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ToNominate a Progressive Like Clark Means Success for Democrats
PROGRESSIVE PRINCIPLE PRESENT ISSUE—GRAVES
Political Suicide for the
Party To Be Reac-,
tionary in Face of
Will of People Ex
pressed in Primary.
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By JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES.
BALTIMORE, June 25.—The contest
over the temporary chairmanship of
the Democratic national convention
keeps growing, with W. J. Bryan and
his forces refusing a compromise and
promising to carry the fight on Judge
Parker to the floor of the convention
today.
Meanwhile, the admirable attitude of
Champ Clark toward the incident is
everywhere approved.
Champ Clark is a progressive of the
most definite type. He presented for
the temporary chairmanship Senator
Ollie James, who is an out and out,
shoulder-hitting progressive from Ken
tucky. When the committee voted
against James, Mr. Clark accepted Its
verdict rather than open the conven
tion with a row.
Ex-Governors For Clark.
Five Democratic ex-governors of
Missouri —Francis. Folk. Stephens.
Dockery and Stone —have called at the
Clark headquarters to express loyal and
whole-hearted support for Clark.
The presidency of the United States
Is a tremendous office, and the execu
tive power a* Washington means tre
,-mendous things to the people and to
the vast selfish inteiests that are ex
ploiting polities and government to
their glory anil gain.
The people are playing'the game open
and fair. In the preferential primaries,
w-herever they have been held, the peo
ple. who are supposed to rule and v ho
are entitled to rule in this country, have
expressed their wishes as to measures
and men. In five-sixths of the states
of the republic that have voted that
have been cast on the Democratic side
and on the Republican side the popular
will has expressed itself overwhelm
ingly for progressive policies and for a
progressive candidate to lead them.
Among the Republicans this vast
majority of the people who voted un
trammelled voted overwhelmingly fo r
Theodore Roosevelt to lead them. But
the selfish interests, swarming from
every ‘quarter and spending money like
water, strangled the popular will at
> Chicago and named an out and out re
actionary in Taft upon a platform
w'hich both Roosevelt and LaFollette
, have repudiated and which the people
will repudiate in November.
We Democratic people have also ex
pressed ourselves clearly and definitely
for progressive principles and a pro
gressive candidate.
The question is, shall this small mi
nority. backed by money interests,
throttle the majority of the people in
both parties and ram a reactionary
platform and a reactionary candidate
down the throats of the people?
Clark Victories Shown.
Twenty-six, states and four territo
ries of the republic have overwhelm
ingly expressed a preference for Champ
Clark to lead the progressive policies of
the Democratic party in the next cam
paign. In nearly four-fifths of the ter
ritory of the United States Champ
Clark has beaten all other Democratic
candidates by two to one. and tn some
cases four to one in the choice of the
progressive Democracy to oppose the
reactionary Taft.
To fly in the face of this tremendous
expression of the preference of Demo
cratic votes will be political suicide
from every point of view.
Let it be understood by the Demo
cratic convention that if we select a
reactionary to load our forces for No
vember, there will be two reactionary
tickets in the field to represent this
small minority in both parties. It is
clear beyond all doubt or question
that the Democratic party Is five
sevenths progressive in Its creeds and
wishes —-just as the Republican party Is
overwhelmingly progressive.
It is the small minority who are
reactionaries -the majority in both par
ties, ignored and unrepresented, will
turn naturally to any party which fair
ly represents the dominant spirit of the
times. ■-
The Atlanta Georgian, as 1 under
stand it, earnestly wishes *the demo
cratic party to take advantage of this
overwhelming sentiment and tne defi
nite opportunity and win this election.
To nominate a reactionary in the con.
/ vention is to make probable or certain
' the election of Roosevelt.
Great Issue Pointed Out.
To nominate an absolutely sincere
’ and unquestioned progresisve Demo
crat like Champ Clark at this conven
tion one who has never been other
than a progressive—will make Democ
racy successful. This is the great
transcendent issue—the triumph of the
progressive principle through the pro
gressive Democrat.
As compared with this, all other con.
siderations are trivial. It is far better if
possible to have a progressive tempo
rary chairman like Kern or James or
Sulzer or O’Gorman.
It is absolutely indispensable that the
progressive Democracy should have a
progressive permanent chairman and
a progressive platform and a progres
sive nominee.
A reactionary nominee at Baltimore
is a rush to Roosevelt,
This is what all the progressives
think at Baltimore, and thinking this,
all true progressives should hereafter
match every stratagem of the bold and
cunning reactionaries who seek to cap
ture any point of vantage from which
they can destroy the progressive line
and walk away with the honors of the
convention and the liberties of the peo
gde
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leader of Georgia deleg,",' 'on at Democratic national convention.
