Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-06-28
TIE NEWT CONVENTION.

This week will close the Democratic
contribution to the conventions OF ,heI
year. Then comes another contell-
lticn, the first of the new Progressiya
/ pa y. Baltimore is already biddingi
for it and having a great auditorium IN
readiness hopes to be the birthplace
IF the permanent organization thai,
promises to enroll under its banners
the extreme progressive elements of
both of the old parties
Roosevelt and his lieutenants played
good politics and displayed excellent
judgment when they postponed their
convention and further action until af-
ter the Democratic convention had met
and transacted its business. They are
now in position to profit by the mis-
takes of the conventions of both oil
the old parties, to take advantage oil
any and all i'll feeling, soreness anal
disappointment that may have beenI
! created. Naturally this will prove al
hig asset in their calculations. One
ement or the other had to lose al
Baltimore If the radical element had
won it would have done no good III
tie Roosevelt pa ty. The shoe prom
ises to be. on the other foot, and while
/ more or less of concilatory tone
peIyades the whole deliberations Of tae
Democratic convention the new parry
can entertain hopes that it will ben
t from the NOMINATIONS that are made
ard the incidents that lead up to them
1t is regarded as probable that the
call for the convention at which tue
rev party is to complete its work for
the ensuing campaign will be issued
speedily after the Democratic nomina-
tons are made. If the so-called r.
dictionary or conservative elemensI
triumph at Baltimore, as looks assur-
ed, there VIII doubtless be reiteration
of the charges made by William Jen-
nings Bryan that both conventions
have been dominated by the same fore
es and that neither of them really
represents the people or is seeking
their true welfare. Bryan's speech
against Judge Parker was an excel
lent contribution to the literature ct
the new party. That it will be util-
iZed to the utmost, especially in the
West where the feeling against Ryan,
Belmont and men of that type is most
pronounced, there can be no doubt &c
will be a campaign document number
one. Tat further material will be
furnished before the Baltimore con-
vention closes there is every reason
to expect Bryan is not the man 20
lie down at an early stage of the
game. He will probably be found
fighting to the end, and just as he
proclaimed that the party did not
fear the Ryans and could not BE-
bought by the Belmonts, so he is ant
to give vent to some other striking
expressions that will appear on many
banner of the new party before the
November election.
The new party is not to be despis-
ed. The promise is that it will draw
recruits from the ranks of the demo-
cratic rarity as we'll as from the re-
publican rarity True, the loss of the
former will rot he as great, prospect |
lively, as that of the latter, but in |
close states the result is apt to be
very greatly affected by the presence
of the third pa ty. Conditions at Bal
timore promise to help tie Progress |
eive Party quite materially and loi
give move hopes TO its leaders ard |
new enthusiasm to their followers. II |
promises to be an unique campaign |
throughout, the most remarkable |
since the war, and in MANY states in !
ctrer sections than the South the re-
suit is art 10 he a matter Of doubt /
until the ballots are counted. !