The Cairo bulletin., 1912-01-01
Some Explanation Of Rumors

- aSoHS w SoPsuIt TIC COHttHtlOI
for New York.
Some Explanation of Rumors
Some explanation for these rumors
Is expected at the committee meet.
ing. 1t is hoped that some commit
teeman may get excited or lickereC
UP or angry and tell why he Is boost
ing a candidate, whom APPARENT,
only the intervention of the god.
could nominate,
Then there Is presidential politics
| concerned In the choice of the con,
vention city and the designation oil
a committee to take care OF arrange.
ments. New York has swung into
the field lately with vigorous
stride. 1t has been said that this
move distinctly anti-Wilson, and with
the voice of Dix, really reaches for
the hand of Harmon or of Under
wood The Wilson forces have sud
denly shifted from Baltimore to Chi
cago, fearing, it is said, that in an
Eastern city their candidate will be
sacrificed The Clark forces want
st. Louis, Cincinnati or Louisville.
The Burke boomlet wants Denver
The other diminitives want one city
or the other,
When the city is chosen there will
b. yards of speculation. If Chicago
is named, many newspapers will con-
slider it certain indication that
Wilson will be nominated If it goes
to st. Louis it seems impossible not
to behold rise in Champ Clark
stock Should New York be chosen
there will be surge in Underwood
land Harmon talk, with an increase
IN the gossip about Dix.
For these many reasons the Demo
ratio National Committee meeting
lis looked forward to with an eager
ress that did not characterize the
expectation of the Republican meet
ing. And the noise that will ascend
around the Capital dome and viii
be described by telegraph to the rest
OF the United States will make the
recent Roosevelt shout sound like the
cooling of dove.
Says Texas is For Wilson.
Supporters of Gov. Woodrow Will
son, of New Jersey, were pleasantly
surprised today by the announce
ment that former Representative
Thomas II Ball, OF Texas, had de-
clared for Wilson for the Democratic
presidential nomination, Col Ball
is on a visit to Washington, and his
declaration for Wilson is considered
highly important, because he Is
staunch supporter of Senator Bailey,
whose opposition to Wilson is we'll
known, Bailey, several weeks ago,
declared that Wilson would never
get the Texas delegation, but now
one of his strongest friends, who
has recently made political tour
covering the entire state. comes out
with statement to the contrary.
Texas Democrats are for the NOM
nation of Coy. Wilson for tho presi-
1ency" Col Ball said, "and they will
send a delegation to the National
Convention committed to him. I'll
consulted only my personal attach
ments l would favor Champ Clark or
Oscar Underwood, for I served in the
House with them for a number of
years, and | entertain strong per-
sonal feelings for both. But want
to see the Democratic party win in
the presidential campaign, and it is
my earnest belief that Gov Wilson
Is the man who can win. He has |
Ideals, he believes in definite pol |
Icy. he stands for something, For !
these reasons. hundreds of thousands |
Of voters are for a radical in the
sense that some of his detractors
would have the public believe. He
believes in the Democracy of Jeffer-
son. equal and exact Justice for all |
and special favors for none"
Col. Ball is a friend and admirer
)f Gov. Harmon, but fears the Ohio
Governor could not be elected be-
cause, right or wrong, the people
nave got the impression that "big
business" is over friendly to holm.
ARTHUR B. KROCK.