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CHOICE IS RATIFIED
Committee Names Parker for
Temporary Chairman.
HARMONY EFFORTS FAIL
New Yorker Gets Thirty-One of the
Fifty-Three Votes Cast.
PROGRESSIVES BACK JAMES
Talbott Declares Bryan Has As
sumed Dictatorship?Newlands
Eulogizes Nebraskan.
B A2VTT MORE, June 25.?William J.
Bryan met defeat last night, when the
National committee overwhelmingly rec
ommended Judge Alton B. Parker of New
York for the temporary chairmanship.
Thirty -one states voted to recommend
Judge Parker to the convention, thereby
sustaining the action of the subcommittee
on arrangements. Twenty votes were
cast for Senator-elect Ollie James of Ken
tucky by Gov. Wilson's friends on the
committee, and two votes were cast for
Senator O'Gorrnan of New York.
The action of the committee had barely
been flashed to the Belvedere Hotel when
Col. Bryan issued a statement an
nouncing that he would appeal to the
delegates themselves to repudiate the ac
tion of the committee.
Peace Efforts Fail.
<'l*irman Norman E. Macw called the
fcdjourned session of the committee to
1 t order a few minutes after 7 o'clock, the
first order of business being further dis
cussflon of the subcommittee's recommen
dation of Judge Parker for temporary
chairman. The committee had adjourned
early in the afternoon, after Committee
man D. L. Hall of Nebraska declared the
naiite of William Jennings Bryan would
be submitted to the convention as a can
didate for temporary chairman if the
committee ratified the selection of Judge
Parker. ,
Chairman Mack and Mr. Hall, who had
been appointed a peace committee to
bring Judge Parker and Mr. Bryan to
gether. reported to the committee the
failure of their efforts. As he entered
the meeting room the chairman said the
temporary chairmanship would be dis
posed of first, indicating that the com
mittee would ratify the selection of Judge
Parker by a large majority. Inasmuch as
ti e conference between Judge Parker and
1 e protesting leader of the progressives
1 id accomplished nothing. Following that,
t e committee expected to take up the
> ntests and complete them, if possible,
? fore adjournment.
Vote on Chairmanship.
The vote on the temporary chairman
ship was announced as follows:
For Parker?James Weatherly, Ala
bama; A. J. Michelson. Arizona; Guy B.
Tucker, Arkansas; Nathan Cole, jr., Cal
ifornia; Homer S. Cummings, Connecti
cut; T. Albert Jennings, Florida, Clark
Howell. Georgia; Simon P. Donnelly.
Idaho; Roger C. Sullivan. Illinois; Thom
as Tasrgart. Indiana; Martin J. \Vade,
Iowa; Urey Woodson. Kentucky; E. L.
Jones. Maine; J. Fred C. Talbot, Mary
land; Edwin C. Wood. Mchigan: C. H.
Williams, Mississippi; J. Bruce Kremer.
Montana; Eugene E. Reed, New Hamp
shire; Norman E. Mack. New York; W.
T. Brady. Oklahoma; J. M. GufTey. Penn
sylvania; George W. Greene. Khode
Island; R. E. L. Mountcastle. Tennessee;
R. -SC. Johnstone. Texas; Thomas H.
Browne, Vermont; J. Taylor Ellyson.
Virginia; A. J. Daly, Alaska; Edwin A.
C*sewqian. District of Columbia; Gilbert J.
Waller, Hawaii; D. M. Field, Porto Rico;
member from Philippines; total III.
For Ollie James?Alva Adams, Colo
rado; Willard Saulsbury, Delaware; Wil
liam F. Sapp, Kansas; Robert EJwing,
Louisiana: F. B. I ynch. Minnesota; Ed
ward F. Geltre. Missouri; P. L Hall,
Nebraska; John Sunderland, Nevada;
Robert S. Hudspeth. New Jersey: Jo
Fephus Daniels, North Carolina: Williams
Collins. North Dakota; A. A. Jones, New
Mexico; Harvey C. Garber, Ohio; W. A.
Miller, Oregon; B. R TiUman. South
Carolina (by proxy): E. S. Johnson, South
DalOota; Frank K. Nebeker, Utah; W.
H. Dunphy, Washington; Joseph E.
Davies. Wisconsin; John E. Osborne,
Wyoming. Total. 20.
For Senator O'Gorrnan?John W. Cough
Jin, Massachusetts; Joihn T. McGraw,
West Virginia.
Explain Their Votes.
When Urey Woodson, committeeman
from Kentucky, voted for Parker against
James he explained that Kentucky did
not wish to place James' name before
the committee. He asserted that he had
talked with Senator James and had been
assured that he was not a candidate. In
addition he said that the Kentucky dele
gation had instructed him that James'
name would no be placed before the com
mittee.
Robert Ewing. committeeman from
Louisiana and a Wilson supporter, placed
James name before the comintttee. Ed
ward F. Goltra of Missouri, a Clark man,
explained that he voted for James be
cause he was supporting Clark. This was
taken by many to mean that the Bryan
forces in the convention would receive
some assistance from the Clark support
ers when the tight against Parker was
taken to the floor today. ,
The deba'e over the temporary chair
manship was not prolonged. Representa
tive Talbot, the Maryland member, se
verely criticised Mr. Bryan and declared
that the Nebraskan had assumed the role
of dictator to the democratic party.
"I for one," said Mr. Tafbot. "do not
propose to submit to the dictation of this
man or any one man."
Newlands Defends Bryan.
Senator Newlands of Nevada, sitting in
the committee with the proxy of his col
league, Senator Sunderland, defended Mr.
