The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1912-07-12
New York Lawyer May Be Dem
OCratic National Chairman.
MANAGED WILSON CAMPAIGN.
Credit For New Jersey Governors
Nomination For President Due Large
~ to His Efforts-Surprised Older
Politicians by the Aggressive Fight
He Made.
BY ARTHUR w. DUNN.

| Dy An W. GSINlNs
Washington, July 11.-[Special.1- Ito
William +. McCOmbs. who is likely to
| be selected chairman of the Demo
cratic national committee. Is given the
for Woodrow Wilson's nomination.
Only thrty-six years old. the skill with
which Mr.. McCombs managed the pre-
convention campaign won the admira-
ton Of the seasoned politicians.
Mr.. McCombs started On his career
as a lawyer in New York without a
friend or an acquaintance. He made
the same kind Of an uphill fight that
he encountered In Wilson's campaign
for the nomination. He has been I'M
usually successful in his profession.
Until the beginning of the Wilson
boom Mr.. McCombs had not actively
participated in national politics. In
1904 he ran for the assembly in Re
publican stronghold. He was defeat
ed but he ran ahead of his ticket and
cut down the Republican majority.
That was about the extent Of his dab
bling In politics up to this year.
Norman E. Mack, who has been
chairman of the Democratic national
committee for four years. did not seek
reelection. He will continue ns a mem
Der of the committee. however.
Put Him In Bad.
The unwritten code among pOliti-
clans is that no man belonging to q
party must ever acknowledge that his
party will be beaten In the campaign.
He must stand up and predict victory,
at least publicly. BY making a plain
statement. not for publication. John
Sharp Williams got in bad. according
to his story, in the campaign of 1904.
That was the year when everybody
ing down to defeat.
Williams returned from q campaign
trip and was at the Hoffman House in
New York. the old Democratic hang
out. He was asked what he thought
of the outlook.
1--WE will carry the solid SOUTH" he
replied. including Missouri and Mary
land Nevada and possibly Colorado.
Outside of that we won't have single
state.''
The next morning his statement ap-
peared in all the papers. II hadn't
seen q newspaper man about" said
Williams. land l couldn't understand
how they got hold of it. One fellow.
however. had gone so far as to put
it in the form of an interview. / had
him. In the most vigorous terms
could use | denied that / had given
any such interview or anything like it.
jumped on that interview and got out
of it in that way"
Having Fun With Garner.
When the paragraph in the agricul-
tural appropriation bill was reached
which provided for making expert
ments in sugar growing John Garner
of Texas. whose district has great sug-
ar possibilities. moved an amendment
for an increase Of $4,000.
why not strike out the paragraph"
asked Minority Leader Mann. What
good is it now?"
Il suppose the gentleman has refer
ence to the action of the Democratic
caucus" said Garner. The caucus had
just adopted the free sugar bill.
Don't you think it would be play
ing upon the confidence of the people
when it is the intention to ruin the
entire industry?" continued Mann.
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said before Garner secured his in
crease. and he did not disclose what he
knew to be fact-that it was not eX-
pected that the free sugar bill would
ever become law.
"Sparrino" In the House.
You have heard couple of come
dams sparring and joshing each other
on the stage. That is what often hap
pens when Jim Mann and John Fitz-
gerald have nothing else to do. Not
long ago Fitzgerald was reading a re-
port of an agricultural agent who
went into the orient and reported upon
nearly everything he saw save agrt-
culture.
oOlAO AIOAC VI ~ SOlO
'Tt is the most interesting thing have
heard you get off in a good while
'"This man tells about a quarrel over
a game of monte" said Fitzgerald.
THE gentleman from Illinois may be
familiar with monte. He seems to
know everything"
st have seen some Brooklyn fellows
that played" replied Mann.
This stuff" said Fitzgerald, return.
ing to the report. sis Of no value to a
practical agriculturist.'
Like the gentleman from Brooklyn
said Mann.
"Or like the gentleman from Chica'
co." retorted Fitzgerald.
One on Phil Campbell.
Congressman Campbell of Kansas
was denouncing the excise tax bill as
buncombe of d Democratic caucus.
eve do not have to go to q Demo
cratic caucus for buncombe." shouted
Covington of Maryland. when we
have left with us a few gentlemen from
Kansas"