The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-12-18
(nocratic Party Plans Big
\ gest Rally on Record
Jan. 8.
men TO TAKE PART
Least Two to Speak,
hartman Cummins Fore
II casts Program.
Z WiLLfAM PHILIP slMMs.

III and some fifteen representative
1kers will deliver broadside. as
- to the representative that they
GIpt battle At 10 o'clock in the
&<iing on that day the democratic
nal. committee will meet at the
eham hotel to decide on the time
pIace of the next democratic con-
Lon, ON the evening OF the same
u at the New Willard, will come
Jackson day. rally at a
er of 800 plates which, In itself.
q kitutes a record for such an oc-
bn In addition there will be
- for more than 800 guests who
arrive with the coffee to listen to
speeches.
bmen will participate in both the
3ing. session and the evening rally
Shich there will be at least two
en speakers and possibly more.
n is already fully made up
Rn's associate democratic ma
q committee. composed as the
committee Is composed. but as
is the organization's debut In ma
politics its status remains to be
j.
lis will be done at the day session
women viii probably be given
k1lel rights and duties to perform.
"A Dinner Per Plate.
the past the District Of Columbia
bcrats have always given a, dinner
he national committee following It's
renniai meeting here, but this
the. affair will be under the
5ices ~of the committee and It is
osed TO make the dinner pay Tor
r." The price win be a plate.
lie democrats deny they have in
a. anything Hike the plan which
n been attributed to them. that is,
II they viii make, of this Jackson
~ rally the occasion for parading
|bre the public all their presidential
Der. TO the contrary. they as
n they intend to have representa-
y members OF the party from every
ION of the country on the iift OF
&iSers--women ipcluded--and ethat
speakers win deliver precisely the
Ikches they themselves wish TO
d twenty Minutes the Limit.
In fact what We all want, sala
hirman Homer s. Cummings OF the
Eionsl committee. .'is that each VIII
|ones,t. the ,ssetsssass-of the demo-
tic uarty ought to be. No damper
4 be put on them. There viii be
one restriction and that as to
IL. Twenty minutes per speech.
Resident Wilson. of course. will be
ttted. but there is little chance OF
being present. Nevertheless. 1t is
yectcd that II message from him VIII
Tread by the presiding democrat
,bably Chairman Cummings.
Tico president Marshall probably VIII
lone OF the speakers as may also the
III. Champ Clark, democratic leader
Sthe house.
\ Six Cities Want Convention.
Leading democratic senators ana
he of the democratic governors OF
hes are down on the list OF
eakers.
A ttacked by the republicans for
administration, extravaganza In
Ice. socialistic tendencies anu other
litical offcnses, some of tn speeches
will deal with the party S
lord since 1912, since when a demo-
1t has been in the White House,
Il between 1910 and 1918, when con-
ess was dominated by men of this
Fly.
Blk cities are plugging strongly for
] democratic convention next sum-
,r. These are st. Louis, Cleveland,
hcinnati, Indianapolis, San Fran
leo and Kansas City. At the ma
hal headquarters here it was said
at the question is absolutely open
b will remain so until the morning
Jan. 8, when the claims of the
hes will be formally presented.
81. Louis is a stro ,g contender If
mood of the delegation which at
aded the republican national COM
ttee meeting here recently is to be
ken as an indication. They came
parently determined to get the re-
blican convention il possible-that
Ing the first to be put on the mar
land, falling in that, to capture
next by all means.
San Francisco also is out cunning
the convention and if her dele
fes can make it plain that being
the western edge of the country
not an obstacle in this day of rapid
lnsit in comfort, her case seems
pd, for she has advantages to Of
especially in summer, which some
THE others lack.
Cleveland, too. Is making very
|ong bid. and it seems good bet that
E of these three, cities-St. Louis,
b Francisco, or Cleveland-will he
winner. with the odds on st. Louis.
Fine; somewhere around the first OF
ly.
4ll indications point toward the most
al
fatic-since the days of Garfield
hdidate for a third term (Which is
nsidered among those who are in a
tition to know as being about as inn
oba BILE a thing as can be imagined)
& field is extremely broad. There will
from twelve to fifteen candidates
h the nominations and the fight will
hot until the very last minute.
Names in the Air.
the names of McAdoo
Inner, Gerard, Underwood, Hitch
Blk, Pomerene, Clark, Bryan and
hers, are in the air and more COM
/, so far as the democrats are con-
rned, while the republicans. who have
ready thrown their hats into the ring
about to, or are mentioned as wa
ring, are Wood. Johnson. PoindeXter
lrding, Pershing. Lowden. Sutherland
II some more still.
Be the 1920 campaign, the preliminary
Finishes of which may be fairly well
once the democratic national CON-
ttee shall have named the date ano
zee of its convention, promises to be
Tree for-ali, with candidates official
Eofficial. independent. sponsored anc
herwise.
Il Even Old Timers.
Within the memory of old timer:
ere has not been a situation like that
today. With less than year to g'
fore the presidential election. there
hot a single figure that stands fortf
z Rational politics as the probahl'
inner of even a nomination. This II
IL as true of one side as OF the other
AZ to what the issues OF the campaign
n be. they are just about as vague
n sides profess to stand for lav
II order" square deai for labor
Aa.Nw III