Bryan. "I resent that suggestion," said
Senator Newlands "When William J.
Rryan speaks he speaks for a greater
number of democratic voters in this coun
try than any man Jn this convention. He
i represents the ideals, the principles and
the hopes of more people, perhaps, than
any American of today. He has a right
to take part in the program of a demo
cratic national convention. He stands for
something He is a great leader; a great
democratic leader."
At the close of the vote on the tem
porary chairmanship the national commit
tee took up consideration of the delegate
contests. Subcommittees were appointed
to take up various rontt-Bts, the largest
subcommittee hearing the- contestants
from iyinois. headed n> Mayor Harrison
of Chl? ago
CLUB PROPOUNDS QUERY.
Women of Colorado Want Suffrage
Plank in Democratic Platform.
DENVER. Colo, June 25?Is China
more advanced than the I'nlted States?
asks the Jane Jefferson Democratic Club
of Colorado of Chairman Norman Mack
of the democratic national committee. In
an appeal sent to him to urge the adop
tion of a woman's suffrage plank in the
party's platform.
The club reminds $im that thf Chinese
republic has given women the right to
vote. Mrs. Ruth Bryan I/eavitt. daugh
ter of W. J. Bryan, was ?rst president
of the organization
Wilson in Touch With Leaders.
SEAGIRT, N. J . June 2.V?Gov. Wood
t row TJfilson sat last night close by a tele
graph ticker in ""Che Little White
House." as his local headquarters here is
known, and kept in constant touch thus,
and by direct private telephone, with his
managers at the convention city. He said
his opposition to the selection of Alton B.
Parker as temporary chairman was not
du? to personal feeling against Mr. Par
National Committee Turns
Down Harrison-Hearst Fac
tion in Illinois.
BALTIMORE, June 25.?The demo
cratic national committee, after half an
hour's deliberation of the Illinois contest,
late last night voted to seat the entire
contested delegation known as the Roger
Sullivan delegation, turning down the
| case brought by the Harrison-Hearst fac
I tlon. Twenty-slj seats were involved.
The decision does not affect the presi
dential contest, as all the delegates, con
testants and contestees are for Champ
Clark.
Only seventy-eight seats In the whole
convention were contested. Shortly be
fore midnight the full committee met to
| hear reports of the subcommittees and
I decide the cases.
Spirited Argument on Illinois.
Spirited argument characterised the
arguments before the subcommittee In
the contest from Illinois, In which Mayor
Carter H. Harrison and the William Ran
dolph Hearst democratic faction of Chl
j cago were the contestants against the
Roger C. Sullivan faction.
The Harrison-Hearst delegates from tne
I tenth Cook county district and the seven
teenth, twenty-first and eighth districts
of Illinois, it was maintained, had been
selected in regular primary elections,
whereas the delegates seated were chosen
In the old-fashioned conventions. The ar
guments prolonged the session of the sub
committee hearing them longer than any
of the other cases and delayed the deci
sion of the national committee as to the
contests from the various states and ter
ritories.
Nearly a Fist Fight.
A fist fight was narrowly averted be
fore the subcommittee which heard the
Rhode Island contests. Frank E. Fit?
simmons, chairman of the Rhode Island
democratic state central committee, one
of three men contesting credentials held
by Rhode Island delegates, called John M.
Fitzgerald started for Fittsirranons, the
contestants, a "liar" and a "coward."
Fitzgerald started for iFtssimmons, the
latter stripped off his coat and a fist fight
was Imminent when members of the com
mittee and bystanders separated the pair.
Both later apologized.
In the Rhode Island conte^s the na
tional committee threw out the contests
Instituted by the adherents of Represen
tative 0'Shaune6sy.
Other Contests Decided.
Ten Wilson delegates from South
Dakota, followers of National Commit1
teeman Johnson, were given their seats
against a contesting Clark delegation.
A Pennsylvania contest involving half
a vote was settled in favor of the con
testees, and the six uninstructed dele
gates from the Philippines were seated
in spite of a contest.
Six followers of Edwin A. Newman,
Instructed for Clark, were seated against
two contesting delegations'.
The contest against the unit rule In the
Ohio delegation was put over until today.
Generally Believed He Will
Write Most of Planks for
Democratic Document.
BALTIMORE, June 25.?If Mr. Bryan
should not be temporary chairman of the
democratic convention he probably will
be chairman of the committee on resolu
tions. He will be the representative of
his state on that committee, and his posi
tion in the party la such that the place
will be conceded to him by common con
sent.
The general opinion is that he will pre
pare the greater part of the platform.
Indeed, many think he now has much ol
It written, hut he Is reticent on the sub
ject.
Delegates were too much occupied yes
terday with the temporary chairmanship
to give close attention to the question of
resolutions, but in so far as there was
expression on the subject it indicated a
harmonious condition.
East to Oppose Recall.
Representatives of some of the eastern
states express apprehension that there
may be an effort to force approval of the
initiative, referendum and recall plan of
government, and If there is it will be op
posed. Mr. Bryan has, however, indi
cated the opinion that these pertain only
to state administration, and it Is not be
lieved that he will contend for any radical
pronouncement on this subject; if for any
at all
There certainly will be planks pledging
the party in unmistakable terms to the
support of the income tax legislation, to
the election of senatofs by direct vote of
the people, and to primary elections.
Tariff Revision Downward.
The protective tariff will be held re
sponsible for the trusts and the high cost
of living, and there will be a positive
declaration for rapid revision downward.
