The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-22
Alabama Given Conspicuous Position Well Toward
 the Front
MIR. UNDERWOOD WILL
 GET 12O ON FIRST VOTE
Report That He Was Coming to Balti. moro Proves Erroncous--All of the Candidates Have Decor
 ated Their Headquarters

Baltimore. June 21.--Only a small pro- portion of the delegates to the democratic national convention and about half the national committeeman were here tonight, but Baltimore has assumed the aspect of convention city. All the candidates headquarters are well established and the crowds in the hotel Hobbies discuss the democratic situation with an interest all most as if the republican fight in Chicago was not in progress.
 The physical arrangements for the con- vention that meets next Tuesday praoti- cally are complete, and the sub-commt- tee of the national committee has s1out finished tentative plans. Aside from the selection of the temporary chairman, which now seems certain to be contested in the national committee, these arrange ments, which include the appointment of minor officers and the committee on rules, probably will stand.
 Convention Tickets Allotted
 Today convention tickets were allotted and positions were assigned to state dele gations The biggest block of tickets-10oo went to the local citizens committee. Each delegate will receive three tickets, fin addition to his individual seat, while the alternates will have to be satisfied with their single seats. Members of the national committee will be given on an average of 10 tickets each the number varying in accordance with the needs Of each committeeman. All the recognized candidates also will be supplied with tick cts, but aside from saying that the can- didates would be treated literally the committee did not say how many tickets were to be given to each man.
 In the assignment of seats on the convention floor those states fared best which have candidates to present to the delegation. Ohio. New Jersey, Mis- souri and Alabama were given promi- nent positions in front of the speak CTS stand with the New Jersey and Missouri delegates in the front seats on oposite sides of the center aisle and ohio and Alabama just behind them
 Delegates Not Interested
 Those delegates who gathered at the various state headquarters seemed in clined to leave the controversy over the temporary chairmanship for the present
  Ohio delegates are interested In a fight which the opponents of Governor Har- mon propose to make against the pre- vailence of the unit rule in the Ohio delegation. Governor Harmons oppo- nents take the ground that the state convention was authorized to instruct only the six delegates at large. The claim that Ohio is unit for Harmonn said National Committeeman Garber, 'is preposterous If this question comes before the convention if will be am other test of the relative strength of Mir. Bryan and his friends and those that oppose them"
 < The latest claims of the Wilson mau- agers is 315 instructed delegates. This number, they say. is the minimum and does not include the Wilson district delegates from Ohio, which the Harmon people declare are bound to them by the unit rule. The Wilson leaders con- cede that Clark will get 330 on the first ballot and Underwood s6.
 Underwood Will Have 120
 Senator John IL Bankhead of Ala bama tonight said Underwood had be- tween no and 120 votes on the first tallot, The Underwood men who have one of the smaller hotels all to them selves. hope to domfsate the situation in the event of deadlock.
 A report that MT. Underwood was coming to Baltimore next week was emphatically denied today by his cam
 
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