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■■ ■ - 1 - ■' ■ nmi . I ■ ... ■ - - - ■>_■—■■■ .. - '■ Woodrow Wilson and Bryan Virtually Eliminated From the Race for Democratic Candidacy CHAMP CLARK ONLY ONE WHO CAN WIN NOMINATION, SAYS GRAVES Al! Factions Concede Speaker Can Be Re lied Upon to Beat Roosevelt and Taft. Missourian’s Attitude Wins Friends for Him. By JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES. BALTIMORE. Tune 27. —Every ses sion of the Democratic national con vention makes more definite and clear the certain nomination of Champ Clark for president of the United States. Mr. Bryan has been effectively elimi nated as a possibility. If Mr. Bryan could be beaten in a progressive con vention by 69 votes for the office of temporary chairman, it is not likely that Mr. Bryan would receive enough votes a« a candidate for president be fore that body to give him a majority, much less the two-thirds which he would- require. The ballot Tuesday also practically eliminated Governor Wilson as a strong possibility in this convention. The Wilson vote was joined solidly to the Bryan vote, and the Wilson and the Bryan vote combined was short 69 bal lots even of a majority of the conven tion. Those who know politics declare this is convincing proof that Governor Wilson, with Bryan's Support, could not receive a majority of the convention’s vote. and. therefore, certainly not a two-thirds majority. On the other hand, there were num bers of Mr. Clark's supporters who sup ported Mr. Bryan for temporary chair man because of their personal regard for the man and because of the tradi tions of his past leadership and his wide acquaintance in the party. Clark Only One Who Can Win. It is now evident to all factions that Champ Clark is the only man who'can command in the last moment the vote of two-thirds of the national Democrat ic convention. Tt also is evident to the thinking men of all factions that Champ Clark is now the only man who can be safely relied upon to poll enough votes to beat The odore Roosevelt and President Taft. It is really astonishing how great an effect the wise, prudent and conserva tive attitude which Champ Clark has taken In this preliminary mangle in the convention has had ixpon the se rious-minded men of the Democratic party and of the country. Tt has stamped him above all things as a man of discretion, a man of excel lent temper, of sound judgment and a man who can be trusted to do the .tyise and proper thing in emergencies for the party and the country. Upon the great vote of the uninstructed delegates in this convention this discretion and self control has had an especial effect. Since it has been done, the action of the convention now impresses all par ties as the one wise thing that ought to have been done. It has held together the Democratic party; it has made easy for the two-fifths conservative vote of the Democratic party to conre in with good grace and support the party at the polls, and it is universally remarked that it was Champ Clark’s judgment and discretion which has held the Dem ocratic, delegates together In this con vention. just as he has held the minor ity which he so ably led in congress and the majority over which he has presided for the past year. Clark Now Great Favorite. The betting in Baltimore row ranges from 2 to 1 to 4 to 1 on Champ Clark. As to Mr. Bryan and his action in the convention Tuesday, nothing disagree able need be said. It is better to con cede that Mr. Bryan was honest, but mistaken; it is the mature judgment of long-time political observers of the Nebraskan’s career that Mr. Bryan has been more or less spoiled with the suc cessive expressions of confidence which bis party has placed in him. and that he has come to take himself altogether >oo seriouslv ?s the indispensable coun sellor if not the dictator of Democratic -counsels. He has become in recent reais something of a "schoolmaster” in the majesterial authority which he f.els and which he has attempted to exercise. Conceding that Mr. Bryan’s convictions have been behind his posi tion on public questions, it is neither unkind nor unfair to say tnal the De moc acy owed to itself the dut? of vin dicating Its own right to Independent action and of informing Mr. Bryan that I, nad other faithful adherents and other faithful leaders. It