Probably .the procedure by schedule, as
practiced by the present House of Repre
sentatives, will be advocated. The tariff
work of the House will be strongly In
dorsed, and the President s tariff vetoes
as strongly condemned.
It will be a tarlff-for-revenue platform.
All factions are committed to this plan,
and if there is any difference of opinion it
will be on phraseology rather than on
policy.
TAMMANY BRAVES ON HAND.
New York City Delegation, 3,000
Strong, Arrives in Baltimore.
BALTIMORE, June 25.?The throqg of'
democrats gathered here assun^ed a gen
uine convention atmosphere last night,
when upward of 3,0(10 Tammany braves
arrived from New York and marched
to *he Emerson, where Charles F. Mur
phy has established his headquarters.
The delegation came from New York in
seven special trains.
Each assembly district in Manhattan
and the Broryc sent a delegation of ap
proximately 100 men. In eac l^the leader,
a district man. headed t#e party. Among
the well known figures in Tammany
who came with their district delegations
were Senator "Big Tim" Sullivan, Sen
ator Fol^y, Thomas F. McAvoy, Edward
F. Boyle. Commissioner Wallace, Johnr
V. Coggev, Thomas F. Foley, Senator
James J. Frawley and William J Wright.
More than seats in the convention
hall have been set aside for the use of
the Tammjny contingent. The braves
are looking forward to an Interesting
convention, and are prepared to lend j
their support to the program for a har- 1
monious and united front on every oc
casion pc^alble.
The arrival of the Tammany delegation
swamped the market of automobiles and
touring cars for hire in Baltimore. The
delegations from eac^i district created a1
lively market for the machines available
for hire.
Cumberland, Md.?The Archdeaconry
of Cumberland of the Episcopal dio
cese of Maryland will be held In St.
John's Episcopal Church. Frostburg,
June 24, 26, 26 and 27. and the sessions
will be attended by the Right Rev.
John G. Murray, Bishop of the diocese
of Maryland. The Rev. John Poynts
Tyler Is archdeacon, with Rev. Charles
?XL?fillAW flgcmtAry and
SEEN HERE AND THERE IN BALTIMORE
W O.Horrach ON ULPT
Qov: JDix HY
BALTIMORE IS UNABLE
TO HANDLE THE CM)
Convention Delegates Com
plain of Insufficient Ac
commodations.
BALTIMORE, June 25.?Baltimore paid
$110,000 to get the democratic national
convention, and It will get Its money
back. The democratic national commit
tee added $110,000 to its funds by desig
nating Baltimore as the convention city,
and thereby inconvenienced a thousand
delegates, a thousand alternates and
about Ave thousand other persons. Com
plaints of the poor accommodations and
of the disregard of the comfort of patrons
in some of the hotels, due entirely to the
lack of proper facilities, are to be heard
on all sides tonight.
"To save time, walk upstairs." That is
the sign that has been placed in a promi
nent position in one hotel, and it means
just what It says. At two hotels the ele
vator service has been deplorably inade
quate, and it will be worse for a week to
come. The elevator service, incidentally,
is but one of a dozen things of which vis
itors are complaining.
Centers of Activity.
The hotels referred to are the two cen
ters of political activity. At one passen
ger elevators hold ten persons each.
Scores have waited from ten to thirty
minutes to-get into these elevators, and
dozens of others have become so impa
tient "that they have walked upstairs,
sometimes as many as twelve flights.
Stair climbing is not a pleasant exercise
for a fat delegate.
Hundreds of persons gave up all hope
of getting back to their, rooms except by
walking up and waiting for the crowd ti>
diminish so that they might regain the
quarters for which they are paying any
where from $10 to $20 a. day. At the
smaller hotels the conditions are slightly
better, but already the hotels have proved
their inability to handle the big crowds
that attend a national convention.
Prices are going up. They have not yet
reached the high record at Chicago, but
they are on the way. In the main, dele
gates and others who attend conventions
don't mind paying high prices if they get
what they want. The trouble here is that
they cannot get what they want when
th^y want It.
Imperfect Dining Boom Service.
The dining room* service in practically
all the hotels is abofhinable. The waiters
seem to be quite unused to taking care of
large crowds and to glory in their ig
norance of what to do in an emergency.
As soon as a waiter begins to hurry in
this town he breaks something or spills
something. Furthermore, if one asks a
waiter to hurry he laughs, and complaints
to the "captains" are met with a smile.
If it were not for the muggy heat the
visitors might take all the other discom
forts good naturedly, but hot weather and
crowds form a combination calculated to
make people cross, and fault-finding is
the order of the day. The burden of the
complaints is this: Why on earth did the
national committee pick Baltimore as the
convention city? And the answer Is: One
hundred and ten thousand dollars.
The hotel managements are not to
blame entirely. The simple fact is that
this city has not the facilities for con
vention crowds. The delegates are learn
ing that at high prices and in discomfort,
and they are yelling murder at the prices
of hotel rooms, which have gone soaring,
though the food prices have not advanced
proportionately in many instances
Streets Jammed With People.
The sidewalks and the narrow streets
are jammed with people, and there is
constant confusiqn, except at the more
important thoroughfares, where the po
lice arrangements seem to be good. At
the railroad stations, on the other hand,
the utmost confusion has prevailed, and
the call roads here give ample proof of
their inability to handle the situation.
There is a lack of porters that is sim
ply amazing in view of the ample supply
of this sort of labor- The fact that the
chief hotels are three-quarters of a mile
apart means a small fortune to the taxi
cab men. It costs a dollar to make the
trip between the two places, and an ex
tra fifty-cent piece if the cab is held five
minutes.
