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WILLIAM J. BRYAN IN FIGHTING TRIM At BALTIMORE

number OF year. ago sen, 100000 int o
Nebraska for the legitimate EXPENSES Of
clectinc candidates to the Legislature
hv which Bryan could bc elected To- the
United States S.nnt" AID the tllnax
oi this money sidc or III. situation WIZ
tina; 1ainInauy 2a.a its check through
Herman kiddci. treasurer of the Demo
cratic National Committee. ia I1is. to
Bryan : campaign fu,.d. tiai B,van know
y and accepted II. and We: these New
! h"rarrs have st there day after day and
l'ernti"U Bryan To override them 10 de-
n"unc" them to the country. to hold up
Rvtn ana Belmont 10 contempt. and no
word OF reply has hecn made.
Al last ~. Naw Workers. say that they
ar aroCscu. II their present plans are
carried oui hey ill have John B. Stanch-
field or John u. Mcmahon OF Oneida
county g"t up ami snaa ~ an effo II to
offset Bryan's cr,,,"isms These New
orkers do not believe that Bryan is
for TOY. Wilson Il l., their Judgment
that Bryan p ircadT thiuks that Gog. Vii
son has become too strong III this con-
a ,an|v road for Wilson and take steps
10 ilclI MS friend. Senator John " Kern
ol Indiana
Many Democrats though believe that
Brt an II after ia" nomination himself
Tn" conduct OF this convention 80 far
of bitter criticism, Col. Bryan has been
permitted 70 vioiat every rule by which
N" convention is governed. Senator
James. permanent chairman. has been
'sIons!tle. hut he has bccn brought TO a
rcaiYatIon OF what has Occurred and has
promised that Biyan is not To have the
latitude he has enjoyed in future
tA-,'or. DoClicry aud cx-Gov Nc
Cr"Grr declared tonight that tho Clark
force" We're hEhinS NOR" desperately
Ia. H..
and tner believe that the Clark strength
even though IT should shrink still further
would b" able 10 prevent the nomination
of Wilson. The Wilson men combat this
sta,emen' and declare thai Illinois. Iowa
and Indiana are on the point of breaking
'hs statement. and Tagsart did the
same for Indiana. New Workers are to
stick To Clark. hoping that " hen il ,s
demonstrated that he cannot be no,ni-
mated most of Clark's delegates will %
over To Underwood. This the Clark
men say they will never do. in view Of
Underwood course in refusing practi-
cally to bring about the nomination Of
Clark when such thing was pos -ible
Charles +. Murphy,s idea j, that the
Democratic voters Of New YORK state
were more partial to Gov Harmon.
Finding that Harmon could no, land the
nomination. the New Workers. turned 10
Clark as the next best man 10 reprcsent
the Democratic sentiment of the Empire
state. But all tins time The New Workers,
including Mr.. Ryan and Mr.. Belmont,
believed that Underwood best repre-
sent"d the Democratic sentiments Of New
York. WITH Clark 5 men determined that
they Will not go 10 Underwood. II is freely
stated Tonight by Clark men that they
viii go I" Wilson in preference to Under
wood when the break comes
While the lines between the Clark and
Wilson forces o-niG Ght are drawn as tightly
as ever and while the opposition to Gov.
Wilson believes that il can hold $50 dele.
gates against nm 10 the end. the tide
seems 10 be drifting toward Wilson
The delegates are all worn out and so are
the leaders, and there is a very general
statement tonight that if the leaders
do not settle this nomination shortly the
delegates will take hand in the fracas
and settle il themselves. And if they
do i, will he in favor OF Wilson
hui the spectacle Of Col, BRYAN running
this convention has been such as no man
remembers in the Democratic party,
He has been, as one eminent Democrat
put /, to-day. "a political corpse for siys
teen years. and yet this politically dead
man has been allowed TO run this con.
vention.
On every hand. on every side YOU hear
,iolent criticism OF Bryan, With the Ne
bra ska delegation he was instructed for
CLARK and vet he desertcd Clark when the
the convention. The perfdy oi that act
according To Brvan'b critics has no
parallel ~ Nmcrican politics. and vet
Bryan was pnrmlt'ed ed to do it and no re-
londer of moment w2s ma5o.
No man nero can fpreteli wien this
conl ontlon L. To end. Some predict that
Il wi be IN NesSicn another week Others
say the fight VIII last month The Clark
men ar" desperate, the Wilson men Sro ,
luhlant and enthusiastic, the Underw God |
votes cannot he transferred to Clark and !
I h. Clark votes cannot be transfer rcd To !
Underwood And naturally tho situation !
has boon 1T filing toward Nilson as Vii. |
son, Supporters viii not listen TO a dark |,
hors. candidate. They believe they have
Wilson rs good a. naired and that victory
!, theirs If they only stick and fight even
II thev have TO tight for another month
tN -Gov. Francis of Missouri said in
reply To the assertions of the Wilson men:
Not 80 never VIII Wilson be named in
this convention. This deadlock il on
and we'll stav here al summer. Clark
VIII always have enough votes TO heat
Wilson The Clark men have the s,ifyest
'ackbones here and Wen wear Wilson
down
William q, McAdoo of tho New YORK;
delegation announced tonight thai he
would challenge In" vote Of The delega, ion
IN IN" convention tomorrow. The dele
Cation under the unit rule mas c,si m
votes Tor lark. although = are for Wilson
and for Underwood. Mr.. McAdoo al
clar"s that his challenge will bring out
that 10 OF the delegation are for Wilson.