Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-20
DEMOCRATS MET TODAY
Stone Presided at the National
Committee Meeting.
ALTGELD NAY BE RETIRED.
teveral Changes Likely to BE Made
Which Would Result In His Being
Left Out of an Active Place In Party
Ahairs-Deyliu May Be Censured.

CHICAGO, July 2O.-Acting Chairman
William J. Stone of Missouri called to
order the Democratic national commit
tee this morning. at the Sherman House
William Jennings Bryan will prob
ably sit as II committeeman. arrange
ments having been made TO furnish him
a proxy.
John P. Altgeld holds the proxy of
William II. White of Washington. His
presence i'll 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 Democratic commit
teeman. Mr.. Altgeld said that he did
not care to sit in the committee II any
of the members resented it, and accord
ingly telegraphed Mr.. White suggesting
that some other proxy be named, al
though he said he would serve if he did
not hear from White or if the latter in-
sisted on his serving.
If acting Chairman 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 be-
fore the committee in any form.
1t is probable that new rule will be
adopted today providing that whenever
a vacancy occurs in the national COM
mittee, the state committee shall elect
member of the national committee to
fill such vacancy. Another rule which
is under consideration gives the ma
tional committee the right to judge OF
the qualifications of its own members.
Still another rule is being talked OF
which would force ex- Governor Altgeld
out of his position as member OF the
"auxiliary committee, which was orig
inally composed of Mr.. Altgeld. Sena-
tors Jones, Teller and Allen and Will
lam J. Stone. This rule will provide
that all committees, auxiliary and
otherwise, of the national committee,
shall be made up only of members OF
the big committee. AS MIR. Aitgeld is
not a member of the national commit
tee. the adoption of this rule would
preyent his serving on any auxiliary
committee.
According to the plan of action given
out there will be two subsidiary COM
mittees named-the finance, which will
take the place of the committee on ways
and means, and the executive commit
tee. which, in addition to its other
duties. will take charge of tine press bu-
reau.
N was predicted that if sub-commit
toe of the finance committee is named
tn do the work which has been done by
the ways and means committee, Urey
Woodson of Kentucky and J. G. john
son of Kansas will be two of its men,
hers. and that Samuel B. Cook of Mis-
souri, will be made superintendent.
MIR. Woodson and Mr.. johnson, who
were members of the committee selected
to inaulre into the protest made by
Thomas Gahan against p. j. Devhn,
press agent of the national committee.
have their report ready to submit today.
The report is understood to censure Mr..
Deylin for the part he took IN the Har-
rison- -Altgeld campaign last spring, and
to recommend the adjustment of the
press bureau.
1t is intimated that the designations
of Senators Teller and Allen and ex-
Governor Stone as members OF the
ssauxiliary," or ways and means COM
] mittee, will be handed in today. Senator
Jones absence in Europe will leave Mr..
AltgeId the sole remaining member OF
this committee, and an attempt may be
made to force him out and reorganlze
the committee with only Democrats as
members, leaving out the Populists and
Silver Republicans.
Amone the prominent Democrats
here were: George Fred Williams OF
Massachusetts, Oliver h. P. Belmont of
New York, Clark Howell of Georgia,
Congressman James A. Norton of Ohio,'
William j. Stone and Senator Francis
M. Cockrell of Missouri, Colonel l..
Victor Baughman of Maryland. proxy
for Arthur =. Gorman; William Goe-
bel. Democratic candidate for governor
Of kentucky; Henry D. Clayton OF
Alabama, William J. Otey of Virginia,
William r. Burke, proxy for Commit
teeman Dwver of California; John +.
Shafroth OF Colorado, Colonel John l.
Martin of St. Louis, Frank Campbell
of New York, J. G.. johnson of Kan
sas and Judge James P. Tarvin of Ken
tucky. president of the Ohio Valley BIZ
metallic League.
Representatives of the Chicago plat
form Democrats of the state of New
York issued an address "to the members
of the Democratic national committee
and to the Democratic voters OF the
United States," in which they declared
that majority of the Democrats were
for the principles of the Chicago plat
form and favored nominating the
man who most thoroughly stood for
those principles, but that the party
machinery was in the hands OF the
Tammanyites, whose record disclosed
their hostility to these principles. They
close by saying:
awe issue this address in order that
the fact may be put before the Demo-
Gratis of the nation that the Tammany
organization is Indifferent where it Is
not hostile to those national issues for
which the Democratic party stands; aud
we ask the cooperation OF all Demo-
Gratis, i'll or out of official station, In the
work of giving to the Democratic voters
of the state OF New York an opportu-
nifty to express themselves and make
their convictions effective in the nation.
JAMES r. BROWN, Chairman.
,.np GEORGE W THOMPSON