| Show FOREIGN POLICIES BOURBON Plank Will Point Out How Wilson Has Kept Country Out of Trouble Trouble Trou Trou- ble Me and Upheld Honor PEACE AT HOME Democrats Gathering at St. St Louis for National Convention President Will Be Pre Pre Preliminary ST. ST LOUIS June 12 to the opening of the Democratic national convention the members of the national committee committee com corn were here today to meet and pass upon the final arrangements arrangement for tor t the tha e convention whoso whose 1092 delegates delegate are to name the party ticket The committee com corn also has before it five rive contests three of which involve the seats scats of the tho national e committee from froni the District of pf Columbia Hawaii and Texas Another Another An An- other contest involves the se Seat t of ot a delegate from Hawaii and the fifth contest embraces a 1 protest against the tha seating of the six delegates from the District of Columbia We Ve expect a short short- session se of ot th the committee s said ald Chairman McCombs The convention arrangements are all an perfected ed and the contests before the should be speedily settled We Va have made a change in our convention convention convention con con- program The first session will ill willbe iII be held Wednesday when the temporary ary chairman will make tho keynote speech and the tIle committees will willbe be appointed The next day the convention convention conven conven- tion will hear the speech of the permanent per per- manent chairman and addresses of t prominent Democrats Draft of Planks On Friday there will be a morning session when the platform will be bo read and adopted and arid on Friday night we will name the ticket National Chairman McCombs held heM a 1 conference with William J. J Stone who W will be bo chairman of the resolutions committee Senator Stone brought with him from Washington certain drafts of or the more important planks that have been sketched In some detail by President Wilson and his advisers In congress and In the cabinet The principal planks that await ait presentation pre pre- to the platform committee are Foreign relations the Mexican situation sit situation sit lit preparedness and tariff The Tho I foreign relations plank will set forth Continued on page pase Z 3 j i FOREIGN POLICIES OF I 1 WilSON Will BE S SS KEYNOTE i i S Continued iC C from page 1 1 1 I r S the the unprecedented conditions that have haveS S arisen as- as asa a result ot of of the war and It will wm be be pointed out ont that while President dent Wilson has kept us from strife strite h hhas hhas he has a neutrality both strict and honest The plank on the Mexican situation will develop that this question has hasi i been beeh approached with the idea of k keepIng keep keep- ep- ep Ing inS peace ng not only with the Mexican republic but to maintain peace within her own border Tariff Plank On the question of f preparedness ss the platform will assert that the party has hasmet hasmet hasmet met met the thc demands of ot the world wide situation by br an advanced advance stage of preparedness preparedness pre pro of the navy and the enlargement en en- of the army and the reorganization of the national guard The tariff plank will point point- out that the reduction of Or f tariff duties so that tb the Income from that source ip in normal times would meet the demands of the government Jo Is an achievement of the Democratic r party arty The national committeemen are awaiting an Intimation from President Wilson as to whom he would prefer as chairman n of the committee to succeed Mr Ir McCombs who has announced his retirement nt It is learned that word ha has been tnt ent to President Wilson asking ask ask- ing lug him im to suggest the name of a chairman who would be agreeable to him that the new committee ma ma act upon the Ue suggestion immediately after th tho final session of the convention Committeemen here sa say that If President President President dent Wilsons Wilson's choice lies within the committee membership it probably willbo will willbo bo ho Vice Chairman Homer Cummings of Connecticut Mr Cummings said th that thai t he was not a candidate for tor the office of vf- vf fice ficq but if it called upon would s. s serve Anticipate Contest I A smart con contest lest was ant anticipated be before before before be- be fore the tho committee committe today today- over who should bould be seated as national commit commit- t toeman emaD from Texas Thomas Love formerly of Missouri l has protested against the seating of William Poin- Poin I dexter There is some trouble from I off far-off Hawaii A protest has been against the seating of one of Hawaii's six delegates and W. W P. P Jarrett has contested the election re-election of J. J H. H Wilson Wilson Wil VIl VIlson son as national committeeman Four presidents of Democratic clubs have entered a protest against the seating of ot National Committeeman John F. F Costello Cos- Cos tello tehlo and the six delegates to the convention con con- v nUon from the District f t Columbia Early trains brought scores of- of dele of-dele delegates dele dele- gates and nd visitors to St. St Lo Louis ls today and National Chairman McCombs said there was every indication that a 1 tremendous tre tremendous tre- tre throng throns would attend the theS S convention