Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-12-14
Chairman McCOmbS Issues CAB
and Points Out Manner Of
Choosing Delegates.
ARRANGEMENT FOR MEET
Committee Named to Perfeck
Plans For Democratic Gath
ering in st. Louis.

New York, Dec. 13.-Wm. y. Nc
Combs, the chairman of the demo-
cratic national committee, issued the
following call for the democratic
convention at st. Louis.
TO the Democrats of the U. S.:
by the authority of the demo-
cratic national committee, national
convention of the democratic party
is hereby called to meet in the eity
of st. Louis, Missouri, on Wednes-
day, June Ia. 1916, at II o'clock
noon, to nominate cand dates for thzs
presidency and vice presidency OK
the United States, declare a party
platform, and to take such other &C
ton as may be deemed advisable
Delegates and alternates from
each state of the union shall be chOs-
en- to the number of two delegates
for every senator and to two dele
gates for every representative from
the states respectively in the con-
gress of the United States under thss
congressional apportionment of dis
tricts based upon the ty-fOurtla
congress. In addition the tsrrS
tory of Alaska and the District OF
Columbia are entitled to six dele
gates and six alternates each, anG
six delegates and six alternates a-z
likewise allotted each to the Philips-
pines, Hawaii and Porto Rico.
In the matter of the manner bS
which delegates and alternates ara
to be selected, attention is called I'd
the following plank in the platform
of the party:
Presidential primary:
The movement toward more,
popular government should be pre-
NOTED through legislation in eacS
state which will permit the express
sion of the preference of the electors
for national candidates at presideh-
tial primaries.
We direct that the national
committee incorporate in the call fou
the next nomination convention re-
quirement that all expressions OF
preference for presidential eandi-
dates shall be given and the se,ec.
ton of delegates and alternates made.
| through a primary election cOnd0co-
ed by the party organization in eacth
S ate where such expression an12
election are not provided for by staEs
law. Committeeman who are here-
after to constitute the membership
of the democratic national commit
tee and whose election is not proyiis-
ed for by law, shall be chosen in sac,t'
state at such primary election, and
the service and authority of comuEf-
teemen, however chosen, shall begin,
Immediately upon the receipt Of
their credentials, respectlve;ssr
WILLIAM F. McC0MBS.
CndlTmal-
Chairman MeCombs also annolrs G
. ed the appointment Of the following
members of the national commiteEs
to serve as members of the comrn5t-
tee on arrangements for the So
Louis convention. with himself2 M
chairman ex-officio;
Clark Howell of Geongisl Charles
Boesc henstein of Illinois. ThOs. Tag
CART of Indiana. Wilbur w. Mazst
of lowe, Robert Ewing of louisa ma,
= Edwin o. Wood of. Michigan. @a
4 ward +. Goltra of Missouri, j Brass
| Kremer of Montana, Eugene y. Reed
, of New Hampshire, Robert RSasQi
! speth of New Jersey, Norman ~
Mack of New York and f. II. Moor
of Ohio.
n Homer S. Cummings, vice.cbair :
man; Rolla Wells. treasurer. ana
/, Thomas j. Pence, secretary, will aisg'