Is absolutely certain that the thrill ing eloquence which swept the Chicago convention Into a storm, and which has thrice made him the norrjjnee of his party for the highest office in the land, has lost much of the fervor and thrill of the power and force which made him irresistible in past days. HARDWICK TO HURRY HOME AND PREPARE FOR GOVERNOR RACE Baltimore .lune 27. rhomas w Hardwick likely will leave Baltimore directly after the adjournment of the convention for Georgia. to look Into th gubernatorial situation. So thoroughly has he been impressed with what he considers a wide appeal tn him to run for governor that he has determined, to get in close personal touch with his Georgia friends at once. He perhaps will come home with the delegation, not even going back to Washington after the convention. Every member of the Georgia ton jressional delegation i« in Baltimore today, and H is the opinion of practi cally all that Hartwick has every in tention of tunning for governor and that hi formal announcement mat be »xpected within th> next week m n days. CLARK PICKED ID WIN,DECLARES BRISBANE Nine-Tenths of Those at Balti more Beiieve Speaker Will Be Nominated. By ARTHUR BRISBANE. BALTIMORE. June 27.—The United States is watching the second part in , the Democratic half of a presidential nomination. Bryan tried and failed to prevent the nomination of Parker as temporary chairman. Equally important is the fact tiiat on the roll call Bryan was defeated uy ■ only 69 votes out of more than 1.000, ’ which shows that lie must be consid ered. and that steam roller methods must be worked here. If at all. with caution extreme. The Five Candidates. The five candidates whose names are mentioned —that is to say. the five who ate popular as candidates or well ’ known because they have spent their 1 own or some one else’s money in ad vertising—are t'lark. Gaynor. Under wood. Wilson and Bryan, candidate ex. officio and by established custom, al though not yet announced ae a candi -1 date by himself. The men who make political pit -5 tures and do more to form opinion and create lasting impressions than those who write show us Miss Democracy * accompanied with her three pets—the 1 Democratic donkey, the Missouri "hour' ’ dawg” and the Tammany tiger. This is the Democratic zoological equipment which will soon, together or i separately, oppose the regular Republi- - can elephant and the Irregular Roose ' velt bull moose. Nine out of ten among those here be lieve that dark will be nominated. 1 They predict that he will have the sup- ■ port not only of the progressives and 3 radicals in whose ranks he is included, i but also the support of many that ar- ■ praying for a tory reactionary candi ' date, but realize that such a candidate can not win. s Politics in this country, figuratively - speaking, will cause many cases of i “cross-eyed vision.” e Look Cross-Eyed at Roosevelt. ° The’corpora.tions look at their pet re t actionary and they love him, but they a are also looking cross-eyed at Roose- - velt and wondering if their choice can beat him. f Men that have the money are here • well organized and determined. 3 If they CAN do it. and if on talk -1 ing over the possibilities .with those p the temper of the f country they DARE do it. they will 3 nominate an absolute reactionary and e hope to elect him by spending mone> 3 energetically concentrating the reac -1 tionary vote in his favor and fomenting ■ the quarrel among the Republicans. Rich and powerful Wall Street men. - however, are Intelligent—that Is one of 15 the reasons they are rich. s And they have a well developed drear} of Roosevelt, knowing what he will probably do tn those that habitually* s hire Elihu Root If he—Roosevelt—ls elected. e Clark Most Probable. champ Clark. as matters stand, is ‘ the most probable nominee. I q'ftp great stone armory is admirably r suited to the holding of the convention. e Each day it is packed to its full capaci -3 ty long before the convention actually opens. There Is music by the band, as usual, f and a great deal of disorder. It must be ’ said in passing ihat the Democrats do " not manage a convention as well as c the Republicans—that is to say. they do ’ nor control it as well. There has been very little order e throughout the sessions. n Three pictures and three mottoes or s