The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-01-05
FOR A RUCTION
AMONG DEMOCRATS
National Committee Meeting VIII
BE Lively According to-
WOOdson.
TWO BITTER CONTESTS ON
The tennessee and PennSNl-
vania Memberships at Stake
Partlsans Angry.

There are likely to be some ructions
when the Democratic national committee
meets in Washington on next Monday
Urey Woodson. Democratic national
committeeman from krntnckv. who Is
at the Imperial on his way to the capital
intimated as much yesterday, and MIR.
Woodson lives next door neighbor to
one of the States where trouble is brew
ing. Tennessee il where people are fight
ing mad over the question of COM
mitteoman TO represent the state. and
Pennsylvania, though somewhat calmer
and the Democratic vote not counting so
much has been doing little in the boil
ing line itself
The contests in these two States have
been very bitter" said Mr.. Woodson
In Tennessee it's this wav. Mount
castle was elected to the national com
mittce four years ago and is Of course
sti!l member. Ills place il being con
tested 10y John J. Ncrtrees a bg lawyer
Of Nashville. who. bv the wav. defended
BalllnSrr. Mountcastlc is also "A LAWYER.
lu I"un"ssc- the Democrats are split
up over prohibition and the killing Of
tirmicharl In the contest that was
he outcome Mountcastle was one of those
who fused with the Republicans and
helped elect Republican Governor.
In fact ne presided over the convention
that nominated Hooper.
well. the Democratic convention de-
cIarrd his place on the national commit
tee vacant and elected Nertrees to take
hiH place. and they say that about the
whole of Tennessee IL coming on to Wash
ington to see the contest fought ont to "a
finish
likewise IN Pennsylvania col J. VI
Gui"y- seat l. under contest again. In
1906 when We went To Denver. there was
a contest and tn" ant-tiuiey crowd was
sufficiently strong To put IN James Kerr
- national committeeman. In few
months Kerr died and the Pennsvlv ania
state central committee. under the au-
,horitv vested in II 10y the Democrat iC
national COnN rntiOn. elected Guh"y a.
korr'- suCCessor. In the suD-rQuent
S'ste campaign many Of the Democrats
fused with the keystone party and tn"
tiuf"v wing, refusing to So anal gamhto
there We're thre" tickets in the field CUT
ievs = running third. Thos" Democrats
VINO had united with the keyston" party
said they would have won ii GufT.v hal
not held ont aud tn. State central COM
mite" met a -aln and undertook Ia throw
ont Gun-y and put III Congressman \.
Mitchell Palmer as national committee
man
The meeting on Monday will he the
first of the national committee since soon
after The Campai Cn of lSs and those con
srsts are going to prov" difficult 10 settle.
The other business before the committee
will be asid" rom selecting the place
for tn. next national convention, to APP
point " subcommittee of seven To run
IA. convention and this will name tenn
porary prc- iding officer and appoint hum
dr"d- of mon TO various positions in tn"
convention
As for the situation in Kentucky. We
are much split mp Harmon and Wilson
both have warm friends the Congresoiona
delegation is for Champ CLARK. and Tn
d"rwood when he cam" out To speak in
our campaign made wonderful inn
preston Thai is about a. near as | can
size II up. Frankly | am in the dark A.
Ia what Kentucky will do. Clark and
Underwood you know. are both native
kentuCk ians
"Ollia James is out home waiting to hc
elected United States senator which will
be done in about ten days, for the Demo-
Gratis hav. an overwhelming maority of
tn" Legislature on Ioint ballot some
thing like 100 out Of las