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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. ‘t 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 GEORGIA DELEGATION’S LEADER AT BALTIMORE wflL * > j3F Iff 'lff ra fl H O i Hi *LaMFi A ) i B Mi 1 / / / i -■ Thu f j. > gU/ / gjf.v wv ■ A?'; .■ , / C C&. <- •L■ J ■ Col. Charles R Pendleton, editor of The Macon Telegraph, 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. BASS BASS i BASS i BASS BASS j BASS BASS I BASS ! EXTRA BARGAINS | 1 IN BASS’ GREAT I j MILL-END SALE I Wednesday will be one of ® the greatest bargain days of the great Mill-End Sale. Hundreds of > cc specials besides those quoted in this advertisement will be of- g 2 sered. Store will open at 8 z y, o’clock. 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