Two things save the situation. One
is the uniform courtesy of the Baltlmor
eans, who seem really anxious to guide
and direct and help the visitors and to
retain for the city its general high repu
tation for hospitality. The other is the
convention hall, of which the city an*
the committee on arrangements are proud
and which "looks good" to probably all
t.iose who have seen It.
F0SS TO ATTEND CONVENTION.
But Governor Will Take Degree
From Vermont University First.
BOSTON", June 25.?Gov. Bugene N.
Foss, who refused to be a presidential
aspirant at the April primaries, but
whose name is expected to be presented
to the democratic convention by Sherman
L*. Whipple, starts tonight for Baltimore
by way of Burlington, Vt.
The excursion of Gov. Foss to his na
tive state is for the purpose of receiving
a degree tomorrow from the University
of Vermont. Following the exercises. Gov.
Foss will make a leisurely trip up I^ake
Champlaln, down tha Hudson river, and
then proceed to Baltimore. He expects to
reach the convention city about the time
the voting for the presidential nomination
begins.
It pays to read the want columns of
The Star. Hundreds of situations are
AlUrt through them.
^Sejxa.tqe. Bacon.
MR. DOOLEY AT
THE CONVENTION
(Copyright, 1912, by Peter FLnley Dunne.)
"Hooroo! they're off," said Mr. Dooley.
"Th' dlmmycrat Love Feast has started.
I was afraid yesterdah that 'twas goin to
disgrace th' thraditions iv our Grand OM
battle-scarred organization. I thought me
cousin Tim. who wlnt down as a dlllvgate
?an' at this prlslnt mlnylt Is sleepln' on
a thrapeze In a Baltlmorevhotel?would be
disapplnted.
"Me cousin Tim craves excitement, an'
whin he wlnt away I told him he might
as well look fr throuble in th' American
Florists Assocyatlon. 'Nawthing can hap
pen,' said I. 'Th' republican party is
rooned, an' all that remains fr us to do
Is to get together an' sing,' says I. 'Ye !
won't like It,' I says. j
"But I was wrong. I done a gr-eat in
justice to th' fine fellows. This is goin'
to be a rale convlntlon, none lv yer
'Pleasant weather we're havln' ' gather
ing, but wan IV fHlm ginooine 'lave me
at him' assimblages, that has kept th'
dlmmycratic party goin' as an amuse
ment lnterprlse fr more years thin I
can count. It all Changed in a mlnylt.
Fr'm far an' near th' bould frlnds lv free
dom gather to rejoice an' celebrate. Joy
an' confidence was In the air.
Trouble Breaks Out.
"They asslmbled in Baltymore to give
hands an' dance around th' prostrate
form iv their ancient lnimy, whin, lo
an' behold! wan iv thim acctdlntally
stepped on th' foot iv th statesmen
nex' to thim an' th' r-lng-around'-th'
roBy broke up. Now it's all right. I
can see me cousin Tim. this mlnnyit, In
th' thick iv it debatin' th' Missouri
Compromise Ayith a dillygate fr'm
Texas. Bands ar-re playin.' Flags an
cittyzeps ar-re fiyin' in ivry sthreet.
\n' through th' thransoms In th' room
where th' navtional cimity is meetin'
in solemn conclave th' chairman has
just been heerd to ree-mark, 'Take
ve'er hand fr'm ye'er hip pocket. Judge,
while addhressln' th' chair. I ve got
ye covered."
"It happened this way. Wlllum Jen
nings Bryan got a job to repoort th' con
vention. He's a spry repoorther is Wll
lum Jennings, gets around where things
are happenin' an' jots thim down in a
pleasln' way. I r-read all he wrote last
week an' his sharp eye detltcted manny
things that only a thrained obsurvver cud
see Wan iv his articles .comminced: 'It
is estymated that fifteen thousan' people
were in th' colvsum. manny iv thim bein'
ladles, or presumably so. Th' dillygates
numbered about a thousand. I noted that
whin' th' chairman called th' convlntlon
to ordher he sthruck th' table with a
small wooden mallet, which in parly
minthry language is called a gavel.'
Hogan liked it. too. He says if he iver
wants to get a lithry artist to compose
a catalogue lv a hardware store he'll hire
Bryan.
Fight Over Chairmanship.
"Anyhow this dashin* young journalist
hopped onto a thraln an" wlnt to Baity
more an' he hadn't been In town five
mlnyits befure th' brick yards had to an
nounce that they cud fill no more ordhers.
What started th* fight? 'Twas Just the
same as at the republican convlntlon.
'Twas about th' timpry chairman. Ye see,
Willum Jennings Bryan says there's a
man in New York with a fine old Irish
name who provides timpry chairmeq fr
all convlntlons lv ivry party. Willum
Jennings says he supplied th' very flne
lookin' timpry chairman fr th' repub
lican convlntlon. He's in th* business on
a big scale. If ye want a- timpry or per
manent chairman fr ye'er convlntlon, re
publican, dlmmycrat, prohibitionist, or
progressives, call on Mr. Bryan. Chair
men supplied on short notice fr anny
pollytlckal or social gatherin*. Frock
coats go with each ordher. A large stock
in lv speakers in legislachures always
on hand. Our plat form depart
ment makes a specylty iv th' clllybrated
adjustable platform with patent remova
ble planks. Skilled mechanics will be slnt
to convintions to sslmble these to suit th'
taste. No trouble to show goods.
