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Illinois, 58 ('lark. Indiana, 30 Marshall;
lowa, 26 ('lark; Kansas, 20 Clark; Ken
tucky, 26 Clark; New York, 90 unin
structed; North Dakota, 10 Burke;
Louisiana, 11 Clark, 9 Wilson; Maine,
12 uninstructed; Maryland, 16 Clark;
Massachusetts, 36 Clark; Michigan. 6
Clark, 1- Wilson. 11 Harmon. 1 Mar
shtill; Minnesota. 24 Wilson; Missis
sippi, 20 Wilson; Missouri, 26 Clark;
Montana. 8 Clark; Nebraska. 12 Clark;
Nevada. 6 Clark; New Hampshire, 8
Clark; New Jersey, 4 Clark, 24 Wilson;
New Mexico, 8 Clark; North Carolina,
24 uninstructed; Ohio, 19 Wilson, 29
Harmon; Oklahoma, 10 Clark. 10 Wil
son; Oregon, 10 Clark; Pennsylvania,
71 Wilson, 5 Harmon; Rhode Island. 10
Clark; South Carolina, 18 Harmon:
South Dakota. 10 Clark; Tennessee, 24
unlnstructed; Texas. 40 Wilson; Utah,
8 uninstructed; Vermont, 8 unlnstruct
ed; Virginia, 2 Clark. 9 Wilson. 13 Un
derwood; Washington. 14 Clark; Wis
consin. 6 Clark. 20 Wilson; Wyoming,
6 Clark; Alaska, 6 Clark. District of
Columbia. 6 Clark; Hawaii, 6 unin
structed; Philippines, 6 uninstructed;
Porto Rico, 2 1-2 Clark, 3 Wilson, 1-2
Underwood.
Bryan Strength
Prominent Factor.
It is perfectly apparent that for any
candidate to get the nomination he
must get strength from his neighbor.
Looking about the neighborhood for
the possibilities, the first prominent
sign is the Bryan vote. His voting
strength in the convention has ranged,
on two crucial tests, from 510 to 565 1-2
votes. That was upon a question of
party principle in each case.
How many of these will stay by his
advice is the question of the man re
mains to be seen. It is definitely and
thoroughly understood that if Mr. Bry
an ca nhelp it none of his vote will go
to either Judson Harmon, of Ohio, or
Champ Clark, of Missouri. The Har
mon feud is of long standing and has
carried Mr. Bryan Ohio ward upon di
vers occasions trying to wean the citi
zens of the Democratic party of that
state from their inclination to elect the
governor to high office.
It rests upon the Bryatiesque asser
tion. repeatedly made, that Governor
Harmon is a reactionary in spirit.
The Clark loss of Nebraska favor Is
of later date.
Making a wager on the situation,
the coldly ealculative would favor the
Clark chance, but the chances are that
an anchor would be thrown out against
the ever-turning influence of the Bryan
tide.
Plainly Clark has the nomination In
sured, unless Bryan can, by personal
force, keep him out of It. The real sit
uation. therefore, is that of a new
alignment of the party on the conserva
tive and radical lines, with the require,
.ment of a two-thirds vote to decide the
issue where a bare majority did the
trick at the last intaking of the Bryan
tower.
Bryan Building
Progressive Platform
BALTIMORE. June 27.—Members of
the resolutions committee of the Demo
cratic nationa' convention who would
consent to talk declared today that the
platform adopted will be progressive.
A conflict Is expected, however, over
seven planks drawn up by William ,1
Bryan. His friends are confident and
declare the platform will be built along
lines in keeping with progress and in
accordance with advanced ideas from
Mr. Bryan. He has met little oppnsl
tion to date in dominating the resolu
tions committee and the sub-commit
tee of eleven, which is actually drawing
the platform.
Here are some of the Bryan planks
Legislation for supervision and con
trol of banks which will absolutely as
sure s he people when they deposit
money they can get it back
Legislation for the protection of the
laboring man against injustice under
CLARK SECOND CHOICE
OF GEORGIA DELEGATES;
WILSON MEN SPURNED
By JAMES B. NEVIN.
BALTIMORE, June 27.—Every little
delegate has an opinion all his own in
this town today, so far as the probable
nominee of the party Is concerned, but
the great majority of 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. Slong with enough dele
gates to Insure Clark’s nomination.
