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Eyes of Country Now Turned on Convention at Baltimore
They Expect Republican Rum
. pus to Give Them Easy Vic?
tory in November.
Baltimore. Md.. June 23.?Comments
by the Democratic leaders here to-day
indicated a general and. In some cases,
a Jubilant satisfaction With the result
of the Republican deliberations at Chi?
cago. While some of the- more radical
said that Theodore Roosevelt runn'ng
on a strong progressive piutlorm might
draw votes from .the radical Demo?
crats, they declared that tho Demo?
cratic jmrty nad nothing to fear irom
this score If It nominated a progres?
siv? candidate. Uut they agreed upon
the contention that any loss's from
tills cause would be more than olfset
by the damage tnat would be wrought
to the Republican cause by spotting
the Republican vote- between two
tickets.
CuUssarie? Kxpectcd.
That a progressiv.- Democrat m'ght
be asked to run on the ticket with
Colonel Roosevelt was admitted here.
Jt was expected emissaries from the
Roosevelt organisation would be hero
to watch the proceedings of the con?
vention and ready to seise any advatl
l ige they fancied might come from
the action of the Democratic conven?
tion. Thus far. however, there is no
evidence of any such missionary work
here, and all oi the leaders questioned
:.aid they had received no communi?
cation from the Roosevelt forces.
Senator-Elect Vardamuu, o( Mis
sieslppl, was one of tn?i?e who de
li'red that the nomination of president
Taft would hd'.e no ??fleet on the nomi?
nation oi tlie Democratic convention,
"if the delegates to tius convention."
h? said, trunk it wise to nominate a
coi servatlve they Will do so regardless
of the action at Chicago."
"There Is ho poes'blllty that the
notion of the progressives at Chicago
will ?a'n them any recruits among
the Democrats." said Josephus Daniels,
fctate com m I tt cent en from North Caru
lina, end a Bryan 1? ader.
Senator Core, of Oklahoma, s Wilson
supporter, expressed confidence that
the Democratic situation would be
harmonious. Speaking of the results
at Chicago, he said;
"We. should act in such a manner as
1,01 to alienate any elements of the
Democratic party and to absorb the
disintegrated elements of the Republi?
can party. That was what Jefferson
did. He destroyed the Federal partyi
lor the upbuilding of the- Democratic
party.
?Stute Senator J Franklin Roosevelt,
one of the anti-Tammany leaders from
Ni w York State, took a more serious
view of the nomination of Colonel
Roosevelt. "If Roosevelt can get money
to finance bis campaign." lie said, "it
will be a serloub matti r. Unless the
Democrats nominate a strong proKrin
fcive RoOh-velt will cut into the Demo
era tic progressive vote.
(nil llsrraon Progressive.
Harmon lenders declare there u as
r.<< foundation for the claim of the
Wilson people- that the Republican sit?
uation furnished additional argument
for the nomination <?f a strong pro?
gressive. "Governor Harmon Is a pro
gressivc," said one of them; 'a pro-1
gressive In the truest Sense of the
term. The people have only to re?
view his acts as Governor of Ohio to
realise the- truth of this statement."
The position of the Harmon cam?
paign organisation expressed by Lieu
tenant-Governor Hugh L> Nichols, ofi
Ohio. In the following statement: |
"The renomlnatlon of President Taft
by the F/opubllcari conv< ntlon at Chi?
cago yesterday has Clarified the situa?
tion In Baltimore. Governor Harmon.
I am confident, will bo nominated not
later than the fourth ballot. l
"Ohio Is one of the gr at State.? that
the Democratic standard-bearer must
tarry next November."
THROWS NO LIGHT
ON BATTLE PLANS
(Continued From First I'ago.^
JTive convention with a reactionary
speech WOUl 1 be an offense to the party,
and I regard the wishes of the patty
as paramount to the wishes ,-,f eight'
men. especially when those eight men
stand for two men and thoso two men
Stand for one man."
"Mr. Parker made speeches for you
Additional Prizes
FOR CORRECT SOLUTIONS OF THE
Pin Problem Number Two
Our recent contest produced many original and unique an?
swer?, those submitted by the contestants published in yes?
terday's Times-Dispatch being, in the opinion of the Jury of
'Award, the liest.
