Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-21
Officials For Dem.
 National Convention
Homer s. Cummings Select ed to Act as Temporary Chairman-Other Officials Chosen.

Chicago April 20.-Honer s, Cum mings, chairman of the democratic na- tional committee, today was, selected to preside as temporary chairman or the national convention at San Francisco June 2S and to deliver the keynote ad- dress which will enunciate the party pol icies in the forthcoming campaign.
 The convention slate was formed at luncheon at the, Iroquois club, where the democratic chieftains later listened With particular interest to a speech in which their leader sounded what they said probably would be the main point of his keynote address"
 The republican party has lost it's moral character, he declared, in launching a vigorous attack on the action of the ma iority in congress in defeating the peace treaty and league of nations and particu- larly the methods by which control of the foreign relations committee was held by the republicans.
 ''The whole fight on the league of na- tions dates back to a corrupt election in | Michigan" he said, land a convicted criminal is the thing upon which repub- | lican supremacy rests"
 | He was convinced that the people of 1 the United States wanted the league of nations. The republican congress had de- bated the peace treaty for eight months | NOlloSA
 piece of legislation
 | Turning to the war, he declared that
 "not chance but brains" won it, and for this leadership he maintained the dem- i ocfa atic party was entitled to credit. Tt
 matters not what they may say of Ppesi- i dent Wilson" he added. His fame is
 immortal and future generations will rem der tributes of praise and obligation to l this great democrat"
 Relation of democratic women to the
 party and their part in the direction o1
 it's affairs would he decided by the Sar l Francisco convention, the national exec
 utive committee decided today.
 Meeting with members of the women's advisory board. the committee appointed | MT Cummings chairman of a sub-com
 mittee to draft the program under whicf tn eenfranchised women will work Theil findings will be presented to the cnnven
 tior for adoption.
 Today's session was said to be the frs
 in which women have had representation
 or. the national executive committee.
 Plans for the convention were virtual.
 completed today with the selection of tn
 temporary officers. Besides MT. Cum mings, these officers are:
 E. G. Hoffman, national committeeman
 from Indiana. secretary; W. R. Hollistel } Missouri. assistant secretary. Colonel John L Martin, St Louis. ser geant-a arms of the national committed
 to be convention sergeant-at-arms J. t Hughes, Oklahoma, assistant sergeant-at l arms.
 . Colonel Martin, who has been sergeant t at-a11ns of the national committee for tn l last twenty-five years. has officiated 2 1 four previous conventions.
 : Objection to the San Francisco conver 7 tion committees arrangements. and pal ticularly to the size of the hall, were rt moved following the appearance befo1
 the committee of arrangements of Pos . master Charles Fay, chairman of the Sa Francisco committee, and Isadore
 l Doekweiler, national committeeman fro |. California, who explained the plans b, Q ing made to handle the guests and tf a co.:7 ention. Suggestions that the. col f | Vertion might be moved across the ba r to Oakland, or to another city, we1 : drcDper.
 ', A committee of five, with Chsr1 s Roescheinstein of Illinois as chairma . was named by MT. Cummings to dra
 resolutions of sympathy and respect to sent to the family of Roger c. SulIiya ,' former committeeman from Illinois wi U died last week. The resolutions will IT presented to the convention for adoptio General William Bruce Haldenan e Louisville announced his resignation '- national committeeman from Kentncl s because of i'll health.
 The executive committee and commi e tee on convention arrangements will me e at San Francisco early in June, it W,
 q '"Ided
 These present at today's meeting wer
 JoEn T. Barnett Colorado; CharI A Bccscheinstein, Illinois Isadore B. Doc
 weller, California; F. G. Hoffman, I n diana; Thomas Taggart, Indiana W r. bur W. Marsh, Iowa Arthur F. Mule y Nebraska; Norman E. Mack, WiIIia al Bruce Haldeman, Kentucky Homer i- Cummings; Mrs. John B. Castlem7 le Kentucky; Mrs. George Bass and MI
 Kellogg Fairbanks, Illinois; Mrs. Sti1 a Burr, Minnesota Miss Elisabeth M e. bury. New York. and Mrs. Pattie Ri ,o ner Jacobs, Alabama.
 Ut Chicken hearted people are alwa