Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-09
WILSON DISCUSSES
NEW YORK FIGHT
Plan to Unite Party to Make
Campaign on National
Issues.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.-How the
various elements in the New York
State Democracy are to be assem-
bled into a new organization with
progressive leadership was the prob
lem before President Wilson. Cover
nor Glynn, of New York, and William
Il. McCombs, the Democratic national
chairman, in a conference at the
White House today.
Though absorbed for the most part
in questions arising out of foreign
relations, and the congressional pro-
gram on trust legislation and rural
credits the President of late has been
giving deep consideration to the au-
tumn campaign, when he realizes the
Democratic administration will to
some extent be before the country for
approval or disapproval in the cleo
tions for members of the House of
Representatives and the United
States Senate.
Empire State Most Important.
The deep interest which he took re-
Gently in persuading Representa-
a Mitchell Fai.8a<r4to make the race
for the United States Senate in Penn
sylvania is but one of the concrete
evidences of preparation here for the
has talked over the national situa-
tion in detail with the President, but
most important admittedly is the
status of the Empire State Democ-
racya
With spirited city election in New
York city when a fusion of parties
battled successfully against Charles
f. Murphy and the Tammany organi-
zation and with contests in various
parts of the State between Tammany
and anti-Tammany elements and
other factions growing out of the con-
troversy over the deposing of Gov
ernor Sulzer, the Washington admin
istration feels 1t must aid in building
up united and harmonious Democ-
racy to make fight at the polls next
McCombs May Run for Senate.
fall on national issues.
1t has not yet been decided what
part the President himself will take
in the actual campaign. Some of his
close friends think he will make sew
eral speeches on national questions
asking the people to keep both
branches of Congress in the Demo-
cratic ranks.
One of the subjects before the con-
ference was the selection of William
Church Osborn as Democratic State
chairman. He is a brother in-laW of
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and very old friend of President
Wilson. The choice is understood to
be acceptable to the President, and
the work of reorganization is ex-
pected to be begun with Mr.. Osborn's
election.
There has been some talk of the pos
sibility of the candidacy of National
Chairman McCombs for the Senate.
but he was non-committal today on
the subject. 1t is not expected that
a decision on that point will be made
until the New York primaries are
nearer at hand.
Both Governor Glynn and National
Chairman McCombs, after comforting
an hour with President Wilson, were
very reticent to disclose what had
been said. -
I'VE talked about Niagara Falls"
said Governor Glynn, with a smile.
and, after pause, he added, ''and a
great many other things"
1t is believed a thorough under
standing was arrived at between the
President, Governor Glynn and Chair
man McCombs as to how the New
York political situation would be
worked out.