However, Ihc solutions >ent in by the following arc de
servir"* of prizes, and although the. original prizes <?et apart
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following:
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T. J. Williams, ug North Eighteenth St, Richmond, Va.
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Mrs. L. D. Walford, 2418 Floyd Ave.. Richmond, Va.
Miss Susie Sharp, Millboro, Va.
Mrs. Mollie Graves, 707 East Leigh St., Richmond, Va.
Mrs. Edwin Phaup, 3312 East Broad St., Richmond, Va.
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SPECTATORS AT "BIG SHOW" \
Mr?. Tom Tmtn-r? and Mm. Norman E. Mack, who arc In Baltimore for the
?MilK ".bow" nblth uprna there to-morrow.
_(Copyright. American Press Ass'n.)
BALTIMORE EXTENDS
SPLENDID WELCOME
_(Continued From First Pjme )
busy button-holing :?n<l forcing cam?
paign buttons and bacgeg on every?
body in sight.
Extra large congregations filled
many of the churches, and there were
riff rcnn-f in sermon and prayer to
the oonverrtlon. At the Cathedral,
with a priest of Cardinal Gibbons-*
household officiating, threescore dele?
cts and alternates ar.d others fr?>m
It!.ode Island attended in a body.
Among tho?e who attended the
cithcdral serviced were Senator O'Gor?
man, of New York; Charles F. Murphy,
of Tammany Hall, ind many munici?
pal officials of the N;-w England States.
The great chimes of St. Vincent de
Paul's Catholic Church, or. North Front
Street, broke thetr several years of
silence and pealed til tribute to the
city's guests. The ohhnes will be re
pcxtcd each nlpht luring the conven?
tion.
Facilities tip Taxed.
Hotel facilities have been taxed to
th, limit, and the managers of the
railroads had problems of th^ir own
In oaring for the big crowd here, where
normal traffic !? heavy, and In ma
? o? ivrlng to provide trackage for the
.special trains and space for stor'.-ig
chartered cars. An army of newspaper
men en route from Chicago will hi
here by to-morrow.
The rebuilt city, ravaged eight years
ago by one of the greatest cnnflagr.i
ttoni in history, is !n readings for the
Hg gathering of the Democratic co?
in your last campaign?"
"And I made speeches for Mr. Par?
ker also." Mr. Rryan Interrupted. "And
those In control of his convention did
not see fit to name me as temporary
chairman. I had been randldate for
President twice, and I was not thought
of as temporary chairman."
Knows He Is IlrHetlonary.
"YVoull you regard Mr. Parker's re?
cent speech as a reactionary speech?"
"I have not read it. but I have con?
clusive proof that he Is a reactionary.
If., would not have been recommended
by the eight men were he otherwise.''
"Will there be any split In the Dem
horts.
Tl.?. city authoritlt? havx completed
their plans for handling the >?rj?/d?.
Surrounding the Fifth Regiment Ar?
mory. -Where the convention ^??ill be
lield. 2)0 uniformed policemen, wcnty
or more detectives and a sta.it r,f i'.eu
tenants. sergeants and others will
maintain order. The Democratic Na?
tional! Committee has left all th? po?
lice arrangement* immediately about
the convention building to Marshal
Farnan. he-ad of tho Baltimore police
department. Farnan. a giant in fig?
ure, who has rolled twoscoro or more '
years to his credit in the service, will j
celabra.te the event by Wearing fori
the first time a iLodi solid gold
studded badge pres^.itcd to him by the
public as a mark of confidence.
Inside the. great structure ail la
ready. Colonel John L Martin, ser
gear.t-at-arms of th< conver.tion. has
a mu'.tttude of doorkeepers, special
officers, ushers. pases and messengers
in leash, who will receive final In?
structions to-morrow morning. The
medical staff of the Emerge'ncy Hos?
pital in the convention hall, in chairge
of a surgeon of the Fifth Regiment o>f
the Maryland National Guard, will be
assembled to-morrow to acquaint them?
selves with the situation.
