Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1912-07-05
For President
WOODROW WILSON,
of New Jersey
For Vice-PreSident
THOMAS r. MARSHALL,
of Indiana
Who Killed Cock Robin?

CHAMP CLARK, an excellent man, IA National character
and a fighting Democrat, went into the Baltimore Convention
with a seemingly good chance OF success. For many ballots
he had more than IA majority of the Convention and presently
his name was withdrawn.
The question naturally arises: Who killed Cock Robin? 1t
seems easy Of solution that two influences combined to destroy
whatever chance his candidacy might have had. He was per
sistently doomed by the Hearst newspapers, and it is not con-
sidered as increasing ones political chances to have such back
ing, especially when one is seeking the support of real Demo
Gratis.
Then Tammany Hall tookk a hand in Clark 5 fight. The
New York delegation foisted Alton b. Parker on the Conven-
ton. He had the Ryan-Belmont interests behind him and
Bryan took the lid off the stew AMI showed the Convention just
what it was composed of.
The sinister hand Of Morgan was mixing in and after the
Convention was made aware OF the character OF the influence
behind Parker it promptly selected a Chairman whose Democ-
racy could not be questioned.
In addition to this ii resolution repudiating all connection
with any Observation-Disclosures influence was passed by "a vo'e
OF practically four TO one. The Champ Clark delegates ot
their fight right there when they did not vote soldiy for that
resolution. They vel divided, while the Wilson men We're
sophisticated enough to fall in line to IA man for the elimination
of the New Nork outfit, which have no policies in a National
Convention, outside subscribing. the interests of the Wall Street
money Trust.
The Nebraska delegation was pledged to Clark, and Bryan,
as one of the delegates, has been severely criticised for throw
ing his vote and influence TO Wilson after having been i'll
structed by "a peoples preferential primary in Nebraska. The
vote of the Clark men showed that they feared to antagvnze
the ninety votes from New York, and also feared to be classed
among the reactonaries, and to straddIe the fence they threw IA
sop to each and gave both Wilson and Tammany Hal "A divided
support.
This course fooled no one and Bryan evidently felt absolv-
ed from the instructions OF his state after the passage of the
anti MOrgan-Ryan-Belm resolution.
Clark managers and followers should have repudiated the
money trust influence then and there and had they done SO,
their candidate stood a fair show Of winning. Clark himself,
made another mistake when he went into a conference with
Hearst, who threatens everybody and everything if he cannot
dominate and dictate the course of political parties with his
string of pay-as-you-enter newspapers.
His advocacy of Clark drove many men from Clark
standard that he could i'll afford to lose.
Summing up the stuati IN, the Democratic National Conven-
ton has taken the excellent advice of Bryan not to go into a
campaign with any faint of the Money Trust upon its work. A
progressive has been nominated who is everything that Taft is
not. The platform contains everything of real Importance that
has been sidestepped by tie Republican platform.
People who are sick of broken promises and a tariff that
robs the American people o. nearly four hundred millions per
annum, who believe in the raferendum and recall, direct prima-
ris and a government for the people instead of for the monop-
olies, will flock to the stand I'd Of Democracy. Of course the
monopofes will spend a vas deal of money to defeat the ticket
but if they down it this year they will come out Of the cam
paign bankrupt.
SENATOR WORKS vents to start a congressional inquery
"a to how the Taft nomina ion was stolen in Chicago.