The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-24
CHICAGO PLACE FOR CONVENTION SAYS CUMMINGS Dallas, San Francisco and St. Louis All Want Dem
 ocratic Gathering. NONE BUT WILSON
 IS CONSIDERED NOW Platform Will Depend Largely Upon Nature of
 Work of Next Congress.
Especial to the Farmer


 New York, Nov. 24-Honer S. Cum mings of Connecticut, vice chairman of the Democratic National Commit tee, was in this city yesterday and he said he favored Chicago as the scene of the national Convention.
 Chicago Dallas, San Francisco and St. Louis all desire the convention. It is said that Dallas has raised a, $1OO,- 900 fund as an inducement to bring the convention there. San Francisco, it is said, is raising bigger fund.
 The date and place of the conven- ton will be decided at the meeting of the National Committee in Wash ington, Dec. '. Indications are that the meeting will be short and that the convention will be held early in < the summer. Democratic sentiment is strong for an early gathering.
 The recent dinner of the Manhat- tan club. at which President Wilson was the chief speaker, offered William F. McCoombs, chairman of the Ma tiona1 Committee, chance to talk with many of the leaders. No one was found who thought of suggesting any other candidate than President Wilson, but the feeling among the leaders, according to the information given to the national chairman, is vthat the platform upon which MT. Wilson will again go before the coun- try is going to depend largely for it's appeal on what Congress accom- plishes at the approaching session.
 It was with this in view, said Mr. McCoombs yesterday, that he called, the National Committee together for December 2, the day after Congress opens, when Senators and Represen-' tatives, bulging with political dope" will be hocking into Washington with all sorts of ideas and plans. That Will give the members of the National Committee an opportunity to make a study of the situation they must meet not only in staging the convention but in engineering it through to a sl1o- cessfu1 conclusion.
 TT have received many letters from the committeemen.' said Mir Mo- Combs, and have talked with others as they happened to get into New York. I believe we are all open -rr1ir1d- ed as to where the convention should be held. Sentiment clearly favors an early convention, however. We are the dominant party now. and usually the party in power holds it's conven- ton first From what I know of the feeling of the committeeman it is likely that the convention will be held during the first two weeks of June.6 LOur meeting in Washington will decide upon the time and place and the usual committee of arrangements will be appointed. What issues are to prevail in the coming campaign no one can tell now. That will depend on what Congress does at the next Nses- sion. Because of this fact I called the committee together a month earlier than we usually meet. That wiN give us a chance to discuss mat ters before the /Congressmen swing into their wofk''
 During the last few weeks Chair man McCombs has talked with Ma tiona1 Committeeman Robert Ewing of Louisiana, Edward Wood of Mich igan, Fred Lynch of Minnesota and Senator Phelan of California, who will attend the meeting with the proxy of National Committeeman Sanfordi