The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-11
STONE SAYS HE'SFOR BRYAN
THERE ARE OTHERS VINO SAY THE
MISSOURI4N rs FOR STONE.

At Any Rate lie Doesn't Want to he Chair
man of the National Committee Raising
Money Here to Start n Democratic"
Newspaper In Chicago-Has Got sees ,OoO
The situation in Democratic national politics
Is becoming rather mixed. The Hon William
Jennings Bryan. that peerless leader" OF the
fight In 1896. is writing books and making
money, The Hon William j. Stone. cxGov-
ernor OF Missouri. is here in New York.
and incidentally went down to Man
haitian Beach last night. All his friends at
the Hoffman House said on Sunday night
that Mr. Stone was to pay personal visit yes
terday to ex-Supreme Court Justice Augustus
Van Wyck Of brooklyn. who despite Mr..
Cookers utterances in the last Guberna-
torial campaign. got a few moro votes than
ordinary folks expected. Mr. Stone didn I
60 near Mr.. Van Wyck. Fx-Gov. Hogg
of Texas, who spoke up for Bryan and
"clamshelI money" at the Tammany Hall
celebration on July 4. went down to SEQ Mr..
Van Wyck along with Joseph J. Willett OF Ala
bama, who on the same memorable occasion
spoke up for Mr.. Van Wyck. so 1t appears to
be game of tliphap all around Mr.. Hogg Is
for Bryan and Mr.. Willett is for Van Wyck. and
ex-Gov. Stone. in the estimation OF some. is for
Bryan incidentally and Stone as principal.
Some Of the freshmen in politics have at
tempted to say that Mr.. Stone is a candidate to
succeed the Hon. James Katawal Jones OF
Arkansas as Chairman OF the Democratic Ma
tonal Committee. Mr. Stone 1amboyantly de-
MED this statement yesterday. He made his
utterances positive by dictation. He said:
Il have Just received letter from Senator
Jones' and he tells me that his health is now
good. He is in a London suburb. where he
will remain most of the summer Iexpect to see
HIM at home by sept !. and am in a position
to make the positive staten ent that he will re-
main at the head Of the Democratic National
Committee, and will lose no time in getting to
work after his return. The Chicago platform
elected President Of the United states
Senator Jones Is known to his friends as an
Democratic circles he is not regarded as a po-
ittcal tactician. Tho size of his politics may
correspondcnt Of TnE Sun in Ghcag" " two days !
before the election in 1876. when the curre-
spondent asked him if he was going to Arkan.
NO, no., replied Senator Jones. Il do not
think that the State OF Arkansas will need my
Chairman Jones was issuing hourly bulletins
denouncing the alleged corrupt practices in
Efs%5n 1ItTs IS On G% Sia@ day. NAV bo said
his friends believe that the kissing hug desire
for the Democratic Presidential nomination
Nliss.ouris ex-Goyernor.. He sees oppor-
tunitef IN every situation, II his aver.
age NlSitOr ndl MS pOlltlcul lmaklna-
tion he would BE- worth seventeen farms
Mr.. stone is candidate for the
Presidential nomination himself. He likes to
tell his friends that Missouri is the great Dem
ocrntic state Of the Union. He knows little or
nothing OF New York state politics. except that
the county Of Schohari" has always been Dem
ocratc. He is not a candidate u succeed Ar
kansas Jones as Chairman Of the democratic
Nat onal Committee.
On of the purposes OF Mr.. stones
visit to New York at this time is
to raise S45U.o0U with which to start
"Dcmocratic" newspaper IN Chicago. Mr.
Stone Skinned around town yesterday and
raised " half the amount. lie Will not leave
town until he gets the other half.
Ex supreme Court Justice Van Wyck had
nothing whatever to say yesterday concerning
the visit Of Nr. HOgg and Mr.. Wlatt. Mr.. Van
Myck is very punctilious in matters Of this
kind From other sources il was learned that
Mr. Hogg OF Texas will hipnap in any direction
Just as stone will. and that Mr. WlllCtt remains
" sincerely politically for Mr.. Van Wyck.
Meantime the Republicans. National. State
and local are IuirScent. and read the news
paper. reports Of the antics If tn" democrats
and their efforts to regain the confidence of
the 14OOOOOO voters Of the United States.