quotations decorate the great hall. Above the speakers’ stand is the pie ’’ ture of Thomas Jefferson with this ’ quotation from that democratic pa ' trlot: “May the infinite power which rules I the destinies of the universe lead our councils to what is best and give them a favorable issue for your peace and ‘ prosperity.” " To the right of the speakers’ stand s beside a frowning picture of old An -3 drew Jackson are written the words: II “Mho never sold the truth to serve the hour." 11 At the opposite end of the hall to the left of the speakers’ stand Is a picture of Georg- Washington and this quota tion ; . "May the virtue and happiness of the , people be preserved and the govern -1 ment which they have Instituted for the protection of their liberties be per ’ petual." e An old lady, who bad come to look.on. e to criticise rather than praise, asked e indignantly how long it was since George Washington had become a d Democrat and how they dared put his il picture in that hall. s ” ? JOHN 0. ROCKEFELLER GETTING ECONOMICAL o CtILUMBqS, OHIO. June 27.—John . D. Rockefeller has cut down the num e ber of his automobiles since the gov . eminent ordered the dissolution of the - Standard Oil Company. Before then d lie had five. Today the state depart e ment received a request from Mr n Rockerellei fm_ licenses and tags fo> tour machines. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. THURSDAY. JUNE 27. 1912. i THREE OF THE MANY REAL BEAUTIES AT THE BALTIMORE CONVENTION f TrawßStex. L -F -SKS i \ / / Whey.. \ ' V f i ' I ~ LJ v i ' / ' * > ctL- I l HroffWrK I / "*■ ; RI f \ ..jr y, - *.i M f Fu f 1 I •*=. I If j | I I <W f It ■ w \W wB f F/ WO F 1 f ’ • yW-F I I S-jyr if /WM i • I ■'fl” ■ ' 71 lE*” t flic Mil I t ■sioF • a**- "jggWHfthZ i ' From left to right, Miss Norma Mack, Miss Ruby Tucker and Miss Harriet .Mack. All of them are from New York. i - *" CLARK SECOND CHOICE OF GEORGIA DELEGATES; WILSON MEN SPURNED ' BALTIMORE. Jun? 27.-Every Tittle delegate has an opinion all his own in this town today, so far as the probable nominee of the party is concerned, hut , the great majority o.f them 'believe he will be Champ Clark, of Missouri. The Georgia delegation is still firm in its determination to stick to Under wood, so long as there is an Underwood candidacy to stick to. but the Geor gians realize that there may come a time when Underwood’s name will be withdrawn, or through force of cir cumstances necessarily abandoned. When that time comes the Georgia del- ■ egation will Swing into line for the ' Missouri man, along with enough dele -1 gates to insure Clark’s nomination. 1 Last night’s session of the conven- 1 tion was an extremely noisy one. The crowds, not the delegates, made the noise. So far as the Georgia delega tion is concerned, last night's sessloti spelled nothing In particular, it came out entertaining the same Ideas about things that it entertained wdien it 1 went in. Georgia Delegation Model of Harmony. Il is on? of the most harmonious. • compact and aggressive delegations in i the entire convention. It will vote sol idly on whatever it votes upon. There '• are no disputes o- aggravated dlfljer- ■ ences of opinion inside th? Georgia. del egation. > The Woodrow Wilson people have reached the climax of their campaign • here Every influence possible, whet’n- > er on the quiet and In secret, or open • and loud of mouth, has been brought to bear to waver or make afraid the Geor gia delegation. It has been appealed io frantically, lovingly, dictatorially and r humbly. It has remained as the rock of Gibraltar against Wilson. Wherever it goes and whatever H doi*s, it will cast no Wilson votes. Efforts have i been made to have it appear that Geor gia favored, if not Wilson as second i choice, then Gaynor* Georgia’s per il sistent reply has been that she favored Underwood. Circumstances have so combined that Georgia has considered a second choice, and It is Champ Clark. It never will be the New Jerseyite nor , Gaynor. No other battle for the presidential 1 nomination goes forward with the ■ clocklike precision which marks the Clark campaign. It Is not depending ? upon noise or fuss or feathers. The t speaker is well liked by practically all ■ classes of delegates. It will surprise few people if Clark wins <>n th* second 1 or third ballot The story