July 3rd, 1912
I just returned from Baltimore for the Democratic Convention. President Taft will be running against Governor Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey, more on him below. This was quite the battle between Wilson, Champ Clark and Oscar Underwood.
To win the Democratic nomination a candidate needs two-thirds of the delegates, something Clark was not able to do as the early leader. It took 46 ballots to determine who their nominee was going to be. It probably would have taken longer if Underwood had not released his delegates for Wilson. Shortly after Thomas R. Marshall was named his vice presidential nominee.
Woodrow Wilson is the former president of Princeton University and the current governor on New Jersey. If he is nominated, many will suffer. This is obvious because of his contempt for the tariff that has brought our country so much prosperity. Despite taking so long to nominate a candidate, the Democrats looked more organized this year and pose a risk to the reelection of President Taft.
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