Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-06-28
He Figures That the Demo-
cratic National Convention
May Be a Little More Ex-
pIoSiye Than Many Folks
Have Expected
BY GEORGE FITCH.
Copyright, 1912, The Associated News


Copyright, 1912. The Associated News
papers.)
BALTIMORE, June 25.-Today another
Democratic national convention began
and last night large number of Dem
ocratic statesmen, who have just begun
to realize the full force Of this fact,
rubbed their reluctant eyes and sighed:
Let me dream again."
There is no use denying that last week
was one of the pleasantest day dreams
that Democracy has had in many a dec
ade. There have been times in our rag
time political history when the Repub-
Iican party has fought itself almost as
far into chaos as it is at present, but
it has always had a couple of years to
bind itself together and hop cheerfully
into the race, and it has never failed to
do So That is why last week was so
delightful to the Democrats.
The Republican party was exploding
once again, and there was no time to
haul it into the back shop for repairs.
The elephant would have to go through
the campaign with the hind quarters
tramping on the fore quarters and the
fore quarters guarding the hind quar-
tiers and as 1t fought itself into irrepara-
BILE ruin a triumph and reunited De-
mocracy surging ever onward, etc, ETC.,
would at last win victory, power, office,
appointments, perquisites and all the 9TH
er joyous trappings of the politicians
paradise.
All last week Democrats stood with
their arms about each others shoulders,
watching with solemn joy the doings in
Chicago, never had they been so happy,
never had they agreed so thoroughly.
HEART TO HEART.
Shoulder to shoulder, heart to heart
they watched the flying fragments of the
G. o. p. and talked of that seraphic
time next spring when the inaugural pa
rade would be composed entirely of
Democrats, without even a Cleveland to
mar the joy of the occasion. Then, as
the last Taft delegate extracted himself
from the fingers and teeth of the last
Roosevelt delegate in Chicago, these
Democratic watchers sighed one more
blissful, harmonious sigh-and woke up.
AS they did so change began to steal
over these fadeless friends AS they
pinned on their convention badges they
began to view each other suspiciously.
Brother Hearst moved a bit away from
Brother Sullivan, of Illinois, and reach
ing down in his boot extracted the long
corn knife which he has operated so
successfully upon his hostile brothers on
so many occasions.
Brother Murphy, of New York, scuttled
back into his room and sent out word
that if Brother O'Gorman called he was
to be allowed to wait next to the ice
water cooler as long as possible. Brother
Guffey, of Pennsylvania, ceased word
painting the rainbow future long enough
to speak hissingly about certain Ne
braska windstorm while still abiding in
terms of purest joy.
THE FIRST CLOUD.
The unclouded future of Democracy
allowed il to become known that if a
certain dear old comrade named Parker
should attempt to slide over into the
temporary craftsmanship he would be
obliged to soak him with Nebraska.
Pennsylvania, the unit rule, the 18th
amendment, the cross of gold, and what
ever else might be handy at the time.
Democracy had stopped dreaming en-
tirely; it didn't have time to dream. 1t
was facing a convention which bids fair
to be as hot and hectic and as ex-
plosive as the recent ARRAY in Chicago
Of course, Democracy still has
| in the clerks safe along with
Its other valuables and will keep
them there until after all the true dis
cipIes OF Jefferson, Jackson and Bryan
have been pulled of of each other next
Friday.
Now that it has become visible
through that thick Chicago cloud, the
Democratic convention appears to be an
other Republican convention compli-
Gated with favorite sons. True the ma
tionaI committee is not doing any sec.
ond story work in advance and when
the delegates convene, the fire depart
ment is not going to stand by with a
/ loaded hose There is not going to be
any of the wonderful and intricate en-
beIlishments of the words thief" vii
lisn." "brigand." and 'gutterwiper, such
as were written into the minutes in Chi
| cago, but the conservatives and pro-
gressives are going to meet each other
head-on and If the Democratic party
withstands the shock without giving
away at the seams 1t will exceed every
/ body's expectation. 80.
! BALTIMOR EnOTELS.
Baltimore has not a hotel like the
Congress, which can take in a whole
convention. including delegates wives,
| friends from : home. sightseers and
painted ladies, mix the whole mess into
a reeking, frantic mob and entertain it