Evening star., 1923-10-10
DRAFTS WILL HAYS
TO GET DEMOCRATS
New York So Eager for Con-
vention Non-Partisan Com
mittee Is Named.
BY ROBERT II. SMALL.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, October 10.-New York
city at last is making a serious eff
fort to get a national political con-
vention, and If wealth and determi-
nation count for anything the metrop-
oils is going after the democratic
gathering of 1924 with a distinct ad-
vantage over several of the other
competitors.
New York ordinarily is disdainfui
of conventions, although many hun
dreds of them are held here, almost
unheard and unseen, every year. II
is just that quality of being "swal-
lowed up" that has kept the poiiticai
conclaves away from the big town.
The national nominating conVen-
tions have great advertising Value TOT
the parties. "Keynotes' OF the com,
ing battles are sounded there, anu
great orators and speliblnoers are
given ample opportunity TO pony
with pride" and view with alarm"
But what is the use of all TINS talk
If the convention is regarded as Jusl
an incident of everyday life, as New
York regards most of the conventions
held here.
Success Promised Democrats.
But all of this is to be changed. II
is promised that If the democrats VIII
hold their convention here next year, f,
the wheels of the old town viii stop
turning. if necessary, to make II
huge success. 1t is also PROMISED
that plenty of opportunity VIII be
given for street parades and band
concerts. :.
Fifth avenue will be roped on Tor
the political walkers and the boomers
and the boosters. It.is promised tnM
none of the usual color and entnasl-
asm of an old-time political gather.
ing will be lost. AS a matter or fact
New York city today Is all broken
out with promises-if the democrats
will only listen to reason and the
jangling of a tremendously Dig purse
to defray all the costs of their gather-
ing. with perhaps tidy sum left over
for campaign purposes.
New York is. SO anxious for the
democratic convention that 1t has Or
ganized a non-partisan committee TO
fight for it, And. believe 1t or not.
the name of VIII H. Hays, one-time
chairman of the republican natlonai
committee. is on the executive COM
rnittee to bring the democrats to the
metropolis They say win hays Is
go -getter,'' so, New York is bidding
him "go."
After G. O. p. Session, Too.
There is no disposition to make the
republicans feel sighted because OIL
all this attention to the democrats.
The men behind the present move,
after the republican convention or
1928 1t is taken for granted mere
that the G. o. p. will meet as usual
next year in the home town of Fred
w. upham. the national treasurer.
Fred Jpham likes New York pretty
well. so when 1t comes time for the
1928 gathering to be pledged. the
folks Of this town are going TO ask
Fred please TO let the repuoilcans
come here just once, anyway. ea tnen
Chicago can have them again IN 100.
+ Many persons may not know II. out
a change is coming over New York.
The old town actually is getting
sort of Main street complex. fou
hear people talking every day aoout
civic pride and all that sort of thing
subway and on the elevated If the
thing keeps up 1T won't be long now
before New York sends special tram
of boosters" into the south ana
west, urging every one to come gaze
upon the wonder city and do their
| shopping here, early and late.
Room a Vital Question.
OF course right now you have TO
| fight for a room at any one of the
more popular hotels, so IL any more
persons came to the wonder city the
wonder would be where to put them
| Nothing in particular seems TO DC go
| ing on, but the crowds of out-of-town
| folk are here and the tavernkeepers
say apparently they have just come
| for good time.
| The convention committee, already
! formed and functioning. has pledged
! the hotel keepers, who say they Will
| not only provide plenty of room for
! the convention delegates and WIS.,
! itors, bur that they will not raise
! prices one penny. New York's pride
, is aroused. 1t wants national
! political convention and won't be
happy till it gets one.
Sees Atlanta AZ Rival.
! The competitors New York fears
most are San Francisco and Atlanta.
! Cleveland was regarded as holding a
| front place in the ranks, but of late
nothing much has been heard from
! the Ohio metropolis.
that some Of the politicians viii hold
up their hands at coming here be-
cause of possible "Tammany infiu-
ence" and a further possible stam-
pede for New York's own AL Smith
That is why the ''so-gettfng" commit
| tee is non-partisan. And, anyway, Al
Smith tells his best friends that no
one is "fooling" him at all with this
| talk about the presidency. New York
| IL AIS idea of heaven, not Washing
Copyright, 1928.