The Detroit times., 1912-05-08
HENDERSON AND BURNS
TALKED OF FOR DELEGATES
May Be Selected To Represent
First District ir the Bal
timore Convention

Former Sheriff James ID. Burns and
attorney Edwin Henderson will prob
ably go 10 the Democratic national
convention I'm Baltimore as delegates
from the First congressional district.
mere Will be two alternates, and II
the Wayne county leaders OF the
democracy are able to carry their
point there will also be a Wayne
county man, sent as one OF the two
delegates from the Sixth district, and
at least one Wayne county man
among the six delegates at-large. -Four
delegates and four ,alternates, it is
Claimed, are really less than Wayne
county deserves and should get.
IL has been pointed out in informal
conferences OF Democratic leaders
/ that the growth in population that en-
| Titled Michigan TO an additional con-
gresham and incidentally TO six in
stead OF four delegates-at-large TO the
national convention was largely in the
city OF Detroit and that there are real
ly enough people now in Wayne coun-
ty for two congressional districts.
Yet candidates for delegate-at-large
have been springing up on every
hand out in the state, as many as
nine having been mentioned already,
including National Committeeman r.
o. Wood, OF Flint; State Chairman
Shields and f. F. Rowe, OF Kalamazoo,
without any consideration being given
up to date for a Wayne county can
didaey.
Democratic County Chairman Frank
d. Eaman said that the Wayne coun-
ty Democrats were not disposed to
make any trouble. but that the .situa-
tfon had been talked over very fully
here and that the course of events
in the state convention would be
carefully watched.
In the Sixth district, the Wayne
county men claim the right to name
one of the two district delegates. both
by reason of the custom OF rotation
among the counties and because OF
this county's heavy proportion OF the
Sixth districts population. Four years
ago, Genesee and lngham counties
named the two district delegates, and
eight years ago 1t was Ingham and
Oakland.
Wayne county with 214 delegates"
said MIR. Eaman, forms about one
sixth of the state convention and on
this basis, which is figured on voting
strength, We would really be entitled
to one-sixth of the 80 delegates sent
TO the national convention, which
would be five delegates. But we will
.expfets 10 get four
4ih0ng fhe men VINO nave been
mentioned for district delegate from
the Sixth district are Richard Bar
ron, of Howell Harris Thomas, OF
Lansing. and James Lynch, of Pom
tiac.
Mayor Wm B. Thompson has been
spoken of as possible Wayne coun-
ty candidate for delegate-at-large
Judge VIM. f. Connolly has also been
spoken of but is said to have stated
that he is not candidate.
The Democrats differ from the Re-
publicans in the matter of eleeting
district delegates TO the national con-
vention. While i'm the Republican par
" district conventions are held i'll the
respective districts land elect their
delegates independently of the state
convention, the Democrats make the
state their unit instead of the district.
With the Democrats, district delegates
are named the day of the state con-
vention in district caucuses held In
the convtntion city, and the district
delegates are bound by the same in
structions that the state convenlon
gives the delegates-at-large.