sent to some Georgia .Wil- By JAMES B. NEVIN son papers, to the effect that Chairman Charles R. Pendleton vetoed the sug gestion made early after the arrival of the Georgia delegation in Balti more that Thomas G. Hudson be elect ed a delegate in place of Thomas E. Watson? who is not here, was incorrect and entirely unjustified. Colonel Pen dleton did nothing of the kind, and had no idea of doing anything of the kind, had the Hudson suggestion been pushed to a vote. As a matter of fact, Colonel Pendle ton had nothing whatever to do with the affair, as it originated entirely with other people and was called to his at tention just before tile delegation reached Baltimore. Ho was not partic ularly interested 1h it, but he would not opposed It had it come to a vote. He realized that it was only a move ment to show Hudson a pretty courte sy. and as he esteems Hudson highly, personally and otherwise, he would not have fought the election. Word came to the delegation after it reached Baltimore that Watson likely would tome on and take his place on the delegation, and for that reason the Hudson suggestion was dropped. Clark Second Choice of Georgians. A number of Underwood delegates 'it Baltimore are beginning to figure things this way. If it be found that Underwood ran not be n< minuted after exhaustive and sin* ere efforts, Clark should fall heir to the Underwood strength, for two reasons. First, because Clark i» th? strongest man before the convention and likely would make a winning fight, thus atta* hirfg Georgia to a winner, and second, because Clark’s pronfotion to the presidency would mean I ndm ■ wood’s promotion to the national speakership. This would leave Underwood in a commanding position Inside the party. In fine strategetical shape for the nom ination next time, and in a place where he might increase his already superb reputation as a leader, raaking him finally a stout-hearted and staunch lieutenant and administration light bower to help President Clark put through those reforms called for in the platform t > be adopted by this conven tion. Failing to pluck the presidential plum for Underwood, his real well wishers and friends aie asking'them selves why not get the next best pltun. the speakership, for him. particularly when it may be plucked through such a man as Clark. If rooks more and more as If the Underwood break-away, If It i rimes, will surely be Io Champ Clark The speaker is an easy favorite over th* field in the betting here. CZAR’S SON LIFE CRIPPLE. VIENNA. June 27.—The' czarevitch. wJio is eight years old. is suffering from ttrbereul»sis of Hie right knee and will never be, able to walk again, according to advices received here through court circles. The czar and czarina are deep ly distressed, according to the advices from St. Petersburg. ft M I V 9 DAYS more IN UHL 1 £ WHICH TO GET Special Terms j l rSrHtol For June ; X 4u*Vt CASH, si weekly ir’ W wiiOm H ~ : f W V' I * Sellers Kitchen Cab- t ' '■tS/’A'l ‘ bwww inet is ,he ,ast wor<l in * this most modern of all /.:£ l| i modern household conven- | I iIPtThTi j „Ja I > p nces. Ant proof, rust JHt" 1 I J proof, dust proof, bug ~ proof, damp proof; the ■ESSLxpi host, the latest and most i j it! ~ i rantF.! reasonably priced of all I 1 wW'l'/'L’ ~ ,lIP 00 *' * H M np,s W> |i|T have sold six carloads V ( | : |.3 | | j t* i l^ •jjiia since September I, and rl t'■ ‘ \ reBII I ’ WHnt • v, ” ,r nan,e _j J J ' 1 to the list. That's one rea- X • son " p °ff pr th p special ~ * c terras of ■ l sl CASH $l WEEKI yI 11 During -lune we offer these spe ( IA I I |h P |\/| rial terms on the Sellers Cabinet— i »*-< * AuX\X"*M SI.OO cash, SI.OO a week. Q h o da§)AVo o cL \COMPANY 103-5-7-9-11 Whitehall Street 1 ALPHONSE AND GASTON SPIRIT AT BALTIMORE; HARMONY EVERYWHERE By BRUNO LESSING. BALTIMORE. June 27.