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Show Clark and Wilson Forces Test Ingenuity With Mottoes Baltimore, June 24. Ingenuity of the campaign managers of tho Democratic Demo-cratic presidential aspirants is being put to the test to find some novel way to advertise their particular hero of the hour. Almost from tho start of the Baltimore Bal-timore convention the Wilson hatbands hat-bands became popular. They bore the alliterative motto, "Win with Wilson." Tho Clark managers profited by the example and got out hat bands with the words "Champ Clark" in big red letters. Not only that, but the Missouri Mis-souri advertisers went further. They got out a specialty for women. These were In reality "Champ Clark" hat bands with several inches length added add-ed so as to make them suitable for sashes. The Wilson forces secured a spa-clous spa-clous banquet hall extending the en- t tire width of tho hotol lu which m -ntertaln tho visiting delegations. They retained an octet to chirp for the Wilson songs. Tho lateBt addition addi-tion to tho decorations of tho room was a hand-written copy of tho "You are right' 'telegram of Governor Wilson Wil-son to William Jennings Bryan last week. Tho handwriting was after tho style of tho governor aud was spread over a sheet of paper ton feot long. The Clark forces havo hired a "rest room" for similar accommodation of their frlonds Havo "Houn' Dawg." This hall In across Baltimore street and visitors are attracted to It principally prin-cipally by a big electric "houn' dawg" that blinks its eyes and wags Its tall at frlondly delegates. They have another an-other "houn' dawg" in town that barks This one was sent to tho Clark headquarters by Richard McKlndleas, chief clerk of tho criminal court of Baltimore. Tho Marshall boomers, with keen scouts for hot weather, ronted a roof garden for admirers of the Indiana man. Tho Harmon loaders had a reception room just opposite the Wilson room. Shortly after the lithograph contost consisting of attempting to piaster the hotel from cellar to -roof with presidential pictures started, the Clark friends hung ln the hotel lobby a largo likeness of the speaker and nailed on the frame the question. "Don't ho look like a president?" This morning someono fnstened on It a sheet of paper bearing the reply "He do not." The cutting thing about It was that tho sheet was tacked on with a Wilson button. Women Will Parade. The rhalry of the presidential candidates can-didates promises to bo forgotten for the moment tomorrow night when in the sort of lull before the battle tho women suffragists will make a big demonstration. Women on six floats, representing the six states wheio women have the right to vote, will wear laurel wreaths Behind them will trudgo members of the Just Government Gov-ernment League of Maryland In shackles Probably from 700 to 1,000 persons will participate Attention Is being given to Johnstone John-stone Vance, who will attend the convention con-vention as the alternate for Joso.)h M Halloran of Connecticut. It "is said that Vance will be the youngest dolegato in the convention Ho is 21 years of age. Toh arrival of the Alabama delegation dele-gation with Underwood banners flying gave renewed a Igor to the Underwood campaign Nearly 500 supporters of Governor Harmon, deaded by George S. Long, the governor's secretary, arrived today. to-day. Harmon headquarters at once took on new life. Statements were Issued by the pross bureau reciting instances when Mr Bryan had made complimentary references ref-erences in his speeches to Harmon. tho first to tender tho Nebraskan this honor. Some professed to seo In tho importance im-portance Mr. Bryan attaches to this fight a purpose to Boek tho nomination nomina-tion himself and test his strength at the outsot of tho convention deliberations delibera-tions On this subject, however, Mr Bryan has been silent since his arrival. arri-val. His most noteworthy declaration declara-tion rogardlng candidates, has boon that Clark and Wilson were the "leading "lead-ing candidates." Hold State Caucuses. Next in importance to the meeting of the national committee will he the stato caucuses. Some of these will bo held on trains approaching Baltimore. Others will be held ln tho stato headquarters head-quarters already established hero. Those states where now national committeemen havo not been chosen by tho primaries will fill this office in their party organization. One of tho most important caucuses will bo that of tho New York delegation at state headquarters In a hotel here. Whllo the New York progressives assert as-sert they have from fifteen to twenty votos among tho ninety the stato will cast in the convention, no question has been raised about the binding force of the unit nilo Upon tho fact that Norman E. Mack, tho New York member of tho national committee, supported Judgo Parker for the temporary tem-porary chairmanship, the Clark men base their hope that New York's ninety nine-ty votes would be cast for their candidates can-didates Of tho other pivotal states Illinois and Indiana the delegates from tho former may discuss at their caucuses in what direction, If an5', they shall swing if the voting goes beyond the first ballot and they think themselves released from thejr Instructions for Clark. The Indiana delegates, Instructed In-structed for Marshall, also may decide de-cide upon a second choice. Convention hall tickets will bo distributed dis-tributed todav. Each delegate will receive re-ceive three in addition to his own seat and each alternate one Many Delegates Arrive. Trainloads of delegates began to ar-rho ar-rho at daylight and the street leading lead-ing from tho railroad stations to the hotels were gay with flaming banners and reverbrant with the music of many bands |