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Tammany Men, Decided to Support the Will of the People This Year, Fall in Behind the Speaker
ALL POSSIBLE DOUBT OF CHAMP CLARK’S VICTORY GONE, SAYS GRAVES
WES TALKS
TO DEMOCRATS
•Message One of Hope and
Courage at Parting of the
Ways.” He Says.
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combinations of great wealth in our
country. Ts they accomplish any good
whatever I should be in favor of with
drawing opposition to them. If they
lowered prices nr raised prices I would
k* in favor of supporting them
"Fut they do not one of these things
They rats- price*. they lower wages
and for profit and for power they de
stroy earnings and send their ravag
ing hand into every house in the conn
"We must protect the rights of th-'
states against the invasion of Federal
power. I am a state's right Demo-
< rat."
"Hurrah for the defender of Ad
miral Schley!" shouted a delegate.
"We must see that no presiden' of
the United States shall in future days
Invade the precincts of legislation.
“We must declare in favor of the
election of United States senators by
the people. If the people have not
enough influence to name their sena
tors, then freedom is a dream in this
republic.
“We must declare in favor of pri
mary elections by the people. I know
it is said In some quarters that this
would put incompetent men in office.
Mr. Chairman. I am not afraid to trust
the people. The Democratic ship of
state is safe, and we will survive the
tumult of the storm.”
Representative Henry D. Clayton,
of Alabama, was next introduced. He
made the first appeal for the vote of
women that was ever made In a Demo.
< ratic national convention,
Clayton Talks
For Woman Suffrage
"I believe.” he said, "that every wo
man in the land who has a vote will
cast- it for our ticket and I am here to
predict that every good woman in the
United States who has the misfortune
to he married will compel her husband
to vote the Democratic ticket at the
next election. I am for woman suf
frage. If she can vote let her vote
the Democratic ticket. If she can’t
vote let her make her husband and het
son vote the Democratic ticket."
He declared the Republican party Is
an association for ths protection of
predatory wealth and that the voters
who wished to get relief from ft must
go back to the Democratic party.
clayton's speech was made the ex
cuse for a demonstration for Under
wood. Delegates favoring the Alabama
candidate started the cheering and the
friends of all of the other candidates
took a hand and a voice in the pro
ceedings.
Mingled shouts of "Underwood."
Bryan." "Clark.” "Marshall." "Wilson,"
and all of the other candidates came
in one long continuous howl. The dele
gates stood in chairs. The Woodrow
Wilson song was started by the New
Jersey delegation to the tune of "Mis
ter Dooley."
It was perfectly evident from watch
ing the band that it was playing, hut
» deaf mute could have guessed the
tune as well as the rest
A New Jersey man was tugging at
the standard. Sergeant at-arms Mar
fin leaned forward.
"Don’t touch that standard,” he
shouted.
The delegate gave another tug.
"Don't take up the standard." Mar
tin shouted above the confusion. Then
he pointed to a policeman In the front
row.
Bluecoat Guards
State Standards.
“Don't le; him take up that stand
ard.” Martin commanded
The policeman nodded and mover
over to it.
Finally the band got a hearing It
played "Maryland. My Maryland." and
the delegates sent up a mighty cheet
Thon "Old Kentucky Home" came Into
the air and Kentucky folks from the
land of pretty women and fa-t horses
started a whoop.
"Suwanee River" took the boy a back
to the cotton land and the Southern
outfit sent the rebel yell across.
Thin came "Dixie" tn get cheer aft
er cheer from the noisy demonstri
tive crowd.
A policeman and a delegate struggle.|
to get possession of the Missouri stand,
ard The policeman managed In push
the man back into hi- ' hair
Sergeant-at - Arm* Martin ; umm-.-d
desperately with his tiny g.ixel ,<o .
spouted above the gem ra l roar
"Don't let 'em get it . don't let "cm
get it."
Herbert Fisher, otic, tin -ta' ■ nti
rush of the Princeton team, left tm
Tennessee delegation to lead th- Wi'-
son singing.
• Will you give us five minutes >
■ our attention'.”’ pleaded Mat tin
"Sure, an' if yez. don't the pleecemen
an’ meself will be after making yez.'
called a deep voice from the stand
"Oy ole." yr lied the masked dele
gates, .
Mr, Clayton, waiting like a man sit
ting at the top of a chimney waiting
for the smoke to blow away, got
enough of an opening to say tliat the
part; would name the next president.
