The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-15
Underwood Sentiment Is Strong at Nashville
 and Columbia
DELEGATION IN S. c.
 TO BE UNRESTRICTED
Apparently Wilson's Fight for In- structed Delegation Lost--Fight in Tennessee Also for Unin-
 structed Delegation

Columbia. s. C.. May 1l.-6special)-- With the arrival here today of Senator Bankhead of Alabama, the campaign to capture the South Carolina delegation to the Baltimore convention for Congress- man Underwood. bloomed into full growth and tonight Underwood talk Is heard in hotel lobhies and among the delegates who are gathering here from all parts of the state for the meeting of the state demo- cratic convention tomorrow at noon The only comment Senator Bankhead will make Is:
 ] T am looker-on and eanle here to see If l couldn't get some points from the convention But his room Is constant ly filled with callers and Underwood is the topic of conversation.
 To Fight instructions for Wilson l An effort to. instruct the IS delegates 10 Baltimore for Woodrow Wilson will be made in the convention tomorrow and this matter will be fiercely fought. Tonight 1t appears that the opponents of instruction are in the majority and there is every indication that the convention will send an Underwood delegation to Baltimore. Friends of Underwood will. of course, as- slst in the fight against instructions.
 Anderson county instructed her dele gates to the state convention to press for presidential preference primary. and 1t is evident that this will be the point around which friends of Underwood will rally, They will urge primary con- tending that the delegates elected tomor- row can take their instructions from the result of the vote of the people They argue that Il Is hard for the friends of Wilson to oppose presidential primary Tor he is warm advocate of the rule of the people and they contend that this Is the way to get the choice of the voters of the Palmetto state on the presidential 1 situation.
 Open Underwood Talk Heard l Open Underwood talk Is heard on every l hand and tho afrbaI of Sfnator Bank lead, campaign manager for Underwood. l has sent his stock soaring The Ala bama senator is confident that Under- wood will be tho democratic nominee at Baltimore and speaks in glowing terms of the record he has made in Con- eress.
 The first fight tomorrow after the dele gates are elected will be over the matter of instructions for it Is foregone con- cusion that friends of Wilson will press a resolution nstructing for him. Only five counties instructed their delegates to the state convention to vote for instructions. while 10 voted down instructions and the rest never mentioned the matter. It is probable that an uninstrueted delegation will he chosen.
 Convention to Be Interesting
 The Hobbies of the hotels are crowded with delegates and politicians and tha most interesting convention the state has witnessed in many years will come off tomorrow. "Bleasism' will have only a small show, for the convention is con troled by more than three to one vote by the friends of Judge Charles Jones, who is opposing Blease for governor Governor Blease an avowed supporter of Governor Harmon. will be candidate for one of the four delegates at large, but will undoubtedly be beaten, as there is no Harmon sentiment in the state at all United States Senators Elmsn and Smith will be two of the delegates at large.
 Friends of Wilson are tonight claim ing that their man will get the delegation. but Underwood people are smiling, They will make their fight first against instruc- tons and then for a presidential pref erence primary.