THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 310, 27 June 1912, Page 5

THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. New York, June 25. The voting for the chairmanship of the Democratic Convention was:—Judge Parker 679, W. J. Bryan 506. FURTHER DISTURBANCES. Received 26, 10.50 p.m. Baltimore, June 26. Mr. Bryan, when proposing Mr. J. W. Kern as chairman of the Democratic Convention, said that the country was waiting to hear whether the Convention wcruld follow the Chicago Convention in listening to the voice of predatory wealth. The same interests which converted the Chicago Convention into a farce were more brazenly working in Baltimore. Mr. Kern appealed to Judge Parker to co-operate in selecting a compromise chairman; otherwise Mr. Bryan would contest it. Judge' Parker returned thanks for nis election as temporary chairman. He was congratulating the meeting on its superior orderliness over that in Chicago when em uproar abruptly terminated the sitting. In view of a two-thirds majority being required for the nomination, it" is significant that neither Judge Parker nor Mr. Bryan controls the Convention. Mr. Roosevelt's agents in Baltimore are seeking to induce Mr. Bryan, in the event of his defeat, to join forces with ftoosevelt; hence the conservatives are confronted with the necessity of conciliating the Radicals. Another report states that Mr. Champ Clarke is now favored as the Demo- ■ cratic candidate for the Presidency.