W' will gr I a Democratic house of
nf. -entatixes,'' he said, and whoever
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shall be the nominee of this conven
tion——”
Every man in the house tried to sup
ply the name at one and the same
time.
"I know the man who " started
the speaker.
"I l ave you. Woodrow," shrieked a
man from Hoboken
Again the stormy sea of delegates
tossed up Its waves of favorite sons.
Mr. Clayton joined tlie game long
enough to say a. good word for Oscar
Underwood and then h< got out of the
way for Mr Riley, of Massachusetts.
Fight Between Dollar
And People's Rights.
Mr. Riley was of the opinion ilia*
every fight tn polities was a figut be
tween the dollar on the one side and
the rights of the voter on the other.
Ho told the convention what the
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Democrats of Mcs.-a.chusetts had Jone
in politics and said tliat his people
wanted men as well as measures, and
then added:
"We came down here from Massa
chusetts looking for men. We could
only find one man who had stood all
of the tests and that was old Champ
Clark, of Missouri."
There was a Clark demonstration
lasting half a minute, when Senator
Gore, the blind tenatoi of Oklahoma,
was called tn the stand.
• 'hairman Parker introduced him a ■
"One of the most useful Democrats in
lite United States." and the blind ora
tor got on ovation
Tlits convention." lie said, “has as
sembled for no other purpose than to
nominate tlie president of the United
St ates.
Just as the coniention at t'hicago
was the forerunner of disaster, this
convention Is the augury of success.
My fellow Democrats, let us have
peace at any sacrifice. Let us have
l>e.o c it any prict Let us have peace
ful sacrifice."
Tlieri was n deadly silence.
"Except at ;h> pt iee of honor." he
added, and got a cheer.
"Let iis have and now put everv
Dernoi rat under bond to keep the
peace lx 5 ! us adopt a prohibitive tar
iff upmi the apple of discord.
"Wlille Republicans divide let the
Denioi rats unite and multiply and con
quer
" \ hou-e divided against itself can
not stand. Ti:e Republican party van
not stand half slave and half free; half
Ci ’gressiw and half reactloiia: y . lift! 1 '
I ins and naif dead.
N hl u; Utile > tv.- Di mi ra ' lik<
■ i sho n an<i blinded to Samson should
i l‘ down the temple upon the altar
of Its own faith.
“Theodor- Roosevelt undertook to
b'eatbi the breathfof life, undertook to
put the spirit of modern tnogre*- into
the mummified R< publican patty, but
the mummy would not stir Its heart
beat v i-- stilled. Tlie heart beat of hu
man sympathy was still. let Mr
Roosevelt learn, let thi- , 'nvemiim
tea' ll end tea> it tin republic that it
THE ATLANTA GEORG (AN ANT) NEWS. WEDNESDAY. .11 NE 26, 1912.
is the Democratic party that believes
in the equality of man.
“Less Tariff, More Trade,
No Grade, No Taft.”
Senator Gore advocated the purchase
by the government of the home pf
Thomas Jefferson, to be made into a
national shrine where the people,might
renew their political faith. He com
mended the work of Mrs. Martin W
Littleton, of New York, in trying to get
the government to take this step.
He stated his creed thus:
"Less tariff, more trade.
"No trusts, no graft and no Taft.""
“The people will no longer miss the
jeweled hand that smites them; they
have already been smitten on both
cheeks.”
He pleaded for harmony and the dele
gates to go from the convention ready
to accept for the full fight whatever
man was named."
John Temple Graves, editor of Tlie
New Yorle American, followed Senator
• lore.
"In the five minutes that I shall con
sumo," he said, "1 shall mention the
name of no man and cry the shibbo
leth of no candidate. From the ranks
there can be but one message, the mes
sage of unfaltering courage and trium
phant hope. Never in the last 50 year?
lias there assembled a convention full
of so much hope.
"I believe that at least we have come
to the parting of the ways."
Confusion was so great that Graves
was forced to discontinue for a mo
ment while the house was quieted.
Colonel Graves predicted Democratic
victory in November and said that
Theodore Roosevelt was a political John
Hu Baptist, preaching tlie doctrine of
the Democratic victory that was to
come after.
"I believe that all things are work
ing together foi the good of those who
love the Lord and follow the teachings
of Thomas Jefferson."
Republican Party
Divided in Itself.
Mayor James H, Preston, of Balti
more. was nevt Introduced to "speak a
word of welcome."
