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GA. DELEGATION
LOST CHANCE
TO CONTROL
If Opportunity Had Been Seized
t Champ .Clark Would Have
Been Nominated.
By JAMES B. NEVIN
Sbtfi* n ne —perhaps a not '» ' ini"
portant tom' once upon a
time that tt Is not the faTts of hlwtory
that tnake It Interesting. «" much a 1 it
Is the 'lts” thereof
v Wherefore. one may speculate »n
--gaglngly enough with respect to what
might have happened In the Monu
mental City had the Georgia delega
tion to the national convention In Ba
timbre elected to disregard Us Instruc
tions for Underwood, In the slnte <•
and righteous knowledge and belief
•that he could not be nominated, and
cast its vote early tn the game for
Champ Clark
The Georgia delegation preferred
Clark to Wilson
Had it ever come to the point where
the Georgia delegates might have reg
istered an opinion as to that the truth
of the assertion would have been e.--
tahlished in the written record beyond
dispute But the Georgian* were for
Underwood first and they wore in
stAicted for him under an frpn-ciad
resolution that so downright stupidity
and lack of common sense and fore
sight could hardly have been surpassed.
Could Have Named a President.
At one time the Georgia Underwood
delegates had in their hands the nam
ing of a president of the C nlterf States.
One word from the Georgians would
have nominated Champ Clark.
But Georgia, hoist by its own petard,
so to‘speak, let the psychological mo
ment pass And when Georgia finally
realized that it had let golden oppor
tunity go. It would have undone th l
thing it had done or, rather, it would
• have done the thing it had foolishly left
undone —but it was too late
Champ Clark received, and held for
nine ballots a majority of the votes of
the convention By every rule of the
game as theretofore played. Clark
should have had the nomination then
Never before, save In one Isolated
and subsequently disastrous instance,
had a convention of either big party
refused a nomination to a candidate
once passing the majority mark
Never has a Democratic convention
treated a favorite swn so unfairly and
so disloyally as Champ Clark was
treated in Baltimore
Now. there is no knocking of U ilson
or 'beefing In this The New Jersey
governor has won his fight, and. so far
as HE is concerned, it was a clean and
maply tight. Remember. Wilson says
himself that he. despairing of a nomi
nation when Clark held so persistently
so a majority, telephoned to Baltimore
and released the Wilson delegates, so
sure was Wilson that Clark would be
awarded that which, under a majority
rule. Clark had won
The point Is that Georgia, having the
certain'direction of things in Ils hami.-
at a vital slag, of the proceedings,
tailed to rise to the occasion, and let go
by the golden opportunity It had been
hoping for. and through which it might
have named the next president of the
United States'.
Deterred by Bankhead.
Georgia was persuaded by Sena lor
Rankhead (bat Underwood had a
chance tn be nominated, even after
Clark had received and held a majority
through several ballots!
The hopelessness of Underwood's
candidacy was pointed out io the Un
derwood delegates time and again by
Clark leaders and others, fiom every
point of the compass Many Under
wood men weie convinced, and wanted
to switch to Clark, but not the major
ity of them
The arguments of the Clark men
were met with the bland and [Jous as
surance of Senator Rankhead that Un
derwood must be the eventual nominee
-—that a deadlock was Unde wood's
compelling hope and sure ..men of vl.
tory And Rankhead hpld the Under
wood men in line stubbornly
The "dope' of that point ot view ran
rhusw ise
Bryan was blocking Clark's nomina
tion. and Cla k In retaliation, would
block Wilson s Therefore. I'n<i>-rwon ( f
was the ker to the deadlock
Its palpable errors a ■ painfully clear
today, now that it is all too iate’
Bryan did in bad faith and slander
ous utterance, succeed in putting
through his part of the hawking of
Clark, but it wa- the unwitting and
reasoning rhe halfwar pathetic, a.--
sistame of the Underwood vole that
enabled th Nebraskan to ctmsummH.c
that pie, e of political trotrh.-n and
w rong
When it <ame to lb»- blocking of
Wilsons nomination by the t'la’k men.