S This Is a n. remarkable tribute to toS President Wilson Vilson and the party said S Mr McCombs When hen one considers S that the convention lacks the alluring f feature a an aI i exciting l contest over the head of ot the ticket T The E convention hall hauls hallis Is rapidly taking I form ancl amI the national committeeman a 8 I lt willbe Urbe read ready In In ample time St. St Louis Louis' hu lg out bunting and flags in profusion today and decorations appeared appeared appeared ap ap- ap- ap everywhere e in honor hodor of the thecO cO convention Silent nt App Appeal al Mrs Thomas Updegraff the suffragist suffragist gist leader leader- of ot X New w York Tork believes that the tl-LQ Golden Goldei Lane in which several thousand wom women n dressed In tn white with white with sashes and carrying yel yellow ow parasols will wilt stand in silence in both sides s of the main street through which tl th delegates will pass on their w way y to toe the convention in going to be an effe ef- ef fe Zeive tive uve argument for suffrage This sil silent nt p plea ea of ot the olden Golden Lane Mrs Updegraff says sas is to be in direct contra contra con- con tra t with the women's campaign at other oilier r conventions where oratory was rey tl upon to make their points S Are Arc Ar on Hand Suffragists or of the new organized party and t the iC Woman's Womans r Na National a Suffrage association today rained demands for fort vo tw two widely different different differ differ- ent actions upon Democratic leaders The rhe national organization 1 headed J y Mrs Carrie Chapman Catt insisted up upa a a. declaration for suffrage In the Democratic platform while the Voma Worn Wom- a ai ans s 8 sparty party representative through his chairman n. n Miss Anne MartinS Martin declared th t unless the convention resolutions committee ee demands immediate adoption ion tion of the Susan B. B Anthony by her congress organization organization- will declare war There Js no use to dela delay Miss Martin Mar Mar- tin declared today todar The party has the vot es s in congress to past pass this amend amendment ment If it so desires We Ve will present our last move and the leaders can cart do 10 choose The time for declarations declara declara- U ns n's of ot good intentions and friendliness ness fleas is past With four million voters in twelve states clamoring for universal sal suffrage we demand action The ambiguity of the suffrage declaration declaration dec deo- in the Republican platform may be straightened in a few days by bya a statement from Charles D. D Hilles Senator Borah or some other Republican lican Hcan l leaders aders suffrage leaders of all organizations heard here today Mr Hilles Rules insists Miss Miss- Alice Paul of the Congressional nal Union said the plank put the pa party ty pa n record for suffrage and does floes not intend to say that the states should not deal with the question separately but merely recognizes that they have this right An effort also wilt will be made to have Justice Hughes Hughe declare declare- unequivocally for suffrage in his speech of or ance W WASHINGTON ASHI June 12 Demo Demo Democratic cratic leaders today were departing g for forthe forthe forthe I the party convention at St. St Louis with President Wilsons Wilson's final final- suggestions on work of ot the assembly The president president president I i dent also planned to leave heave Washington for West Point where he will deliver deliveran an address to graduates of the of-the the military ry academy tomorrow returning Imme imme- Baker on on Job Secretary Baker on his departure for St. St Louis today was one of ot the presidents president's presidents president's dents dent's personal representatives Indications Indications Indi Indi- were that Homer Cummings Connecticut national committeeman was the most likely choice of Mr Wilson Wilson Wil Wil- Vilson son as chairman of ot the Democratic na national national national na- na committee Mr Cummings n now w is s vice chairman S Chances that hat the Mexican situation would change between now and the election makes the platform declaration declaration declaration declara declara- tion dealing with that subject difficult to draw but out It is believed emphasis will wilt be laid principally on the presidents president's presidents president's l dents dent's policy of slight interference with Internal Mexican 1 affairs Strenuous efforts effort f are to be made by party lead leaders rs to smooth out differences of ot opinion within the party and to present present pre pre- Jre- Jre sent a a united front in the campaign itis it itis itis is said Despite the departure of many Democratic Dem Dem- congressmen for St. St Louis to today today to- to day the ho house se took up consideration of the fortifications appropriation bill FOREIGN POLICIES I OF WILSON WILL BE KEYNOTE KEYNOTE I Continued from page 2 to to th the fund that brO brought the convention to St. St Louis were mac made happy happ today by the announcement th that t they w would l ld g get t tickets ts to at least one of ot the sessions ns Tl Tile The e association which raised the fund has 2300 tickets ts and they will be par parcelled out out In proportion proportion tion to subscribed Here IIer Heretofore tickets have peen been given only to contributors of ot 