Convention tickets will b? distri?
buted to-morrow to r.ationaj commit?
tee-men and newspaper men. Josephus
Daniels, of North Carolina, and his
a: istants will give out the tickets for
press seats.
ocratic party?"
"I have no knowledge on that SUb
! je?t" '
"Well, ran you Imagine a progressive j
program being repudiated here, as Inj
Chicago?" i
"No." he replied, "for I cannot 'mag
ine so large a Wall Street element in
our party as they had in Chicago. I
think the outcome of the Chicago con-,
vention makes it Imperative that we
should in this convention write a pro?
gressive platform and nominate a pro?
gressive ticket."
"There were four names considered
by the committee for the temporary
chairmanship. Would any of the oth-l
era have been acceptable to you?''
"Yes, any progressive would bo per?
fectly acceptable." answered Mr. Bryan.
JUDGEPARKERHAS
HIS SPEECH READY
- j
j Confident That He Will Be Made'
Temporary Chairman of
j Convention.
' Baltimore, Md.. Jim" 23.?Alton B.
j Parker, arduniJ whose candidacy for
j temporary chairman, the first skirm?
ish of the Democratic convention is
now being fought, arrived hero from
New, Tork to-day before his principal
opponent, William J. Bryan, camo In
from Chicago. Judge Parker showed
hie confidence of indorsement by the
national committee and the conven?
tion at large when he let It be known
that his speeoh as temporary chair?
man was already propared. On the
subject of his candidacy he declined
to talk. His friends said ho took the
ground that the role he expected to
fill made It unbecoming for him to
take sides In the question of whether
a progressive or a conservative should
sound the keynote of the convention.
Borne of the Clark delegates let it
be known to-night that they wero be?
ing aoundod to learn whether they
would stand by Parker if tho question
of his oandldscy was put up to tho
convention. Tho Wilson men declared
that meny of tho Clark delegates
would not consider that their Instruc?
tions for tho Speaker bound them to
vote tor all tho propositions proposed
by, the Clark leaders.
BRYAN ARRIVES 1
WITH FIGHTING
GLEAM IN HIS EYE
(Continued Fron: K.rst Pago.)
slon refused to look ?, Colonel "Jim"
Gufley, of Pennsylvan i. in the Unlit
Mr Bryan desired them to. an I gave
Guftey a vote of conddence, which, as
It was Interpreted then, amounted to
a rebuke for Bryan At that lime.
Just after the committee adjourned
Bryan confided in Norman 12. Muck,
chairman of the committee, that he,
Bryan, had it In mind to be a candidate
for temporary chairman of the con?
vention. Mr. Mark was not averso to
this. Indeed, as an Individual mem?
ber of tiie committee, he was for 't. A
month or so later Bryan and Mack
met. and Bryan said nothing to In?
dicate he had chanted his mind, nor
did lie on the occasion of another
meeting a month or so after the first
one.
Not long ago Mack received a letter
from Bryan, In which Brian suggested
that maybe he wouldn't care to be
temporary chairman, and asked Mack
to consult with the Wilson men and
the Clark men and see whom they
had In mind as a fit man to preside
over the opening of the convention.
Maek replied he couldn't do that, for
If he consulted will; the Wilson peo?
ple und took a Wilson man the Clark '
people would say he had dtscrim'nate.i
against them, and the Wilson people
would have the sani- complaint if a
Clark suggestion WSi followed. There?
fore, he and the other members of the
subcommittee select-d Judge Barker,
and thought Mr. Bryan coull not and;
would not object.
Bryan's objection followed in due
course lie lc hete r.e-.v to make that
objection a? emphuti,- and as effective
as possibe. put not really be.-auso of
any objection to .ludgt Barker as a
keynoter. Bryan knows that keynote
speeches in a convention are about as
effective in a political way as a read?
ing of an essay on 'silence" would be.
It Isn't that he is afraid Judge Parker
will say nnythlng Incendiary or be?
cause be is afraid the judge will be
dully safe nnd sane. Bryan Isn't after
Parker. He Is after the unit rule, but
he has a difficult f.zht. for If the
Harmon people fall in with him. for
example, and vote to abolish the unit
rule, Harmon loses a number of Ohio
delegates, and so would Underwood
lose delegates and so woMld Clark and
Wilson.
