New-York tribune., 1916-06-13
Most of Delegation Sure
Convention Will Be
Cut and Dried"
SWAMI PRAISES
BOTH CANDIDATES
MCooey Also Has Kind Word
for Hughes, but Pins His
Faith to President.

With all the noise and the furor Of
the Republican Convention a matter
of history, the Tammany delegation 70
the St. Louis Democratic National Con-
vention left New York City yesterday
70 renominate Woodrow Wilson.
The delegates had little Of the look
Of Warwickian Importance on their
faces. They did not have the deter
mined features Of men who were about
to contribute a new chapter TO political
annals. They were going 10 a cut-and-
dried affair and they knew It. Some
Of the travellers even declared, yawn-
ingly, that they were going merely
from habit.
Among these products Of perennial
practice was Hugh Reilly. who declared
/ he had never missed a convention-ns-
tional. city or state since he was TWEEN
ty-one years old. He is now sixty. 81
am proud of the fact" ne said, that
have never put cross on anything but
g Tammany ticket"
Calls Opposition Dead.
From the Pennsylvania station went
Michael Skelly, prominent in John F.
Curry's district. Since 1894, he an
nounced, he had never missed a ma
tional, state or city convention that
had Tammany's auspices TO grace it.
Most of the delegates made their
exodus via the West Twenty-third
Street Ferry. Among the mariners were
Frank L. Bowling, President of the
Board of Aldermen; Frank j. Goodwin,
Mark Eisner, Collector of Internal Rev
enue; Assistant District Attorney Owen
". Bohan, Senator John J. Boylan, Depu-
! ty Sheriff Christopher Plunkett. Alder
men +. Richter and L. Wendell. jr.,
! Owen McManus. Representative Peter
/ J. DOoling, Alderman Max 5. Levine,
/ Christopher d. Sullivan. and a number
/ Of others well known in Tammany Hail.
president Wilson is sure to be re-
nominated. of course" President Dow
ling declared. Roosevelt would have
polled q great personal vote. Without
him the opposition is dead"
District Attorney Swami was at the
ferry 10 bid the party farewell.
"I am sorry I can't 20 along" he
said, particularly so. since | have
known President Wilson for thirty
years. But then. have known Justice
Hughes for thirty-five years, and | ad
mire both men very much
McCooey Tells Women's Importance.
John H. McCooey, in charge of the
Brooklyn delegation of 125 members,
was asked for an opinion just before
the train started.
president Wilson is Of such calibre,"
he said, chat he deserves reelection,
and he will get it. Hughes also is
high class man. Nothing can be said
against him. The Republican party's
desperation and distress, however, are
apparent, when 10 had TO smash all ira
ditions OF the country and invade the
sacred precincts of the highest court
in the country.
THAT, I think, will be resented in
many parts OF the country. Wilson's
constructive legislation will certainly
bear fruit in the coming campaign. And
do not forget that the women-those
who have sons at home and who do
not wish them to be in any trenches
will come close to deciding the cleo
/ tlon."
Tom Foley had charge of the New
York Central train, which left few
minutes after the Pennsylvania Flyer
/ had pulled out. lie expressed no opin-
ions on the convention.
Thomas F. McAvoy. who had charge
Of the Erie train. was head Of a large
party. Charles W. Culkin had charge
Of the Pennsylvania train, and with
him were John V. Coggey, James j.
Hagan, Michael Cosgroye, Marty Nc
Cue, James A. Foley and Representa-
tive John T. Carew