Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1884-03-05
DEMOCRATIC CANPAlGs COMMITTEE
An Organization Effected and an Ex.
ecutiye Committee selected.


ecutive Committee selected.
WASHINGTON, March 4-The Demo-
cratic Congressional Campaign Committee
met at the Arlington Hotel this evening
and organized for the coming campaign.
Senator Pendleton, chairman of the Demo-
cratic joint caucus, presided, and Repre-
sentative Post, secretary OF the joint eau
Gus, acted as secretary of the meeting.
Thirty States and four Territories are rep
resented on the Campaign Committee,
these being the States and Terri
tories which send Democratic
Senator or Representative to Congress.
Thirty-one members were present this
evening. The following Executive Com
mittee was selected: On the part of the
Senate, Senators Garland, kenna and
German; on tie part of the House, Rep
resentatives Paige, Rosecran5, Stockslager,
Stevens and Murphy. 1t was decided that
this Executive Committee should be en-
powered to select members of the Cam
paisn Committee for States and Territories
not represented il either the Senate or
House by Democrat. These States and
Territories are Colorado, Kansas, Maine,
Minnesota, Nebraska, New Hampshire,
Rhode Island and Vermont, and Dakota,
Idaho, New Mexico and Washington. No
other business was transacted by the Cam
paign Committee.
The Executive Committee met upon the
adjournment OF the Campaign Commit
tee and organized by the election of Sen
ator Gormaa chairman and Representa-
tive Post secretary. Senator kenna and
Representatives Stevens and Stockslager
were appointed a subcommittee on
finance, and Senator Garland and Repre-
sentatives Murphy and Paige a sub.com-
mittee on campaign documents, the
chairman being an eI-0fici0 member
of both subcommittee. The committee
had an informal talk over the arrange
mentS to be made for the campaign, but
did not enter into discussion of the ques-
tons of party policy. Revenue-reform
Democrats appear to be in q minority on
the Executive Committee. Senator Cor
man and Senator Kenna are both tariff
Democrats, as are Representatives Paige
and Stevens. Representatives Stocksiager
and Murphy were Carlisle men, and with
senator Garland, represent the tariff
reform element on the committee.
Representative Rosecrans voted for Car
Isle for Speaker, but is an incidental
protectionist," and indorses the Ohio tar
if platform. The secretary of the COM
mittee is a tariff Democrat. In the main,
the committee is composed of the granger
element of the party. The following is
luii AiSl VI tuS SaIhpeslSH NOnLhetOo % ~
present composed: Alabama, H. A. Her
bert; Arkansas, a. H. Garland; California;
w. s. Rosecrans; Connecticut, W. W.
Eaton; Delaware, q. B. Love; Georgia, A.
Fl. Colquitt; Illinois, R. w. Townshend;
Indiana, S. NJ. Stockslager; Iowa, J. II.
Murphy; Kentucky, James F. Clay; Lou
isiana, n. C. Blanchard; Maryland, A. P.
German; Massachusetts,, II. B. Lowering;
Michigan, n. B. Eldndge; Mississippi, H.
L. Muldrow; Missouri, A. NJ. Dockery;
Nevada, G. w. Cassidy; New Jersey, w. II.
Fielder; New York, r. R. Stevens; North
Carolina, Clement Dowd; Ohio, d. r.
Paige; Oregon, J. H. Slater; Pennsyl-
vania, VIM Mutchler; South Carolina,
Samuel Dibble; Tennessee, 1. G.. Harris
Texas, R. G. Mills; Virginia, Jno. S. Bar
bour; West Virginia, Jno. L. Kenna
Wisconsin, P. V. Deuster; Florida, r. IL.
NJ. Dawson; Arizona, q. II. Curry; Mon
tana, NJ. Maginnis; Wyoming, NJ. f. Post;
Utah, J. F. Cain.