Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-06-26
THE LINEUP AT BALTIMORE.

clarifying itself at Baltimore. III LOOKS
very much as though the line up
would be Bryan and Wilson, typifyinS
the more radical, or progressive, ele-
imeuts of the party. and Clark and the
field generally on the other side rep
resenting the conservative elements.
Beside the power and influence of
Bryan that Of Murphy and his Tam
many cohorts visibly diminishes.
Bryan represents ability, character,
principle. Murphy represents machine
politics of the lowest order, the DOM
nance of mere numbers, regardless of
| intelligence or genuine principles.
! Murphy represents the office seekers,
/ the place holders, the Democrats for
what there is in it. Between him and
Bryan there is no comparison that
can be instituted. They are so far
apart, they accupy such entirely diff
ferent positions, have such entirely
different standards of life and of pol
itics, view government from such en-
tirely different standpoints, that it is
almost impossible for one to see
things through the others eyes. MuE-
ply represents an element of the
party that is very much in evidence,
that the party probably cannot do
without, and yet which reflects little
credit upon the party itself.
Through the ubiquitous unit rule, a
fr'1e that the democratic party should
abolish if it is to be truly Democratic.
try representative of the wishes Of
the people, Murphy controls the nine
ty votes of New York state, although
probably outside of New York city the
!, me- jor party of the Democracy is in
dignant at the situation in which it
is nut. From the opening plays of the
game at Baltimore it seems as though
a combination has been effected be-
tween Murphy and his allies, con-
trolling these ninety votes, and the
Clark forces. Whether this combina-
ton extends beyond the preliminary
moves, whether it is an offensive and
defensive alliance until the end is
REACHED, the proceedings of the next
two or three days must develop. 1t
looks very much as though it were
1.-THE latter, and as though the strength
of Clark had been materially increa8-
ed by the adhesion of Tammany to his
cause.
But there are elements of weakness
in the support of Tammany as well
as elements of strength. The ninety
votes may be offset by more than
NINETY alie2ated bv the very fact OF
.~'--N - "n'on"n. It looks as though
the progressive elements OF the party
4a4 Uten really driven together by
r rans of it, If this should really
prove so, Clark may have trouble in
holding his strength. Many Of the
Is u LcS iHdL d. T Gil OtICd ubdCl LIE
Clark banner are pre-eminently pro
Igressive in spirit Clark won them by
standing as a progressive, he WOE
them in measure, by the aid of Bry-
an, who gave him his tacit support
That he is in a fair way to lose this
support and to provoke the open an
taeonism of the Nebraskan woulc
seem to be at least strong possible
y ity.
. Bryan has again demonstrated tina
+ he is a factor who can neither bC
despised nor downed. He did not g
to Baltimore with ninety votes in hi.
vest pocket, like Murphy, but he Wen
there sustained by principles that h(
realizes are popular with the rank ant
file of his party, especially in the
West, and becoming more so RICH
along in the South, sustained by the
i respect of the great mass of the del
egates-something Murphy can hardl.
claim-and sustained by the courag'
S to stand irrevocably for what h,
e deems the right, regardless Of the re
suits. There are many things abou
Bryan many Democrats do not like
: but there is no disputing the mans de
r termination to adhere to his convic
tons, with no trimming OF the sails
no veering of the rudder, no shifting
n of the ballast, merely for the profit o
S place.
# 1t promises to be battle royal n
Baltimore, fought out on clean lines
though, and with none of the meannes'
: that marked the Chicago convention
t 1t will be battle among delegates
= about whose rights to seats there arj
e no disputes, battle among men who
3 represent a party that means some.
!, thing in every state in the Union. II
will be a far different fight from that