The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-24

Baltimore, June 24.-The national committee can back down, reverse it's sub- committee and choose someone other than Judge Parker for tenn porary chairman or accept defeat on the floor of the Democratic national convention.
 That was sent directly by William Jennings Bryan to Leader Charles F. Murphy, of Tammany Hall, summing up the situation, today, just prior to the assembling of the committee. That body was scheduled to meet be- hind closed doors, to receive the re- port of the 16 members of the sub committee that selected Parker There was no doubt that the majority of the members were pledged to Parker. Murphy, who Is the head and front of the conservativ9sp was not certain that he wanted to use the steamroller on Bryan in committee and then open the way for Bryan to taking over the throttle himself, as soon as the convention opened, Tues- day noon. Murphy consulted with his advisers until late into last night. He resumed his conferences, today, ear Her than the sTammany leader got on the job at any convention. state or national, since he became the Tam many leader. Tammany's closest ad- visers told him his position was non- tenable. They told him frankly to his face that if he persisted in his present position and insisted on put ting Judge Parker over he would open the way for the most dramatic speech Bryan ever delivered on the floor of a convention and would abso- lutely assure the nomination of the Nebraskan for the fourth time.
 Murphy was flatly told by some of the conservative leaders that if he mittee when 1t assembled this after noon, to request Judge Parker to de- cline the invitation to become tenn. porary chairman and elect Senator O'Gorman, of New York. to the posi- tion. he would be playing wise poA- the last analysis, the Clark managers attempt to aid the reactionary forces on the floor in order to make Park CTS election in the convention possi-- ble, Bryan will take the floor and spht the Clark strength and immedi- convention.
 The Tammany chieftatn. maintain. ed his characteristic silence to all callers. His tongue was still while he listened to all their stories but he remained quiet. Reports that he had l. eral circlation but there was no con- -firmation from Murphy himself and two or three men who knew the Tam many boss best insisted that he would, stand by his guns and take his chances of being overruled by the has had a poll of the delegates made and that he believes the majority of them do not consider the temporary chairmanship worth fighting over. In his quarters in the Relvedere, sur rounded by various leaders William plans for the fight. There was no doubt of his intentions. When Sena- tor-elect Jim" Vardaman, of Missis- sippi, called to ask that he drop the fight on Parker anu accept the per- manent chairmanship of the conven-s tion, Bryan replied in terms so bitter that the fighting Mississippian be- came offended.
 .@Tell the men who sent you here" Bryan said, "that this is fight for principle and not to keep the party intact at the polls, in November. Also tell them that they can be in no bet ter position to deliver the permanent chairmanship than they are now to deliver the temporary chairnanship."
 Bryan has had his lieutenants count noses among the delegates. He posi- lively refused, today, to be frightened over the declaration Of the anti Bryan mem bers of the national com mittee that they had the votes to put Parker over in the convention and that not only would. they run the steamroller over Bryan and his aides but they would put a few spokes in the great steel wheel and mangle a few of them.
 ''The count of the votes will show whether the party is progressive. said Bryan. We are going to win. The candidate of this campa yn will be a man whose progressiveness can not be questioned and the platform will be a short, snappy declaration of the principles now sweeping the country; the absolute right of the peo- pie to rule"
 Bryan positively refused to consider the possibility of a state of affairs developing here which would make the progressives follow the example of the progressives at Chicago and bolt He Insisted to personal friends who claim ed that they saw 8 fusion impending between the Clark forces and those of Underwood, Harmon and the 90 New Workers controlled by Murphy of Tam many, that they were planning no such course
 Reports that Bryan had been asked