Nn Line on Convention.
The leaders have no correct line on
the convention. They do .not know '
what will happen, but they intend to'
uphold the choice of the suh.-ommlt- '
t?e, vote for Parker, hand Parker to i
the convention and then do the best
they can. In reality, there are three
elements in this convention, and they
may be divided thus, radicals, near
radicals and conservatives. These are
best typed by their leaders. The
Bryan and Wilson men can be called
the radicals, in a broad sense, the
Clark men the near-radicals, and the
others the conservatives. No man
knows, accurately. Just how this di?
vision w-lll be maintained on a roll
call, but thn victory lies, of course,
with the two elements that Join
against one other. Thus, the Bryan |
men and any other element could win. 1
That Is, a combination of the out-and
out Bryan men. and Wilson and Clark ,
coul i do anything that combination I
chose, but how can such a comblna
tlon be i.iecied? That Is an artless
little political question that will re- I
nulre some thought before an answer j
is secured, and more manipulation be?
fore the answer can be made effective.
Although it Is claimed there are
lumerous letters in existence In
which Mr. Bryan has Intimated, said,
?sserted and declared, as the case may
oave been, that he does not desire the
nomination, the proportion of Demo?
crats In Baltimore who think Bryan
wants and will try to get the nomi?
nation is about nine out of every pos?
sible ten. These Democrats in Balti?
more are convinced they will win.
They talk in awed tones of their re?
sponsibilities for. as they point out in
a most Impressive manner, they claim
they really are making a President at
this convention, In addition to nomi?
nating one. They think It Is all over,
but the perfunrtnry detail of voting
DISCUSSING THE SITUATION
Trro of ?he big nemncrntn of the
lion In Baltimore. They are Mark M.
National Committee man Itoger SnlllTan,
country dUrmnlntr the -polltlen! nltua
Steven?, of Mlehlsrnn. on the left, nnil
of Illinois.
{Copyright, American Press Ass'n.)
A CAMPAIGN MANAGER
'?'-?;-;?;.^-^mK* im
William F. McComba, ?ho in n>unaKluK the Wood row Wilson cnmpnlBn,
Hnnpped In Ilnltlinnrr.
_ (Copyright, American Press Ass'n.^
MANY CANDIDATES
FOR SECOND PLACE
Baltimore, lid., June 23.?Vice-pres?
idential candidates and their support?
ers are here a-plenty, although thus far
they have kept In the background.
There is evidence that at least hilf a
dozen booms are ready for Inspection
and approval as soon as the d. legates
nominate a candidate for President and
begin to look around for the running
mate who will ad 1 most strength to
the ticket.
The leaders hitherto have been too
much occupied with other matters for
any serious discussion of National Com
mltteeman Josephus Daniel's proposi?
tion that the. candidate receiving next
to the highest number of ballots in the
convention for President accept the
vice-presidential nomination
There was renewed talk to-day among
the Wilson men of trying to persuade
Representative Underwood, of Alabama,
a presidential candidate, to take sec?
ond place on a ticket with the New
Jersey Governor. Such a combination,
they pointed out. woulJ be Ideal from
every standpoint, both geographically
next November, and they are heavily
borne down with their obligations to
their country, the'r party and them?
selves.
A Serien? tiatberlng.
Wherefore. It is a serous gathering,
as must be the case with the t?te of
the nation hanging in the balance.
And all discussions start and end with
Bryan. Does he want it? Can it get
it'.' Will he get it? Is there no one
else? As in every Democratic con?
vention since ISJti Bryan is the big?
gest figure. He dominates. The "ma
> nine" may be able to defeat him when
working as a "machine," but can the
"mach lue" defeat htm when working
through the convention and the dele?
gates therein? If the men who run
the "machine" knew the answer to
and in view of the tendencies of both
men.
Tho friends of Mayor Preston, of Bal-]
timorc, have spared no efforts to ad-1
vanco his candidacy, and since they
have the delegates and leaders in homo
territory, they havH not lackod oppor?
tunity.
