The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-06-13
DELEGATES ARE
GATHERING NOW
FOR CONVENTION
Harmony Will Be Perfect With
Nobody But Wilson
Running.
PLATFORM MOST COMPLETE
President and His Advisors
Draft Party Pronouncement
And Send 1t to ST. Louis
Chairman McComps Says
Session Will Be Short.
PLATFORM MOST COMPLETE

ST. LOUIS, June 12-Preliminary
to the opening of the Dcmccl attic ma
tional convention Wednesday the
members of the national committee
were here today to pass upon the final
arrangements for the convention,
whose 1902 delegates are to name the
party ticket. The committee also has
before it five contests three of which
involve the seats Of the national com
mitteemen from the District of Coium-
bia, Hawaii and Texas
Another contest involves the seat
of a delegate from Hawaii and the
fifth embraces protest against the
seating of the six delegates from the
District of Columbia
I'VE expect a short session of the
convention" said Chairman McComEs,
"The convention arrangements are all
perfected and the contests before the
committee should be speedily settled.
We have made a change in our con-
vention program. The first session
will be held Wednesday when the
temporary chairman will make the
keynote speech and the committees
will be appointed. The next day the
convention will hear the speech of the
permanent chairman and addresses of
prominent Democrats.
"On Friday there will be a session
when the platform will be read and
adopted and on Friday night we will
name the ticket"
Drafts of Platform.
National Chairman McCombs con-
ferred with Senator William j. Stone,
who will be the chairman of the res
olutions committee Senator Stone
brought with him from Washington
certain drafts of more important
planks that have been sketched in
some detail by President Wilson and
his advisors in congress and in the
cabinet.
The principal planks that await
presentation to the platform commit
tee are foreign relations. the Mexican
situation, preparedness and tariff
The foreign relations plank will set
forth the unprecedented conditions
that have arisen as a result of the
war and it will be pointed out that
while President Wilson has kept us
from strife he has also maintained a
neutrality both "strict and honest"
The plank on the Mexican situation
will develop that this position has
been approached with the idea of
keeping peace not only with the Mex
ican republic, but to maintain peace
within her own borders.
Met Demands.
On the question of preparedness the
platform will assert that the party
has met the demands of the world
wide situation by an advanced stage
of preparedness of the navy and the
enlargement of the army and the re-
organization of the national guard
The tariff plank will point out that
the reduction of tariff duties so that
the income from that source in nor
NAL times would meet the needs of
government is an achievement of the
Democratic party. The national COM
from President Wilson as to whom he
would prefer as chairman of the COM
.mittee to succeed Mr.. McCombs, who
has announced his retirement 1t is
learned that word has been sent to
President Wilson asking him to sug.
gest the name of a chairman who
would be agreeable to him, that the
new committee may act upon the sug-
gestion Immediately after the final
session of the convention. Commit
teemen here say that if President
Wilson's choice lies within the COM
mittee membership, it probably will
be Vice Chairman Homer Cummings
of Connecticut. Mr.. Cummings said
that he was not candidate for the
Office, but if called upon would serve.