The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-06
DEMOCRATS TO
MEET IN WEST
Convention City to be Determined
at Jackson Day Banquet :
Next Week
CHICAGO WILL BE FAVORED
Party Leaders Gather in Wash
ington to Attend Meet
Brilliant Array Of Speakers Named,
Including Rival Candidates for
Nomination.

| Washington, d. c., Jan. 6-St. Louis
Kansas city. Chicago. Denver, BaIti-
more, New York-where shah the ma =
tional convention of the Democratic
party be be held next summer? This
is the leading question TO be considered
land acted upon by the Democratic ma
tional committee at it's meeting In this
lefty Monday. Many members OF the
national committee. together with nu-
merous other Democrats OF wide prom
inence. arrived in the capital today in
anticipation of the meeting of the COM
mittee and the banquet To be held at
the Raleigh Hotel Monday night in
memory OF the patron saint of Demo-
cracy, Andrew Jackson.
The speakers at the banquet will in
elude a number of the most promi-
nent Democrats in the country. several
of them candidates for the presiden-
tial nomination. The list is as fol-
lows Senator James A. O,Gorman of
New York. postmaster: Norman L.
Mack, chairman of the Democratic ma
4
Alton b. Parker of New York Will
liam r. Hearst of New York, Governor
Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey, Sena-
tor Robert l.. Taylor of Tennessee,
Governor Baldwin of Connecticut Will
liam j. Bryan of Nebraska. former
Governor Joseph w. Folk of Missouri,
Senator Francis c. Newlands Of Ne
vada, Governor Thomas r. Marshall of
Indiana, Senator Pomerene of Ohio,
and Representative James T. Lloyd of
Missouri.
Politics Enter Into choiee.
The choice of the party for con-
.vention city promises to be brimful
of politics. The contest for the Dem
ocratic nomination betweenI recogn-
lied representatives of the conserva-
tive and progressive wings of the party
makes the choice of the convention city
one of the main factors to be consid-
cred by the national committee
II it We're a foregone conclusion that
any certain candidate would be nomi-
mated by the Democrats. it would not
matter much where the convention
was held. AS the situation stands,
however. the choice of convention
city may have a most important bear
ing on the nomination
The first matter to be determined is
whether the convention shall be held
in the East or the West No Demo-
cratic candidate for President has been
t,a, ,oI f,,
and many of the party leaders believe
l. would be poor politics to take the
gathering away from the West at this
time.
Many influential Democrats are more
than half inclined TO believe that the
convention win go to Chicago. They
predict that if it does not IL will go
as far west as Kansas City or Denver.
The claims of St. Louis, which is well
able to take care of the convention,
will receive consideration.
Eastern Cities After Honor.
New York apparently is in earnest in
her desire to secure the convention. but
If the gathering is held in the East II
is believed that Baltimore will get the
prize. The Maryland city was the
first to put i'm bid and has been con-
Quoting a hard campaign for nearly a
year If the Democrats are supersti-
tious and believe in luck they certain
~ will hold their convention i'm Balti-
more, for Baltimore and Democracy
have four times proved a winner. which
Is more than can be said of Chicago,
st. Louis, Kansas City or Denver.
Chicago would be regarded as neutral
ground for the convention. The Sc
lection of New York on the other hand. |
would, in the opinion of many Demo-
Gratis. give the nomination too much |
of a Tammany taint. Denver as the |
city would give the pro-
gressives an advantage over the con-
servatives The selection OF st. Louis |
or Kansas City might possibly be con-
strued as an advantage for Champ
Clark or Joseph w. Folk, but the pos
sibility is so remote that IL is not
likely to interfere with the chances OF
either city.
Other Factors.
Politically speaking. Baltimore may |
be regarded as favoring Harmon for |