The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-05
Clark and Harmon VIII Not
Fight Each Other.
Underwood May Become Party
to New Plan.
FIELD AGAINST GOV. WILSON
Candidates VIII Combine Sup
port to Defeat Him.
Democrats Plan Good Feeling
Campaign, Holland Says.

New York, March Inflammation
which came from washington to New
York today tends to confirm the re-
port that an understanding has been
reached by those who are managing
the campaign for the nomination of
Governor Harmon for president by
the Democratic national convention
and the directors of the campaign
which has Speaker Champ Clark S
nomination in view. The first reports
which reached New York distorted
somewhat the nature OF that under
standing. 1t is not a combination, as
the first reports asserted, formed for
the purpose of carrying from one OF
these candidates to the other support
whenever it is discovered that one is
stronger than the other before the
convention. Whatever agreement has
been made at present involves no 9TH
err action than the restraining of &C
tivities in the interest of Governor
Harmon in those states in which it
is to be presumed predominant sent1-
ment favOrs the nomination of Speak
er Clark.
On the other hand, the speakers
managers will carefully abstain from
any political activity in the midwest
particularly Indiana, Ohio, west N1r-
ginia and Kentucky, because that re-
gion is looked upon as one in when
sentiment strongly favorS the nom1-
nation of Governor Harmon. This IS
not unprecedented action. In the past
the active managers for one candidate
for presidential nomination VINO was
known to be strong in any particular
section have sometimes made agree
ments with those who directed the po-
litical features of a candidate who was
strong in another section not to IN
wade each others territory. 1t has
often happened, however, that when
agreements of that kind have been
made and have been faithfully OBJ
served until convention day the friends
of the weaker candidate at the right
gave their support to the otn-
err candidate If his nomination was
more favorably looked upon by the
So it is said in this city
that this disposition, as it has been
observed in other presidential years,
NAV possibly at the opportune mo-
ment bring to Governor Harmon the
support of delegates whose first choice
was Speaker Clark, in case it be dis
covered that the speaker cannot be
nominated.
On the other hand, should Governor
Earmon's friends be persuaded that
he cannot be nominated, then In or
der to prevent the nomination of some
other man they might think It the
better part to support Speaker Clark |
It Is An Conjecture.
This, however, is no more than con- |
lecture at the present time. The only |
understanding believed to have been
between the friends or the
and Governor Harmon is one |
which will cause no canvass to be made |
In the governors interest in what is
normally Speaker Clark's territory, |
and, on the other hand, no canvass
for the Clark delegates will be made
m the territory which is normally that
Of Governor Harmon.
In addition to this understanding
there are some reasons for tnferring
that it will be speedily so extended
as t, include those who are directing
the campaign for the nomination of
Underwood. 1t is not
improbable that within the next ten
laws or two weeks an understanding
of that kind will have been so made
hat the friends of Mr.. Underwood,
Of Speaker Clark and of Governor
Harmon, respectively, will make no
campaign excepting in territory which
naturally belongs to the candidate
which 1t will support.
And yet there is no ski1lful or expert