Last night's session of the conven
tion was an extremely noisy one. The
crowds, not the delegates, made th#
noise. So far as the Georgia delega
tion Is concerned, last night’s session
spelled nothing In particular. It came
out entertaining the same ideas about
things that it entertained when it
went in.
Georgia Delegation
Model of Harmony.
It Is one of the most harmonious,
compact and aggressive delegations In
the entire convention. It will vote sol
idly on whatever Tt votes upon. There
are no disputes or aggravated differ
ences of opinion inside the Georgia del
egation.
The Woodrow Wilson people have
reached the climax of their campaign
here Every influence possible, wheth
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 to
frantically, lovingly, dictatorially and
humbly. It has remained as the rock
of Gibraltar against Wilson. Wherever
it goes and whatever it does, it will
■cast no Wilson votes. Efforts have
been made to have it appear that Geor
gia. favored, if not Wilson as second
choice, then Gaynor. Georgia's per
sistent reply hfts 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
nomination goes forward with the
clocklike precision which marks the
Clark campaign. It is not depending
upon noise or fuss or feathers. The
speaker is well liked by practically all
classes of delegates. It will surprise
few people if Clark w ins on the second
or third ballot.
Pendleton Didn't
Oppose Hudson.
The story sent to some Georgia Wil
injunctions; trial by jury in contempt
cases.
A real anti-trust law enforcement.
Legislation to protect the laboring
man against the Sherman anti-trust
law.
Revision of the tariff for revenue
only.
Absolute opposition to the Aldrich
banking and currency bill.
Direct election of United States sena
tors by the people.
When the platform sub-comnuttee of
eleven went to work again today It was
expected that the platform would be
pretty well under way by the late aft
ernoon and completed by night so that
it can be reported to the convention im
mediately upon the nomination of a
presidential and vice presidential candi
date.
Convention Approve* Bryan Plan.
Mr Bryan's move to build a plat
form for the party and not for the can
didate met with approval at the hands
<>f the delegates at last nights ses
sion. The report of the rules commit
tee recommended the unprecedented
change and by viva voce vote it was
tdopted. in all the throng of delegates
but one voice was heard in dissent.
At the reconvening of the sub-com
mittee today it was found that most
of the chaff had been cleared away tn
the long night’s session of last evening
When Chairman John W. Kern called
the committee to order the actual work
of selecting the planks was begun. In
addition to the great pile of planks
from outsiders almost every member
of the sub-committee had planks to
offei
Senator James A O'Gorman, of New
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. THURSDAY, JUNE 27. 1912.
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.
i Watson, who Is not here, was incorrect
and entirely unjustified. Colonel Pen-
I dleton did nothing of the kind, and had
no Idea of doing anything of the kind,
i had the Hudson suggestion been pushed
i 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 the delegation
reached Baltimore. He was not partic-
• ularly Interested in it, but he would not
t have opposed it had it come to a vote.
• He realized that It was only "a move-
■ ment to show Hudson a pretty courte
i sy, and as he esteems Hudson highly,
s personally and otherwise, he would not
t have fought the election.
t Word came to the delegation after it
reached Baltimore that Watson likely
would come on and take his place on
the delegation, and for that reason the
Hudson suggestion was dropped.
Clark Second
? Choice of Georgians.
e A number of Underwood delegates tn
- Balttpiore are beginning to figure
. things this way:
If it be found that Underwood can
• not be ntniinated after exhaustive and
i sincere efforts, Clark should fall heir
. to the Underwood strength, for two
1 reasons. First, because is the
> strongest man before the convention
- and likely would make a winning fight,
> thus attaching Georgia to a winner.
1 and second, because Clark’s promotion
c to the presidency would mean Under
r wood's promotion to the national
I speakership.
> This would leave Underwood in a
. commanding position inside the party,
1 in fine strategetical shape for the noin
. ination next time, and in a place where
j he might increase his already superb
, reputation as a leader, making him
i finally a stout-hearted and staunch
lieutenant and administration light
r bower to help President Clark put
through those reforms called for In the
1 platform t » be adopted by this conven
. tion.
> Failing to pluck the presidential
t plum for Underwood, his real well
-3 wishers and friends are asking them-
I selves why not get the next best plum.
