Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-07-21
mo FRICTION"
Yet Democratic National Com
mittee Fails to Agree.
No Warike Notes, Yet Demands Are
Made With a Big d."
William Jennings Bryan Again Swears He
Loves Chicago Platform.

Chicago. July o0.-No friction devel-
oped at the meeting Of the Democratic
National committee, today, and the
men who made such belligerent asser
tions. last night. failed to make good,
today Not Il single waf!ike note was
sounded and no defiances were uttered
either by the men who demand that
ZIG to II shall be the rallyng cry in
thc next campaign or by those who op-
pose it's adoption.
The only move looking toward recog
nition of the silver manufacture by the
national committee was made. during
the afternoon when the Ohio Valley
Bi-metallic League was admitted TO
the committee room and James +. Tar
yin Of Kentucky. acting as spokesman,
read the resolutions adopted by the
committee at its meeting, etIIy in the
day.
These resolutions demafded that
planks be inserted in the next Demo
cratic national platform opposing
trusts, opposing imperialism and ad-
herring to the silver ratio Of IS 10 /.
And along these lines we offer you
our aid said Mr.. Tarvin. There was a
defiant accent upon the word these"
that seemed to imply that the support
Of the bi-mctallists could be secured
along no other lines than those marked
out, but Of this the committee took no
notice. The Bi-metallic League was
thanked for its proffer of assistance
and assured that it would be called up
at such time as the national commit
tee felt in need of its assistance. That
was the end of the silver episode.
The fight against p. F. Devlin, editor
Of the press bureau Of the national
committee. was brought to finish, the
Harrison faction of Illinois securing his
deposition for the part taken by him
as an official of the committee in the
last mayoralty election Beyond max
ing several changes in the rules gov
erning the committee nothing else was
done during the day.
The fight between the Illinois fac
tions began as soon as Mr.. Bryan ar
rived here. at s o'clock in the morning.
He was Immediately beset by men OF
both sides. the Altgeld faction asking
him to be at the meeting without fail
and the Harrison faction asking that
he remain away from the Auditorium
altogether. Mr.. Bryan was in a
dilemma and for a long time would not
cepted the invitation for the meeting
and there was no apparent reason why
he should decline at the last moment at
the demand of political faction hostile
to that which had invited him to the
city. At the same time he expressed
himself as being anxious to avoid any
l.
tion and as remedy proposed that the
Altgcld people turn over the control Of
the meeting to the nationaI committee.
Mr.. Altgeld was personally willing
that this should be done but the ma
jority of his adherents, who are bitter
against the Harrison mon, refused to
agree to anything of the kind. AS soon
as the Harrison men heard that there
was opposition to the plan in the Ait
geld camp they openly championed the
placing of the meeting under the con-
troll of the national committee. The ar
guments on both sides were hot and
fierce for several hours and there seem
cd to be no chance of a settlement.
The large majority Of the members Of
the national committee declared them
selves as opposed to having anything
to do with the meeting in any way.
Finally Mr.. Altgeld sent word to Mr.
Bryan that if he considered his attend
ance at the meeting would embarrass
him he could feel at perfect liberty to
remain away. The meeting could get
along without him. This message was
declared by the Altgeld people to be
one of simple courtesy to Mr.. Bryan,
but the Harrison men declared that it
was a message of sarcasm which meant
that if Mr.. Bryan was afraid to keep
his word to address the meeting il
would be success without his pres
ence.
1t was late in the afternoon before
Mr. Bryan made up his mind to attend
the meeting. the Harrison people, who
were in good humor over the defeat of
Devlin before the committee announc-
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