New-York tribune., 1919-09-26
Democrats for
Nomination by
Majority Vote
Movement to Start To-day
to Abolish the TwO-thirds
Rule for Candidates at
the National Conventions
.Stdf' CORRESPONDENCE

STAFF Correspondence
ATLANTIC CITY, Sept. 25.-A move
ment to abolish the two-thirds vote
rule at Democratic national cOnven-
thns will be started when the execu-
tive committee Of the Democratic Ma
tional Committee meets here to-mor-
row. 1t is planned to have a ma jority
vote nominate Arthur +. Mullen, OF
Nebraska, strong advocate of Presi-
dent Wilson for third term, will in
troduce the resolution.
Had the proposed rule been adopted
before the Democrats met in Baltimore
in 1912, Champ Clark would have been
the nominee instead of Woodrow
Wilson. Clark had a majority on nine
ballots, Wilson did not get the ncces-
sary thirds vote until the forty
fourth ballot.
rhe executive committee will also be
asked to consider a novelty in Presi-
dental campaigns. This will be the
decentralizing of the national commit
tee, and dividing the country into four
zones with a ub-chairman in charge of
each. On matters Of this sort the
action of the executive committee is
final
The headquarters of the zones will
be New York City, Washington, d. c.,
Butte, Mon, and either Seattle, Wash,
OF Portland, Ore. The national head
quarters, as heretofore, will be in New
York.
The decentralization scheme, which is
said to have the backing of Homer S.
Cummings, Of Connecticut, chairman of
the executive committee, will be sub
mittcd for the approval of the execu-
tive committee tomorrow.
The entire question of organization
will be gone into tomorrow. When
that is disposed Of the question Of
tinaning the campaign, which has been
enormously reported as decided, will
also come up for discussion tomorrow.
Jamieson's Plan Opposed
W. d. Jameson. director Of finance,
tion list composed Of from one to two
million contributors. This however, is
not deemed practicable by some of the
other members Of the executive COM
mite. who discussed the plan inform
ally here tonight. "'The 1916 cam
pagn only produced 100000 subscrib-
ers," said one Of the opponents of the
Jameson idea. "and that established
record. I would like to hear Mr.. Jami-
son explain his plan, as it seems to me
to be far from feasible"
Saturdays session will be given over
largely to the problem of enlisting the
women voters under the Democratic
colors. Mrs. George Bass, of Chicago,
chairman of the womens section, ar
rived here tonight with report deal
ing with this, which will be submitted
to the executive committee.
Considerable Significance was at
tached TO the arrival here tonight of
Bernard NJ. Baruch, who, according to
report, is one of the advocates of the
McAdoo candidacy. Mr.. Baruch was
accompanied by Thomas Chadbourne,
also of New York. Neither is mem
ber of the executive committee
Several members of the executive
committee expressed the opinion that
if President Wilson determined to run
for reelection he would not meet any
opposition.
Glass and Palmer to Speak
Two members of President Wilson's
Cabinet, Carter Glass, who succeeded
McAdoo as Secretary Of the Trasury,
and A. Mitchell Palmer United States
Attorney General, will address the cx-
ecutive committee, of which they are
members, at to-morrow's session.
Others who arrived tonight were
Clark Howell, of Georgia, editor of
"The Atlanta Constitution; Rcpresen-
tativc Cordell Hull, Of Tennessee;
United States Senator A. A. Jones, New
Mexico; John W. Coughlin, Massachu-
setts; J. Bruce Kremer, Montana; John
I. Barnett, Colorado; A. F. Mullen,
Nebraska; E. G. Hoffman, Indiana;
FREDERICK B. Lynch, Minnesota; f. H.
Moore, Ohio; Charles Boeschenstein,
Illinois, and Norman E. Mack, New
York.