"That's what Willum Jennings Bryan
thinks lv th' situation. So whin he gets,
to Baltymore who does he find has been
shipped down fr'm New York but Alton
B. Parker. , Ye don't remlmber him? Oh,
yes. ye do. Ye must. He's quite a well
known New York lawyer. Th' fact he's
unknown in pollyticks shudden't count
again him. He's a fine man. But Willum
Jennings Bryan wudden't have him. As
he lept fr'm th' train he put his pencil
an' pad iv pa-aper in his pocket, give a
cry fv: 'Ye shall not press down upon me
brow this tool iv corp'rate greed. If I
have me say, an' I'm goin' to have it, no
chair can be timpry enough fr this per
son. He'll be lucky if he sets on the
fiure.' An' thin th" throuble started an'
it's still on ae I go to press.
Mr. Ryan's Arguments.
"Manny high-minded dimmycrata thried
to stop him fr'm makin' a rumpus. Says
Mist her Ryan: 'What objictions can ye
have to th' chairman? Atn't that a good
lookln' coat? Turn around, judge, an' let
him th' rn.' Jiuim. HaMwIn th'
~W.J?>K32&l
Predicts Excitement
Will Not Be Lacking
nor lv Conneticutt, pleaded with him.
Th' judge is a grand old dimmycrat. He
ain't a Jeffersonyan dimmycrat, mind ye,
of a Jaoksonyan dimmycrat. I don't
know what ye'd call him- I think he be
longs to th' Blihoo Hoot branch iv our
party. Says he: 'Willum Jennings, ye
shud not make throuble whin our party
is on th' threshhold iv victhry. Lave us
g??t togither. Let both sides make con
cissions. I will agree to write th' planks
on th' joodicyary, th' denuncyation iv th'
recall an' rlf'rindum, th' goold standard
an' th' prim'ries, if ye will consint to
write th' wan on th' improvement iv our
consular service. Both sides will pick out
a candydate. We wud prefer some well
known New England dimmycrat. but If
ye think our standard bearer shud be a
comity appinted be th' clearin'-liouse, thin
i have ye'er lmpeeryous way,' says he.
"But Willum Jennings wud not be mag
nanimous. 'No,' says he, 'give me me
man f'r tempry chairman or be this an'
be that," he says, 'I'll bawl down th'
walls iv' th' convention hall.' he says. An*,
be hivens, I think he cud do it, fr he's in
gran' voice this year.
Gave Wrong1 Advice.
"I give me cousin Tim wrong advice
whin he wint away. 'Don't go to th' con
vintion,' says I. 'Ye won't larn anny
thing there that I won't git fr'm th' pa
apers befure ye've passed be th' dure
tender. But ye've a frind in me frind
Roger Sullivan. Do ye follow him close
an' whin he goes into 'Charlie Murphy's
room set outside. Whin thim two splin
did statesmen comes out hop acrost th'
sthreet an' tillygraft me th' name iv th'
candydate an' a few gems !v rhetoric
fr'm th' platform,* says I. 'F'r,' I says,
?- 'tis th' likes iv thim that ar-re wur
rukin' on it f'r four years day an' night
that makes prisidints an' platforms,* 1
says. But since WiUum Jennings sthruck
town I ain't so sure I'm right. I always
put me bet down on th' artists that have
controlled th' destinies iv this nation
fr'm th' little room where th' blinds ar-re
down.
"They're th' wurruk-men an* they
have th* tools. It's their pro-fissyon,
an' a fine wan it is. Ivry man to his
thrade, say I. an' th' romantic la-ad
that thinks he can conthrol a convin
tion be argyin' with It wud be like as
not to believe that he cud mix dhrinks
behind this very bar be pleadin' with
thim to come together f*r his sake. But
fr'm what I hear Willum Jennings has
hands as well as a voice. He's got a
wurrukin' card as a Journyman ma
chinist himself. That's why I think
ye'll see some fun.
"Annyhow, 'tis fine. 'Tis like th' old
times. "Brother dimmycrat, give me
ye'er hand. Ye won't? Thin take me
fuut.' Th' town, th' pa-apers says, is
seething. Th' sthreets ar-re tilled with
Clark shouters, Wilson boomers, Un
derwood rooters an' Harmon whis
perers."
"D'ye think Bryan wud take th'
nommynation?" asked Mr. Hennessy.
"His frinds say he wudden't if 'twas
offered to him on a silver platter," said
Mr. Dooley. "But, iv coorse, lv it come
in th' ordhinry way "
CARRYING HARRISON BOOM.
"Boisterous Pete" Bartzen of Chi
cago Off for Baltimore.
CHICAGO, June 25.?Peter Bartzen,
president of the Cook county board of
commissioners, familiarly known here
abouts as "Boisterous Pete," started for
Baltimore last night with a boom for
Mayor Carter Harrison for President un
der his hat.
"We're out for first honors," said Com
missioner Bartzen, "but if that don't go,
why, ? second place might look all right
Harmon and Harrison appear good, and
then we would not 'sidestep' Clark and
Harrison for an ideal combination."
SHERMAN IS SERENADED.
Congratulated by Fellow-Townsmen
on Benomination.
UTICA, N. Y., June 25.?Utica, the
home of Vice President Sherman, cele
brated last evening. Mr. Sherman's fel
low-townsmen took occasion to congratu
late him on.his renomlnatlon to the vice
presidency.
An immense parade of gayly decorated
automobiles and various marching clubs
followed a political meeting at the rooms
of the republican club. Houses along the
route were decked with *flags and Japa
nese lanterns.
