The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-12-07
|G0EM0CRAT|C meeting
MAY GO To SAINT LOUIS

| was not questioned by the demo-
cratic dhieftains. Other features
of the campaign. including renomi-
I.ation of Vice President Marshall
were much discussed. informally
Democratic leaders, warhorses and
politicians, the usually entour-
age OF the national committees an
nual meeting and the committees
from cities seeking the convention,
We're here as usual.
There was much verbal specuia-
ton regarding the alleged movement
to oust William F. McCoombs of
New York as chairman. Friends or
Fred B. Lynch of Minnesota were
said to be active in trying to have
HIM succeed McCoombs Party
leaders insisted the rumors were
without foundation. Among the
cities bidding for the convention
were Chicago, st. Louis. Dallas, San
Francisco and Omaha. Lengthy
Arguments and .pyrotechnics were
scheduled.
Called to order at L O'Clock at
the New Willard Hotel by Chairman
McCoombs, the morning session was
largely routine.
There were eight vacancies on the
committee. In two of these were
contests, fro mOregoG and Ken
trcky.. Trey Woodson and Gen.
w. B. Haldman were the contestants
for Kentuckys seat and Will r..
King and II. NJ. Easterly for Ore
CONS. Both contests presented
novel tangles Woodson was chos-
en- by the Kentucky state com nittee
Al last summers state convention
Gen. Haldeman was named ratlonai
committeeman. A similar family
quarrel was the Oregon contest.
King was selected by the Oregon
state committee and in last years
primary election Easterley was
chosen by the democratic voters.
Democratic precedent provides
full four year terms for each COM
mitteman. The national commit
tee was presented with the props
lem of overthrowing choices of 5tate
committees, according to established
precedent, by recognizing the cnoiee
of party convention and the rank
and file in primary contest. fun
authority and discrimination was
vested in the committees to decide
the contests.
Other new members seated today:
Vincent Miles of Little Rock. Ark,
to succeed w. II. Kavanugn, former
president OF the Southern Baseball
League. deceased; John 7. Barnett
of Denver, Colo. succeeding Thomas
J. McCae. deceased; w. w. Narsn.
of Waterloo, Ia, succeeding Martih
]. Wade. appointed federal Judge.
Charles E. Johnson OF Waterville.
Me. succeeding 4. l.. Jones. resign
cd. Representative Cordell Hull OF
Carthage. Tenn, succeeding K. u.
L. Mountcastle, deceased, and Il. n.
Cheney of Juneau, Alaska, succeed
ing A. ]. DAILY, deceased
The committee had 10 elect
secretary to fill the vacancy caused
hv the resignation of Joseph q.
Davies. chairman of tho Federal
Trade Commission. Thomas j.
Pence was slated.
A spectacular feature OF me mee'-
ing was the suffrage battle staged
bv delegations of pros and an'is
Hearings were granted prominent
representatives OF both iacuchs'
| Declaration in the 1916 PLATFORM
or aoual suffrage was advocated and
opposed.
Another discussion within the
committee was threatened over pro
nosed resolutions endorsing the ai-
p,inistration's national defense pro-
gram Pro-Bryan committeeman
were prepared to head Off such ac-
tion The committee will. however
hefore adjournment adopt resoiu'
lions commencing the Wilson ad'
ministration and achievements OF
democratic executives and congress
Many of the national committee
men were represented today pN
n,oxies. held by various clhinst oi
fieers senators and representative
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