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Show COLBY LOOMS US S. F. CHAIRMAN Senator Carter Glass Will Head Democratic Committee Commit-tee on Resolutions WASHINGTON. Juno IS. (By Tho Associated Pres3). Balnbridge Colby, Col-by, secretary of state, is regarded by most Democratic leaders in Washington, Washing-ton, as the mostllkely choice for permanent per-manent chairman of the Democratic national committee at San Francl3co. Mr. Colby was elected a delegate to tho convention from the District of Columbia last week, heading an administration ad-ministration ticket in opposition to that put in the field by the 'Bryan Democratic club. Senator Joseph T. Robinson, of Arkansas, Ar-kansas, and Chairman Cummins, of the Democratic national committee, who is to be temporary chairman of the convention, also havo been mentioned men-tioned in connection with the permanent perma-nent chairmanship. Mr. Cummings' friends say, however, that he does not desire tho plac. Senator Carter Glass, of Virginia, who drew the platform adopted by tho Virginia Democratic convontlon, and slnco endorsed by President Wilson, has been definitely decided upon as tho chairman of the committeo on resolutions. The league of nations' plank of the platform to be adopted at San Francisco is expected to follow fol-low closely that In the Virginia platform. plat-form. E. F. Moore, of Ohio, and manager of the campaign of Governor James M. Cox, of that state, arrived with Norman E. Mack, national committeeman committee-man from Now York. Cox Friends Unafraid. "Announcement of Wayne B. Wheeler, Whee-ler, general counsel of. the Antl-Su-loon league, that the prohibition forces are going to ask the convention to present a solid front against Governor Gover-nor Cox does not frighten us." Moore said. "Wheeler, a Republican, tried to beat Governor Cox in 1914 and failed to do so. "Up to tho time I left tho cast the New York delegation had not decided decid-ed who they were going to support, but wo hope to swing them over to Governor Cox." The New York delegation favors modification of the Volstead act so that each state may decide whether it wants wines and beer, Mack said. Beer and Wine. "The poor as well as the rich arc entitled to their bcyir and wine,"' ho. said. "They should bo permitted to settle the question for themselves," Some sort of a plank on the crisis question also was favored by the delegation, del-egation, ho said. Ho announced that the delegation had hold no meeting to discuss a candidate and did not expect ex-pect to do so until it arrived In San Francisco. |