The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1912-06-29
WITH THE ! HOSTS
OF DEMOCRACY
Uncle Sans Batt|eshlps Honor
the Parry Gathering.
NATIONAL COMMITTEE CHANGES

Two Birds Of Democracy, the Rooster
and the EagIe-A Politician With a
Poetic Alias and Practical Job-A
Naval Object Lesson.
BY ARTHUR w. DUNN.
Baltimore, June 2S.-ISpecial. 1.-The
rooster is coming into his own In Bal
timore. Democrats of Howard county,
adjoining the city, have brought $50
gamecocks to town for display in a
huge cage In the street In front Of the
Belvidere hotel, headquarters Of the
national committee. Be It known for
the benefit Of those who are accus-
toned to the Democratic donkey that
the rooster was the original emblem
Of the party. IF you remember the
Tilden campaign you will remember
the rooster" said Committeeman Wood
Of Michigan. IN those days every
newspaper carried the rooster as a
character In its type fonts"
eagles Gathered Tossthsr.s
The Eagles scream at this conven-
ton. Among the big men of this fra
ternal order to be seen in the armory
and hotel corridors are John j. Fitz-
gerald, who heads the Rhode Island
delegation; Homer 8. Cummings, ma.
tional committeeman and delegate at
large from Connecticut; big Tim" Sui
Ivan Of New York. John J. Kennedy
Of Buffalo. William J. Brennan and
John O'Toole, delegates from Alleghe-
ny county, Pa; Thomas ]. Cogan and
Edward J. Moore. delegates at large
from. Ohio. and Theodore A. Bell Of
California.
Baltimore will boast of having the
first entirely hreproof convention hall,
because everything used In the decora-
ton Is made Of 6reproof material.
Battlsships In Attendance.
The Democratic national convention
has In view of the great assembly
hall four of the greatest battleships In
the United States navy-namely, the
Louisiana, the Kansas, the South Car
DINA and the New Hampshire. The
Baltimore authorities some time ago,
in view Of the convention, asked the
secretary Of the navy to send some
ships to the harbor. Mr.. Meyer, who
is strong for object lessons on public
questions, agreed at once and selected
the great ships to ATTEND the conven-
ton" No such delegates have ever
gone to a convention to illustrate
big question of naval policy as the
splendid warships which will be on
hand to plead their own cause with
the Democracy. 1t is something Of an
innovation. too. In national policies to
order warships to national conven-
ton. The same provision would prob
ably have been made for Chicago had
there been sufficient water in the st.
Lawrence river.
Retiring Committeeman.
Many Of the national committeeman
who surrender their positions at the
close of this convention are among the
most prominent political leaders in the
country. They have been on the COM
mittee decade or more. some of them
as long as twenty years. This year
about two-thirds Of the members of
the committee will retain their places.
There will be new committeeman
from Arkansas to take the place of
Guy B. Tucker, one from California
to succeed Nathan Cole, Jr., and one
from Colorado to succeed Alva Adams.
These men have been on the commit
tee number Of years. Roger Sullivan
Of Illinois, who is one Of the best
known political leaders In the party,
will no longer be national commit.
teeman. Four years ago Sullivan want.
ed to get away from the committee.
His business interests in Chicago are
Of such magnitude that he cannot af.
ford to give the time required Of him
to the duties Of a national committee.
man. He will be succeeded by Charles
Boeschenstein.
Urey WOodson. who has been a mem.
Der Of the committee for sixteen years
and eight years its secretary, will be
succeeded by John G. @. Mayo, consid.
cred the wealthiest man In Kentucky.
There was hot battle waged by the
Kentucky state convention In the Sc
lection Of a national committeeman,
and when the votes were counted Urey
had lost.
Colonel J. M. Guffey, the war horse
Of Democracy, will not be on the COM
mittee after this year. When the com.
mittee met In Washington last January
to decide on the place for the national
convention efforts were then made by
an anti-Guffey faction of Pennsylvania
to GUST Colonel Guffey from the com.
mittee, but they failed. However, he
will now be succeeded by A. Mitchell
Palmer.
Reilly's No Poet.
James Whitcomb Reilly, Chairman
Mack's secretary. has his usual expert
ence Of explaining to new acQuaint-
ances that his calling Is politics. not
poetry. Any one familiar with the
characteristics Of both would say at a
glance that Mr.. Reilly was at least 100
pounds too heavy for poet and tip
ped the beam at almost the ideal
weight for politician. He has lost
several pounds. though. during tn
strenuous days In which he has been