> the speakership, for him. particularly
I when it may be plucked through such
a man as Clark. It looks more and
more as if the Underwood break-away,
if It comes, will surely be to Champ
Clark. The speaker is an easy favorite
over the field In the betting here.
York, had a complete platform, which
is at least semi-progressive. There were
ideas in this not supported by Mr.
, Bryan. One of these was the recom
' mendation for "flexible banking legis
lation." Mr. Bryan’s ideas foi* bank
ing legislation look far into the future
’ for the protection of the depositor.
Former Congressman Fithian, of 1111-
' nois, had a plank looking toward a
deep waterway from the lakes to the
gulf. Senator Rayner, of Maryland.
, had a complete platform from tariff
reform and strong trust planks down
‘ to a recommendation against a presi
dent serving more than one term. A
plank may be inserted calling for a con
stitutional amendment making a presi
dent ineligible for re-election.
1 The California delegation has insist
ed and they may succeed in getting the
Democratic convention to Indorse the
designation of San Francisco as the
most suitable place for the Panama ex
hibition.
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■ WHITE BLACKBIRD IS
SEEN IN PARIS GARDEN
’ PARIS, June 27.—An ornithological
curiosity has been discovered in the
t Luxemburg garden. It Is a rare bird
1 a white blackbird. It was found a
. short time ago in the bushes behind the
i residence of the president of the sen
. ate. The gardeners show great tolera
i tion toward it. permitting It to roam
J freely among the seeds and the young
r shoots. The bird is watched night and
■> day. lest an unscrupulous "Barnum"
should capture it. Like other black-
> birds, it sings melodiously.
CHUK PICKED TO
WIN,DECLARES
BRISBANE
Nine-Tenths of Those at Balti
more Believe Speaker Will
Be Nominated.
By ARTHUR BRISBANE.
BALTIMORE, June 27.—The United
States is watching the second T>art 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 that on
the roll call Bryan was defeated by
only 69 votes out of more than 1.000,
which shows that he 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
are popular as candidates or well
known because they have spent their
own or some one rise’s money in ad
vertising—are Clark, Gaynor. Under
wood. Wilson and Bryan, candidate ex
officio and by established custom, al
though not yet announced as a candi
date by himself.
The men who make political pic
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
Democratic donkey, the Missouri "houn'
daw g” and the Tammany tiger.
This is the Democratic zoological
equipment which will soon, together or
separately, oppose the regular Republi
can elephant and the Irregular Roose
-1 velt bull moose.
1 Nine out of ten among those here be
lieve that Clark will be nominated.
They predict that he will have the sup
port not only of the progressives and
radicals in whose ranks he is included,
but also the support of many that are
praying for a tory reactionary candi
date. but realize that such a candidate
can not win.
Politics in this country, figuratively
speaking, will cause many cases of
"cross-eyed vision."
Look Cross-Eyed at Roosevelt.
The corporations look at their pet re
actionary and they love him, but they
are tjlso looking cross-eyed at Roose
velt and wondering if their choice can
beat him.
Men that have the money .are here
well organized and determined.
If they CAN do it, and If on talk
ing over the possibilities with those
that understand the temper of the
country they DARE do it, they will
nominate an absolute reactionary and
hope to elect him by spending money
energetically concentrating the reac
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
the reasons they are rich.
And they have .i well developed dread
of Roosevelt, knowing what he will
probably do to those that habitually
hire Elihu Root if he—Roosevelt—is
elected.
Clark Most Probable.
Champ Clark, as matters stand, is
the most probable nominee.
The great stone armory is admirably
suited to the holding of the convention.
Each day it is packed to its full capaci
ty long before the convention actually
opens.
There is music by the band, as usual,
and a great deal of disorder. It must be
said in passing that the Democrats do
not manage a convention as well as
the Republicans—that is to say, they do
not control it as well.
There has been very little order
throughout the sessions.
Three pictures and three mottoes or
quotations decorate the gieat hall.
Above the speakers' stand is the pic
ture of Thomas Jefferson with this
quotation from that democratic pa
triot :
‘‘May the infinite power which rules
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
beside a frowning picture of old An
drew Jackson are written the words;
"Who never sold the truth to serve the
hour.”
At the opposite end of the hall to the
left of the speakers' stand is a picture
of George Washington and this quota
tion :
"May the virtue and happiness of the
people be preserved and the govern
ment which they have instituted for
the protection of their liberties be per
petual.”
