The record-union., 1896-07-30
Chairman Hanna ConferS With Leaders
Of the Party at New York.
Talk for Hours Over Affairs of the
Campaign.
Encouraging Reports From Men High
in Republican Circles as to the
Prospects of Success i'm Nebraska
and kanSaS-SenatOr ThurStOn to
Speak Throughout the Northwest.

Speak Throughout the Northwest.
NEW YORK, July 29.-The first meet
ing of the National Republican Execu-
tive Committee was held this afternoon
in this city. Among those who attended
the conference were Mark A. Hanna,
Garrett A. Hobart, Fred S. Gibbs and
Cornelius n. Bliss of New York, Matt.
,. Quay of Pennsylvania, N. B. Scott of
West Virginia, General w. NICK. Os-
DCrne, Secretary to the National Com
nilttee, General Charles D. Brayton of
Rhode Island, General George Z. Bow
doln OF Virginia, Senator elect William
L. Wellington of Maryland, Redfield
Proctor of Vermont, Ex-Governor Che
ney of New Hampshire, John Wanna
maker of Pennsylvania, G. ]. Long of
Florida, eX-COngressman Edmund
Waddill of Virginia, T. H. Lyman of
Massachusetts,, j. H. Wilson of Della
ware, A. S. Gary of Maryland. Ex-
Judge Franklin Fort known as the
Chauncey Depew of New Jersey, Sam
c. Fessenden of Connecticut, and Peter
Prltchard of North Carolina arrived
after the doors were closed, and were
The only States of the circuit not rep
resented at the conference We're Maine
Georgia, South Carolina and Alabama.
The conference lasted nearly four hours
the major portion of the time being
taken up in listening to a statement
from Mr.. Wanamaker, who told of the
condition, politically, of Pennsylvania
and what he expected it would do for
Mckinley
After the conference the Executive
Committee held a session Several
names were suggested, but none was
selected for the ninth place on the COM
mittee
Mr.. Bliss, the former Treasurer of
the committee, who has held over pend
ing the election of his successor, was
reelected, and consented to serve.
Mr.. Hanna was authorized to name
a man to represent Utah, and he chose
a MIR. Rogers, who was recommended
hy Senator Brown
Mr.. Hanna, Mr.. Quay and Mr.. Scott
We're the only members of the Executive
Committee at the meeting.
CAMPAIGN MANAGERS.
CHICAGO. July 29.-For the first
time since the National Republican
headquarters We're opened all the Ex-
ecutive Committee members assigned to
the Western campaign were present and
i'll conference. Owing to Chairman Han
mas absence no formal conference was
held, but Messrs. Dawes of Illinois.
Payne of Wisconsin, Durbin Of Indiana
and Leland of Kansas spent a busy day
in their offices, either in consultations
together or transacting campaign busi-
ness with numerous callers from differ
ent States.
The committee has decided to recog-
rize committee of five chosen by the
State and National Associations of Re
publican Commercial Travellers for the
purpose of helping in the campaign. The
committee will be given space at head
quarters, and be supplied with all the
literature they want In other respects
they viii be left free to carry out their
own plans
Mr.. Hahn made his first assign
ments to-day giving to Senator Thurs
ton the following appointments to open
State campaigns: At Madison, Wis,
July 3lst; Milwaukee, August 9TH; ST.
Paul, August 7th; Duluth. August Sth:
Topeka, August 18th; Ottumwa, Au-
gust 10th. After the Nebraska orator
has made speeches at the foregoing
places he will go East under the direc-
tion of the New York Headquarters.
several speeches and returning
to the Western department the first
week Of September for further assign
ments.
1t is the policy of the National Com
mitteemen not to send out MANY
speakers prominent i'll public life dur
ing the early part of the campaign,
but speeches will be made during An
sofa, Iowa and Kansas
Mr.. Hahn has about $50 applications
on flle from persons of more or less
merit who want to he engaged to take
the stump by the National Committee.
Judge A. NJ. Post, Chairman of the
Nebraska State Central Committee.
and Senator Thuston arrived from that
State, spending soIhe time at head
quarters
Judge Post said tonight: "McKin-
ley will carry Nebraska by a large ma
Jority. Bryan's neighbors regard him
as an amiable fellow and clever. but
they do not want to see him President.
L expect to see him defeated in his
own ward in Lincoln, in his county,
his Congressional District and in the
country at large. Nebraska is as
strongly for Mckinley as it was from
the start, and the party is organized
as it never was before"
Senator Thurston said: "The pros
poets of Republican success seem to
grow brighter every day. l think
Bryan reached the hight of his popu-
iarity the day after he was named.
and he has been losing ground every
day since. The older the campaign
grows the more remote will become the
chances of Bryan's election. The Ne
braska farmers will remain true to
their party which they have been loyal
to during the onslaught of Populism
for years"
Cyrus Leland, speaking for Kansas.
told his fellow committeeman that he
was cognizant of a revolution of feel
ing in favor of the Republican plat
form since the silver smoke of the
last three conventions had cleared
away, and he looked for accessions
from the country
Hon. Roswell p. Horr of New York
has been assigned to Nebraska for
speech making
James N Huston of Indiana. ex-
Treasurer and + IT Doyev of Apdar-