New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-24
UNIT RULE REAL ISSUE
OF BRYAN, SAYS BLYTHE
Repetition of Chicago Row Between Radicals
and Conservatives in Sight at Baltimore,
Says Political Observer.

speeches in q convention are aOo"' "
effective in political way as a reaolh'
Of an essay on silence would De
isn't that he is afraid Judge Parker VII
say ANYTHING incendiary or because ~
Is afraid the judge will be duly safe ant
sane. BRYAN isn't after Parker. He L
after the unit rule, but he has olillCui
fight, for II the Harmon people ta!l II
with him. for example, and vote TO apol
ish the unit rule, Harmon loses mum
Der of Ohio delegates, and so would IN
derwood lose delegates and so "oul'
| Clark and Wilson.
The leaders have no correct line on th'
convention. They do not know what VII
happen, but they intend TO uphold IN
choice Of the committee. vote To-
Parker hand Parker to the convention
and then do the best they can.
In reality there are three elements u
this convention. and they may he al
vided thus. Radicals. near-radicals anc
conservatives. These are best typed o.
their leaders. The Bryan and Wllsoi
men can be called the radicals III
broad sense, the Clark men the near
radicals and all others the conservatives
No man knows accurately just how thl'
division will be maintained on a rollca Il
but the victory lies Of course, with tn
two elements that join against the othef
Thus the Bryan men and any othe'
element could win-that is, compiha
ton OF the out-and-out Bryan men anc
Wilson and Clark could do anything tina
combination chose, but how can such .
combination be Effected That Is az
artless little political question that VII
require Some thought before an answo
I is secured. and more manipulation pe'or'
the answer can he made effective.
Although it is claimed there are nv
merous letters iu existence In which Mr.
BRYAN has intimated. said. asserted an'
declared ,es the case may have been
/ that he does not desire the nomination
tho rroportion ~ Democrats In Baltlmor
who think Bryan wants and viii Try L
get the nomination is about nine out .
every possible ten These Democrats y
Baltimore are convinced they will win
They talk in awed tones Of their respon
sibilltles. for, as they point ont In mos
impressive manner. they claim the'
really are making q President al mi.
contention i'm addition 70 nominating
one They think II - all over but tn
uerfurctorv detail Of voting next NoVem
her. and thoy arc heavily borne do~r
with their obligations 10 their country
their party and themselves.
Centres All Around Bryan,
Wherefore It IS serious gathering, -
must DO tho case with tbs fat" ~ tN'
nation hanging IN the balance. and al
discussions start and end with BRYAN
Does ro want ~ can b" get n. WI
he got ii" l., there no one else \, ir
every Democratic convention since 1896
BRYAN g. tho biggest figure III" doml
mates The machine may be able 10 d"
J feat him. when working as a machine
but can the machine defeat him wh"r
working through the convention and thu
( delegates therein n the n"n who ruI
d
| they would be easier In their own minds
/ As ~ IL. they arc not sleeping very VOL
! Every time they wake mp IN tn. stills
! watches ~ the might Bryan glsres al
| them over the foot ~ the bed. They
see him when they take their walks
! abroad They fancy him glowerinG over
! their shoulders when they are a. their
! conferences. what viii Bryan do and
what can he do? How they would like
! 10 know!
The result ~ this convention was
largely determined by the result az chit
cago. in political sense. That Is. the
a radical for President, and for this rea
son. The Democrats Of the country are
certain they are coming back yto power
are certain Taft cannot be elected. and
so are many Republicans. Hence. n the
! Democrats name a man who is only fair
! ~ satisfactory. all Democrats will vote
| for him because they sec chance ~ vic
tory. And all the Democrats need do 10
win is 10 hold the normal Democratic
vote
But N Is pointed out II the convention
names conservative. q reactionarv the
radical Democrats will go 10 Roosevelt or
to radical Democrat. and tho nominee
Of this convention viii lose This. ~
| bring t--down to inal ballot between
Wilson and Clark. the two candidates
who have the greatest number 81 votes
! for q start, with BRYAN an ever present
possibility. However, there is another
and quite possible outcome. and that Is
| II the machine controls-and II iS = con-
sentative machine-follows the lead Of
the machine at Chicago and names q
conservative. there may be four ticket :
| IN the field, one headed 10y Taft. one
headed by Roosevelt. one headed by the
| conservative named al this convention
and one heades by-Bryan7
Might Get Roosevelt Endorsement,
This IL speculative politics. however,
| for II is not likely that the convention
will name a conservative. And there are
men on the ground who have already
heard from the Roosevelt people that y
would be very good politics to name a
highly progressive Democrat and await
Roosevelt events. the intimation being
that Mr. Roosevelt might indorse the
right sort Of a man and not run him
| self.
The right man to name is the right
sort Of a Progressive. Having made thai
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