the Underwood delegates found th,J
the Clark men were trot wring to go
the length of depravity to which Rrr co
Inclined, and so much tn some Under
wood surprise. Wilson's nomination
was achieved rtr much the same >1
eunigtaru.es under which ''l.i k - un
righteously was tirade Impossible
Bryan Thrnkrng of Himself,
R'yan had rm thought of nominating
Wilson when he stabbed Clark to his
dew U. wa- no mon for Wilsmt pi r
ma .I t i hall he yras to Clark 11. was
for R' \tn He at ruck down Clark with
’he unwitting a».«:»tan< e afmesairi. and
he thought that '‘lark might l>< depend,
r mon tn strike down Wilson mn
'Ur t • ’u» of that would arise h dead.
w - " Rt 'Hi i nought, from >
■ w > mne mu Undent nod- fm Hr* in
F f I’r "erw o>>d ,n ml h.r .11t.e ke,|
THE BIG SCENE
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WATSON ON BKYAN’S
TREACHERY TO CHAMP CLARK
rr>IIE state <>f Nebraska was carried by Speaker Clark.
Bryan sought and obtained a place on the Clark delegation to Baltimore.
After this, he made speeches in South Dakota for LaEollette. and in Florida for Woodrow
Wilson.
Did he say or do a single thing for Clark? . '
No: he did not.
♦ After having been instructed by his own state to secure the nomination nf Champ Clark, he
worked against him and spoke against him.
The DaKollette votes that Bryan helped to get nominated Taft, by helping to win the chair
manship for I'.lihu Root the rotten lawyer who virtually ruled that wherjp thirteen men. are ac-.
cused ot having received the same kind of stolen goods, at the same time, twelve of the accused
are a competent jury to try the thirteenth.
Having made speeches for l.abollette. the Republican, and for Wilson, the Pennsylvania
Rvanite. Mr. Bryan went to Baltimore bent on knifing Clark.
What is Bryan's charge against the Southern statesman?
I hat he. ( lark, did not help Bryan defeat Judge Parker for temporary chairman!
And this is the same Brvan who. in 1904. spoke t>s times a day in the effort to make -Judge
Parker our president.
Ihe bitterness and mendacity with which Bryan has assailed our Southern leaders. I nder
wood ami Clark, are without parallel in recent polities.
He has lied about them both, with shameless continuity ami creativeness.
In the case of Clark, Bryan's infamy is this:
He was sent to Baltimore to support Clark, and he used the opportunitv to stab him.
/nm Watson, tn his "Jeffersonian. "
time and again in The Commoner —But
Bryan! He showed that part of his
hand when, the deadlock seemingly on
hopelessly. Bryan gave out a list of
'dark horses" that might do Kern.
James. G'Gormari. All of those "dark
horse” suggestions meant Bryan. Who
can doubt it?
When it was all too late, when the
Georgians realised how Bryan et al.
had "made monkeys" of them, they
neie not happy perhaps they are not
happy yet
They might have played a great part
in naming a president.
In the end they were only permitted
to sing a melancholy "Me. too." led by
the persuasive and soft-voiced Bank
head. to a nomination they were not in
favor of and against which they, in
great majority, had prayed the good
Lord vociferously and oft to deliver
them
They might hay.’ remembered that
the Lord helps them that help them
selves!
The last thing I heairi when I left the
Hotel Belvedere on my way to the
train which should carry me Georgia*
w ard was a bunch of Prim eton stu
dents warbling hi the lobby a song,
the chorus of which ran this way
They say Old Bill Bryan, he ain't got
no style
He s style all the while, hr s style a 1 !
tin while!
They -ay Old Bill Bryan, he ain't got
no style.
Hrs style ail the w tie all the while"'
The Real Forces Behind Him.
Into tne M?ng went til of the <x
ulter.in.c of youth and »• effeiy. - mg
gladness those students were sublime,
ly happy that Hteh toyed Wilson had
woe, and they .< etc paying tribute to
the man they thought most instill
men* , t* hi neine tbotit Wth>n s yu -
lory
They took no 'bmiTht of Murphy anti
T HE ATLANTA GEOKGIAN AND NEWS. I HI KSUAV4LH 4. IMI2.