Mr. Sherman was serenaded at his
home in Upper Genesee strert, and was
addressed by Mayor Frank J. Baker in
behalf of his fellow-townsmen. He re
plied, expressing his appreciation of the
honor and renewing his pledge of loy
alty to the American people. A male
chorus rendered several selections.
Today the Vice President is at Big
Moose on a Ashing trip. He says 1m will
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SIDELIGHTS OF THE CONVENTION
From a Staff Onrrvopondent.
BAL/TIMORE, Jline 25.?One of the
9,309?more or lew??street venders among
the carnival crowds in front of the Bel
vedere Hotel was shouting:. Just as Sen
ator Kern of Indiana strolled out of the
door:
"All about the twenty-two points of
interest in Baltimore."
"I wonder what the twenty-second is,"
remarked Senator Kern to his companion.
"The twenty-second." echoed his friend,
"what about the others?"
"Bryan seems to be twenty-one points
of interest," retorted Mr. Kern.
He wasn't exaggerating the situation
very much at that, in the opinion of
many. The advent of the Peerless Leader
into Baltimore is likened by his friends
to the plunging of that other colonel, he
of the Rough Rider fame. Into the repub
lican ranks at Chicago. Of course, it is
granted, there is a difference. Col.
Roosevelt was an out and open candi
date before the republican convention. (
Col. Bryan Is not a candidate before the
democratic convention?not yet.
Even though he is not an open candi
date, it is hard to explain the mental
process of one of the clerks at the Belve
dere Hotel where the Nebraskan had his
rooms. He put a telegram addressed to
W. J. Bryan in the batch of "B" letters
and telegrams addressed to persons whose
Baltimore address was not known.
In the most conspicuous place in the
room used as West Virginia headquar
ters is a silk banner with "Bryan" writ
ten across the front of it. In other parts
of the room there are pictures of the
well known candidates ? Underwood,
Clark, Harmon, Wilson, (Marshall.
The reception committee of Baltimore is
most active in meeting delegations, and
its members ride in an automobile in
front of marching clubs and other or
ganizations as they arrive and proceed
through the streets to their hotel. The
most conspicuous feature of the machine
it a banner?whether Intended for a hint
or not is not explained?which bears this
inscription:
"No steamroller in Baltimore."
This banner headed the procession last
night of the Cook County Democracy from
Chicago, fresh from the place where Col.
Roosevelt says the greatest steamroller
known to fame has been operated.
These democrats from the Windy city
arrived in silk hats and frock coats, with
Mayor Carter Harrison at -their head.
The natives looked up and took notice;
but no bricks were thrown, showing that
they were somewhat accustomed to the
headgear.
Hugh F. Harvey, orator for the allied
liquor interests of the District of Colum
bia, whenever there is occasion for his
appearance before congressional commit
tees and other bodies, has been elbowing
his way through the crowds between the
times he is not walking, with the thou
sands of others, up and down the stairs
of hotels to avoid delay in taking eleva
tors.
"Any irons in the Are?" be was asked
today.
"Well, 1 hope that Bryan is Roosevelted
from the democratic party," he replied.
Dr. L?. W. Glazebrook, who was deputy
coroner for the District of Columbia for
many years, denied today at convention
hall that he is here for an inquest.
"I am here leading the Glazebrook re
lief expedition," he explained. "I am a
medical attendant on the floor of the
convention. I had to get in some way,
and all the 1,600 or more assistant ser
geant-at-arms badges were taken."
"What's President Taft doing hereT*
ejaculated a visitor in one of the hotel
lobbies last ntght. As he spoke, he point
ed to a man of somewhat more than or
dinary dimensions who was making ges
tures in conversation exactly similar to
those of the chief executive.
"That is Samuel B. Ralston, democratic
candidate for Governor of Indiana," ex
plained a friend.
Mr. Ralston, in many ways, has a strik
ing resemblance to the President of the
United States, but his hair is not as gray
nor his smile as broad.
Gov. Vardaman of Mississippi, who will
take Senator Percy's seat in the Senate
after next March 4, attracted attention in
the hotel lobbies today, not so much be
cause of his long hair as that he appeared
in a suit of white. Conspicuous on his
coat lapel was an Underwood button. But
a Wilson adherent, with a badge or but
ton on all his outer garments except his
shoes, went up and greeted him.
"Well, you are supporting a good man,"
the governor remarked, as he gazed at
the "Win with Wilson" stringer on the
other's hat.
"I'm homesick for an iceberg and a
polar bear," sighed MaJ. J. F. A. Strong
of Idlderm, Alaska, a delegate to the con
vention, as he patted his brow with a
damp handkerchief.
On his long Journey from his editorial
office In the Ididerot Nuggle building
Maj. Strong stopped off for a couple of
days' view of the republican convention
in Chicago. While there he heard some
of the picturesque language used by F. J.
Heney of San Francisco, In describing
some of the successful contestants for
seats in the convention from a Roosevelt
standpoint.
So. when Maj. Strong refers to the con
testants for his seat in the democratic
convention he uses "yeggmen" and "cut
throats."
The Oook County Democratic Club of
Chicago. 300 strong, headed by a band of
fifty pieces, arrived at Camden station in
its special train over the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad at 6:30 o'clock last night
and marched to the Hotel Caswell
through cheering streets.
With a membership of 4,000, the club
is one of the strongest in the country and
is reputed to be second in wealth to Tam
many Hall of New Tork.
The demonstration made by the Cook
tion of thousands of persons along: the
line of march, but the climax came when
the marchers reached their hotel.
