Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-08-08
Decision Reached at Confer
ence Of President and Lead
ing Figures in Party to Ig-
more Congressional Session,
NOTIFICATION MAY
PRECEDE ADJOURNMENT 7
Invitations to Address Meet
i0gS in Many Parts of Coun-
try Tabled Pending Fixing
Of Date for Ending Sitting,
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tnr MORNING iouRsAL sPEclAt LEEnsp wiRsl
Washington, Aug IA decision to
/ launch the democratic national cam
paign soon after September ]. regard
/ less of whether congress still is i'm ses-
, sion then, was reached at confer
, cnce today between President Wilson,
j Vance G Mccormick, chairman of the
democratic national committee, and
, Homer ). Cummings, the committees
vice chairman The democratic lead
ers took lunch with the president and
remained with him four hours. going
over the campaign plans minutcly.
While no date was set for the nOtitl-
cation ceremonies, Chairman McCOr-
mick said tonight that Il congress re
manned in session after September I
notification might take place before
adjournment Under such circum-
stances the president win 80 to Shad-
ow Lawn, n. j., for the occasion, and
return Immediately afterWard to
/ Washington
Many Want To Hear Wilson.
Invitations sent to the president 70
'spcak in various parts of the country
were considered at the conference to
! day MIR Wilson will make mp def
mite engagements however, until a
date TOR the adjournment of congress
+ is agreed on He already has prom
/ Used to 80 10 Hodgensville. Ky, Sep
; tember 4, to speak at Lincoln memor-
I ial exercises, and has made a tenta-
/ tive engagement to visit st. Louis
September 10, 20 and q to address
an organization of underwriters. The
/ Hodgensyille speech, however win be
I % non-poiticH character
Chairman Mccormick said he plan
tined to have the democratic campaign
] in fun swing by September ! 5. Mr.
Cummings, who is chairman of the
/ speakers bureau ut democratic ma
! tional headquarters, told the president
Of the progress made in assigning
, speakers TO the various states
Not 10 Speak in Maine
II was determined definitely that
the president would not speak in
Maine. where the election comes Sep
tcmber II, but he probably Will write
/ letters and i'm other ways take part
in the campaign William Jennings
Bryan, Mr.. Cummings said, probably
cannot take part in the Maine cam
paign, but win make many speeches
later. An itinerary has not yet been
arranged for him.
An active campaign will be carried
on by the democrats i'm more states
this year than ever before, the two
leaders said after their talk with the
president no states win be conceded
10 the republicans they declared. Tho
democratic ORGANIZATIONS in republi-
,can strOngholds are being strength
cned with the idea Of putting up a
fight all along the line.
Selection OF the democratic cam
paipn committee has almost been
completed, Mr. Mccormick announc-
ed, and its personnel will be an
uounced within a few days
Plans for winning tn" women voters
will be pushed actively according to
Mr.. Mccormick, in spite Of the an
nOuncCmcut of Charles Il. Hughes the
republican nominee, that he layors
federal suffrage amendment. A wom-
ems bureau at the New York head
quarters VIII be- organized in the near
future