Evening star., 1896-08-15
CHICAGO THE PLACE
DemocraticNational Committee Head
quarters to Be There.
DOCUMENTSTO Be SENTOUTF FROM HERE
Uncertainty About Gorman's Con-
nection With the Campaign.
BRYAN WON'T BE MANAGED

No official statement as to the location of
the democratic national committee head
quarters is to be given out before tonight,
but it is surely going to Chicago. This is
Mr. Bryan's wish, and he is so positive In
the matter that even though his managers
may be convinced that this is serious
mistake they will yield to him.
Senator Jones, chairman Of the national
committees; Senator Faulkner, chairman of
the congressional committee and Repre-
sentatives McMillin and Richardson were
clcseted together in an informal talk this
morning, but none of them would make
any statement as to the program before
the time appointed by Chairman Jones for
making the formal announcement.
What Will Be Done.
This may be accepted, however, as sub
stantially what is to be done: The head
quarters will be established In Chicago,
and the subcommittee of the campaign
committee having charge of the literary
bureau will have headquarters at Wash
ington. The documents will be sent out
and the general newspaper end OF the cam
paign Will be conducted from here. Sena-
tor Jones himself will be in charge of the
chief headquarters at Chicago. He will go
there before the end Of the week, and will
probably have tn. work fully in hand in a
be three members of the campaign COM
mittee located permanently at Washington
Whether German will take any part in the
management of the campaign Is uncertain
He could undoubtedly go to the head of
the Washington committee If he were will
ing to do so, but 1t Is doubtful whether he
will. 1t Is more probable that Richardson
will be in charge of these headquarters,
and that a prominent southern newspaper
man will have general charge of the news
paper end of the work. The literary head
quarters will probably be established In
connection with or at least in the same
building with the headquarters of the con-
gTesSional committee. As both committees
Will be sending out documents, it is likely
that they Will work together.
Observation-Disclosures of Bryan.
The firmness with which Mr.. Bryan in
sisted upon the selection of Chicago for the
national committee headquarters against
the advice and wishes of nearly all the ex-
perienced campaigners of the party, and
contrary to the judgment of even the
chairman of the committee shows that the
candidate possesses the quality of strong
headedneSS to a phenomenal degree. 1t is
understood that the reason given by him
for the choice was that Chicago was the
central point of the battlefield.
He VIII Not Be Managed
People not officially connected with the
campaign seem to generally regard the Sc
Iectlon' under the circumstances, as con-
fession on the part of Mr.. Bryan that he
does not hope to accomplish anything in
the east. and that he wants to identify this
as a western campaign as far as the dem
ocrats are concerned. Old politicians re-
gard this as serious mistake on his part.
not on the ground that there Is any chance
to carry eastern states, but because it is
considered unwise to sectionalize the cam
paign. His attitude indicates also that he
is not going to be managed to any great
extent by his campaign managers. He evil
IDENTIFY has great deal of confidence in his
own Judgment.