The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-04-23
CUMMINGS NAMED
FOR CONVENTION
Conference in Chicago Results in
Plans Being Made for San
Francisco.

Francisco.
Chicago, April 20.-Homer S.
Cummings. chairman of the Demo
cratic national committee. was to-
day selected to act as temporary
chairman Of the party's national con-
vention at San Francisco next June.
The selection was made by the exc
cutive committee of the Democratic
national committee.
Col. John L. Martin of St. Louis,
Mo-, for the past 25 years sergeant
at arms of the Democratic national
committee, was chosen sergeant at
arms Of the convention.
The convention slate was formed
at a luncheon at the Iroquois club
where the Democratic chieftains later
listened with particular interest to
speech in which Chairman Cum
mings sounded what they said prob
ably would be the main point OF his
"keynote address" /"
The Republican party had lost its
moral character, he declared, IN
launching vigorous attack on the
action of the majority in congress in
defeating the peace treaty and
league of nations and particularly
the methods by which control Of the
foreign relations committee was helc
BY the Republicans.
seThe whole fight on the league OF
nations dates back to a corrupt cleo
ton in Michigan" he said, 'and a
convicted criminal is the thing upon
which Republican supremacy rests.
:, He was convinced that the people
Of the, United States wanted the
league of nations: The Republican
congress had debated the peace treaty
for eight months and had failed Ito
pass one constructive :pieee o1es1s-
aatlen."
Turning to the war; he: declared
that mot chance but brains won it.
and for this leadership he maintained
the Democratic party was entitled to
credit. 'It matters not what they
may say of President Wilson," he
added. "His fame is immortal and
future generations will render trib-
utes of praise and obligation to this
great Democrat"
Relations of Democratic women to
the party and their part in the difec-
tion of it's affairs would be decided by
the San Francisco convention, the
national executive committee decided
today.
Meeting with members of the wo-
mems advisory board, the committee
appointed Mr.. Cummins chairman of
a subcommittee to draft the program
under which the enfranchised women
will work. Their findings will be pre-
sented to the convention for adoption.
The days session was to be the
first in which women have had
representation on the national exc
cutive committee.
Plans for the convention were
virtually completed today with the
selection of the temporary officers,
Besides Mr.. Cummings and Colonel
Martin, these officers are:
E. G. Hoffman, national committee
man from Indiana, secretary; w. r.
Hollister, Missouri, assistant secre-
tary; J. J. Hughes, Oklahoma, assist.
ant sergeant at arms.
Colonel Martin, who has been SER
geant at arms of the national COM
mittee for the past 25 years, had
oficiated at four previous conven-
tions.
Objection to the San Francisco
convention committees arrangements
and particularly to the size Of the
hall, were removed following the ap-
pearance before the committee on
arrangements of Postmaster Charles
Fay, chairman of the San Francisco
committee and Isadore B. Dockweiler,
national committeeman from Cali
fornia who explained the plans being
made to handle the guests and the
convention might be moved across the
bay to Oakland, or to another city,
were dropped.
Gen. William B. Haldeman of
Louisville announced his resignation
as national committeeman from Ken
tucl;y, because Of i'll health.
The executive committee and COM
mittee on convention arrangements
will meet at San Francisco, early in
June it was decided.