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 Mr..
AItGeId From Further Service
Committee to Investigate Conduct
of Press Agent DevIin VIII Prob
ably Recommend AboIishment of
the Press Bureau.
CHICAGO, July 19.-Acting Chairman
William ]. Stone, Of Missouri, will call to
order the Democratic national committee
at 10 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 a committeeman, arrange
ments having been made to furnish him
with a proxy. John P. Altgeld holds the
proAyof 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.. AItgeld S
right to represent Democratic commit
teeman. Apparently Mr. Aitgeld is de-
sirous Of avoiding trouble. He said to-
day that he did not care to sit IN the COM
mittee if any of the members resented it,
and accordingly telegraphed Mr.. White
suggesting that some other proxy be
named.
'If I do not hear from Mr.. White"
said the ex-governor tonight, "or If he in
sists that 1 represent him, 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
party was the salient feature of today's
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
I'LL such vacancy. Another rule which is
under consideration gives the national
committee the right to Judge Of the quail
fhcations 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
Mr. Altgeld, Senators Jones, Teller and
Allen and Willim J. Stone This rule
Will provide that all committees, auxiI-
larry and otherwise, of the national com
nlittee, shall be made up of only members
or the big committee As Mr.. AItgeld is
not member of the national committee
.He aooptlon OF this rule would prevent
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
ut1Ve committee, which, in addition TO
lts other duties, will take charge of the
press bureau
1t was predicted today that If sub
committee of the finance committee IS
named to dc the work which has been
done by the ways and means committee
Orey Woodson, of Kentucky, and ]. G.
johnson, OF Kansas, will be two of its
members, and that Samuel B. Cook, of
Missouri, will be made superintendent.
PRESS BUREAU REPORT.
Mr.. Woodson and Mr.. Johnson. who
were members of the committee selected
10 inquire into the protest made by Thom-
as Gahan against p. J. DevIin. press
agent of the national committed have
their report ready to submit tomorrovr
The report is understood to cens1Ire Mr.
DeVI1n for the part he took in the Har-
rlscn-Altgeld campaign last spring. and
TO Recommend the adjustment of the
press bureau
Ii is tntimated 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
ed In tomorrow. Senator Jones absence
In Europe will leave Mr.. AltgeId the sole
remaining member Of this committee. and
al attempt may be made to force him ont
an ana reorganze the committee with only
democrats as members, leaving out the
Populists and Silver Republicans.
among the prominent Democrats here
today are George Fred Williams. of Mas
sachusetts; Oliver H P Belmont. of New
YORK; Congressman James A Norton. of
Oh1o; William j. Stone and Senator
francis M Cockrell, Of Missouri: Col. L.
victor Baughman, of Maryland, proxy for
Arthur P. German; Clark Howell of
Gee1 gia William GoebeI. Democratic can
d1date for governor of Kentucky: Henry
ID. Clayton, Of Alabama; William 7 Otev
OF Virginia; William r. Burke. proxy for
Committeeman Dwyer, of California
John F. Shaforth, of Colorado; Col. John
L. Martin, of st. Louis; Frank Campbell.
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. Alt.
eeld's most intimate friends, called on
Acting Chairman Stone, of the national
Democratic committee, tonight and de-
livered to him the ultimatum of the al
lied bimetalltc forces. Mr.. Prentiss came
direct from a joint conference of the ex-
ecutive committee of the Ohio Valley
Bimetallic league, and committee repre-
senting the Chicago platform Democracy
of Illinois, the Chicago platform Democ-
racy of New York, and the National Bi-
metallic league. He told Mr. Stone that
if the national committee at its meeting
tomorrow, removed P. J. Devlin 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
dcoIa rad ~