The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-21

ISM" and adhering to the silver ratio of
16 to /.
And along these lines We offer you our
aid" said Mr.. Tarviu. There was a de-
1ant accent upon the word these that
seemed to Imply thar the support of the
| bimetallists could be secured a3ong no
| other lines than those marked out, but of
! TINS the committee took no notice. The
! Bimetallic League was cOurteOusty thank
| ed for its proffer of assistance. and as
sured that il would be called upon at such
times as the national committee felt in
! need of its assistance. That was the be-
ginning and ending of the silver episode.
The fight against p. J. Devliu, editor
! of the press bureau of the national com
mittee, was brought 70 a finish, the Harri-
/ son faction of Illinois securing his depOsi-
! lion for the part taken by him as an Of
hcer of the national COMMITTEES in the last
! mayoralty election in Chicago. Beyond
making several changes in the rules SOv-
| ernIng the committee nothing else was
done during the day.
Changes in the Rules.
Section 1 of the rules, which prescribed
the formation of the national committee,
was amended so as to permit the election
of a vice chairman 10 act when the chair
man is unable TO be present Upon he mo-
ton of Mr.. Clayton of Alabama, sections
?, 3, 4, ), 6, T. s, and 10 Of The rules were
| stricken out.
Section provided for the manner of the
! election of officers of the committee; sec
ton gave the chairman power to APP
| point subordinate officers of the commit
! Tee with the concurrence Of the executive
! committee; sections /, and 8 declared
! that the chairman, secretary and treasurer
! or the committee, respective Y, should per
| form the duties of their positions; section
! covered the formation Of a new nationa,
committee and the relations that
! should exist between the in
/ coming ana outgoing organizations
| section empowered the chairman TO call
| meetings whenever he deemed it best for
! the best interests of the party; section 9
! provided that the chairman should call a
| meeting upon the receipt of a written re
! quest of oue-fOurth of the members of
! the committee; section 10 provided that
/ the sessions of the committee should be
| governed by general parliamentary law,
| and that the committee should adopt any
| standing rule for the disposition of bust
ness coming before it.
! Sections II, u, 10 and IA remain as they
! were.
Fight Between Factions.
The fight between the Illinois factions
| began as soon as Mr.. Bryan arrived in
! the city, which was this morning. He
! was Immediately beset by men of both
!
| be at the meeting tonight without fail
/ and the Harrison men asked that he re
| main away from the Auditorium altOgeth-
! er. Mr.. Bryan was i'm dilemma and for
| long time would not declare himself He
| said that he had accepted the invitation for
! the meeting and that there was no appar-
! ent reason why he should decline at the
] last moment al the demand of a political
! faction hostile TO that which had invited
! him to the city.
At the same time he expressed himself
! as being anxious to avoid anything that
would create further friction, and, as a
/ remedy proposed that the Altgeld people
/ turn over the control of the meeting to the
| national committee. Mr.. Altgeld was per
sonally willing that this should be done,
| but the majority of his adherents, who are
! bitter against the Harrison men, refused
! TO agree TO anything of the kind
As soon as the Harrison men heard that
there was opposition to the plan in the
Altgeld camp, they openly championed
| the placing of the meeting under the con-
| troll of the national committee. The ar
guments on both sides We're hot and
| fierce for several hours, and there seemed
TO be no chance of a settlement. The
! large majority of the members of the ma
tional committee declared themselves as
being opposed to having anything TO do
with the meeting in any way. They main
tanned that they had a fight before the
| committee al that moment, born of the
| outraged feelings of the Harrison faction
| because it believed that the national com
mitiee had taken part in a local matter
without good reason, and they were dis
| posed to keep their hands out of the pres
ent fight.
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 with
| out him This message was declared by
| the Altgeld people to be one of simple
! courtesy to Mr. Bryan, but the Harrison
| men declared that il was message of
| sarcasm, which meant that if Mr.. Bryan
was afraid to keep his word to address
the meeting it would be success without
! his presence.
! 1t was late in the afternoon before Mr.
| Bryan made up his mind to attend the
meeting the Harrison people, who were in
| good hunor over the defeat of Devlin be-
fore the committee, announcing that he
might attend the meeting without causing
any hostility to himself in the Harrison
camp. This message, however, had moth
| ing to do with the intention reached by
Mr.. Bryan regarding the meeting, for he
had decided 10 attend before it reached
him.
Bryan Held Proxies.
When the national committee came to
order in the club room of the Sherman
House at u o'clock all the states We're
represented, either by proxy or by their
regular committeeman, with the exception
of North Dakota, Oregon, Texas. Utah,
Vermont, West Virginia and Arizona. Mr..
Bryan held proxies for Michigan and
South Dakota and was present through
out the meetings of the committee al
though he did not take an active part in
the proceedings. EX-GoV. Altgeld was
offered the proxy of Committeeman White
of Washington, but declined it and Willis
J. Abbott of New York asked for that
state. Mayor Harrison held the proxy for
Alaska, but did not attend either session
of the committee
Among the members Of the national