Evening star., 1919-02-26
CUMMINGS CHOSEN
PARTY'S SCHA|RMAN
Democratic National Com
mttee in Session in This
City-Dinner Tonight.
GUESTS OF Mr.. DANIELS

Complete reorganization, together
with the creation of several new offices,
was effected by the democratic ma
tional committee at a meeting in the
gold room of the Shoreham Hotel to-
day. Thorough harmony and intense
enthusiasm characterized the meeting,
which to all intents and purposes con
stituted the opening of the preslden-
tial campaign Of 1920.
The officers elected were: Chairman,
Homer S. Cummings OF Connecticut;
vice chairmen, j. Bruce kremen OF
Butte, Mont, and Samuel B. Amidon
of wichita, Kan; secretary, Z. U.
Hoffman, Fort Wayne. Ind; executive
secretary, w. r. Hollister of Jener-
SON CITY. Mo; director of finance. w.
u Jameson of Shenandoah, Iowa;
treasurer. wilbur w Marsh Of Wa
terloo. Iowa; sergeant-at-arms, Col
John l. Martin.
New Offices Created.
The new Offices created were those
of an additional vice chairman. an
executive secretary and director of
finance. The secretary of the commit
tee must be member of the commit
tee and will perform the usual secre-
tarial functions at national conven-
tions and in campaigns, while the ex-
ecutiye secretary, not necessarily a
member of the committee, will keep
+ba af the Office going at all
times.
rnings to the chairnanship was not
only by the unanimous action of the
committee, no other names being pre-
sented, but was known to be entirely
accountable to President Wilson
The meeting was called to order by
Vice Chairman Cummings and imme-
diately the resolution providing for
the reorganization was adopted, fol-
lowed at once by the election of the
officers.
Chairman's Address.
Chairman Cummings in his inaugural
address upon assuming the chairman
shin reviewed the work of the COM
mittee since the last campaign and
told what had been done in the crea-
tion of zone systems of management.
He also outlined in a general way the
immediate future and solicited the Co
operation of all members in the task
of preparing for the next national
campaign. Chairman Cummings will
shortly start upon nationwide tour
in which he will confer with state and
local managers everywhere.
Mrs. Bass Present.
Present at today's meeting was Mrs
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the woman's bureau and conductor of
the woman's campaign in 1916, who
attended with a proxy gallantly
Welded her by National Committee
man Boeschenstein of Illinois. Mrs.
Bass invited the committee to partic-
ipate some time in June in meeting
with the woman's auxiliary committee
in Chicago, and her suggestion was
accepted.
Resolutions were adopted in MEM
ory of committeeman who have died,
Senator Tillman of South Carolina.
Maryland and Sapp of Kentucky.
After election of officers the commit
tee adjourned for luncheon and re-
sumed its session at o'clock.
Tonight the committee will be en-
tertained at dinner by Josephus
Daniels, Secretary Of the Navy.
Committeeman Present.
The committeeman in attendance at
today's meeting were:
California, Lsidore B. Dockweiler;
Colorado. John T. Barnett; Connecti-
cut. Homer S. Cummings: Delaware
Willard Salisbury; Georgia, Clark
Howell; Idaho. r. H. Elder; Illinois
Charles Boeschenstein:I Indiana, E. G..
Hoffman; Iowa, Wv. Marsh; Kan
sas. Samuel B. kmidon; Kentucky,
william B. Halderhan; Louisiana, Rob.
ert Ewing; Massachusetts,. John W.
Couehlin; Minnesota, Frederick b.
Lynch: Mississippi, J. NJ. McBeath; !;
Missouri. E. F. Goltra: Montana. j.
Bruce Kremer; Nebraska, A. F. Null
len: New Mexico. Senator A. A. Jones: !:
New York, Norman e. Mack; North
Carolina, A. w. Mclean; North Da-
kota. H a Perry; Ohio: 3. a Moore;
q. Hornibrook; Pennsylvania, A.
Mitchell Palmer: Rhode Island. Pat
Gary Evans; Tennessee. Cordeli Hull;
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