TAMMANY IS 'MUM/ BUT
BELIEVED TO BE IN LINE
FOROSCAR UNDERWOOD
BALTIMORE, June 25. ‘Blue-eyed
Billy” Sheehan Is here. So also —by
common report—is Thomas F. Ryan,
the latter not active —as yet. Both
have been “put up” at the Maryland
club. Neither can be found with a
search warrant. They don't want to
be interviewed. Which is natural
enough.
They, through Murphy and Mack,
proposed Parker for chairman. And,
while wishing earnestly that it all
might happen, they don't want to talk
about it. This eager reticence is easi
ly accounted for. Were they to tell
their true reasons for Parker’s 'Candi
dacy it would swamp both Parker and
themselves.
As for fiction—why. then, mendacity
is sometimes dangerous, and always
inconvenient. Silence is the- better
method, think Ryan and Sheehan, and.
so thinking, as a ready way of remain
ing silent, they take' to hiding out.
Murphy might better take Parker
down. By merely proposing the
statesman from Esopus—or is it sar
cophagus?—both Murphy and Tam
many have got themselves in bad.
Can't See Bryan,“Myth.”
Bryan is a long shot from being a
convention hit. Wilson drove Harvey
away from his affairs on the theory
that "Harvey's support was hurting
him." In thJt jealous respect Wilson
should bend his "one track mind” to
a careful consideration of Bryan. If
Harvey's support was a disaster, Bry
an's is ten-fold worse.
There has been and in a measure still
is what may be called the "Bryan
myth." You hear folk telling of “Bry
an's strength.” Those who speak of
Bryan’s strength are commonly men
who do not like him, never follow him,
have no use for him. And yet in the
exaggeration of their timorous fancies
they make him Important by foolishly
multiplying his assumed power.
Investigation doesn’t make good that
Bryan myth. It destroys it. Weed Bal
timore with a fine-tooth t'omb and
you’d not find a man who, accepting
Bryan’s judgment in lieu of his own.
would take the Bryan orders jor obey
the Bryan commands.
Bryan Orders Ignored.
Time and again during recent years
Bryen has set up to be the party boss.
He has i.-stied tariff commands to Clark
and Underwood, who paid no attention
to them He has tried to sow the seeds
of discord among the Democrats of the
house by giving orders to this side or
that when some little trouble broke
By ALFRED
:enry lewis.
out. Upon no house occasion were the
commands of Bryan heeded. Men,
when they didn’t defy him, turned a
contemptuous back and walked away.
. Upon a capital of three defeats Bry
an in sixteen years has made himself
rich—as lecturer and publisher. He
who can toss three defeats into the
crucible and transmute them into gold,
is an alchemist of commerce to whom
all men must bow. Even as he comes
to this convention he defeats a proverb
and not only eats his cake, but has it,
too.
Jh.e?e hifve been those who afore
time were quoted as sowing tares. But
Bryan is the only one who ever sowed
tares and got paid for it.
The New York delegation is giving
Murphy what the East Sldi calls “an
argument.” O'Gorman is a Wilson
man. Sulzer a Clark man, Quin a Har
mon man. Others of the delegation
have likewise their preferences.
Arguing Aginst Unit Rule.
With this the situation, they*are ar
guing with Murphy against the unit
rule. Their recommendation is to let
every man unhampered of Hall dicta
tion vote for the candidate of his
choice. They insist that even from
Tammany-Murphy standpoint it would
be "good politics" to do so. and a worth
while retort to slurs cast against the
"machine.” Sulzer even desires to sec
ond Clark’s nomination.
Murphy is saying nothing as usual.
An owl-like silence has ever been the
Murphy stock-in-trade. Byway of a
parry to interviewers Crane prepares
Murphy a phrase. In St. Louis it was
"the situation remains unchanged.”
Here it’s "nothin' doin’." Neither can
be called deep.
The word is that Murphy and
Tammany have come here with
out a candidate. There is a secret
whisper abroad, however, that Under
wood will be their man.
Until a handful of weeks ago, Har
mon was the preference. But objec
tions arose. The Harmon conservatism
was much too well known, much too
thoroughly resented. Whereupon a
shift was made to Underwood as one
invested with a comfortable conser
vatism. Those who know or thlfik
they know, assert that Murphy will re
ceive the Wall Street word in time.
Also that when he receives it the word
will be "Underwood."
Ex-Governor Campbell, of Ohio, is
here at the head of the Buckeye dele
gation. Also, unlike Murphy, he is
willing to talk.