Lining' up in battalion formation on
Hanover street between Baltimore and
F*avette streets the four-thousand-dollar
band, with its six-foot-in-dlameter has*
drum, crashed forth air after air until
the streets echoed with cheers. After
playing a few western favorites, the bank
struck up "Maryland, My Maryland,"
and when it followed with "Dixie" the
crowd was actually taken off Its feet.
Traffic along Baltimore street was stop
ped and thousands lined the street to see
the democrats from Chicago.
Mr. and Mrs. John R* McLean have
taken up their temporary- abode in the
handsome residence of W. S. G. Williams,
northwest corner of St. Paul and Monu
ment streets. They arrived yesterday, and
their guests for the week are expected
early this morning.
In the party will be Mr. and Mrs. Nicho
las Ijonpworth. Mrs. Richard Townsend,
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Beale McLean and
Miss Lota Robinson. The McLeans will
keep "open house" during the week, en
tertaining each day at informal luncheon
and dinner parties, but no formal enter
tainments have been planned.
Prom present indications the convention
will be attended by a record-breaking
crowd. Men who have attended a number
of conventions, democratic and repub
lican. state that already there are more
strangers in Baltimore than they have
ever seen at such a gathering. Visitors
.are still coming.
In the past conventions have been held
in cities where expositions were also be
ing held, and naturally there might have
been a larger crowd in these cities, but
here the entire crowd is attracted by the
convention.
Seldom have the states sent such large
delegations. It is estimated that 5,000
will come from New York alone. The
states of the middle west are sending un
usually large contingents, and the same la
true of the south. Delegations from the
far west are much larger than usQal.
The crowd of visitors and strangers is
much larger than that in Chicago last
week at the republican national conven
tion.
A worn and faded ticket to the national
democratic convention of 1872, held In
Ford's Opera House, Baltimore, w>s pre
sented by William Burke of 24fi(! Druid
Hill avenue yesterday to Perry Belmont
of Washington and New York, whose
father, August Belmont, was chairman of
the convention.
In return Mr. Belmont presented to Mr.
Burke a ticket to the present convention,
to be used by his son-in-law, C. Dadley.
of Newport. R I. This was suggested
by Mr. Burke.
In a letter which accompanied the ticket
Mr. Burke informed Mr. Behnont of sev
eral Incidents of the convention. Mr.
Burke was president of the Belmont
Democratic Association in 1872.
A colored man will have a seat in the
convention a% a delegate from Colorado.
He is J. D. Harkless of Pueblo, and lays
claJm to the distinction of being the first
member of his race to sit as a delegate
in a democratic national convention.
Harkless Is a member of the National
Colored Democratic League, of which
Bishop Alexander Walters of New York
is president. It has 200 delegates in Bal
timore working for a strong branch or
ganization here. A mass meeting was
held last night at 1901 Druid Hill avenue,
where the league has its headquarters
during the convention.
Several members of the league mingled
with the crowds at Clark headquarters on
the fifteenth floor of the Emerson yester
dav. It was stated by one of its mem
bers that there were fifty colored clubs in
the league. James H. Howard of Wash
ington state said the purpose of the
league was to divide the colored v?te and
to get as much of It as possible away
from the republican party. The state
ment was made that the league had no
particular favorite for the presidential
nomination.
Laden with a big supply of fruits, nuts,
mineral waters and wines, the California
delegation, with a party numbering 100
men and womeft, arrived at Union sta
tion yesterday morning. They left Cali
fornia last Monday, and on the trip over
the continent relieved the Journey with
sightseeing stops at many points.
The California delegates are for Champ
Clark, as they say, "first, last and all the
time." It Is for this reason that they
have brought the wines and other deli
cacies. They say they are not competing
with Baltimore hospitality, but claim that
one draft of their wine will make the
stanchest opponent see victory In Clark.
California has three women among her
alternates, one of them, a former Mis
souri an, Mrs. Bmma V. Loy of Los An
geles, Cal.
The committee of government employes
! which appeared before the resolutions
committee of the republican national con
vention at Chicago to urge the inoorpom
tion of a civil service plank in the party
platform will urge the same {dank In the
democratic platform to be adopted "by the
Baltimore convention.
Mayor Gaynor's boom reached Balti
more officially yesterday afternoon. His
supporters have been working quietly for
the last week, but the real hurrah come
yesterday when the delegation l'rom New
York?300 strong?arrived at Union station
on a special train.
Under the leadership of William Har
man Black of New York and Edwin H.
Brownley and Vincent Dimarco of Balti
more the shouters for the New York
mayor paraded the streets from the eto
tion to the Emerson.
Clark Howell of Georgia, dean of the
democratic national committei men, was
presented a loving cup by the Georgia
delegation "in token of our esteem and
in regard for his long and ^efficient party
service."
Charles R Pendleton of Maoon, chair
Evades Efforts to Learn if He
Will Be a Candidate.
SECOND CHOICE OF MANY
No Aspirant Assured of the Neces
sary 729 Votes.
NEBRASXAN CENTRAL FIGURE
Carter Harrison Asserts That Pro
gressive Nominee and Platform
Would Sweep the Country.
BALTIMORE. Jtine Seven of dom.
ocracy's strong m?>n arc avowed candi
dates for the pren:dentlal nomination.
None of them can do more than hope to
receive the required 7'J!> votes on the rtrst
ballot. Mr. Bryan lias said rfp*>alMUy
* hat he was in no sense a candidate, yet
he goes jn(? , convention a* a dele
gate from Nebraska the second choice of
more states than any avowed candidate
Since his arrival hero Sunday night MT.
