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WEATHER. Unsettled this afternoon and tonight. Thursday fair and not quite so warm. hf. The Star is the only afternoon paper in Washington that prints the news of the Associated Tress. No. 18,900. WASHINGTON, D. 0., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 1912-TWENTY PAGES. ONE CENT. MAY KM CANDIDATE BEFORE MAKING PLATFORM BRYAN STILL A BIG FACTOR BUT IS NOT IN THE RUNNING 1 ' I i Leaders Hold Colonel Emulated Roosevelt's j Tactical Blunder in Forcing Fight ing at Baltimore. CLARK NOW HAS INSIDE TRACK; DARK HORSE HIS ONLY MENACE Ultra Conservatives Making Desperate Efforts to Swing Harmon's Nomination?Wilson Re garded as Absolutely Out of It? Kern's Stock Below Par. ^ I BY N. O. MESSENGER. BALTIMORE. June 26.?Bryan made the same tactical blun-j der in Baltimore that Roosevelt made in Chicago, and he did it despite the fact he had been an eye-witness to Roosevelt's per formance. Democratic leaders say that if Bryan had not forced the fight of yesterday, if he had remained quiescent and allowed the party to drift to him instead of trying to drive it, he would at this hour have to be reckoned with as a possibility. Put Out of Running by His Own Act. As it is he is not in the running. The convention was com pelled by his own dictatorial and empirical manner to set him down. The possibility of a Bryan stampede is eliminated by yes tcrdav's vote. * That his hold 011 the affection and esteem of the party is strong was evidenced by the vote and by the enthusiasm of the delegates, it is known to a certainty that many votes were cast against him by men who really are for him. BRYAN'S DEFEAT WAS NECESSARY TO CHECK DOMINATION OF PARTY. It wan stmftDr ? We nI _. of checking his sttemaMriL^lominatioit of th6 convention ana MlWtmewl his domineering attitude. On such an issue his enemies found it possible to amalgamate elements which otherwise could not have been tried to overthrow him. The resufl from now will be that Mr. Bryan will act in concert with his colleagues, and not as their dictator. There is no chance of submerging him or relegating him tp obscurity. In deed. that could not De done if it were desired. He will be permitted to assist in drawing up the platform, but he will not be allowed to frame It after his own ideas alone and regardless of the judgment of other democrats. Mr. Bryan will be "of counsel," and that's all. Clark Has Inside Track. Champ Clark is unquestionably in the strongest tactical position tod?y of any of the candidates, and his only menace is a dark horse, assuming the possibility of a deadlock which would hold out the necessary two-thirds from him. Clark's alliance with William R. Hearst is a tower of strength to him. 1 am apprised of desperate effort!* to try to swing the situation around to a point where Harmon can be nominated. The njen who are at work to this end are from New York, and are personally known to me. Of course, they repre sent the ultra-conservative element of the democratic party. Bryan Holds Harmon Hey. Although they declared that there is a i?are chance of success, that view is not shared by other democrats high in the councils of the party. They calculate out of yesterday's vote for Bryan, which was 11*? in excess* of one-third of the con vention. that Bryan will be able to hold a sufficient number of his followers to prevent Harmon getting two-thirds of the convention. Wilson is regarded as absolutely out of it. Clark's lead is so far ahead that it is thought impossible for Wilson to catch up. Underwood is holding hia own as a dark horse, but Bryan is keeping the staple on that barn door. I'nderwood was a potential factor in the defeat of Bryan yesterday. He In structed the Alabama delegation. It is declared, to vote against Bryan, and prob ably requested other southern delegations to do so. Bryan knows this and is keep ing the knowledge in his front mind Kern Stock Now Below Par. Kern of Indiana was put in an embar rassing position yesterday, wherein he of fended the New York delegation and hurt his prospects. His stock has declined sev eral points and Is considerably below par at this hour. Bryan tried to boost the Kern boom In his speech on the tempo rary chairmanship, but it did not appear to make the impression he expected. The platform is to be progressive, but not populistlc. There is determined oppo sition to Including Indorsement of the recall. The argument is advanced that the initiative, referendum and recall are properly subjects of state action. The tariff plank is going to be more ?conservative than Bryan would like. It *o?"s not seem now that he can obtain indorsement of free raw materials. In dications are that the platform will be the least radical of any democratic plat form adopted since 1&W. Progressive Republicans Interested. A side feature of the convention is the interest which progressive republicans are taking in it. There is no doubt that Roosevelt and l^a Follette are keeping in ?loser touch with Bryan, and are lending their sympathy. Senator Bristow, on the spot, is back ing Bryan enthusiastically. Senator I.a Follette was in town yesterday, and prob ably communicated with Bryun. Here Is the line-up at noon: Roger Sul livan of