The herald., 1896-08-18
Leaders Arc Busy in the COM
mittee Rooms
BRYAN AND SEWALL CLUBS
Are Relied Upon to Do Effective Politi.
cal Work
Silver Supporters Expect Valuable Aid From
Republican BoIters-Goldftes Busy Dis
tributing Campaign Literature
Associated Press Special Wire.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1i.-Senator
Jones, chairman of the Democratic ma
tional committee. had a long confer
ence this afternoon with Senator Faulk-
ner, chairman of the congressional COM
mittee: ex-senator Bland of Missouri,
who came here from New York; Senator
Bacon of Georgia, Representatives Nc
MILAN and Richardson of Tennessee and
Dan McConville, chairman of the state
executive committee of Ohio. and Law
renee Gardiner, secretary of the con-
gressional committee. They exchanged
views as to the plan of campaign, de-
voting most of the time to the question
of club organization.
As their means will be very limited,
they say they expect to rely upon the
Democratic clubs for much effective
work. They have reports of the organi-
zation of a large number of Bryan and
Sewall clubs throughout the country.
number of these, however are COM
posed entirely of Republicans, and on
this account the central organization
will have to be separate.
Chauncey F. Black of Pennsylvania,
president of the Association Of Demo-
cratic clubs, was telegraphed for and
is expected to arrive tomorrow MORN
! ling. In his hands, possibly, will be placed
the work of perfecting the Details but
the executive work will be done by
Congressman Mcmillan, who is now vice
chairman of the executive committee
| of clubs. He possibly will be elected
| chairman in place of Postmaster Cen
eral Wilson, who is going abroad this
| fall. An effort will be made, 1t is un-
derstood, to induce some very prominent
silver Republican, preferably Senator
Teller, to accept the presidency of the
Bryan and Sewall Republican clubs.
Chairman Jones will go to Chicago on
Wednesday to arrange for the location
of the main headquarters and get the
work of the campaign under way. Mr..
Bland will probably accompany him.
Senator Jones did not announce the
| remaining three mebers of the campaign
committee today. and he may not do
SO untilhe reaches Chicago.
| Although Chicago has been selected
as the headquarters of the Democratic
| committee, much of the campaign work
| will be done here. Branch headquar-
ters to be located here will work in con-
junction with the congressional COM
mittee. Most of the literature will be
| distributed from here.
Congressman Mcmillan of Tennessee
was selected by Chairman Jones and
Senator Faulkner to prepare the Dem
ocratio campaign book. He expects to
have the volume in print by the time Mr..
Bryan is ready to give his letter of ac-
ceptance to the public. The question of
locating branch headquarters west of
Chicago has not yet been finally decided
upon.
At Republican headquarters 1t was
| announced today that extracts from
| Mr.. Bryan's tariff speech were being
prepared for distribution to show his
strong free trade leaning. Senator
| Sherman's speech of August 80, 1894, ex-
planning the "crime of '73," is also being
prepared as a document for distribution.
Senator Butler of North Carolina,
chairman of the Populst committee, is
expected here tonight to meet with the
executive committee tomorrow Three
members of that committee are already
| here. Reed of Georgia, Edgerton of Ne
| braska and Washburn of Massachusetts
| are here. There is possibility that the
| Populist headquarters may be removed
| to Chicago. The committee decided at
| ST. Louis to locate the headquarters
here but a sentiment has grown up
since then in favor of Chicago. The
meeting of the committee tomorrow
may be quite stormy as there is the be-
| lief that the Watson middle of the road
ers are in the majority.