East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-10-29
ENTHUSIASTIC FOR
WILSON DAY RALLY

Chicago. Oct. 29.-william f. Nc
Combs, chairman of the democratic
national committee, is hearing from
democrats all over the United States
who want to get information to as
sist them in planning for the national
celebration OF Wilson and Marshall
Day on, saturday afternoon and even
ing, November the second.
II is Mr. McCombs' idea to make
this a great national celebration in
which the state and county demo
cratic organizations throughout the
country shall participate. Hundreds
OF kilograms and letters are pouring
into democratic national headquarters
asking for suggestions and informa.
ton regarding the celebration.
1t is Mr.. McCombs plan that every
| state and county chairman shall ar
range for the celebration of Wilson
and Marshall day. From the way
letters and inquiries are pouring into
national headquarters II appears thai
his expectation will be realized. Their,
has been tremendous response {
the announcement that Wilson anC
Marshall Day would be celebrated or
November 2, and the democratic Of
ticials have taken up the matter en-,
Enthusiastically.
Many requests have come to ma
tional headquarters for specia
message from Governor Wilson, which
is to be sent out on that day and reaC
at all the gatherings. The letters
want to know what the general ton,
of the message will be. how man!
words 1t will contain. when they ar,
TO receive it, etc.
The national committeeman an,
state chairmen of the various state
have notified the county chairmel
and precinct leaders to arrange thei
celebrations in any way they thinl
proper 1t is these local leaders VIII,
have flooded national headquarter
with inquiries and requests for infor
nation. They want suggestions, in
structions, or anything that will he'll
them make the day a big success.
From Virginia comes a statemen
! from a county chairman that he ha
arranged to bring together at hi
county seat between $4,000 and 80,
600 people for a great barbecue.
county chairman in Kentucky has ad
vertised for every democrat who own
a mule to get busy and bring in a
many people as sing.e mule or mul
team can haul. This chairman write
that arrangements will be made 10
four or six-mule teams in parts of hi
county.
Another enterprising leader fror
Maine has written to national head
quarters that he has whole TOWNSHIP
at work collecting firewood and tina
he proposes to light the biggest bon
fire ever seen in the state of Maine
on the night of November 2. Thi
chairman states that Governor viii
sons message will be read to the as
sembled crowds by the light of thi
big blaze. In the agricultural dis
tricts of the west Wilson day is to b
a sort of harvest day. In those 10
calities where bumper crops have bee
harvested the democrats and indie
pendents are in a happy mood, an
are planning 20 combine their politi
cal enthusiasm in a general feast da
in many of the cities and large town.
In many localities where up to tn
present little activity has been show
the celebration of Wilson and Mar
shall day has been taken up with en-
thusiasm ana the celebration is to b
made the biggest event of the cam
paign. Information from these sec
tions is to the effect that the novelt
of this celebration has caught tn
popular imagination and has arouse
great political enthusiasm Th
speakers bureau at national head
quarters has been overwhelmed wit
applications from many states TO
speakers of national reputation 70
the afternoon and evening of Wilsor
and Marshall day. The leaders ex
pect the biggest crowds assembled a
any time during the campaign oil
that occasion.
The women of the country are al
so going to take very active par
in the Wilson day celebration. In al
states they are cooperating with stat
chairmen and arranging for demon
! strations In the towns where after
noon and evenig parades are to TAX,
place the women will march with thu
men; and in the big meetings in sew
| eral places they are to have their owl
speakers, who will speak from thu
same platform with the men. Man!
letters have asked that William Jen
nings Bryan and Speaker Clark anC
others, be assigned to their localities
to. address the gatherings on Wilson
and Marshall Day.