New York has three candidates for
tho vice-presidency, all Representatives
in Congress?William C. Rcdtlel I, I ran- 1
eis Hurton Harrison, the State"? repre-,
scntative on the House Ways and
Means Committee, nnd William Sulzer,
head of the House Foreign Affairs Com?
mittee. Mr. Sulzcr's friends assert that
his porgresslve tendencies would make
him an Ideal balance to a ticket headed
by a conservative candidate,
rinvernor Dlx. of New York, who Is
? >n the seen", has been looked upon as
a possible candidate for the vieo-pro*
Idency, but his friends Insisted to- lay
that lie was sincere In his recent state?
ment that ho had no such desires and
was a candidate for nothing except ro
. lection as Governor of New York
I State.
that they would be easier in tholr own
minds. As It is, they are not sleep-i
ing very well. Every tune they wake
up in the stilly watches of the ululu,!
Bryan glares at them ever tho foots|
of their beds. They see him when|
they tako their walks abroad. They
I fancy him glowering over their should?
er* when they nro a*, their confer?
ences. What will Bryan do. and what
can he do How they would like to'
know.
Tli.- result of this convention was
largely determined by the result at
Chicago, in a political sense. That is,
the logic of it is, for tho Democrats to
name a radical for President, and for
this reason* The. Dem lorata of tho
i ountry nro certain thvy aro coming
back Into power, aro certain Taft can?
not be elected, and so arc many Re?
publicans. Hence. If tho Democrats
name a man who Is only fairly salis
factory ull Democrats will vote for
him because they see a chance of vic
tory. Auel all the Democrats need do
to win is to hold the normal Demo?
cratic vote.
But. U is pointcel out, if tho con?
vention names a conservative, a re
sctionary, the radical Democrats will
go to Roosevelt or to a radical Demo?
crat, and the nominee of this conven?
tion will lose. This, It would seem,
brings the contest, or will hr'nn it,
down to a final ballot between Wilson
and Clark, the two candidates who
have the greatest number of votes for]
a start, xvltli Bryan ea ever present
possibility. However, there Is anoth-j
< and quite possible outcome, and j
that is if tho "machine" controls?and
it Is a conservative "machine"?fol?
lows the lead of the "machine" at
Chicago and names a conservative,
there may bo four tickets in the Held,'
one hended by Taft, one headed by]
Buosevelt, one headed by the conserva?
tives named at this convention, and
one headed by?-Bryan?
Loosereit Mny Indorse Hint.
This is speculative p.'lilies however,
for U Is not likely the convention will
name u conservative. And there are
men on the ground who have already
heard from tho Roosevelt people that
it would be very good politics to
name a highly progressive Democrat
and await Roosevelt events, the Inti?
mation being that Mr. Roosevelt
might Indorse the right sort of a man.
anel not run himself.
The right man to name is the right
sert of a progressive. Having made
that statement the question arises:
w n is the right sort of a progres?
sive? There aro a few thousand men
In - altlmore trying to solve that
question, and they haven't made out
very well as yet. About nil that Is
settled Is that a progressive should bo
named. His identity Is a dark
mystery. Shall he he Wilson, or
Clark, or Bryan? These thr?-e are
m?st tnlked about and will be t.e
earliest and most Important factors.
O' course, neither of these may bo
named, hut on the Sunday before the.
convention tho choice a.'ems likely to
fell between one of these, seems like?
ly, I irald. and no more than that, posi?
tively no more.
BALTIMORE READY
FOR CONVENTION
Democrats From All Over the
Country Gathering in Mary?
land City.
r.Sp^ci*A to The Tlmes-DUpatCh.)
Washington, Juno 23.?On the ev?
the convention at Baltimore the
followers of Thomas Jefferson are
preparing to worship at Democracy's
shrine, and hefore tno sun goes down
on another day all the machinery that
?a 11 run ttre convention will be put
in motion. All the big men ar? tnere.
They have como from far oft Cali?
fornia, from Hawaii, from the States
that border on lue Canadian frontier,
and irom t?*e everglades of Florida.