Bryan has diplomatically evaded several
efforts of friendly delegate** to draw him
out on the sut>ject. It would seem from
his demeanor that his greatest interest
was to gain control of the oon vent ion for
the progressives and prevent the nornlna
tlon of a reactionary.
As the chairma-. o,' tlie committee on
resolutions, Mr. Bryan will have the op
portunity to speak in presenting the plat
form. Right after that the nominations
for President will be in order.
There can he no doubt that Mr. Bryan
16 the central tlgure here, as Mr. Roose
velt was In Chicago. The difference is
that the latter made his tight outside the
convention to win the republican nom-,
inatlon for himself as a leading progres
sive, while Uie former is going into the
democratic convention, apparently, to
wage the battle of vrogre?sivism itself.
Little importance attaches to the con-^
tested seats here, as compared to those
in Chicago. These contests will have lit
tle "bearing on the result whichever way
they are decided.
Carter Harrison's Claim.
Carter H. Harrison, mayor of Chicago,
declares that if the convention nominates
a progressive candidate and places be
fore the people a progressive platform, a
great democratic Victory will sweep the
(?an try next November.
One thousand advocates of woman suf
frage are expected to participate in a
parade which suffragettes, led by Mrs.
Donald R. Hooker, are planning to hold
Thursday night to impress the delegates.
Floats representing the states of Wash
ington, Idaho, Utah, Wyoming and Colo
rado. where women vote, are being con
structed to show the triumph of Amerl*
can suffragists to date.
Bid for the Colored Vote.
A plank in the platform designed to
win over the negroes to the democratic
party is sought by the National Colored
Democratic league. It reads as follows:
"We recoghize the equaUty of all men
before the law, and hold that it is the
duty of the government. In its dealings
with all the people, to mete out e<*ual
and exact justice to all, of whatever na
tivity, race, color or persuasion, religious
or political."
A committee, headed by Bishop Alex
ander Walters, president of the league,
will present the plank to the resolutions
committee.
Baltimore is doing its level best to take
care of the thousands of visitors within
its gates. The hotels could not begin
to accommodate them all, but the pub
lic-spirited citizens are opening up their
horses to receive them and indications
are that few will suffer any great Incon
venience.
Spirit of Hevelry Abroad.
A spirit of revelry was abroad last
night. While some of the delegates
sweltered In crowded hotel rooms, hold
ing canvasses and discussing the pros
pects of their presidential favorites, many
more of the visitors joined the
throngs which paraded the streets until a
late hour. College yells of the Woodrow
Wilson Princeton Clum and the "Houn1
JDawg" song of the Clark enthusiasts min
gled with the hurrahs of the followers
of Underwood. Marshall, Harmon,
Burke and Baldwin.
Managers of candidates supplied the
ammunition for the noise. A leaflet with
complete words and music of the "Houn';
Dawg" song was passed out by a hoarse
male chorus of Missourlans. Harmon
boosters handed out copies of the famous!
hymn "Blest Be the Tie That Binds.'"
The leaflet recited the "story of a
hymn" told by Gov. Harmon himself,
and in It he explained that the singing of'
this "beloved old tune" at a farmer's pic- ?
nlc in Ohio returned him to the govern-!
or's chair. *
The Underwood cry, "Underwood, the
party's beet asset," merely made the I
claim without a tune, and the southerners
quickly realized the importance of somev
sort of music. "Dixie" supplied the need.
"Win With Wilson." an alliteration sup
plied by yell and four-deck poster, waa ?
somewhat more pretentious than the Mar- '
shall designation of their candidates ?
brought to Baltimore by 1,200 Ho osiers??
'Indiana's choice."
Arriving delegations blocked the streets, '
crowding hotel entrances where aandl- .
dates had established headquarters so
that it took a foot ball rush of from ten '
to twenty minutes for the enthusiast to,
gain entranoe.
Confetti, paper wads and penny seism-'
blea with vigorous wieiders of feather I
dusters managed to keep up the Interest
of the crowd on the street.
T
NOTES OF CONVENTION. j
?
Edwin J. Farter was the host last-night.
of the first formal social gsphering of
the convention at a dinner at the Mary
land Club in honor of Judge T~ritc W,
Gerard of the supreme court of Ntew
York and former Secretary of War
jJames M. Dickinson
Covers were laid for sixty guests and
there were few absent ones, In spite of
the stress of the eve before convention.
Surmounting everything on the long
table was a democratic donkey, about'
eight Inches high. Its contents and man
ufacture were unknown, and it made no
denial to the statement that It was a con-'
servative progressive. Neither did It say
that it was not a progressive conserva
tive. '
Eight hundred Larroon boosters ar
rived at Camden station yesterday on a
special train of ten cars, which started.
from Columbus at 6:30 o'clock last Sun-*
day night. They were met by a brass'
band and marched to the Hotel Emerson, '
where their cheers for Gov. Harmon lit
erally shook the building.
A glee club from Columbus was in the
delegation and it sang Harmon songs, in
cluding the governor's favorite hymn.
"Blest Be the Tie That Binds " The train
was called the "Buckeye Special."
Later In the afternoon 200 Ohloans came'
in on a train that started from Cincin
nati Sunday night. Others are expected
from cities and towns in Ohio today. It *
was stated last night that fully 2,000
Ohloans would he here for the conven-;
tlon.
Hagerstown, Md.?Miss Mary Mlddle
kauff, daughter of Attorney Otho V.
Middlekauff of Hagerstown, was award
ed by the county school board a free
scholarship to 8t. Mary's Female 8ami