"I want to convey to you the greet
ing and the welcome of the people of
Baltimore and Maryland to the great
avalanche of the Democracy," he said.
"We have met you. and we love you.
We greet you in our city. We hope
y ou. stay in our city has been and w ill
continue to be pleasant.
"A Democratic convention is a great
crucible into which are brought the
great Ideas from .ti” East and’from the
West: from the North and from South,
and those ideas are fused into a plat
form and on tb«: t platform a candidate
is nominated. One thing, my friends,
is most impor’ant and that Is that we
should have a united front.
"I renew my welcome to you. niy
friends We are delighted to see you
and In behalf of this municipality 1
bid you welcome."
Ex-Governor Campbell, of Ohio, was
next introduced
"Ohio, which has given six Republi
can presidents to the nation." he sail,
"is sitting right there now, next to
Texas, and she Is marching side by side
with Texas as a Democratic state
"In 1860 the Democratic party bad
been governing the country for 60
years But it split and lost the elec
tion and went ou# of power. Strce
that time tlie party that has almost
continuously governed the country has
split.
Word of Welcome From
Baltimore's Mayor
■The Taft wing is a disorganized
body composed of the camp followers.
"The othe- wing is led by an egotist,
whose sanity and probity have both
been questioned, a man who dedicated
the monument on the field of Antietam
and never mentioned General Mc' lel
lan. the only president who ever had
tlie gall to go to Gettyslm g and nake
a speech on the spot where Lincoln
made his Immortal utterance
Let them go. and the Demoiiatic
party will • ome into anothei 6'i years
of power,"
Dc'cgetc Roberts, of A kam-a.
moved to adjourn until 2 o'clock tomor
row. The point of order was made by
A. Mitchell Palmer that the convention
had already passed a resolution that
when the convention adjourned it
would be till 8 o'clock tonight. The
chair sustained Palmer. who then
moved that tlve convention adjourn. It
carried, and the convention was de
nial ed adjourned till 8 o’clock p. tn.
Coatless Delegates
In Hot Hall.
Th lure of the race for the chief
of the Democratic national con
vention kept many delegates and
workers late at their hotels this morn
ing. It was long past the usual hour
for opening the scenic part of tlie con
vention when the Fifth regiment ar
mory began slowly to fill.
The band, patiently in place from the
time the doors were opened, found it
self "all alone, ail alone,” and said so
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HAPPY '
in sad and dulcet notes. By 11:30
o'clock tlie seats reserved for dele
gates began to fill. A thin line was
-forming In the first rows of the gal
leries. And this little crust for the pie
of humanity that was to come indus
triously plied palm leaf fans.
It was hot -Intensely hot -in the big
fireloss cooker in which the convention
was hold.
For the benefit of those who follow
tlie fashions in men's wear, the modish
Democratic delegate "shucks ills coat."
(t is tlie correct tiling to unlimber tlie
front of the collar and to put a hand
kerchief around the remaining portion
of a half-wilted collar. The fashion
was duly observed today
Oklahoma, leader in constitutions
and apparel, started tlie fashion. It
spread rapidly. The galleries took it
up and th. i tlie patient, du'iful drudges
tn tire incss stand followed suit.
It was a coatless, vestless multitude
tliat faced the chairman at tlie opening
of the session and a thousand fans beat
time with the band in a vain effort to
coax an errant breeze into the councils
of Democracy
Among the first comets was Mrs.
Nellie H. VanSlingerland. organizer of
the Joan of Arc society of New Yotk.
She came to tile delegates' section and
made a plea for the im oi (.oration of a
suffrage plan in Hie platform. Mrs.
VanSiingerlanil had heart-to-heart
talks with many of tlie delegates before
the convention was e.tiled to order.
Exactly at noon Judge Parker, being
a man of punctual habits, ascended the
stand.
Three interesting angles showed
themselves when the Democrats start
ed a new day full of memories of the
exciting contest tliat had tlie day be
fore reached a milestone in political
They were:
The prospect, of an earnest fight over
the platform to be presented, with par
ticular reference to the tariff plank.
The many -sided flglit for the presi
dential nomination with field running
against Clark and with the present
odds favoring the Mi-souri champion.
The reported x i it of 4 ran. is J H»-
nev and Charles R 1 rane emlssari”?
from the Roosevelt Progressive party,
to William J. Bryan with the conse
quent rumors that they were seeking
to lead Mr. Bryan into the newly form
ed third party.