Illinois, Thomas Taggart of In diana and Charles F. Murphy of New York s**e their way clear to obtaining a sufficient number of votes to nominate Harmon. And they are afraid to do it. Bryan knows what is going on and they are aware that he knows it. They look at that square jaw and firm 4 jftouth of TKe great leader of the demo kfratic hosts and -reaHa* the danger of the. enterprise they have at heart. They fear that Bryan would bolt and join Roose velt. ' Progressives Fear to Aid Scheme* They fear also that Bryan put the stigma of dishonor upon every pro gressive delegate who lent himself to the scheme and destroyed that man at home. AJax defying the lightning would be a tame spectacle compared to this trio defying Bryan on a prdposition to nominate Harmon. Roosevelt has his men right here in Baltimore sitting up to Bryan. They J re urging him to j?o the limit with is progressive fight and they tell him that Roosevelt is'holding his own or ganization in abeyance until this con vention has acted. Conferences and parleys in numbers are being held during the day. and out of them grows increasing conviction that the convention will be compelled to accept a progressive. Champ Clark is holdmg his lines intact and is still in the lead. Convention Marks Time. One o'clock finds the convention mark ing time. The committee on credentials is at work, and the audience in the hall is entertained with oratory, so that those who paid for tickets can feel that they have had a run for their : money. Few of the big men of the party are in the hall, but are tucked away in hotel rooms conferring over candidates. ? It's a sizzling hot day, the hall is roasting, but the audience hangs on to hear the spreadeagle speeches of the talkers, perspiring, but happy. OCHNWEIISM Moore's Plan Is Adopted by In ternational Radio-Telegraph Conference. A cablegram was received today at the weather bureau from Willis L. Moore, the chief of the bureau, who is a delegate in London to the international radio-tele graph conference, stating that the con ference has approved the committee plan for. the establishment of a wireless ocean weather service. When Prof. Moore went to London some weeks ago, both to deliver lectures be-1 fore the Royal Institute and to serve as a delegate to the radio-telegraph confer ence, he carried with him a plan to lay before his colleagues of the conference to give weather warnings at sea by wireless. It contemplated the assembling daily from all ships at sea of information re garding the conditions in their immediate vicinity and the collection of these re ports at two central points, in Washing ton for the western side of the Atlantic and at London for the eastern, from which, after their collation, they would be dispatched afresh to all ships at sea In the form of digested report, giving the location of storms and storm-makiing con ditions, the areas of calm, the direction of winds, etc. It was Prof. Moore's idea thus virtually to publish a daily weather map of the Atlantic ocean in terms of information disseminated by wireless. The adoption of his suggestion first by the committee and now by the conference Itself assures the formal indorsement of the project and its establishment probably will follow a* soon as the delegates roturn to their re spective countries, upon the close of the conferencee, and make their reports to their governments. UtANSOFDISfniHJ IN MNG GAME Contesting Delegates Believe Political Expediency, and Not Oratory, Will Win. COSTELLO PINS FAITH TO CLARK DELEGATES Other Factions Equally Confident of the Outcome. MOVE TO UNHOBSE NEWMAN Field Against the National Commit teeman in an All-Night Cam paign?Latter Is Calm Under Fire. Spuria I Prom a Staff Correspondent. CONVENTION HAL. I.,, BALTIMORE, June 1*6.?Keeping their promise to mak? the fight on E. A. Newman and to un horse the District delegation seated on the temporary roll by vote of the national committee, the Costello democrats and the uninstructed democrats. led by Messrs. Darr, Mitchell and Benton, went to the room occupied by the credentials comppittee of the national democratic convention early this morning. They waited from 9:;?0 in the morning until late this afternoon (before being allowed present their claims, as the big fight in^minois betwen the Clark factions oc cupied several hours of the committee's time. E. A. Newman's delegation was repre sented in the little group of Washington men who waited in the heat and murk of the convention hall, and every man of them claimed victory for his organization. The uninstructed democrats believe that in the credentials committee they have as good a chance as either of the other factions. "Walter Costello is confident that the word Speaker Clark sent over on the long-distance telephone early this morn ing will seat him. E. A. Newman, with strong friends among his fellow-national committeemen, is aa confident as the others. To-be perfectly frank, none of the contestants to talking much about the In Other words, the Impression Is that polfttcal expediency will settle the contest an<TnOt orafory and logic. Polling Strings All Night. All' of last night the three contesting delegations from the District of Colum bia were playing politics. In a last ef fort