The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-07-22
CHAIRMAN ". F. HARRITY.
The Pennsylvania Organizer Will
Manage the Campaign for the
Dem Ocrats.
Past Successes Presa9e a Most
Successful Contamination Of
His Work.
Plan Of tho Cam mpnign Establishs The
Matter Of Wertern Headquartsrs--
The German Vote.

Matter Of Wextern Headq uArters~-
The German Vote.
NEW YORK, July 2l.--Ths national demo-
cratic com nittee mot to-day and organized
by tho unanimous selection of Vim. +. Har-
rity, Of Pennsylvania, as chairman, and
Simon +. Sheefin, of Indiana. a. secretary.
Immediately after the roll cali Calvin Is.
Brice. chairman of the former committee,
reiterated his declaration that he did not
desire to be considered = candidate for re =
election. In the campaign four years ago
he worked as earnestly as any man could
for democratic success. The party WAS de-
fssted. however, and he was not unaware of
the fact that the public always judge mat
ter Of this kind by the standard of succeas.
He regretted severing his pleasant connec-
tion with the committee and assured them
that anything he could do for the party he
would De glad to do. German. Of Mary
land, Ransom, Of North Carolina. Thomas,
Of Colorado. and Whitney. Of New York,
made speeches in commendation of
Brice's past services to the party. A
vote of thanks was rendered Brics
BY rising vote. Harrity was then
selected chairman by scclamation and
made few remarks, expressing his deep
sense of the responsibility asvolvinR upon
him and promising to use his best efforts to
promote success. Secretary Shserin was
reelected by aeclsmstion, and Robert b.
Roosevelt was chosen treasurer. He 10 also
a native and resident of New York city. He
is a member OF Tammsny hall. and was ap-
pointed by President Cleveland minister to
the New Netherlands. He is q man OF
wealth, and spends part of his time at his
summer residence at Ssyville. l.. /. Last
week Roosevelt resigned his position as
president Of the Holland trust company.
He is favorably spoken of as possible can
didate for the mayoralty. Whitney intro
duced a set of resolutions in regard to the
plan of campaign, and they were adopted
by acclamation. They are substantially as
follows:
1t was decided that the executive COM
mittee should consist Of twenty-five mem
beis designated by the chairman, and that
the chairman of the national committee
should be chairman of the executive conf
| mittee. Ii was also decided that cam
paign committee to consist of nine MEM
bers ahould be appointed by the chairman,
himself to be one, such committee to select
its own chairman from or outside OF ita
own membership. The chairman was also
| authorized to appoint an advisory board.
numbers according to his discretion. OF
democrats within or without the national
| committee; that the direction Of the cap,-
palgn be under the charge of the chairman a
and the campaign committee, subject ia
the approval Of the national committee.
1t is rumored th.t ex-Ssct etary Whitney
r~Sn ko do nhn AkA Ii
mittee. A committee of two consisting OF
Chairman Harrity and Secretary Sheerin.
was selected to procure headquarters in
New York, and the chairman was author.
lied to appoint a committee Of five to CON
slider restrictions regarding the next
national convention as proposed by Gene
raj Collins. of fMassachusetts, st the Chicsgo
convention. A resolution was passed in
structinR each member Of the committee.
on returning homo, to study CLOSELY the
political situation in his particular state
and submit written report thereon to the
secretary at the earliest practicable date.
The committee then adjourned.
Washington HessinR w. c. Goudy, Juoge
Tree and others appointed to secure the e.
tabllshment of western headquarters al
Chicago, decided to-day that the executive
committee, whom appointed. would be the
proper organization to consider the m after.
They have not been idle. however, but have
explained to ex- President Cleveland and
nearly all members OF the committee indi-
vidually the objects to bo attained by
| western headqus ters. The committee ap-
peared before ex- Presidents Cleveland this
afternoon with Nr. Hessng. who 10 editor
| of the Illinois Stxats Zeitung, an influen-
| tial German American, as spokesman. He
assured Mr.. Cleveland that the establish
ment Of western headquarters would be OF
great assistance in carrying western and
| northwestern states. Western ideas Of the
campaign are different from the customs OF
| tho east. II there il q Subcommittee with
headquarters at Chicago. all the means can
be alsed that are necessary to carry on the
| work in the west. whereas, il it 10 known
that the money must 90 east to be ex-
PENDED under the direction of the main
committee he doubted whether it could bs
done.
"Everywhere in the vest" said he. "the
German vote is the balance Of uower,
Wherever the German vote has gone against
the republican party those states have al
ways gone anti epuhlican, whether or not
| they went directly dsmocrAtiC. They have
not gone over body and soul TO the demo
cratic party in Illinoia aud Wisconsin, but
they are in opposition to the republican
party. This fall, with the school question
still An issue. they are just as much against
the republican party as they we're two years
ago, and to be against the republicans
msans democratic success. There are in
Illinois 10000 German Luthsrans. OF that
number 1900 have always been democratic.
leaving 5000 who usually have been
republicans. In 1890 at least 10000
Of that 5000 voted for Mr.,
Raab, democratic candidate for superin-
tendent of public instruction, and the re-
suit was he was elected by $4,000. In 1888
Harrison carried the state by $4,000. Tho
same German vote which more than re-
velsed that and gave us success two years
ago, il just as strong this time in favor of
Altgeld. our candidate for governor, and
also for Cleveland, as it was for Raab two
years ago.
You may congratulate yourself. MIR.
Cleveland" said he. seeing that you
stand wonderfully we'll with the Germans"
II am glad to hear such good news from
you." said Mr.. Cleveland, smilingly.
1T is true" said Hessing. that there is
no American in the United States Of national
repute who has q stronger hold upon the
German Lutheran voters. there ia no doubt
that $1,000 will vote for you. That makes
change of $4,000 votes. and will give us
nla ajority of 1900. There are many Ger
man L! otestants who are not Lutheran, but
upon this question they are oil united.
With proper organization and campaign
OF education, there IL no question that
Illinois will give us from 10000 to 1000
ma ority."
Cleveland assured the visitors that he
thought very favorabls of the western
headquarters. and would give the matter
careful consideration.
l he list of proxies was follows: Idaho,
s. p. Sheerin for +. W. Beane; Michigan,
J. h. Whiting for ID. j. Campau; Montana,
A. =. German for A. j. Davidson; Nevada.
Horatio @. King for IL. p. Heating; New