Arizona republican., 1920-01-05
DEMOCRATS RALLY
 ID TALK POLICIES;
 ALSO CANDIDATES
National Leaders Meet To
 Select 1920 Convention City-Expect Wilson To Make Known Intentions

WASHINGTON. Jan. 4--The na- tional capital is to be the rallyins ground during the coming week for national leaders of the democratic place for the 1920 national conven tion, talk over candidates and policies, and renew acquaintances at a Jackson day lovefeast, which many of them believe will make party history.
 Although only one day. Thursday. is set aside for formal business, leaders of various magnitudes were arriving tonight for d week of conferences and gossiping over the outlook for the presidential campaign.
 Choice of the convention city and time is to be the only business directly taken up by the national committee Thursday, but an effort probably will be made 10 have it recommend that the committee nominate president and vice president by majority vote in place of the two -thlrds required in past years.
 At the banquet that night, several aspirantS for the presidential nomina ton are to outline their policies. Two former nominees. William Jennings Bryan and Alton B. Parker, will be present, and President Wilson is eX- pected to send a message in which many leaders believe he may state his position toward third term.
 Six cities are in the race for the convention: Chicago. already selected as the convention city of the repub- licans; Kansas City, San Francisco, India annapolis, Cincinnati and CIeve- land. Discussion generally centers on late July or early July as the time of meeting.
 Talk of changing the time -honored custom requiring two thirds to nomi- nate. started some weeks ago ar q meeting Of the national committee in Atlantic City. and the movement has been actively promoted in many quar- ters.
 Should the committee make such a resolution, it is generally conceded that the convention would adopt il. Only a majority is required to nomi- nate by republican conventions.
 The names of speakers for the Thursday night banquet had not been made public tonight, but it was under stood that several of those mentioned for the presidency would deliver ad- dresses. Mir. Bryan, returning to the party councils for the first time in many months, is expected to be on the speakers list. which will include about a dozen names.
 So great has been the demand for seats at the dinner that officials of the convention said it would be held in two sections, with all of the speakers appearing at both places. Tn This way dOOUt l.fpt are lO De seq tSu.
 Two subjects earnestly discussed among the gathering leaders tonight were the part MT. Bryan vouId play in the campaign and the attitude of President Wilson toward the presiden- tial nomination. Mir. Bryan apparently has made extensive plans to. get into the political swim again. but whether he will he candidate for the nonnina- ton or will attempt to become the controlling factor in the convention has not been clearly demonstrated.
 Speculation about the course of President Wilson has raised the ques ton whether he intends to seek re- nomination and whether. If he steps aside. he will actively support some one of the aspirants. No authoritative reply to these queries has come from the White House. nor has it been in dicated definitely whether he would touch on these subjects in his Jackson day message. as many of the leaders expect him 10 do