PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 478, 29 June 1912, Page 5

PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN.

- - A "DARK HORSE" PROBABLE. By Telegraph.—Press A.ReociaUoii.-<-Co»}TlK&t Baltimore, Wednesday. The Democratic contest is becoming more and more confused. It now appears that the Nl\v York delegation is forcing Mayor Gaynor'a name to the forerfont. Brayn's frienda are anxious to induce him to accept candidature. Mr Champ Clark appears the stronEest candidate, but Iho general belief is that a "dark horse" will appear at the last moment. In proposing Mr J. W. Kern, Democratic nominee for the VicePresidency in 1908, as chairman of the Democratic Convention, Mr VV. J. Bryan said that the country was waiting to hear whether the Convention would follow the Chicago Republican Convention in listening to the voice of predatory wealth. The same interest which converted the Chicago Convention into a farce was, he said, even more brasenly working at Baltimore. Mr Kern appealed to Judge Parker to co-operate in selecting a compromise chairman, or otherwise, he said, Mr Bryan would contest the position. Judge Parker, who was elected by 579 votes to Mr Bryan's 50G, returned thanks for his election as temporary chairman. He was congratulating the meeting on its superior orderliness, BB compared with the Chicago Convention, when an unexpected uproar abruptly terminated the sitting. In view of the two-thirds majority required for nomination, it is significant that neither Judge Parker nor Mr Bryan controls the Convention. Mr Roosevelt's agents in Baltimore am seeking to induce Mr Bryan, in the event of hi*B defeat, to join forces with the Rooseveltiana. Hence the Conservative are confronted with the necessity of conciliating the Radicals.