The attempt to win Bryan so the
Roosevelt cause was the sensation of
the lobbies, yvhere the Bryanites con
gregated. An early t eport had. it that
Heney. the fire-brand representative
who goaded the steam roller party- at
Chicago until it hooted him and who
rankled Root until the chairman let fly
a covert threat to restrain his speech,
rushed down during the night. With
him came Charles R. Crane, of Chi
cago. who is an ardent Roosevelt sup
porter and one of the main financial
contributors to the Roosevelt fund.
Frankly these elders from the but!
moose faitii wer» here to proselyte, and
the air was filled with reports that they
had come with authority to talk for
the party of their making and that they
were dickering for a recruiting station
in the Bryan army. Mr. Bryan admit
ted he had seen Heney. but refused to
discuss what.was said between them.
The presidential situation is best ex
pressed by Delegate John Fletcher, of
Tennessee, who said:
Speaker Clark
Is High Man.
"While all of this racket Is going on
the friends of all of the candidates-are
busy trying to lane? their men. The
• ’lark movement’stands out most prom
inently. which is both an evidence of
its strength and of its weakness. On
the one hand it shows the Missouri man
as the strongest man in the field—
now . On the other hand, it places him
!ik“ (h e high man in a seven-up game
where all of the other players throw
the game to the low man In order to
keep the high man from going out.
That is the best possible explanation
of th’ Clark status.”
The complex situation has resulted it;
the naming of many dark horsey.
Among those named in the hotel cor
ridor gossip are Governor Eugene Foss,
of Massachusetts; William Randolph
Hearst. William J. Gaynor, of New
York; Representative A. Mitchel Pal
mec of Pennsylvania; Joseph W. Folk
of Missouri; Senator Claude A. Swan
son. of Virginia: Mayor Carter H. Har
rison. of Chicago.
The Tammany slew of the nomina
tion with its 90 votes, and the alliances
that go with it,, is expressed in these
words by Pat E. McCabe, after having
had a talk with Charles F. Murphy:
“The likeliest choice of this conven
tion is Speaker Clark. I say this mere
ly as a cold blooded political proposi
tion. based upon the situation as it is.
Surely Wilson w&s hurt and <'lark's
chances enhanced by the defeat of
Bryan for the temporary chairmanship.
The Wilson mm staked all on Bryan
ajnd lost. I look for a nttmber of bal
lots. If the speaker can hold bis pledg
ed vote and draw out others as he goes
for two or three ballots he will be
named."
Senator James O'Gorman, of New
York, today declined to permit his name
to be used as candidate for vice presi
dent.
The Massachusetts delegation in cau-
I cits decided to support Champ dark
for president.
Bryan Declines To Be
Platform Chairman
BALTIMORE. June 26.—Senator
John W. Kern of Indiana was today
elected chairman of the resolutions
committee of the Democratic national
convention, after W. J. Bryan had de
elined to accept that post.
When the sub-committee offered the
chairmanship to Mr. Bryan he ad
dressed tlie committee declining to ac
cept the post.
"1 do not wislt to bind myself to this
committee in this wav,” he said. “It
may be that I will desire to present a
minority report. In that case I should
wish to be free to do so. I thank you,
gentlemen, who wish me to take th?
place, but I feel that I should decline.
"I place before you the name of John
W. Kern and place him in nomination
for chairman."
Kern Made Chairman.
Mr Kern had preceded tlie Nebras
kan to tlie room. The nomination of
Senator Kern was accepted by the res
olutions committee and he was chosen
chairman.
Shortly after the committee con
vened Senator Tillman, of South Caro
lina. was taken ill. He has been ill
for some time, but it was believed his
condition was not so serious as to bar
him from taking part in the shaping-of
the party's platform. The doors of the
meeting room were thrown open to al
low the circulation of fresh air and
guards were placed outside to keep
pet sons at a distance from the door.
Tite room in the armory filled up not
• ily with members, but with men anx
i' is tn get planks Into the platform,
lll.nois furnished a number. One of
the most important from that state
came from Edward T. Hill, a Chicago
lawyer, w'to presented a resolution
recommending tliat tlie Deniocrath
patty declare for the people and com
merce on the Mississippi valley.
Let tile United States take from the
Panama canal Its great plant there and
use It in making a river out of the Mis
sissippi." -aid Attorney Cahill.