■ Were for Harrison and harmony,"
declared the governor.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN ANT) NEWS. TUESDAY, JUNE 25. 1912.
GEORGIA DELEGATES
UP IN ARMS AGAINST
DICTATION BY BRYAN
BALTIMORE, June 25. —The Georgia
delegation went into the national con
vention today strongly anti-Bryan.
Practically to a man the delegation re
sents Mr. Bryan s anti-Parker attitude
and evident disposition to make trouble
and to dictate to the convention.
The individual members of the dele
gation were outspoken and more or less
bitter in their comments on Mr. Bry
an's position, right on the eve of what
they think should be a winning fight.
The Georgia delegation declared it had
fallen right into line with the army of
workers who are seeking to make this
convention a love feast and a gather
ing of Democrats tolerant or one an
other’s opinion and determined to get
together for a contest that promises to
be the most sweeping victory the Deip
ocratie party has known since the war.
Ready to Help Run
Roller Over Bryan.
The Georgians will vote for Parker
for temporary chairman, and, if nec
essary, will join a movement to run the
steam roller over Mr. Bryan from Start
to finish, although they hope to avoid
any such necessity. They do not think
it would be wise to nominate a man of
such ultra-conservative trend as Park
er for the presidency, and they will not
so vote, but thejj do believe that Parker
represents a wing of the party that is
entitled to recognition in the organi
zation of the convention. '
They will vote for Parker because
they believe Parker’s election to the
temporary chairmanship might accom
plish much good byway of harmony,
and could accomplish no harm, save in
so far as Mr. Bryan's getting mad at
the very jump may be regarded in the
light of a calamity.
One member of the Georgia delega
tion was so bitter in his. comment of
Mr. Bryan that he declared openly
Bryan and Roosevelt are in thorough
accord with respect to the organization
of a new party, and that Bryan is pre
pared to bolt this convention, if he can
not dominate it, and flock with T. R.
for a third party.
The Crowd Pines for
Red Headed Person.
The curious attending the Baltimore
convention are disappointed that
Thomas E. Watson is not here with the
Georgia delegation. Hundreds of in
quiries are made of/the Cracker dele
gation as to why Mr. Watson didn't
Come. Many are here who had expect
ed Tom Watson to be a part of the big
show’ and to “lock horns with Bryan.”
On the contrary, however, there are
many delegates, and especially among
the leaders, who were deeply gratified
when they found the red-headed person
was not along. There can be no ques
tion of the fact that some of them
viewed his probable coming with great
alarm. In some sort of way, indefinite
ly outlined, Mr. Watson was expected
to kick the lid off things and start con
siderable excitement. So far as Mr.
Bryan is concerned, he will have his
hands full of fighting without Mr. Wat
son to stir him up, but the crowd gen
erally’ Is more or less good naturedly
peeved that Watson will not be on
hand this week.
Underwood Stock
On Ascendency.
Underwood stock unquestionably has
gone up since noon yesterday. Last
night and this morning one hears the
Alabaman’s name everywhere and ap
provingly on thousands of lips.
A great Underwood meeting was held
here last night, in which Governor
O’Neal, Congressman Heflin, Senator
Bankhead and others participated, and
at which much genuine enthusiasm was
aroused. The Underwood boomers are
well organized and aggressive. < >ne
meets them everywhere one goes about
Bautimore —in the street cars, on the
’’rubberneck wagons,” on the sidewalks,
in the hotel lobbies —and everywhere
the burden of their song is the same.
Underwood is the logical man. they
say, and must eventually be nominated.
Georgia Delegation
Slow Getting Together.
The Georgia delegation was slow
getting together, for the purpose of
naming its important committeemen
yesterday afternoon.
After getting inter tow n two hours,
late, it scattered to the various hotels
to which it had been assigned, and was
only able to get down to actual work at
5 o'clock tn the afternoon.
It did gather at the Belvedere at noon
Tong enough to present Clark Howel! a
beautiful loving cup, and then it im
mediately adjourned and hunted its
places of abode, and listened to the hot
air of 1,000 persuasions around the ho
tel lobbies until its meeting at 5 o’clock
in the afternoon.
Colonel C. R, Pendleton called the
delegation to order in room 189 at the
Belvedere, and informed the delegation
that it would be necessary for it to
elect committeemen for work in the
convention.
Clark Howell for
Vice President.
When once the committee did get to
work, however, it made short shift of
w’hat there was to come before it. Con
gressman Brantley was unanimously
elected the member of the platform
committee, G. R Hutchens was put
upon the credentials committee and H.
J Hofmeyer was made the member of
the committee on rules and order of
By JAMES B
. NEVIN.
business. There was no division on
any of these assignments.
