Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-12-10
"WOODROW WILSON
ASH KNOW HIM"
Continued From Page II

Harmon's home state. All eyes were,
therefore, intently watching New
Jersey. A Reputation would be dis
astrous, although the old-tlmers in
the Wilson camp tried to encOur-
age us by saying that even though
New Jersey might turn against it's
governor, that Grover Cleveland,
under similar circumstances in 1892
despite the opposition of his home
state, had been nominated and
elected president. But, fortunately,
for us, New Jersey in the hand
soonest way stood by her favorite
son. The news of New Jerseys
endorsement was flashed through
the country and there was ~jubila-
ton in, every Wilson camp. The
day following the New Jersey pri-
maries, the New York World, the
great Democratic paper, carried
striking editorial under the caption
of Woodrow Wilson for Presi-
dent" The New Jersey primaries
and the Ohio results were great
feathers in the cap of the Wilson
men, and with enthusiasm and
ardor they followed up this advan-
tage.
AS the days for the opening OF
the Baltimore convention approach
ed, the New Jersey governor ana
his family left Princeton for Sea
Grit, a delightful place along the
Atlantic seaboard, where the state
of New Jersey had provided Tor
it's governor an executive manson,
a charming cottage, replica OF
General Washington's Headquarters
at MorristoWn. With us to these
headquarters, to keep Vigil as II
were over the New Jersey governor,
went a galaxy of newspaper men,
representing the leading papers OF
the country.
The first and, indeed, the most
important situation the candldate
was called upon to handle at Sea
Girt as preliminary to the con
vention was his reply to the now
famous Bryan-Parker telegram,
which played so important a part
in the deliberations and indeed in
the character of the whole conven-
ton itself. It will be recalled that
Mr.. Bryan, who was in attendance
at the Republican convention at
Chicago as a special correspondent,
had telegraphed an identic telegram
to each of the Democratic candl-
dates, Messrs. Clark, Underwood,
Wilson and Harmon. as follows:
Chicago, June, 1912.
In the interest of harmony 1
suggest to the subcommittee of
the Democratic national commit
tee the ACCESSIBILITY of recon-
mending as temporary chair
y1pNorocSiuo nPnpnt-
able to the leading progressive
candidates for the presidential
nomination. I take it for grant
ed that no committeeman inter-
ested in Democratic success
would desire to offend the mem
bers of a convention overwhelm-
ingly progressive by naming
reactionary to sound the key
note of the campaign.
Eight members Of the subcom-
mittee, however, have, over
the protest of the remaining
eight, agreed upon not only a
reactionary but upon the one
Democrat who, among those not
candidates for the presidential
nomination, is, in the eyes of
the public, most conspicuous
- ly luGIlIllleu Will ll4S ANeA~SAOAi
airy element of the party. 1
shall be pleased to join you
and your friends in opposing
his selection by the full COM
mittee or by the convention.
Kindly answer here.
! w. J. BRYAN.
I was on my way from New York
| to Sea Grit, when 1 read a copy
! of this telegram in the evening
! papers. I believe that I grasped the
| full significance of this move on
| the part of Mr.. Bryan. In fact
I became so anxious about it that
+ I left the train before reaching my
destination, in order to say to
| Governor Wilson over the phone
| how important I thought the mes
I sage really was and how cautious
! ly it should be handled. l tried to
| impress upon him the Importance
of the answer he was called upon
to make to the Bryan telegram. He
calmly informed me that he had
not vet received the telegram and
that he would, of course, give me
an opportunity to discuss the mat
ter with him before making his
! reply.
(To BE Continued.)