to oust E. A. Newman from his seat as national committeeman, and to throw his delegation out of the convention, the Costello forces stayed up until 2 o'clock this morning in close consultation with the Clark headquarters. While festive and noisy boosters were making Baltimore's night hideous with advocacy of their, various candi dates, the three dpaen democrats from the' National Capital were pulling strings that lead direct to the heart of the convention. It is a fact that Washington's de mocracy is now engaged in the big g?ne of national politics. It is an odd <811 of a game. On one side stand Newman and the delegates behind him and on the other stand the Costello forces. The struggle last night lay between the national committee and the Champ Clark headquarters. National Committeeman Newman has promised to stand by the national com mittee majority straight through, and after a caucus last night the delega tion behind him agreed to that proposi tion. For that policy the national committee agrees to stand b>r him. That was evident last night when an effort was made to have the credentials committee make a wholesale job *of the contests and uphold the national committee. However, there was such an uproar at this suggestion that it was promptly forgotten. Costello Expresses Confidence. x Walter Costello had more' than usual eorefidence in his being eventually seated hi the convention. The Clark headquar ters In the Emerson buzzed for several hours with Costello talk. After Costello, made such a fight for Clark, first, last and all the time, in the primaries, it was right up to the Clark people to . help Walter in his present difficulties, it was declared, and the Clark people came to his rescue with considerable speed, it was reported last night that the Speaker himself had been brought into the pow wow on the long-distance telephone and that he had made the personal request that everything possible be done to seat the Costello people. Meantime the Darr-Mltchell, or unin structed, partisans were busy, but thOir game was not so strenuous as that of the other two. Charles A. Darr has one very strong and influential friend on the national committee, and a little missionary work was done in that di rection. When the credentials committee was formed last night, the situation which the District democrats looked at particularly hard was whether the prevailing flavor of the commRee would ibe for Champ Clark or would It be an old-line, stone wall regular organisation that would lean toward the national committee. A little piece of politics was performed by John B. Colpoys, who got Jerry South to nomi nate Frank Donohoe of Massachusetts as secretary of the credentials committee. Colpoy's brother and Donohoe sat in the same legislature in Massachusetts. E. G. ATHLETES IN ACTION. Try-Outs in Preparation for Olympic Games at Antwerp. ANTWERP, June 26.?Every member of the team of athletes which is to represent the United States in the Olympic games at Stockholm was in action this morning for two hours. Mike Murphy, the trainer, expressed himself as highly satisfied with the results of their ty-outs. Even Michael Ryan, who had been suffering from a slightly injured ankle, was able to turn out. He ran eight miles on his regular schedule time, and was then compelled to discontinue his practice in order to go on board the Finland, which sails today f?r Stock holm ? Suited Wen y<>R BALTIMORE CONVENTION SKETCH NOTES. FOR RECOGNITION Two Delegations in Baltimore in Interest of Government Employes. ? OVERTURES FOR UNITY BARREN OF RESULTS Both Present Arguments for Plank in Democratic Platform. * APPEALS MADE TO COMMITTEE Request for Declaration for Continu ance of Civil Service Appoint ments, With Tenure Ddring Good Behavior. Special From a Staff Correspondent. CONVENTION HALL* BALTIMORE, June 2ft.?Another committee of govern ment clerks, In addition to that headed by Dr. Llewellyn Jordan and George" L. Cain. Is working among members of the resolutions or platform committee of the democratic national convention for planks In behalf of the employes of Uncle Sam. This second committee is chiefly repre sentative of workers in the postrfl Serv ice, but there afe persons here from other branches of public service. The National Association of Letter Ckrriers is repre sented by William E. Kelly of Brooklyn, president: Edward Q. CantweU of Wash ington, secretary; R. F. Quinn of Phila delphia, chairman of the executive board. The National Railway Mai) Association Is represented on the committee by p. J. Schardt of Milwaukee, president, and G. A. Wood of Portsmouth, N. H., secretary. The United National Associa tion of Post Office Clerks is represented by Frank Rogers of Chicago, president; wuuam F. Gibbons of Scranton, secre tary; M. P. James of Birmingham, Ala., and John T. Scott. Others on the com mittee are J. William Sheffe'r.of Balti more, national .secretary of the Internal Revenue Association; J. T. Mugavin of Cincinnati. J." J. Scully of Pittsburgh, M. F. O'Donoghue of Washington, George T. Morgan of Philadelphia/ and Charles L Wiegand of Baltimore. The presence of the two delegations, both bombarding the committee oh reso lutions, is an echo of that old fight in the Civil Service