Upon the question of a committee
man to notify the presidential nominee
of the honor conferred upon him Hol
lins Randolph, of Atlanta, was named,
but upon motion of Sid Fielding' that
the matter of these assignments be de
ferred until after, the nomination had
been made in convention, Mr. Randolph
withdrew' his name and the delegation
empowered the chairman to appoint the
committeemen to notify the presiden
tial and vice presidential nominee after
the convention adjourns.
Upon motion, Delegate John M. Van
diver, of the Seventh, the delegation
voted to cast its first ballot for vice
president for Clark Howell.
Wilson Agents Try
To Make Trouble.
The would-be trouble makers were
at it early in the game after the Geor
gia delegation got to Baltimore.
The delegation had hardly located it
self in the various hotels to w'hich it
had been assigned before quiet agents
of Woodrow Wilson began to button
hole members and endeavor to find out
how they stood with respect to a sec
ond choice, for the presidency and to
insinuate and propose that Wilson
should be Georgia’s second choice in
the event Underwood not being nom
inated early tn the balloting.
It may be stated that the Georgia
delegation is emphatically for Under
wood. It has not yet begun to con
sider a second choice. It will stick
to Underwood so long as there is a
chance to nominate him. And the
Georgia delegation believes he will be
nominated eventually.
Nothing Substantial
To Gaynor Boom.
But if the Georgia delegation does
switch to somebody it will not switch
to Wilson. Neither will if switch to
Gaynor, as had been given out by some
seeking to create discord with the ranks
of the Georgians.
There seems to be nothing substan
tial to the Gaynor boom anyway. It
was industriously circulated a’ out the
hotel lobbies last night (Monday), that
Gaynor was looming large, but there
is nothing to it. The Gaynor boom is
bagging at the knees woefully:
Those who are betting at ail are
betting that Champ Clark will be nom
inated. One politician of national repu
tation and astuteness said today, open
ly in the lobby of the Belvedere, that
Clark would win it sure. And he is not
for Clark, moreover.
Felder Won’t Try
To Start Trouble.
The would-be trouble makers for the
Georgia delegation rather lost their
heads last night when they undertook
to put out the report that Tom Felder,
of Atlanta, was seriously disputing
Randolph Anderson's right to second
the nomination of Underwood. They
even went so far as to say that Felder
had prepared a speech that he was de
termined to deliver, no matter w’hat
the delegation says about it, and that
he would deliver it or raise trouble. Os
course there was nothing of truth in
the story.
Felder has no idea of undertaking
to second Underwood’s nomination and
has not asked the Georgia delegation ,o
assign him to that duty. He acquiesces
perfectly in Anderson's selection, and
has no thought of undertaking to ’’butt
in” on anything. The truth is, the
Wilson people here, realizing the des
perate plight of their candidate, are
doing whatever they can to upset the
program of the opposition wherever
they may, but without a sign of suc
cess.
Watson Expected
At Baltimore.
The matter of electing Thomas G.
Hudson a member of the Georgia dele
gation in place of Thomas E. Watson
was not brought up in the caucus of
the Georgia delegation yesterday after
noon. It was learned that Mr. Watson
might yet appear upoq the scene and
assume his place on the delegation, and
the election of Mr. Hudson in that
event might be embarrassing. Mr.
Watson has notified at least one of liis
friends that he hopes to come on to
Baltimore tomorrow, which would get
him here long in advance of the nomi
nation for the presidency.
Os the Georgia delegation in congress
attending the big Democratic conven
tion are Senators Bacon and Smith and
Congressmen Bartlett, Hardwick, Ed
wards. Lee and Brantley.
Negro Band Heads
Wilson Princeton Club
The Woodrow Wilson Princeton club
of students. 150 strong, marched into
the Belvedere hotel at 10 o’clock last
night headed by a negro brass baniL
The smoky band was profusely dec
orated In the Princeton university col
ors, which fact brought forth many ad
verse comments from the hundreds of
Southern Democrats packed into the
hotel lobby.
Sprinkled through the lobbies of the
hotels, particularly the Belvedere and
the Emerson, one sees a quite a number
of Georgians identified with the Wood
row Wilson campaign Senator Hoke
Smith. State Senator William J. Har
ris, Congressman Thomas Hardwick.
Congressman Charles-Bartlett, James
R. Gray and E. T. Brown are prominent
among the contingent. These gentle
men predict the nomination of Wilson,
but not like they really think it.
There isn’t a chance that the Geor
gia delegation ever would go for Wil
son. except in the remote event that
it come to a choice between Bryan and
Wilson, the Georgia delegation might
then go for Wilson to avoid taking to
the woods absolutely.
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