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Show It i& Politics and Things & W l ILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN played tho best game of poll- H i tics in his career at Baltimore, H ' coaching the runner around the bases H until he roosted at third and then H sending him over tho plate on a sac- H riflce hit that was too hot for the H fielders to handle. It was due to Bry- H an's mastery that Woodrow Wilson HL was nominated by the Democrats for B President. Tho Now Jersey man HI started poorly, with Champ Clark far V in the lead and increasing it through i every round. The talent was about H to givo it to the lioun' dawg candU K date on pdints when Bryan toolc tho H platform and skilfully maneuvered the i Missourlan out of the race. The first m Bryan feature was pulled off on the H contest over the temporary chairman. m ship. Clark's forces alliod themselves V v ' ' uo Now York delegation and m tr 'as the first slip which after- H .-i j proved fatal, for had Clark B voted his strength against Parker ho H would have been fighting with Bryan B for fair division of the majority of B the delegates. H After Clark's men had made a tacit m agreement with Murphy and Hyan H and Belmont and Morgan, this gave B Bryan the opening that he was no H doubt looking for. He presented a re- H markable resolution, wmen practically H read the "privileged class" out of the B party and put the Clark forces on H tho defensive when tne convention H overwhelmingly voted with tho Ne- H braskan on this point. Bryan had H gono into the convention with surfac H indications of support ror bom WU- H son and Clark against all the other H candidates. Then he forsook Clark H for Wilson at tho right moment With H New York's ninoty votes in a rldlcu- H lous position, Bryan flouted tho Tani- H manyites and moneyed men, gaining H popularity all the time and maneuver- H Ing Wilson into a better position. Hj Among Ed Loose's philosophy of life Hi we find this: "Many a good man Hj has lost by being maneuvered out of H position." That was Clark's situation H at Baltimore. He got away ahead of H the field, but lost the pole in the home H stretch and couldn't regain his stride. H Thomas R. Marshall of Indiana was H named for vice-president. H No one will analyze tne proceedings Hj at Baltimore without giving to ryan Hj tho full share of credit for having the fl, convention in tho palm of his hand all H the time. Ho was the master. Ne'ver Hjj before was one-man control so thor- Hjj oughly demonstrated. He started in H with a fight, received a uoatlng that HlJ seemed to have been deserved anA HJ- then turned this defeat into capital iH for himself and got away with it while Hf the other fellows wore congratulating 1 themselves on the manner in which H they put the Peerless Leader out of H the running. H j It took forty-six ballots to decide, H ; but before that ballot was reached H Wilson had gained over Clark and WM finally New York's delegation turned Hjl from Clark to the New Jersey candl- H date. Bryta had intimated that he would not support any candidate whi was nominated by the New York votes which ho regarded as tainted. Wilson, Wil-son, however, was named, despite rather than because of the New York votes He didn't need tliem. Col. George Harvey discovered Woodrow Wilson. Tho colonel was spurned in a cold-blooded way and was told by Wilson that his support was injurious. Would Wilson say the same to Taggart of Indiana and Sullivan Sulli-van of Illinois, who really started the Stampede for him? And will he do the same to Bryan that he did to Harvey? The national Progressive convention conven-tion will be held at Chicago In August Au-gust upon call of the provisional committee com-mittee in charge of Colonel Roosevelt's Roose-velt's campaign. It is likely that tho coliseum will be selected. The colonel colo-nel is to go ahead with his campaign and he issues the following statement: state-ment: Before I left Chicago, and again at Oyster Bay when Comptroller Pren-dergast Pren-dergast of New York came out to see me, I stated that the third party movement move-ment and my candidacy would not be in any way affected by the outcome at Baltimore. I never go Into a fight on a contingent basis. I shall, of course, continue to stand for the progressive nomination. I have juat been going over with Senator Dixon the call which is about to be issued by the provisional pro-visional committee for the progressive progres-sive national convention. To my mind what has gone on in Baltimore for the past ten days has shown tho utterly irreconcilable nature na-ture of the elements within the Democratic Demo-cratic party, elements so irreconcilable irreconcil-able as to make it hopeless to expect from them any prominent reform movement along constructive lines. It has also shown that any nomination obtained at Baltimore could after ah be obtained only by the support of men like Mr. Taggart In Indiana and Mr. Sullivan in Illinois, and the success of the candidate at the polls without legard to his personality, would be conditioned not only upon the hearty support of Mr. Taggart and Mr. Sullivan Sulli-van and their colleagues and representatives repre-sentatives in every state from New York to Colorado, but would also be conditioned upon these men succeeding succeed-ing and carrying their several state tickets and in perpetuating themselves In control of the Democratic party. Under these conditions I feel that the events at Chicago prove tho abso lute need of a new, nation-wide, non-seotional non-seotional party which shall in good faith stand for the interests of the people as a whole, and shall in far-reaching far-reaching fashion alike in the nation and the several states, take the lead in the movement for social, political and industrial justice, a movement which must include a broad, conservative conserva-tive governmental policy which shall look to both the present-day economic needs of our people as a whole and the necessity for the fullest possible commercial development at home and abroad. The brave lad who Invented the "sober second thought" idea is on-titled on-titled to a leather medal. Salt Lake Democrats celebrated the victory of Wilson with a street demonstration dem-onstration Tuesday night. On Main street there were banners and a band and fire-eating orators like O. W. Powers, S. R Thurman and others who regaled a large crowd with what they expect the Democrats to do t'hls fall. W. S. Hall of Garland, Box Elder county, is the latest aspirant for the Republican nomination for state treasurer. treas-urer. "It is different for a lawyer to defend de-fend a criminal after the crime than to conspire with a criminal before the crime," says Bryan when asked if he will support the nominee of the Baltimore Bal-timore convention if that nominee gets the New York votes. How perfectly per-fectly clear it is! Joe Sharp is out for a third term as sheriff and will make a great race for the nomination on the Republican ticket. t And when Mr. Bryan, standing before be-fore the champions of the plutocracy, hurls his gauntlet Into their faces, our sense of humor deserts us utterly and Ave yearn to pin a huge bouquet upon the Nebraskan for his magnificent courage. Anyhow, the Ananias club hasn't had many recruits from the Repub llcan party while the boys were busy at Baltimore. George Wingfield of Goldfield, who was appointed United States -senator to succeed tho late Senator Nixon, has declined the proffered honor, ox-plaining ox-plaining that he is too busy developing develop-ing his state to spend much time outside out-side of its borders. Mr. Wingfield is head of tho Goldfield Consolidated mine and is interested in a groat number num-ber of other industries. The Nevada senatorship has been offered to former Chief Justice Massoy by Governor Oddle and it is likely he will qualify. Mrs. Margaret Zane Witcher has returned re-turned from the east and is back at work In the county clerk's office, over which she has presided for nearly four years. Mrs. Witcher is making a strong race for nomination as state treasurer and is causing some of the sterner sex a great deal of concern. Tho Governor Spry club held a meeting meet-ing Wednesday night. The club ha? opened headquarters In the Atlas block and will be one of the busiest organizations or-ganizations throughout tho campaign William Glasmann, a factor in We her county politics, is still running Roosevelt for prosldont and Hiram Johnson of California for vlco-presv dont on a Progressive ticket Governor Spry is back in Utah, ready to resume his campaign for re-nomlnatlon. |