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Show CI PARTY LEADERS T TAKE LUNCHEON AT WHITE HOUSE I Cor President Wilson Cheers ti Members of National L Committee by Predicting Victory in November CA, DROPS HIS DRESS PARADE LANGUAGE B03 Talks Freely and Confiden - pi tially With His Hands in Trousers Pockets, Dem ocrats Buoyant By I WASHIIGTO Dec S President tato Wilson told members of the Democratic -uece national comm ttee at a lun heon n the state dining room of the White 1 and house today that the Republ ans had Isubl Ho iss e for the next campa gn except ral ihe tariff and that Democracy was cer sin,, tain to win eral Our constr ct e work has started - "PoSc 331 irresist ble movement which cannot ta s iie stopped he declared An one CUES s, -was who tells you otherwise is talk ng Intel through his hat son! r son sa,J nothing to indicate ture whether he would aga n be a candidate ! Ws0 r Pres,en''v I orus Throughout his entire talk which , jjjes dealt with subjects ranging from Demo H cratic chances of victory to features of olt the life of a chief executive the j It president was informal Taking his paig place at the head of the table he thrust i - c asi his hands into his trousers pockets cast 1 pp aside what he termed his dress parade 1 drai language and talked freely and confi I ne lent ally 1 nol Much Enthusiasm ' 3 the Democrats of all factions greeted h s 1 -1 Papl emarks enthusiastically They left the 1 13 voW aite house m buoyant spirits de a 0 trial lanng that his optimism had inspired q d kem wlth new confidence It was 3 just the first t me ommitteen en sa d that jj he r bod had been rece ved as a whole 3,1 n he White house J t0J At the outset the pres dent said he Jfej by t wanted the members to feel that they ST1 "a!! were Part of a big fare ly of which 3j His he was a member He asked whether w Ja9 aovone present could suggest any cam tacl paign argument other than the tariff werl vhich the Democrat e opposrt on could Jj -nai! advance and the ommitteemeu all tiro shook the r heads Nobody knew at 2 wl 1 this t me he added what sort of a Jth 2,eer tariff measure must be framed to meet Wr' as cbang ng ond t ons resulting from the H hov war P bp Majority Rule P dati ls nS3 nP r a t es and pol c es gen lj2 thei erally the pres lent insisted that the 3" mei Democrat ew was that the maior L t J ''y should rule wh le that of the r op- J"j ponents va that a board of trus FY H tees shoul 1 act for the people w ' ctta To cbing upon the Mexican problem, M ne sal(' nIS same " a onty rule should r ami nPP'y ln ex c0 as we" a3 N"8 eoun b! fed T w'tho t regarl to the w shee o' C ' ear tersons res ling n other o ntnes who E! gad hold Mex can property Hp expressed tj rfun the belief that m due t me peace wo Id come n Mex co when the people were tboroughlv tired of ra s ng disturbances The president faced a n teJ om m ttee leaders declared ton ght rumors of threatened breaks between fr ends ot Fred B Lynch the M nnesota comm t teeman and Cha rman Will am Ale Combs having been promptly disposed of Mr Mcf ombs and most of the other comm tteemen left for the r homes to n ght |