Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-14

son headquarters from Florida. - An
active campafsn Is being made in that
man Underwood being the runner-up for
the allies. The retirement Of Speaker
Clark and Gov. Harmon in the interest
OF the Underwood candidacy has mate
the people, and the outlook is good for
the Wilson supporters to capture the en-
tire delegation.
Despite the combined candidates. OF
Gov. Harmon and Speaker Clark for the
purpose of preventing Gov. Wilson from
getting the Nebraska delegation. reports
from that state are encouraging to Gov.
Wilson's friends. A telegram from M. F.
Harrington at O.Nef1, Neb., which was
received at Woodrow Wilson headquar-
from Boyd county, where there Was a
great Wilson meeting. Despite the coali-
ton of the candidates. of Harmon and
Clark, it is my opinion that Wilson will
get as many votes as his opponents put
together
"A letter from Arkansas gives the re-
suit of very interesting primary in
Grant county. which elected Woodrow
Wilson delegation. In the Grant county
contest Gov. Wilson received 658 votes;
Clark, 1913; Underwood, 224, and Harmon,
81
Clark Claims 1853 Delegates.
Champ Clark headquarters last night
issued a statement claiming 1853 dele
gates for Clark, and giving 80 to
Marshall. 10 to Burke of North Dakota,
q to Wilson and IL uninstructed. The
statement went on to say:
Speaker Clark's candidacy for the
democratic presidential nomination in
the last week has been given a ire
Illinois primaries, in which by a popular
vote he carried that state by $4,000
majority. This verdict of the demo-
Gratis indicates the great strength of.
MI; Clark among the people: 1t proves
strongest candidate for the democratic
nomination. 1t proves that Mr.. Clark
can carry in the election the pivotal
state Of Illinois.
up to this time nine of the forty
tons or spoken In the primary elections.
The states that have acted are Mis-
souri,. Oklahoma, Kansas, Illinois, Wis
consin. North Dakota, Indiana, Arkansas
and Maine. These states will send to
the Baltimore convention $50 delegates.
OF this number Speaker Clark has in
structed or pledged 1853 delegates. Gov.
Wilson has instructed or pledged p
30 delegates-the full representation
from Indiana, Gov. Burke of North
Dakota has 10 delegates-the full rep
resentat1on in the national convention
1T is natural that the friends of
Speaker Clark should be gratified at the
results SO far. It indicates that the SEN
timent for Speaker Clarks nomination
Is sweeping the country. In Arkansas
elected delegates to the state convention
which will be held in June 1t is abso-
lutely certain that the state convention
Will have preponderant majority for
Speaker Clark and that the eighteen del
tot tn D-Yk
convention wiils be instructed to vote for
Speaker Clark's nomination.
Gets Votes in Wisconsin.
THE claims Of the managers of other
candidates that Wisconsin will vote as a
unit and will give Gov. Wilson twenty
six votes have been disproved this week.
1t is conceded now by the partisans of
Gov Wilson that three of the congress
sional districts have elected Clark dele
gates. Three other delegates elected in
Wisconsin have openly declared in favor
of Clark. which gives the Speaker to
date nine delegates from Wisconsin:
The Philippines and Alaska, the only
territorial districts 30 far to act, have
elected delegates either pledged or favor
able to Speaker Clarks candidacy.
AT this time out of 242 delegates elect
ed, Speaker Clark is sure Of 1853, or more
than to over any other candidate.
From all reports received from the states
that will elect delegates to the national,
convention or express a preference for a
democratic presidential candidate in the
next week, 1T 10 believed by former SEN
ator Dubois that the Speaker will get
large majority Of the. delegates to be
elected in those states. Speaker Clark
Is In the lead now and will continue to
hold the lead for the nomination. He
will go to the Baltimore convention
stronger than any other candidate and,
in the opinion of former Senator Dubois,
will be nominated