Retirement Association which caused a-split and the withdrawal of one faction of the organisation. Confusing to Platform Makers. Negotiations have been on here to get the two committees together. The plat form makers are getting confused be tween the two. Overtures made by the C. H. Jordan-Cain committee were glanced at by the Kelly-Cantwell commit tee, but beyond expressions of pleasure at meeting here was 110 result. So the two committees are working side by side, presenting the same, pleas and the same planks in behalf of those on the government payroll. .Each says It's the committed President Taft 1 (Continued on Second Page.) f. w. lehmann our ? Solicitor General Sends Resig nation to President. FUTURE PLANS UNKNOWN ? Friends Believe He Will Enter Actively Into Campaign. FREDERICK W. LEHMANN. Frederick W. Lehmann, solicitor general of the United States, has. placed his resig nation, in the hands of President Taft. William Marshall Bullitt of Louisville, Ky., is said to be under consideration by President Taft as a successor to Mr. Leh mann. Some officials here regard it as Settled that the place has been offered to Mr. Bullitt, and that he has accepted. It has not been decided when Mr. Lehmann's resignation is to become effective. Mr. Lehmann, who is a democrat, has been prominently mentioned for a place upon the Supreme Court bench, and has been regarded by many as a possibility for Attorney General if a democratic ad ministration should come into-power. Wickersham Protests. It is known that Mr. Lehmann resigned against the vigorous protests of Attorney General Wickersham, who was Insistent that the solicitor general should retain his office at least until next spring, but Mr. Lehmann could not be persuaded. His plans are not known, though some of his friends believe he may become active in politics in the coming campaign. Today Mr. Lehmann absolutely re fused to discuss his resignation. Tie probably will return to his home in St. Louis, where he was practicing law when the- President appointed him to. succeed the' late Lloyd W. Bowers.' ? ' Solicitor General Lehmann's resigna tion is much regretted by Attorney General Wickersham, who looked upon him as one of his closest advisers. Mr. Lehmann completed the corporation tax case successfully in the Supreme Court after Mr. Bowers' death and bore a large part of the preliminary work in the preparation of the govern ment's suit against the steel corpora tion. He prepared the opinion upon which the National City Company of Xe# York, proposed as a giant holding company of banks, decided to* change its plans to meet the approval of the government. NEW YORK. June 2?.?William Mar shall Bullitt was seen at his club here today, but .he declined to discuss Mr. Lehmann's resignation or tbt prob ability of his succeeding him. - Workers at North Capitol and G Streets All Escape Death, However. VICTIMS IN DEEP TRENCH UNABLE TO MAKE ESCAPE Blaze Thought to Have Been Caused by Lighted Torch. , THE NEIGHBORHOOD ALARMED Report Became Circulated That Ex plosion Had Occurred at Gov ernment Printing Office. By a burst of flame, thirty feet high. from accidently ignited gas pouring out of a big- main, five workmen employed by the Washington Gas Light Company were severely and one of them seriously burn ed this morning, while working in a deep trench at the southwest corner of North Capitol and G streets. The blaze alarmed the neighborhood. Fearing explosion, residents fled from their homes, seeking safety. Fire department apparatus responding to a call put out the flame by filling up the end of the ditch and covering the break in the main. The firemen were as sisted by workmen, who were engaged on the trench-digging job. On the strength of rumors that a ter rible explosion had occurred in the gov ernment printing office ambulances from several hospitals and the police patrols were rushed to the scene. There was much excitement, and a large crowd con gregated. Kay Have Been Caused by Torch. There are two explanations of the ac cident. A lighted torch accidentally dropped into the excavation is believed to have been the cause. Another theory is that a boy passing1 by threw a lighted match into the trench. The victims of the accident are two white men'and three colored men. They were making a connection between the G street main and a pipe that is to feed the buildings on the west side of North Capitol street opposite the new city post office. Richard Horn, foreman of the gang of laborers, who was nearest the opening in the main, was the most severely burned. His burns were about his head, face and neck and extended some dis tance down liis back. A small space on his back was almost charred. He was taken to Emergency Hospital. Physi cians consider his condition serious. His home is at 1015 3d street northeast. Arthur O'l^eary, twenty-seven years old, a caulker, is the other white victim of the accident. He resides at tit L" street northwest. His burns were con fined to hfs face, head and neck. The colored victims are John Clark, twntK-flv? years old, 812 25th street (Continued on Second Page.) BRYAN'S PLAN MEETS FAVOR BEFORE TWO COMMITTEES Nebraskan Declares That Nominee Should Be in Accord With Resolutions, and to Accomplish This