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Show CHAMP CLARK NAMED By OLD LIJEAOEIS1 McAdoo Thought to Have Inside In-side Track and Enemies Con spire to Defeat Him. OPPONENTS HOPE TO ENLIST BRYAN'S AID Efforts Being Made By Democratic Demo-cratic Standpatters to Get in Touch. SAN KRA.VCISC' . June 3f Seemingly Seem-ingly in agrcem-nt (hat Wftliam O. McAdoo has the inside tracU on the Democratic presidential nomination tonight, attempts Were ':. made within the inner circle of old-line. Democratic part leaders to prevent j his selection by the convention. The i plan Includes prominent consideration, of Champ dark, former speaker of( te house of rc pi esentatn es. a a can-J didote. It was understood that efforts were being made to get In touch with Mr Clark lo barn ii h" would n epi th nomination If tendered, and thatj among Ihose whom the combination would hope to enlist in its support Is' William Jenniun Bryan, vvbo encompassed encom-passed the defeat of Clark at Ualtt-more Ualtt-more In 191 1 ufter a majority had! vutfil for him, and forced the nomination nomina-tion of W'O'.idrow Wilson. Bryan'l acknowledged veto power j over any candidate, through the oper-1 atlon of the rule which requires two-thirds two-thirds of the deb Rates for a nomination, nomina-tion, made hla support u factor sought by the plnnk mnn.iKer !onfei ences anions Ihe old-line leaders were going1 on actively Immediate! after today s session of the convention, and the.v made It plain In their private expressions expres-sions that thev were KOinn to any possible pos-sible length, to heat McAdoo. nn |