Twenty-eight men. many of them
employees of the Federal government,
were on hand with a civil service
plank. Hee is their recommendation:
"We favor a reconstruction of the
civil service with adequate compensa
tion. commensurate with the class of
work performed, for alt officers and ern.
ployees: the enactment of an equitable
retirement law for superannuated and
disabled persons in the civil service;
continuous service during good beha
vior and efficiency : an extension to all
classes of civil s<* vi< <■ -nqilovees (| lf ,
benefits of the provisions of the llabill
t\ 1-rtmrensation act. and the rfp-hf of
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direct petition to congress by the em
ployees for redress of grievances."
Rayner For Bold Tariff Plank.
A bold plan on the tariff will be
incorporated in the platform, if Sen
ator Isidor Rayner's wishes are carried
out. The Marylander is determined to
have a clearcut announcement on the
tariff, which will call for a tariff for
revenue only. He will also urge a
plank against trusts: that the, Sher
man law be so amended as to fully
comply with the rulings of the supreme
court in such instances.
T. J. Walsh, of Montana, was made
secretary. After the selection of the
officers of the committee, Mr. Bryan
moved that the committee change its
method of procedure by not adopting a
platform until after the convention had
named its nominee. This was a revo
lutionary move unexpected by the Bry
an opponents.
"By tills method." said Mr. Bryan,
"we could have a progressive platform
and whoever is nominated would have
to stand upon it."
Mr. Bryan's efforts were vigorously
supported by Committeeman Rayner,
of Maryland. Committeeman Clark-, of
Arkansas, opposed it. Some declared
it was irregular and not according to
precedent and would be too radical for
adoption.
The committeen then engaged in a
warm discussion over the new feature.
Then, by a vote of 41 to 11, the com
mittee decided to present, the platform
after nominations. The decision will
now go to the convention.
"I believe it Is the best thing we can
do." said Senator Rayner. "I want you
to know that I think Mr. Bryan is all
right, and I am for his motion very
much. I want it to go through; then
we will have a progressive platform
and our nominee will have to stand
upon and for it."
The session of the committee was ex
ecutive. hut because of the extreme
heat tlie doors and windows were kept
open. The busy sergeant-at-arms pre
vented the public from using that end
of tlie building, thus creating no end
of commotion.
Rayner Aids Bryan.
There was considerable debate on the
Bryan motion, the opposition coming
chiefly from Senator Clark of Arkan
sas. Senator Rayner aided Mr. Bryan
in pressing the point. It was declared
that the move was unprecedented. Mr.
Bryan had a ready answer. He de
clared that it was then a good time to
establish a precedent.
The roll was then called and Mr.
Bryan received 41 votes. Only 11 op
posed him. He was pleased.
The next move was the offering of a
resolution by C. H. Culberson, of Texas,
calling upon tlie chairman to appoint a
sub-committee of four to begin work on
a draft of the platform. A motion to
adjourn was put and carried. This was
done to give time for a presentation of
a report to the committee on rules.
“Isn't this revolutionary?” Mr. Bryan
was asked.
“Perhaps so; I do not remember that
it was ever done before. It means that
we can draw up a platform for the par
ly and not for the nominee. Under this
rule we would not have to change the
platform to suit the nominee.*
"There have been times in national
conventions when the platform has been
drawn up before the nominee was
named and then, had to be changed to
suit the nominee. That happened one
year w hen 1 was not running.”
A Chance to Get Together.
"Did you ever hear of this being done
before?"
"I did not.”
"Who suggested it ."
"The thought came to me last night.
I thought by making this move we
might be able to get a lot of gentlemen
together who arc not in accord on plat
form propositions."
"Are you going to draw up the plat
form yourself?"
"I expect to help. 1 expect to be. one
of the members of the sub-committee.
Mr. Kern will also be a member. We
can. of course, begin work on it, but my
idea is that it should not become public
until this convention nominates."
Immediately upon adjournment of the
resolutions committee Governor J. K.
Vardaman of Mississippi went to the
room where the rules committee was In
session prepared to present the findings
of the resolutions committee at once.
The following sub-committee was
appointed by Chairman John W. Kern,
of the resolutions committee, this aft
ernoon to draw up the Democratic plat
form for submission to the convention:
W. J Bryan. Nebraska; C. A. Cul
berson. Texas. .1 A. O'Gorman. New
Yotk Isidor Rayner, Maryland: A H
Dockery. Missouri: D. J. Walsh, Massa,
ehusetts; Atless Pomerene, Ohio, ami
Thomas S. .Martin. Virginia.
R F. Broussard. Louisiana. George
\V. ' ithiun, Illinois, g, W. Belford, Nc.
