The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-06-02
Plans For Coming Campaign We're
Generally Discussed.
ATTEND ANTITRUST BANQUET.
Given Under Auspices Of the JEFF
fersOn Club of st. Louis,
Missouri.

With twenty-five members present
in person the Democratic National
committee went into secret session at
10 o'clock Thursday at the Planters
hotel in ST. Louis.
The special occasion which brought |
together these domocrats was the ban
quet Of the Jefferson Club of ST Louis,
the antitrust banquet it was called.
Governor Stone stated the object Of
the meeting as set out in the call. He
was then elected chairman.
J. M. Griffin, Of Pennsylvania, who
was present as proxy for Committee
man Harity of that state made total
representation of % states. Commit
teeman Stone, of Missouri presided,
and Immediately after calling the
meeting to order announced that re-
ports of organizations and conditions
in the different states were desired.
One by one the representatives of the
different states outlined the conditions
existing at home and the reports we're
accepted without recommendations Of
any kind.
A number of matters Of Importance
we're discussed and plans looking to
complete organization for the fight Of
1900 were gone over.
The work that has been done by the
ways and means committee was given
formal Endorsement, and in order that
this might be furthered and other mat
ters of vital importance might be con-
sidered officially, a resolution was
adopted requesting Senator Jones to.
formally convene the committee at
Chicago on July Goth.
The date and place are left TO his
discretion, but the above suggestions
were made by those of the committee
present AS this was only a con
ference and not a regularly called
meeting, they thought it best to have
the full committee get together at an
early date and prepare for tho great
battle of next year.
After the committee had been in SEES
sion an hour, Mr.. Bryan was intro
duced and made a short address, urg-
ing the members to look closely after
the organizations in their states, and
suggesting that strong efforts be made
to provide campaign funds for the com
ing campaign. He made no specific
suggestions, merely talking in gen
eral way regarding the great advantage
Of organization.
/ The banquet to which more thar
! fifteen hundred people sat down wa'
, spread in the exposition hall, grea
, structure built somewhat on the lines
I of Madison Square Garden, with pri
= vate boxes and tiers of seats and gal
leries on all sides; and it is estimated
: that in all $4,000 people were within
q sound of the voices of the speakers
Other thousands were unable to get in
!, There were democrats, not only from
Missouri, but from all of the surround
q ing states. Indeed, almost every stat
in the union was represented, and in
!. sense, therefore, it was a nationa
gathering.
- All of the speeches were excellent
Q It is not often that on an occasion c
this kind they are SO uniformly good
Congressman Champ Clark, who is
great favorite with his fellow Nilsson
f" rians, pitched the speaking on hig
key and the others who followed wer
L fortunately able to keep on the sam
Z high plane.
- bryan and the Chicago platform.
This was the message the speaker
" brought from the democratic masse
9 However strong the declaration again
|" trusts or against an imperialistic pol
I cy may be, there must be, and the
, will be, no retreating from the grour
taken in the great fight of 1896.
!, And the enthusiastic demonstration
~ with which this declaration was r
y ceived showed how completely it m
~ the approval of the people who ga
10 this antitrust banquet.