50 50 or nor mor more Tho thirty ushers in the railroad st station Uon who counted uj upon tips to swell their re receipts tOda today counted up the re receipts receipts receipts re- re so far and found that the tips were coming In dimes nickels and even pennies The ushers' ushers room was the gloomiest g place In St. St Louis I The convention managers are hearing hearing hear hear- I ing from delegates on every hand suggesting suggesting sug sug- gesting that a four day session is too long for a convention which knows in advance what it proposes t to do With the presidential nomination entirely settled the only scattering consideration consideration tion of ot other names than Vice President President dent Marshalls Marshall's for the second place some delegates cannot understand why nominations cannot be reached before Friday night The They are being told toll by bythe bythe the leaders that a convention has more purposes for the party part than nominations nominations nominations nomina nomina- and adoption of ot a platform It brings livings all the leaders together In one I assembly to plan pIau the campaign Only a Days Day's Work All AU the expedients adopted by George W. W Perkins and his fellow workers at the ghost dance convention convention convention conven conven- tion in Chicago last week to prevent pre a a. precipitate nomination are are likely to tobe tobe tobe be resorted to here said one of the Democratic managers The whole business actually could be lie finished in ina ina ina a day if it that were desirable The platform platform plat plat- form is as good as written and the balloting bal bat is only a formality but the dt city of St. St Louis contributed and we have agreed that the convention shall run for four days das so they get can back their money in hotel and restaurant restaurant rant charges The convention managers realize reaUze the necessity of keeping the delegates en en- en It was ur understood that at some time during the speech making William J. J Bryan might be e invited to address the convention on party achievements Today Toda there still were no indications that Bryan intends to take tale part in the actual proceedings b by proxy Bryan to Appear Bryan however who his lila friends Wilson is say a will support President expected to appear before the resolutions resolutions resolutions committee at open hearings to urge the adoption of planks on peace and prohibition an and other questions he advocates While ile Vice President Marshall is everywhere the leading leading- figure in dis clis- discussion discussion dis- dis of the second place some other booms are lively but they are regarded retarded regard retard ed as favorite son affairs not likely l to disturb the harmony program ram when the nominations come along Henry former ambassador dor to Turkey who resigned to go into the campaign for President Wilsons Wilson's re-election re and who probably will handie handle handle han han- dle die the tha national committees committee's finances today revived a boom for Secretary I Baker for Vice ice president Mr 1 Morgen- Morgen thau said he expected to take the boom into the convention Arthur F. F Mullen national committeeman committeeman commit commit- teeman from Nebraska was booming the the candidacy of Governor John II H. Morehead of Nebraska who led the fight against Bryan Bran in th the state primaries primaries maries manes for selection of delegates Mullen Mul Mul- ullen ul- ul len said to today fay the entire delegation was was for tor Morehead Sullivan Out of It It There was some talk toda today of an ai ef effort effort effort ef- ef fort to insert in the platform a plank urging legislation to prevent with with- of ot federal Judges from office I to take any federal office or become a candidate for tor such an office More influential members of the national national national na na- na- na committee were not inclined to believe that such a plank would be long considered by the resolutions commit commit- tee They pointed out that It might confront the Democratic party some someday someday someday day and stand in the way of ot its taking a candidate from the federal bench Senator Thomas Taggart said today that the vice presidential candidacy of Roger Sullivan although it has the support of the Illinois delegation probably probably probably ably will not be placed before the con con- Mr the senator senator senator sen sen- ator said does not take the question of his nomination seriously and is e to try to prevent it Cinch for Marshall Senator Taggart said ald he expected the n names mes of ot Governor Majors of Missour Mis lIs Missouri sour and Senator Owen of ot Oklahoma to be presented as well as those of ot Governor Morehead and Secretary Baker Baiter but predicted an effort to havethe have havethe havethe the withdrawal of ot all names except that of ot Vice President Marshall l whose nomination Is expected by tion While some of ot Montana's delegates were planning to nominate Governor Sam V. V Stewart of ot Montana for vice president others declared he was not in sympathy with the movement and would upon his arrival tomorrow take steps to prevent the presentation of his name Because the Republicans have chosen their vice presidential nominee Charles W. W Fairbanks from Indiana delegates from |
