Evening star., 1899-07-05
Tammany's Cheers at Ex-Governor
Hogg's Speech Yesterday.
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY'N POSITION
The go Platform and the Former
Presidential Candidate.
COMING CHICAGO MEETING

The Bryan people are much elated over
the manner in which Tammany received
the Bryan free silver Fourth of July elo-
| quence of ex-Gov. Hogg. Some of the older
heads, however, give caution against at
taching too much Importance to Tammany
cheers. They know that Tammany is not
always sincere In its demonstrations Bryan
has following in New York, and in some
CHARTERS the hope is entertained that, under
the influence of this faction, and in defer
ence to the prevailing sentiment of the
party as national oTganiZat ton. Tammany
may be induced to accept Bryan and the
Chicago platform; but the general attitude
of the Bryan people toward the New York
democracy is that of suspicion and caution
1t Is quite certain that Tammany does not
want a rival organization which is likely to
be recognized in the next democratic ma
tional convention, and If cheering Bryan
speakers will insure a certificate of reg
uiarity they will not be backward with their
cheers.
Bryan People More Comfortable.
Generally the Bryan people are feeling
much more comfortable as to the outlook
for their next national convention. Iney
have for some time been annoyed by suspi-
cions of conspiracy by German. Croker
and a lot of others who do not believe in
Bryanism to get control of the convention
or to at least develop enough strength to
interfere with the Bryan plans. They feel
more reassured now, however since the
operations of the opposition have been
brought more into the open. The BRYAN
people are satisfied that the democratic
party cannot get away from Bryan and free
silver, and that the conservative men will
be compelled to give up the fight and
cept the consequences. The suggestion that
the bowers controlling the dpmocraiip
party are considering the advisability of
looking to some other candidate than Bryan
has no foundation in the plans of the men
who ran the 'S campaign. Bryan's dis
avowal of personal ambition made in his
Atlanta speech has no significance to the
democratic party leaders beyond a desire
ms part not to appear to arrogate too much
to himself. The thing they are struggling for
would be incomplete without Bryan. Their
object. however, is to focus attention upon
the platform, and to have it known that it
will not suffice for their purposes to have
Bryan made the candidate If the nomna-
tion is coupled with compromise as to the
platform. They insist on the '96 platform,
and are satisfied that Bryans nomination
will then take care of itself.
Coming Committee Meeting.
The object of the meeting of the demo-
cratic national committee in Chicago on
the 10th of this month is not for the pur-
pose of considering whether or not the 90
lsSues anu caHdidale shouid be adhered to,
but is to devise ways and means to render
1t absolutely certain that neither Bryan nor
the platform can be overthrown. The pur-
pose is to make count of noses in the ma
uonal committee, to canvass the situa ton
so as to determine where there are weak
spots in the Chicago platform organizations
to discuss the efforts of the Croker-Gorman
people to get control of the party organiza-
ton, and to decide what steps further than
have been taken are necessary to hold the
party strictly to the '96 lines and prevent
trouble in the national convention.