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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1912
Page
7
The piece portrays Baltimore's Democratic delegates and leaders anxious to avoid conflict while seeking patronage after the convention. It notes talk of warlike rumors, party harmony as a valued aim, and the looming March 4 payroll stakes as Taft's future clears.
Reporters describe a flurry of pro party maneuvering as Hearst Murphy Bryan edge toward a unified progressive Democratic nomination. Rumors of Clark Wilson Bryan alignment swirl amid convention tensions and late Baltimore developments.
In Baltimore June 24, Bryan likely shapes most platform planks including income tax direct election of Senators and primaries. A tariff for revenue stance will condemn vetoes and push downward revision while opposing nationwide recall and initiative. The party favors rapid tariff cuts and strong resolution unity on policy.
Former Missouri governor Folk urged a progressive path for the Democratic party warning against reactionary leadership. Mrs Bryan and daughter hosted at Nebraska headquarters while Chicago and Birmingham contingents arrived with campaign bands, hats, and a rooster mascot. A minstrel serenade for William Jennings Bryan interrupted by J H Mering, Bryan League treasurer, sang of voting for Bryan.
The June 4 Baltimore demonstration will feature six floats showing states granting women the vote, with laurel wreaths. Behind them march Maryland's Just Government League members in shackles as about 500 to 1000 participants join the event.
Former Judge Alton B. Parker of New York won 31 votes as temporary chairman over Ollie James and O Gorman at the Democratic national committee. The selection triggered protests from Bryan faction and Clark supporters, with a planned floor fight likely tomorrow.
The national committee votes on the temporary chair and then begins considering contested delegates. Subcommittees are formed to study various contests with the Illinois delegation led by Chicago Mayor Harrison at the largest hearing.
Governor Woodrow Wilson at Sea Girt declares he has no personal bias against Judge Parker and would support any real progressive as temporary chairman. He says the convention should be led by a progressive and will stay at his Sea Girt headquarters tonight.
In Baltimore on June 24 Colonel James M. Guffey, longtime Pennsylvania Democratic leader, was ousted from the Democratic national committee. The Pennsylvania delegation elected Congressman A Mitchell Palmer, a progressive, to replace him. They also adopted a resolution 59 to 4 urging the national committee not to name Judge Alton B. Parker as temporary convention chairman, while offering no preference.
June 24 Baltimore. An effort to break the unit rule in the Illinois delegation, linked to William J. Bryan's campaign and Judge Parker's temporary chairmanship, failed in a caucus. George W. Fithian moved to absolve Illinois from the rule. the motion was ruled out of order and defeated on appeal by a large majority.
The national committee after half an hour of deliberation seated the entire contested Roger Sullivan delegation from Illinois. Twenty six seats were involved in the decision. The ruling leaves the presidential contest unchanged with Champ Clark supporters among all delegates.
Baltimore reports Thomas E. Watson III veteran Populist candidate and delegate-at-large ill with pneumonia poisoning at his home in the South after promising to lock horns with Bryan.
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