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Show WILSON STANDS BEHIND MARSHALL PRESIDENT ADVISED DELEGATES OF HIS CHOICE FOR RUNNING RUN-NING MATE. Secretary Baker Gives Vice-Presiden tial Boomlets Setback When He Makes Known Wishes of President Presi-dent Regarding Marshall. St. Louis. That President "MVilson is thoroughly satisfied with Thomas R. Marshall as vice-president, and desired de-sired his renomination was made evident evi-dent on Tuesday when Secretary Xewton D. Baker, the president's personal representative, arrived here bearing the president's draft of the platform. There had been several prominent tlemocrats who had enjoyed fond hopes of being chosen to make the race with President Wilson, the report re-port having been circulated that Vice-President Vice-President Marshall would be thrown In the discard when it came nominating nomi-nating time. These various little boomlets received re-ceived a serious setback, however, .upon the arrival of Secretary Baker, :who made it known to all who cared to listen, that President Wilson desired de-sired the distinguished gentleman from Indiana to again go before the people of the nation as a candidate for vice-president. . Vice-presidential booms and booni-- booni-- Jets, around which most of the pre-tonvention pre-tonvention fights have centered, wilt-ed wilt-ed away under influence of the per-EonaF per-EonaF message from the White SJouse. i Secretary Baker a'.so effectively disposed dis-posed of the vice-presidential boom in his own behalf, which had attained prominence in the belief in some quarters quar-ters that Mr. Marshall lacked genuine gen-uine administration support. "The president is for the renomination renomina-tion of Vice-President Marshall," was the emphatic statement from Secre-.tary Secre-.tary Baker upon his arrival with the platform draft substantially complete and written largely, if not wholly by the president himself. "So far as I know," Mr. Baker announced, an-nounced, "the president has not considered con-sidered any other nonminee. As to the movement started in my behalf, I am for Mr. Marshall. I am here as a delegate from Ohio. I ran In a popular popu-lar primary pledged to support Mr. Marshall and obviously could not allow al-low myself to be considered." "The president's own" draft of the platform a single copy was delfv-ered delfv-ered by Mr. Baker to Senator Stone of Missouri, chairman-to-be of the resolutions res-olutions committee. Little change in it is anticipated and Mr. Baker said he came here as the means of communication com-munication between tho committee, the convention and the president. Mr. Wilson wrote his draft after freauent consultation with leaders at Washington, Wash-ington, and is said to have typewritten typewrit-ten it himself and sent the only copy to St. Louis by Secretary Baker. The platform dwells principally "on peace, preparedness for peace and prosperity." Tha principal planks deal with the administration's trials and achievements achieve-ments in handling international and Mexican affairs, its rapid and deliberate deliber-ate steps toward "preparedness for peace"' and the administration's record rec-ord of economic and industrial legislation leg-islation contributing to general prosperity. pros-perity. Despite agitation by some Democratic Demo-cratic leaders. President Wilson disapproved dis-approved insertion of a prank criticizing criti-cizing nomination of a supreme court justice for president or favoring a constitutional amendment prohibiting Justices frcn seeking other public federal offices. The president desired adoption of a pla'form so progressive that it will appeal to and attract members of tho Progressive party, but without an open, direct invitation to the Progressives Progres-sives to swing their strength to the Democratic ticket. Secretary linker also brought Infor-r.ialion Infor-r.ialion regarding the aggressive campaign planned in behalf of Mr. Wilson. Spell-binding will be its principal prin-cipal feature, the country to be covered cov-ered by prominent Democratic orators. ora-tors. Vice-President Marshall, Secretary! Secre-tary! Baker, Secretary Lane and Senator Sen-ator James of Kentucky, scheduled for permanent convention chairman, und Kepresenta'lve Claud Kitchin of .North Carolina, Dernx;ratlc leader of the house, will b the oratorH, most reiied upon. Other prominent campaigners, cam-paigners, it Is expected, will be Senators Sen-ators L-wia, HoIliB, Keed and Owen with an array of others from both fcenate and house. |