—1 suppose Judge Parker and a few more were intensely interested in the squabble over the tem- -Toy Ps=>-' Jr porary chair manship, but the great ma jority of the delegates were not. When It camo to vot ing on the question the delegates made tip their own minds as to the merits of the case and [then voted according—to the boss’ or ders. Hut what Interested the delegates most is the conversation of harmony. Each delegate feels that his candidate Is sure to win on the fourth or fifth ballot with the aid of the delegates won from other candidates, and. therefore, each delegate is doing all he can to be nice to every other delegate. After the acrimonious scenes in f'hl cago. it s a joy tn see so many Al phonses and Gastons. Perhaps the sur roundings have something to do with it, for all the Baltimoreans display typical Southern courtesy. • The facilities of the city are entirely inadequate to handle the crowd that, has gathered. The discomfort of the perspiring throng makes this politeness all the more conspicuous. It’s In the Very Air. A Clark delegate comes face tn face with a Wilson delegate in the jam in one of the. hotel corridors. “Excuse me for pushing you, but I can’t nelp It!” says one. "Don’t mention it. old man; I was just about to apologize myself. Your man Clark is all right, all right!” This is tlie Wilson man speaking Rut the Clark man slaps him on the shoulder and says: | "They tell me Wilson is a fine man.” And then an Underwood man tells I one of them: "Excuse me. suh; but you’ shoe laces |ar< deranged.” No one, you see. Is taking any chances of possibly incurring the resentment of any one else. The elevator service of the Hotel Emerson, for Instance, Is en tirely inadequate to handle the crowds coming from and going to the various headquarters. As soon as an elevator opens its door at least fifteen men are jammed Into it by the crowd pressing behind. When the boy starts it, the elevator usually sinks to the basement instead of going up. "Too mapy In the car," says the boy. "Two or three gentlemen will have to 'step out.” That is aboul the best time to see men with Clark badges and Wilson badges and Harmon badges and Tinder wood badges and Gaynor badges good naturedly fighting to outdo one another in politeness. Each vociferously in sists upon getting out and walking up fifteen flights to let the other gentle men ride. I don't know how long It will last, but ft's beautiful to behold while it lasts. Harmony With a Big H. This morning a man with an Under, wood badge got Into the Clark head quarters by mistake. "Can any one tell me where the Un derwood headquarters are?” he asked. Ono of the Clark delegates rushed at him. "Come along with me, old man,” he cried. "TH sitinw you where they am.” There is a poem beginning, "Har mony! Oh, heavenly harmony!" That's all I remember of ft. but the scenes tn Baltimore would have given the author a. lot of ideas. As New’ York Is one of the big doubt ful factors In the problem, the New York delegates get a wee bit more of this outpouring of politeness than any of the others. The Clark, Wilson, Un derwood and Harmon people are fairly btcaking their necks to make the New York delegates happy. They won't even let a man with a Nev| York badge carry his own satchel, i I've been trying to got a New York! delegate’s badge And if any delegate doesn’t happen; to know where you’re from, he takes n® chances. Learning the Finer Points. Powers then wanted to sketch Gov- | ernor Vardaman, but wasn’t sure that he knew him by sight. I gave a bell boy a dime to point out this distin guished' Southerner to us. By this time I had learned the knack of tfhe game "Well! Well!” I cried. "If it isft'ti Governor Vardaman'r” He looked at me from under his bushy eyebrows and with a delightful smile stretched out both arms! "My boy," he said. “It's a real pleas ure to see you! When did you get here? And how are all the folks?" I had never seen Governor A r ardaman before In my life. I said cordially; "I arrived Sunday and the folks are all well. How are all your friends?” "Everybody is well and all is har mony." he said. "Harmony! That’s the spirit of the day. There may be a lit tle ruction, but Everything will be smoothed out. You’re looking fine! Taking good pare.of yourself, I'll bet! Are they treating you all right? Let me know if 1 can do anything for ■ you?" ■ Can you beat that for politeness? < When Powers was finished we looked up half a dozen others. They all were glad to see me; they all inquired after the folks, and they all were anxious to know if I was being treated all right. If the fact that not one of them had e.ver laid eyes upon me before troubled their consciences in slightest de gree their countenances did not. betray it. Taken all in all, they were the nic est, politest and most genial crowd I had ever seen. 3