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Indiana for Missourian
on Second Ballot and
Others Are Flocking
Into the Houn’ Dawg
Band Wagon.
By JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES.
BALTIMORE, June 26.—1 f there was
any doubt of Champ Clark’s nomina
tion for the presidency yesterday, that
doubt has al-
jot YT
en. Even the stoutest of the "Wilson,
Underwood or Harmon men are free to
say that if Clark can hold his vote to
gether through the second ballot he is
sure to win.
Clark can hold his delegates through
a dozen ballots and increase their num
bers every ballot up to the last and
triumphant one.
Georgia's ballot, instructed for Un
derwood, will go to Clark after the sec
ond ballot.
South Carolina's delegation, unin
structed but credited to Wilson on the
first ballot, will go to Clark after the
second.
There will be a stampede to hint after
the third ballot.
New York's Vote
All For Clark.
Three thjngs have occurred which
almost insure Champ Clark's nomina
tion.
New York's 90 delegates, under the
unit rule, will go for Clark!
Never before in any national conven
tion Utave Mr. Murphy and his Tam
many men mingled so freely with the
delegates and the people. It is the
subject of universal comment. They
have been genial, approachable and
friendly with everybody. It is evident
that the Wigwam and Its chief have
made up their minds in this conven
tion to ascertain the, people’s will and
to do It.
There Is absent any indication that
they are here to trade and barter, and
present everywhere the spirit that in
dicates a wholesome, change in Tam
many tactics, and a closer and loyal
study of the people's will.
Murphy's
Quiet Canvass.
.The story is told here upon absolute
authority that Mr. Murphy two weeks
ago. in conference with his lieutenants,
determined to find out the popular man
among his followers and friends
Through bls agents he set on foot an
investigation in New York, whose re
sults astonished him. Nobody was so
licited. nobody was commanded, but ail
the Tammany clientele were impartial
ly interrogated.
The result was astonishing In it’
revelation of Champ Clark’s popularity.
Every factory visited was discovered
full of Clark men. Clark's rugged his
tory, his rise from the common people
his hard life, the fact that he had been
one of them, seemed to take hold o'
these people, and Murphy discovered in
New York what the presidential pri
maries have told him and w'hat he has
confessed in Baltimore —that the peo
ple—the plain pec pie everywhere—are
enamored of the g-eat Commoner of
Missouri.
Murphy and Tammany have a state
election next year and they wish to win
in November to make sure of it.
Murphy and Tammany have found in
Champ Clark a winner in November.
Clear Majority
On First Ballott.
Therefore, Murphy and Tammany
have run up the Clark flag above the
wigwam—and word has been passed
along the line by Cohalan and Cram
and the rest, and New York’s 90 votes
added to Champ Clark's 460 votes, will
give the speaker 550 votes on the first
ballot—a clear majority of the whole
convention.
To add to this magnificent reinforce
ment qf members comes Roger Sullivan
from Illinois, saying that Illinois' mag
nificent majority of 146,000 for Champ
Clark would not permit him. If he
wished, to be less than absolutely loyal
to Champ Clark to the end. and sitting
at rest the rumor that the Sullivan
men. would bolt Clark on the first op
portunity.
Indiana's
Second Choice.
It is said here upon high authority
that Tom Taggart has declared that
Indiana holds Clark next to Governor
Marshall, who has not developed
strength, and that after a ballot for
Indiana's favorite son, Indiana will go
solidly for Clark.
These three things have practically
settled the presidential nomination.
The Clark men are jubilant on every
avenue, and recruits are climbing on
to the Missouri band wagon in every
direction.
Baltimore is a Champ Clark town,
although it has been conspicuously fair
in every particular to all the candi
dates. and the courtesy and hospitality
of the people of Baltimore to the con
vention guests have been almost with
out a parallel.
Baltimore has really won the heart
of the national Democracy at this con
vention. and those who remember the
week will always hear with grateful
consideration any future bid which
Baltimore may make for a national
Democratic convention. Mayor Pres
ton. the city's cblvalric and hospitable
executive, has won golden opinions by
his untiring and effective considera
tion. and there arc scores of delegate*
who are holding him In their hearts
most thoughtfully ind gratefully fm
Hie vice pre: idemlal honor whkb they
have to bestow.
most disappear
ed today.
There is not a.
break In the
Clark line from
Massachusetts to
California.
They entered
the convention a
phalanx and will
remain unbrok-
