The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-17
MCCORMICK NAMED
 TO HEAD COMMITTEE
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said that he had taken this course be- cause he felt that the committee should have at least been consulted in the selec- ton of it's officers. MT. Moore declared that he did not feel that the President of the United States should impose upon the unwilling will of this committee man who shall be in control of the com mittee He added that he intended no affront toward the nominee of the demo- cratic convention, but he did ask that no affront be put upon the committee.
 'I am the sole judge of my own honor' said Committeeman Moore, "and I do not undertake to state what is due to your dignity and yourself esteem. say it is not the part of true American to give orders like master to a serf. I think that if the nominee was advised of this resolution he would agree with me. l know that it makes me persona non grata to make this fight. We are establishing a precedent that will never be overrid- den. I do not want to put it in the power of any man to create presidential dynasty"
 Vice Chairman Homer s. Cummings said that he deprecated the use of such language at this critical period in public affairs He added that the President made the suggestion of the committed s officers as a convenience to the commit tee and that MT. Moore's resolution would IuIl COuHltT lO lH0 fI-TtSlu0ul QGSlSHd- ton.
 Mir. Cummings asserted that if the mo- ton was passed, it would be heralded far and wide that the committee was not in harmony MT. Cummings said: We should heed the Presidents sug- eestions. They are not orders or com mands.
 National Committeeman Hudspeth of New Jersey said he had talked with President Wilson over the telephone about these suggestions, and that the President said he had only made them as matter of preference.
 National Committeeman Mack of New York spoke against the resolution. At this point Colonel McGraw of West Vir- ginia said that he regretted that his reso- lution had been presented, and later in the course of the debate said that If some of the members of the committee had been frank enough to make the Presidents position clear all the trouble would have been avoided.
 A. Mitchell Palmer national committee man of Pennsylvania, vigorously opposed the resolution. declaring it to be revolu- tionaryj and that it made for double headed proposition in the conduct of the campaign. He told the committee some- thing of Mir. McCormck's activities in public life and then added:
 "The President did a courteous and proper tHlTS Dy communicating HIS SuS- gestions to Vice Chairman Cummings of the committee. He never dictates. He never gives orders. He has ideas and convictions and he expresses them. I do not think the President would consider it an affront if you did not act on his suggestion. But the question is: Does not this proposition hurt our cause?'
 United States Senator Salisbury told the committeeman that the discussion was certainly not improving our chances. Every one in the Senate will pick on the President and our party. Vance McCor- mick is as good a democrat and a leader as is on this committee"
 After a closing speech by MT. Moore, a vote was taken and the resolution overwhelmingly defeated. The commit tee then proceeded to the election of it's officers.