant thing he did say
was to man who asked him why he
did not get himself nominated. This
person is friend of the great COM
moner and is intimately acquainted
with him He said Mr.. Bryan had told
him that he would accept the nomina-
ton II the convention offered it free
ly, but that he would not enter into
any deals. and would not be tied by
any strings.
Every man on the Oregon delegation
who voted for Wilson up to the last
| ballot last night says the delegation
will remain loyal to Wilson. The two
| votes that broke away for Clark last
| nj joh
| today and the scolding they got may
have an effect.
"only Man to Beat Roosevelt"
"Wilson is the only man to beat
Roosevelt" is the cry Of the Oregon
crowd. and they are OF the opinion
that the colonel will be a candidate.
National Committeeman Miller of Ore
gon said at noon today that the Wilson
column would receive all the Oregon
votes. Shortly after Mr.. Miller made
this statement in Bryan's room Sena-
tor Luke Lea strUfled down the CORR
"How about tt?" asked him.
CLARK is eliminated. He will go be-
low 800 on the first ballot today and
below 400 on the second.
| The Underwood boosters claimed the
New York vote today. They predicted
that Murphy would call the Underwood
Ninety" very early in the afternoon.
They also scout the idea that Underwood
would accept a nomination as Vice Presi-
dent However, they all agree that I'm
derwood has several chances to be all
sorts of things.
oscar can be President or he can be
Speaker of the House, or he can be Vice
President" said member OF the Ala
bama delegation. Representative Thomas
Helm of that state said this morning that
his last nights prediction is still good.
L IL $a1 hat TrpIa r.0,pll
ceive the nomination.
Some of the uninterested but politically
| wise sharps say that nothing can be done
| without the state of Indiana and that
| Marshalls thirty votes control the Situa-
ton. They mean that by the way the
states were lined up last night it makes
no difference which way New York and
her ninety votes flop. no one will have the
| necessary figure unless Indiana and her
thirty votes flop the same way. Talk of
Marshall and Kern was hushed up by
most Of the thirty delegates from Indiana
this morning. The truth is that Kern
speech on the day he withdrew In favor
Of Bryan for temporary chairman.
After visiting the strongholds OF the
various camps it would be easy enough to
have a headache. The political strategy
that is being played is far beyond the
comprehension of the ordinary Individual.
The methods by which each crowd ex-
poets to work amaze the ordinary intelli-
Il.
out q chirp Of hope early in the day.
I've know where we stand. and we are
not making any claims" they said. It
was exactly what they were saying be-
fore the convention. 1t is probably as
true statement as has been made.
Wilson men claim that ex-senator Pet
tigrew of South Dakota is working for
their candidate. although he has been
heretofore a Clark man. They say Petit
grew can swing part OF Iowa, part of
Nebraska, part Of Idaho. three votes
from Utah and three from Washington.
He is also accredited with starting a
Wilson and Burke BOOM
The same Wilson man who spread this
rumor broadcast today said that the
Wilson states in the west will stick to
the end, If it takes two weeks. and. he
added. i've are not worried about hotel
bills either We have a wad OF our own
money and all the high prices In the
world are not going to scare u.s.
CONVENTION FUND GROWS.