The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-20
THAT IS BELIEVED TO BE THE
FIRST WORK BEFORE DEMO-
CRATIC COMMITTEE
new RULES ARE In ORDER
VACANCIES IN NATIONAL COMMIT
TEE TO BE FILLED FROM MEM
BEERS OF THAT BODY
NEW AUXILIARIEs PROPOSED

Their Formation Would Relieve MIR.
AItgeId From Further Service
Committee to Investigate Conduct
of Press Agent DevIin VIII Prob
ably Recommend AboIishment q
the Press Bureau.
CHICAGO, July i5.-Acting Chairman
William J. Stcne, Of Missouri, will call to
oroer pe1 Democratic national committee
81 IL o'clock tomorrow morning in the
Sherman house. The Democrats gathered
here expect to be busy with questions of
political moment during the whole of the
day. William Jennings Bryan will prob
ably sit as committeeman, arrange
ments having been made to furnish him
with proxy. John P. Altgeld holds the
pIoAyof William H. White, of Washing
ton His presence in the committee may
cause trouble. for it is believed that
Thomas Gahan, member of the committee
from Illinois. may question Mr. Altgeld's
right to represent a Democratic commit
teeman. Apparently Mr.. AItgeld is de-
sirous of avoiding trouble He said to-
day that he did not care TO sit ir the COM
mittee If any Of the members resented it,
and accordingly telegraphed Mr.. White
suggesting that some other proxy be
named
If 1 do not hear from Mr. White"
said tho ex-governor tonight, ''or If he in
sists that l represent him, I shall do so.
But have no desire to bring local affairs
into the committee"
The discord between the Harrison and
Altgeld factions of the local Democratic
perty was the salient feature of todays
talk around the hotels. If Acting Chair
man Stones wishes are carried out. and
apparently most of the committeeman are
with him, the factional differences local
to Chicago and New York will not be
brought before the committee in any
form.
NEW RULES PROPOSED.
1t IS probable that new rules will be
adopted tomorrow, providing that when.
ever vacancy occurs in the national
committee the state committee shall elect
member of the national committee to
III such vacancy. Another rule which is
under consideration gives the national
committee the right to judge of the quail
1tcat1ons of its own members. Still an
other rule is being talked of which would
force ex-Gov. Altgeld out of his position
as member of the auxiliary commit
tee, which was originally COMPOSED of
MT. Altgeld, Senators Jones, Teller and
Allen and Willim ]. Stone This ruIe
will provide that all committees. anvil
larry and otherwise, of the national com
nllttee, shall be made up of only members
OF the Dig committee, AS Mr.. AltgeId Is
not member of the national committee
the adoption of this rule would Drevent
ms serving on any auxiliary committee.
According to the plan of action given
out today there will be two subsidiary
committees named-the finance commit
tee, which will take the place of the com
mlttee on ways and means and the exec
uuVe committee, which, in addition TO
Its other duties, will take charge of the
press bureau
1t was predicted today that if a SUBJ
committee of the finance committee is
named to de the work which has baen
done by the ways and means COMMITTEES
Orey WoodsGn, of Kentucky, and ]. G.
Johnson, of Kansas will be two of it's
members, and that Samuel B. Cook. of
missouri, Will be made superintendent
PRESS BUREAU REPORT.
Mr.. Woodson and Mr.. Johnson who
We're members of the COMMITTEES selected
to inquire into the protest made by Thorn
as Gahan against P. j. Devlin. press
agent OIL the national committee have
their report ready to submit tomorrow
The report is understood to censure Mr.
DeVin for the part he took in the Har
rlscn-Altgeld campaign last spring. and
10 recommend the adjustment of the
press bureau
IL is lnt1mated that the designations of
Senators Teller and Allen and ex-Gov.
Stone as members Of the auxiliary or
ways and means committee, will be hand
ca IN tomorrow Senator Jones' absence
IN Europe Will leave Mr.. Altgeld the sole
remaining member of this committee ana
al attempt may be made to force him ont
ana reorganize the committee with onIv
democrats as members, leaving out the
Popullsts and Silver Republicans.
among the prominent Democrats here
today are George Fred Williams. of Mas
sacEusetts; Oliver H. P Belmont of New
OK; congressman James A. Norton, Of
OHIO; William J. Stone and Senator
Francis NJ. Cockrell of Missouri. Col +
Victor Baughman, of Maryland. proxy for
arthur z. Gorman; Clark Howell of
Geo1 gta; William GoebeI, Democratic can
d1date for governor of Kentucky: Henry
u. Clayton, of Alabama; William J. Otev
OF virginia; William r. Burke proxy for
SoAAiAAAiNIoSli1dH OWyer, Oh California.
John F. Shaforth, of Colorado; Col John
l. Martin, of ST. Louis; Frank Gambler
OF New York; ]. G. Johnson. of Kansas
and Judge James P. Tarvin, of Kentucky
president of the Ohio Valley BimetalIic
league.
ALTGELD MEN MAKE CLAIMS.
William Prentiss, one of John p. Ait
eeld's most intimate friends, called on
Acting Chairman Stone, of the national
Democratic committee, tonight and de-
livered to him the uitimatum of the al
lied bimetallie forces. Mr.. Prentiss came
direct from joint conference of the ex-
ecutive committee of the Ohio Valley
Bimetaliic league, and committee repre-
senting the Chicago platform Democracy
of Illinois, the Chicago platform Democ-
racy of New York, and the National BIZ
metallic league. He told Mr.. Stone that
if the national committee, at it's meeting
tomorrow, removed P. ]. Devfin from his
position as press agent of that commit
tee, the act would be construed by the
bimetallists as hostile to the Chicago
platform.
Neither Mr.. Prentiss nor Mr. Stone
would give the result of the conference
in Mr.. Stones room, but the Altgeld men
declared that P. J. Devlin would not be