Tom Taggart, and Roger Sullivan, with
out whose co-operation and consent
Wilson never would have been named
for the presidency—they were frankly
and Joyously heralding Bryan as Wil
sons neatest and dearest frgend and
helper. They were acknowledging the
supremacy and the prowess of War
wick as they figured Warwick to be
brave and magnificent in his king mak
ing’
But the song set me to thinking that
the one man in the I'nited States today
who can beat Wilson—perhaps the only
man is that same Bryan
Bryan played a sorry and an unap
pealing part at Baltimore, and if Wil
son lets the impression go aboard that.
In the event of his election, the Ne
braskan is to be the overshadowing in
fluence in the yvhite house, the Wilson
cause is half lost before a. battle is
fought.
And Bryan, unless Wilson be pos
sessed of the tact and diplomacy r>f a
muster, surely will "butt in" anti as
sume the center of the limelight
throughout the campaign, and unto thy
bitter end.
Rome Friends Send
Wires to Mrs. Wilson
ROME GA.. July 4 Scores of con-
I gratulatory telegrams have been -ent
' from Home to Mrs Woodrow Wilson
at het summer home in Seagnt X .1
after the news of the nomination of he.
husband for the presidency of the Uni
ted State'
The messages were personal ones
from l» girlhood friends in Rome
Whole «•..■ ty y: tnyrrtr.l to Goy errtof
i X\ tl-on
\ 'ii- L'Hrit Lo t Ax-on. M> it it-
son is well know n here, her father hav
ing served as pastor of the First Pres
byterian church of this city for a num
ber of t ears.
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CALLS ON WILSON
Bryan’s Brother Represents
• Nebraskan at Conference at
Seagirt This Afternoon.
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SEAGIRT. N. J.. July 4.—Charles
Bryan, brother of William .1. Bryan, wired
to Governor Woodrow Wilson, the Demo
cratic nominee for president, that he
would arrive at Seagirt this afternoon to
represent his brother at a conference of
the Democratic national committee. No
one ai tht executive mansion would say
what the object of the conference would
be. or whether Charles Bryan bore a mes
sage from the Nebraskan advising any
course of action.
The executive household was astir at
an early hour this morning ip prepara
tion for the reception of the national com
mitteemen. Dean Fine, of Princeton, a
guest of the Wilsons, was the first to
make his appearance. He left the ex
ecutive mansion shortly after X o'clock
jdst as Charley Miller, the laundryman
of the little white house, was putting the
finishing touches to the two brass can
non that decorate the governor’s lawn.
Professor Fine was greeted with a cho
rus of clicks from an already assembled
squad of camera men and was besieged
by the correspondents for an outline of
the governor's program for the day.
The professor said that other than the
entertainment of the committeemen at
luncheon this afternoon and a subsequent
conference with the governor to outline
the coming campaign and select a na
tional chairman and campaign manager
he knew of no official .program.
As the morning progressed autos and
carriages bearing the governor's well
wishers and admirers began to line the
drive in front of the mansion extending
well wishes.
The governor, who arose shortly after
8 o'clock and breakfasted with Professor
Fine and his family, greeted the new
comers with cordiality.
Marshall Eager
To Help Democracy
INDIANAPOLIS. July 4.—Governor
Thomas R. Marshall. Democratic nom
inee for vice president, in the course of
an interview here, expressed himself as
follows:
"I was entirely satisfied and am now'
with the nomination of Governor Wood
row Wilson for the presidency. I am
too poor a man to do much toward ob
taining his election,- but what I can do
consistently with my duties to my xylfe
and my creditors. I expect to do.
“I do not look on the position of vice
president aa one in which there is the
least opportunity in the world to save
a dollar: perhaps one in which a man
gets not even a living salary, yet I
deem it to be highly honorable in its
character. I have taken the nomina
tion in the faith and hope that I may
contribute to the election of a Demo
cratic president. If at any time in my
judgment I fee) that my nomination is
weakening the. chances of Governor
Wilson. I shall have no hesitancy in
resigning from the ticket."
It is settled that if the governor goes
campaigning Mrs. Marshall is to cam
paign with him. She always accom
panies him.
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