Should Be Chosen First* OPPOSITION IS MANIFESTED TO OVERRIDING PRECEDENTS Senator Rayner Advocates the Innovation?Conven tion Listens to Speeches and Ad journs Until 8 P. M. CONVENTION HALL, BALTIMORE, June 2tx?When the democratic national convention met today Bryan had carried hi* contention before the committee on resolutions to defer the drafting of the platform until after the candidate for President had been nominated, and the committee on rules had agreed to the plan by a vote of 22 to 16. It was then up to the convention to decide. In the absence of any true indication as to whether the con servative or the ''progressive" win<r of the party would dominate the convention it was considered good policy to hold back the plat form in order ?to have it drawn so as to be acceptable to the conven tion's choice. Bryan's Reason for Proposition. "We do not want and must not have a perpetual debate be tween the candidate and the platform/' said Mr. Bryan in advocacy of his motion postponing action on the platform until after the nomination of the presidential candidate, and," he continued, "the only way to prevent such a result is to name your man first. In deed," he went on, "in these days the man is the platform." . The candidate, he argued, should have an opportunity to talk about the platform in advance of its making rather than to feel im pelled to talk against it afterward. Senator Clarke of Arkansas opposed the change as a reversal of all precedents, but was antagonized by Senator Rayner of Maryland, who, taking sides emphatically with Mr. Bryan, said the time had come for overthrowing undesirable precedents. When the convention met at 12:20 it was announced that the committee on credentials was unable to report, and the assemblage settled down to listen to distinguished orators of the party. The convention adjourned at 2:17 until 8 p.m. DETAILED STORY OF PROCEEDINGS AND SCENES AT CONVENTION ! CONVENTION HALL, Baltimore, McL, June 2d.?Delegates Altered slowly into the Mg hall today. With but a scattered attendance on the floor at 11:30 a hate of heat seemed to fill the bis building and give promise of a sweltering day's pro ceedings. Floor and galleries decided on neglige raiment?coats were stripped just as soon as the delegates struck the close atmosphere of the hall. Hundreds of palm-leaf fans fluttered throughout the building. Galleries and floor filled up very slowly; but the sergeant-at-arms and the police had trouble keeping the aisles clear. Warned by the disorder or Neva** yesterday, Sergeant-at-arms John L Mar. tin marshaled a squad of policemen and posted them in the galleries with orders to eject any one creating a disturbance. Some ten minutes before noon the Rt. Rev. John G. Murray of Baltimore, chaplain of the day, took his place on the platform. At 12 o'clock the galleries were less than half filled. The delegates' seats were gradually filling up, however, and the floor was in confusion. Chairman Parker had not yet appeared, but Na tional Chairman Mack was on the plat form. The heat grew more intense as the big hall filled up. At 12:21 Chairman Parker pounded his desk with the gavel and the ser geamt-at-arms, aided by the police, set out to clear the aisles. Slowly the con fusion' subsided and the convention got under way. Bishop Murray offered prayer. Prays for Patriotic Nominees. The prayer of Rt. Rev. John G. Murray was. in part, as follows: "Let not, we pray Thee, in our discus sion. the hand of pride, prejudice or pas sion come nigh to burt us, nor the foot of the ungodly to cast us down; but in the expression of Thy great love for this peo ple which Thou hast raised up and made mighty among the nations of the earth, wilt Thou so control the mind and direct the will of this body that all its delibera tions shall make for the more abundant life of the gospel of prosperity and pea? in our every social, civic and economic relationship and sphere. And wilt Thnu grant that upon whomsoever the presi dential and vice presidential nomination mantles of this convention?shall fall, may they be patriotic. God-fearing and Con serving men of personal purity and pubMo virtue: so that by our final acUon we shall not only serve our partly but also honor our country and supremely glorify Thee, our Governor and our God." Opportunity for the Orators. When the prayer was finished Gov. Blanchard of Louisiana reported that the credentials committee would not be ready to report until 8 p.m. He said he would not make a motion to adjourn until that time, however, as he was sure the dele gates would like "a little oratory." Former Gov. Joseph W. Folk of Mis souri was introduced as the first speaker. "The nominee of thi? convention will bo the next President of the United States." said Folk. He eulogised Bryan at length. flwi 4iwy Am* Sen? a?"T??a jtcmucor Kisbcr*^ The delegates grew restless in the course at Folk's speech, and Chairman Parker was forced to admonish them to be quiet. Folk's speech was very brief, and Senator Rayner of Maryland was called on. He also predicted success for the demo cratic nominee, snd discussed the division FIRST BASE BALL GAME TODAY. 1S 348S7SS Washington .| Battery?Groom and Henry. ? Boston Battery?O'Brien and Carrigan. * ? i i.'S 41.1