An old lady, w ho had come to look on,
to criticise rather than praise, asked
indignantly bow long it was sinct
George Washington had become a
Democrat and how they dated put his
picture In that hall.
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return the appointments if he has them
only as a matter of courtesy.
When the senate refused to confirm
Hoke Smith's regular appointments
during the last session because the
governor, then senator-elect, refused
to proceed to Washington and relin
quish his gubernatorial office, Senator
Sheppard on the last night of the ses
sion asked that the appointments be
returned to Hoke Smith. This was
done.
On August 17 Governor Smith issued
commissions to his appointees as ad
Interim appointments. This means
even if these appointments were good
that the appointees could hold office
only until the legislature met.
The supreme court in deciding the
West-Shackleford controversy over the
Judgeship of the city court of Athens,
held that a governor could make only
vacancy appointments without a con
firmation by the state senate. Shackle
ford, Smith's appointee, lost bis case
and the court's ruling applied to all the
Smith appointments not made to fill
actual vacancies.
FIGHTING CATTLE TICK.
DALTON. GA., .lune 27.—The work of
ridding Whitfield county of the cattle tick
is now well under way. Three paid in
spectors. tC. P Moore. B Wilson and
C A Connally, are at work. There are
eight dipping vats in different parts of
the count.- After July 1 the state quar-
' amine laws will be rigidly enforced.
SOME THINGS SEEN AND
HEARD AT BALTIMORE
BALTIMORE. June 27. —Friends of
Governor Foss, of Massachusetts, “pa
pered” the Baltimore armory this morn
ing before the hour for the assembling
of the convention with an appeal to
the Democrats to nominate the Massa
chusetts man for the presidency. Thou
sands of copies of a pamphlet, giving
Governor Foss’ record and a circular
headed "Foss, the only Democrat that
can win,"'were distributed to the dele
gates as they arrived.
A lot of people who have heard the
"Backbone of Democracy’'.talked about
and don't know what it means should
hearken to Josephus Daniels, Demo
cratic national committeeman from
North Carolina. Mr. Daniels had
charge of the distribution of press seats
for the convention. A thousand of
them were placed in his hands. A New
York newspaper man. who was with
out a seat, appealed to Mr. Daniels.
"Sorry,” said Daniels, "but all the
tickets are gone. Anyway, I allotted
500 of them to the rural newspaper
writers. I said to myself, 'the country
w< < kites are the backbone of Democ
racy. and I'll take care of them first.
I did. By the way, what did your met
ropolitan journal ever do for the Dem
ocracy? Get me?"
"A man to be a saloon keeper mils'
be a genius, such as the man who be
comes a successful politician." said
Michael Kenna (Hinkey Dink), of Chi
cago. "The latest returns from the
cases in this town." interposed a Tam
many statesman, "show pretty well that
there are few geniuses here."
f Lacking Avne inch of seven feet,
■ George F. Caldwell, assistant sergeant-
- at-arms of the Michigan delegation, is
t the tallest man attending the Balti-
> more convention. Mr. Caldwell has
not indicated what presidential canfii-
■ date he is “long on" as yet, but he
> threatens to cast a shadow on the pro-1
ceedings of the convention by arising
; in his seat to protest if the right man
- is not named
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"Clark’s Hearst connections are go
i ing t»> prevent his nomination,” con
t tributed an Underwood delegate.
I "What would you advise Clark to
■ do?” inquired « supporter of the speak
i er.
1 "Why. have him ’can' Hearst, just
. the way Wilson did Colonel George
f Harvey.”
The Missouri delegation was short
tickets for the convention. One of the
number saw Josephus Daniels, who ex.
> plained he sent the state’s allotment
I of 150 to Champ Clark's 20-year-old
. son. Young Clark was asked what he
had done with the tickets. He ex
plained: "Why. I thought they were in.
tended for my personal use, so I dis
. tributed them among my college friends
In Baltimore." Hence the report that
Missouri may bolt Clark.
A bunch of thirsty delegates whose
pocketbooks have become depleted by
the altitudlnous prices prevailing for
convention week were sounding in song
I the praises of thi ir respective candi
dates in one of Baltimore'- largest
. cases.
"Sing l,s s and buy more,” shouted
the man behind the cash register. “You
fellows must think this Is a revival
meeting, not a convention."