Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-01
Will SON DISCUSSES
CONVENTION PLANS
WITH CUMMINGS
Decides Virginia Platform Will
Serve as Model for National
Democratic Convention.
KEYNOTE SPEECH UP
FOR CONSIDERATION

Washington, June Homer s. Cum
m.nrs. chairman of the Democratic Ma
t,onal Committee. held a two-hour con-
.erer,cc with President Wilson at the
White House Yesterday and afterward took
luncheon with the Chief Executive and
Mrs Wilson.
TIC whole political situation was dis
casSed and agreement was reached rs to
sumber Of questions which are expected
To come up Mt the convention at San
francisco.
Presidential candidates. the prospec
tive platform. campaign issues, the IN
vcstgation of prccOnventlon expenses
and the KEYNOTE speech of MIR. Cummings
as temporary chairman of the convcn-
ton were among the subjects under dts
cusSion. After the conference MIR Gum
nIngs SAID:
am leaving for San Francisco tomor-
row afternoon and wished 10 have the
benefit of the Presidents advice about
several matters in order to avert the pos
>hillty of any misunderstanding.
The President and myself are wholly IN
accord ON questions of moment and now
have his views regarding some OF the detail
phases.
Mr.. Cummings expressed himself as
confident of Democratic success at the
fHti~ next .NONPlfIfltI sttNA A4h4ttAftt A'Aa"
President Wilson IS equally optimistic
over the outcome Of the campaign
The Democratic nominee Will be- the
next President So care will he taken IN
the selection III san Francisco said MIR.
Cummings with Emphasis Any doubt
chat may have existed as to the certainty
~ his prediction has been swept away by
ne acts and inaction Of the Republicans
Referring to the platform to be adopt
"a IN the convention and the ISSUES of
the campaign MIR Cummings said
The Virginia platform, rs set forth in
the correspondence between President
Wilson and senator Carter Glass. re-
fleets the attitude Of the Administration
and !, expressive Of the overwhelming
sentiment 81 the Democratic party.
1t j. = false assumption to believed
that any set Of politicians can manu-
iacturc IN artificial issue. There must be
genuine public sentiment That IS why the
treaty and the League Of Nations is now
i clcan-cut lssuc a fact that viii he alto
gcthcr pleasing - the real friends Of the
league
Mr. Cummings said that his under
standing was that the President has some
very definite ideas rs to what he intends
20 do with the peace treaty, hut he said
that any comment by himself would be
wholly without the realms 81 proprietv
lie indicated. however that the President
bad taken him INTO his confidence and
had outlined a positive policy he intended
TO pursue.
Speaking of the investigation Of Senate
committee into the prcconvention fund
and expenses Of the various politicians
candidates, Mr.. Cummings said that the
president was IN excellent hnmor" and
which several Of the Republican candidates
find themselves. lie divulged none Of the
President comment aside from asserting
that Mr.. " llson was Of tho belief that tho
Presidency could not be bought with SO
much gold.
While Mr.. Cummings recognizes that
the disclosures before the Senate com
nittee of huge campaign funds IN pos
session OF Republicans VIII greatly harm
ii not actually DESTROY several candl-
dates. he Is gratifed to learn Of the source
Of money and the alignment of the various
candidates with certain interests, as he
believes it will be good material for the
Democrats in the post-convention days.
Just what President Wilson had 10
saw about the different Democratic can
dldatcs and whether he Indicated or ex-
pressed any preference was Kept a secret
IN MI y tAillAii4iiSS- W. CtAltN a4C HEINZ
however, Of the fact that the candidates
were on the grill.
Lets talk sense, replied Mir Cum
mings when asked about the reports to
the effect that he was being roomed as q
dark horse He rldiculed the idea OF
his beng candidate IN any sense, al
though there has been serious discussion
OF such a contingency IN capital circles
Mr. Cummings sent rough draft of
his keynote as temporary chairman
Of the San Francisco convention to Joseph
2. Tumulty, secretary to the President,
last week. and in turn it had reached
President Wilson. 1t Is understood to lie
the purpose Of MIR. Cummings to urge
with characteristic eloquence an unqual-
fled Endorsement of the President at the
convention and MIR Wilson is supposed to
have read the general outline of the speech
THE President was very kind IN his
comment about the rough draft and
seemed gratified, . said Mr.. Cummings
The opinion that there would be no
serious opposition to a generous indorse-
ment OF the Administration IN the con
vention was expressed by Mr. Cummings
He limited that while he did not expect