Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1899-11-24
SESSIONS IN SECRET
DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE COMMIT
TEE MEETS IN CHICAGO.

Admin istrative but the Probable Stu
alton Next Year Is Also Considered.
Disposition to Make Trusts the Donnie
nant Issue, at Least in Some Localities.
CHICAGO, Nov. 21-The Democratic
| national executive committee. with
National Chairman J. K. Jones in the
chair. spent most Of the day in a room
in the Sherman House discussing mat
ters pertaining to organization, ways
and means and the administrative at
fairs of the organization. Nothing was
said about meeting Of the national
committee, but it is the opinion of
most of the executive committeeman
that the full committee will be called
to meet in Washington Feb. 90 and
that the national Democratic conven-
ton will be held the latter part of May
or the first part of June. Senator Jones
would say nothing about calling the
committee. The committeeman were
Extremely Uncommunicative
as to what was done at the meeting.
Secretary Walsh said that the commit
tee had transacted no business Of gen-
eral interest. After the meeting had
adjourned, however, some Of the COM
mitteemen continued the discussion Of
the probable situation next year. They
disclosed the fact that considerable
part of the committees time had been
devoted to discussing the probabl ef-
feet OF high prices On the campaign of
1900. 1t is the purpose of some Of the
committeeman to organize a bureau Of
information and education whose duty
it shall be to gather accurate and def
mite information relating to trusts, cost
of manufacturing. selling prices to job
bers and middl emen, selling prices to
consumers, wages paid and cost of raw
material. They believe they will be
able to show that the present high
prices are the
Result of Trusts and Combinations
and that workingmen have been given
but a small proportion Of the increase
in selling values. There did not seem
to be any disposition to shelve free sill
YER as an issue. all the committeeman
saying free coinage was in the platform
to stay. but none of them said it would
be the dominant issue. Congressman
William Sulzer Of New York appeared
before the committee He said trusts
would be the issue in the East. James
F. Minturn ct New Jersey told the
committee practically the same thing.
Senator PeltiyreW OF South Dakota and
Charles \. Iow,.e of Duluth. both Of
them silver Republicans. told the COM
mittee that tree silver was Il live issue
IN their states
There was Il strong feeling among the
committeeman present III favor Of hold
my the national convention earlier in
the year than has been the custom
heretofore, many favoring April or May
ON THE FACE OF RETURNS.
Dem ocrats Concede Taylor Has Plu-
rality but Will Contest.
FRANKFORT, KY, Nov. 21.-The
Democratic state campaign committee
comedies that Taylor has majority on
the face Of the returns, but bases a
hope OF the election of the Democratic
ticket on throwing out the vote of
Louisville on account of the alleged in
reference of Governor Bradley's sol.
diers, and johnson and Knox counties.
where tissue ballots were used. The
Kentucky election law plainly provides
for secret ballot and the Republicans
admit that they are not as we'll fortified
in the defense of their interests in
Johnson and Knox counties cases as
they might be, but do not credit to any
extent the Democratic claim regarding
Louisville. In fact they assert that
should Louisville be thrown out on the
pretext claimed they will not stand for
1t and that they have assurances that
Governor Bradley will back them up,