The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-16
Danger of Scamt Crowd to
Launch Ticket Leads to
Long Night Session.
OLD LEADERS RESENT
CHOICE OF MCCORMICK
Diclation by the President
Leaves Sears i'm the Ma
tiOnal Committee.

ST Louis June l5.-The delegates to
In, Democratic convention finally have
had their way about 1t. They forced
the leaders to undertake the nomination
OF Presiden, and Nice-President instead
OF waiting until late tomorrow or
Saturday.
Among the delegates who refused to
stay in 81. Louis any longer were the
Tammany men. They served notice they
would not stay later than Friday after
noon
The men who had come with creden-
tials to attend this cut and dried Demo
cratic gathering had grown tired of
carrying out the programme handed TO
them p.ecemeal from Washington. and
the only way they could be held here
longer was through a promise OF i'm
mediate action on the important business
As II was, &, gvvu lnan, pacneu th-i,
suit cases and started for home to-day.
leaving alternates to act for them
While the party leaders yielded. they
put off the session as long as possible
and /, was after 3 O'Clock tonight when
the convention got down TO the business
of making the nominating speeches. II
was the intention OF the leaders dt the
beginning OF the session to sit right
through untl all the business OF the
convention had been wound up and II
looked as II the nominations would not
come until the early hours Of the morn
ing and as n 1t would be daylight be-
fore the platform was adopted and all
the details Of the convention concluded.
give Up Day 10 Picnirs.
democrats are notorious for their rec
ord Of night sessions. Republicans have
more regard for their own comfort and
insist upon early Adjournment This
year. however. there seemed To- be no
excuse At all for the all night Democratic
shindy Yet the daylight hours were
passed over to-day and the convention
proceedings cut short in order that the
delegates might attend pcnics AMI go
jov riding. In fact the evening session
Was made an hour later so that the st
Louis folk who had arranged social do
ings foI the official visitors might not
be disappointed.
The Democratic Cheftains are count
ing row on the generosity and good
nature of the 81. Louis people. They
had promised the 81 Iouisans a -four
day convention, in return for which they
had got 100000 for expenses. Now
that the delegates have run away with
the show the leaders feel the hotel keep
crs and others vii, have to take thsii
medicine without grumhlins
II was a fOreEon" conclusion thal
President Wilson would he renominatet
probably by acGl9mati"n, and as the
hours passed II was clear that Thoma'
X Marshall would again H.. the iuniiInt
mate
A considerable furry in Democratic
circles was caused to-day when II he
came known that the Sew York dele
CATION had decided at a special meeting
In the morning to present IN" name %
Ambassador James W Gerard TO th'
convention as a 'faNorile son 'hhulua''
for the \icc-FresIdcncy.
This action was taken after u mac
become apparent that many or IN" New
Yor, delegates were opposed to the re-
nomination of Mr. Marshall TIL" gen
eral understanding by night. however
was that the Gerard boom was not to h
taken very seriously, hut that the chie
purpose was one Of strategy. by PUNK
ing 80 votes to Gerard for Nice-rresden
on the first ballot Charles +. Murphy.
was pointed out. would he relieved from
any cmbarra ssmcat that might haN
arisen from "A request to support Sulli
van II sullivan entered the convention
with a large block of Illinois delegate
and had New Works ninety added I
them he would have made an impressiv
showing. and 1t was seen that with
tWo-thirds vote necessary to nomlnat
the situation might have proved discon
certing to President Wilson and Mar
shall's friends.
The feeling among many OF the Demo
cratic leaders against White House die
tatiun found expression anew N-da
when word reached here from presider
Wilson that he desired to have NanC
McCormick OF Harrisburg, Pa. name
AS cha rmau Of the Democratic Nations
Committee. Mr.. Mccormick. the ol
Yale football player and coach, is
man of considerable wealth, IA news
= paper publisher and two years ago wa
e the Democratic candidate for GovernC
., Of Pennsylvania
!, The members of the National Con
l. mi,tee' are resentful of the selection
IT McCormick. but they will bow the
II heads to the the Presidents dictate
4 In this case as IN al! others. Many
l. them declined at first to believe that Il
~ reports naming Mccormick We're tru
A. Tom TagGnr, of Indiana said II must
Or Il JOKE somebody was playing on II
" members Of the National ~ommitte
II Some members OF the committee appa
a entity had never heard OF Mr.. NJ
A. COmick, and there was great scurr!
80 ing about to rot IA line on him after Il
edict came from the White House.
m The selection of Mr., Mccormick WI
te interpreted here as further bid !
President Wilson for Progressive SUI
ar port II was recalled that Mr. NJ
NJ Cormick was indOrsed by the Progre