The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-21

hitting it to have It's full effect( whatever
that may have heen) and made absolutely
no effort to correct the false imSression
conveyed or to extricate the National COM
mittee from the false position in which 1t
was designedly placed In this your sub
committee believes that Mr.. Devlln was
unfortunately unmludful of the plainest
principles of fealty due from trusted
representative granting him authority.
In view OF tIe fact a press committee
has been provided for and with the I'M
Outstanding that said subcommittee is
In future to supervise and control all
methods of publicity in which the com
mittee and the party are interested, 1t is
our opinion and we hereby recommend
| that the National press bureau of which
Mr.. Devlin has been and Is now In charge.
should be placed under tho control Of the
press committee OF the National commit
tee and its organization and further oper-
alton be directed and supervised by such
press committee. Respectfully submit
ted:
Urey Woods. Kentucky,
James NJ. Johnson Kansas
Josephus Daniels, North Carolina
motion was promptly made by Mr.. Ga
han OF Illinois that the report be adopted,
and 1t was carried with three dissenting
yoices--O' Donnell of Colorado Williams
of Massachusetts and Abbott of New York
voting in the negative, Mr. Bryan did not
vote. notwithstanding tho fact that he held
two proxies.
The matter of rules was then taken M,
but Senator Tillman of South Carolina
moved an adjournment, as not all the
members Of the committee were provided
with copies of tho rules and he objected
to further proceedings until they were
supplied. The meeting then adjourned UNI
til $3.50 p. m.
Cd
Rose OF Milwaukee addressed the commit
tee inviting the members TO mako visit
to Milwaukee, and Mr.. Cox OF Kansas City
which liz cndeavoring to secure the next
democratic convention for that city, made
a short speech setting forth the advan-
tages OF Kansas City as a convention city.
No action was taken by tho committee
regarding the talk OF Mr.. Cox. as IL had
been determined before the meeting WIS
called to order that the committee could
not at the present meeting consider any
thing relative to the location Of the mex
convention.
Committeeman Norton OF Ohio, who was
acting for Mr.. Mclean, the regular mem |
Der from that State. then announced that
the members OF the Ohio Bimetallic league
were at the door and moved that they
be invited 10 enter and that Mr.. Taryin
of Kentucky. their chairman. be asked
to address the committee. Tho motion was
passed and the members OF tho league were
admitted.
Mr.. Taryin read the resolutions passed
by the league at the meeting held at the
Palmer house early In the day, calling for
the insertion In the next democratic Ma
tonal platform OF plaDks antagonistic TO
trusts. In opposition to Imperialism and
for a declaration OF adherence to the silver
plank OF the Chicago platform. His ad-
dress was intended TO convey the Inn
that unless the league received
the recognition they demand that they
would bolt from the ranks OF the demo-
cratic party.
I'VE ask" said Mr.. Taryin, ito be al
lowed to cooperate with the National
committee along these lines" and he ac-
cented the word these" in a significant
manner.
No action was taken by the committee.
except to pass vote OF thanks TO the
members OF the bimetalllc league and they
were informed that the committee would
call upon them whenever 1t required as
sistance on the lines marked out. The
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