Texas Is there, so is Kansas, aud
every other State North, East. South
and West, in this big republic of raovo
then 90,000.000 peopie. Tho growling
Lammany Tigers arc there, so are tho
peace-loving docile men from thuj
Carolinas. Popuilst Tom Watson, of;
Georgia, is there, likewise the Great,
Nebraskan. From every nook and;
c.i tuny of the country Democrats have
h.aried for Baltimore. They see tho
time propltous for victory?for put?
ting the Republican party on the
backward trail?lor establishing tho .
Democratic party in the White House -
a. r Its years of ejection?and every'
one is pulling hard for success.
What the Bultlmore People Have Dode.
Ever sln-o last January when tho
national committee met in Wasning
ton and decided that the convention
of this year should be held In Balti?
more, tho people of that city, under,
direction of Kotiert Craln. chairman
o; the committee on arrangements.
I have been hard at work preparing for
the monster gathering that they will
welcome. Nothing has been left un?
done toward making the convention a
success. All the big hotels have, put
i very available toot of space in rcaot
ness for the expected crowds, and tha
smaller ones are expecting to reap
harvests from the 2?0,0flo or more
visitors that will be within Balti?
more's gates before the week enda.
One and all have been promised that
there shall be no goosing. Hotels,
rasturants and public service lnstltu
| tions of different kinds havo assured
the managers of the convention that
they will ba fair In their charges,
i -< there are any cot-slccpers or
I nth er a who have failed to secure good
accommodations It Is because they
failed to make proper arrangements
at the right time.
tlow the Convention Hall l.nnk?.
The big convention hall, where tno
1.078 Democrats will gather ana
choose a leader for the 1312 cani
pa'gn, never looked better tb.cn to?
day. With it's thousands of flags
I waving In the soft Juno breeze, dress
ad in gala attire and In all rcaat
I ness for iw distinguished guests
who will take possession Tuesday, no
better place could have been chosen
for the Democrats to set In conclave.
The Pres? SeatH.
In the press section of the conven?
tion James D. Preston, and his able
ussistant, Edwin A. Ilalscy. were
busily engaged to-day preparing for
the newspaper men who will be on
hand, and who will flash the news o?
the convention to the furthermost
parts of the world. There ure half a
thousand of them there?or will bo
I when th.y get their coveted bits of
pasteboard to-morrow, which will en
I titled them to seats In the hull?and
ithe wires will fairly sizzle with their
j ? speo'als" here, there and everywhere,
t The press section Is one of the most
I Important parts of the whole conven?
tion. Without it what would happen?
j But there will be no such thing as
I this In the present era of journalism,
and If all details of the gathering ate
j not i;nown throughout tho country In
lightning time it will not be the fault
01 the specially trained corps of nows
paper workers on duty there.
; Everybody waits for tho sound of
Ihe gong. The play Is about to begin
?tho curtain to go up. Kor tho next
week all eyes will be on Baltlmora
und tue doings of the Democrats.
P. H. McG.
MEMORIAL PULPIT PRESENTED.
Gift of Descendants of First Senior
Warden of St, I'aul'n.
Alexandria, Va., June 23_Formal
presentation was made this morning
to St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal
Church of a handsome memorial pulpit,
the gift of the descendants of Lawrence
llooff, ilrst senior warden of that
church. The pulpit Is dedicated to tha
memory of Lawrence llooff, Ann Grel?
ler, his wife, and the two sons, John
and Lewis Hooff, both of whom wero
also wardens.
A brass sermon rest Is dedicated to
tho memory of a daughter. Julia M.
Hooff. who was the wife of Benjamin
L Wallace, of New York.
An interesting feature of the presen?
tation was the preaching of the sermon
by the Rev. Douglas llooff, of Freder?
ick, Ml , also a descendant of the first
warden.
The following direct descendants
were present . .1 Wallace Hooff, of Alex?
andria; Hon William C. Redtleld, of
New York; John Lester Hooff. of Bal?
timore; Mrs. E S. Fawcett and family,
of Alexandria: Lewis Hooff and family
and Miss Caroline Hooff, of Seminary
Hill.
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