The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-05-06
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What will he do nextY'' is the question
OF democrats In general and OF Illinois
democrats In particular concerning John
r. Altgeld. Democratic leaders OF this
city and state. and most OF those so fire.
quently 10 be met here from all parts OF
the country, are at a loss TO know whether
Altgeld will stay in the party and hope
against hope to retrieve his lost leadership.
or whether he Will go out and train with
the new party which the Joneses and Pin
grees are 10 get up at Buffalo. The inn
preston OF most OF them Is that Altgelds
desertion would destroy whatever chance
OF success the democrats might have I'm
the next campaign. Next to Bryan. there
is no man In the democratic party OF the
present day with so large following.
The National Committee.
Events are conspiring TO force Altgeld
out or the democratic party. There Is a
story behind the recent visit OF Bryan 10
Senator Jones, the chairman OF the ma
tional democratic committee, which rests
upon the fact that the Bryanites are in
a large majority I'm that body, and In a
position 10 dictate it's course Stories have
come out OF the east 10 the effect that
the anticipates IN the committee have
decided to reorganize the committee and
put In the place OF Senator Jones as chair
man somebody who would use the machine
against Bryan's denomination. The
Bryanites can control more than two
thirds OF the men now In the committee.
and IL Is the Bryanites who have threat
ened to reorganize the committee and leave
Senator Jones out OF the chair. That Is
as near as the eastern story has got to
the truth OF the situation In the national
democratic committee.
Immediately after the triumph OF Har-
rison and the elimination OF Altgeld In
the Chicago municipal campaign. the
hTax nd a,la - To-.
many began a clamor for either the de-
struction OF the committee on ways and
means. OF which Altgeld Is "A member, or
Altgelds removal from that committee.
Tom Gahan. power behind the Harrison
throne and the Illinois member of the ma
tional democratic committee. was lead
err OF this demand. which, however. he in
spired rather than expressed. Gahan has
always resented the appointment OF Alt-
geld In preference 10 himself as the resi-
dent member OF the committee. He and
the Harrison machine with him, have re-
garded that act OF gross discrimination as
being conclusive OF Chairman Jones all-
ance with Altgeld against Harrison, and
Indirectly against Bryan, Jones and ALT
geld serving each others ends In the ar
rangement. As the committee got to work.
and the municipal campaign progressed.
II became clearer that the committee was
70 be used In more ways than one TO serve
/ the purposes OF the men controlling ~.
/ or this more will doubtless be made known
In course OF time. The official announce
ment OF the committees support OF Altgeld
In the closing days OF the struggle was
not, therefore, surprise TO the machine
leaders, although they were hardly pre-
| pared for such bold and defiant avowal
OF such an unprecedented action in party
organization.
The demand for radical action came "a
| Bryan the one most interested, as well
i "A w "a IA
national committee. enabling him to bring
/ Il 10 the work Of either disbanding the com
mittee OF ways and means or getting Alt.
geld out OF H. Al first this demand in
cluded such a sweeping reorganization as
would put Jones out OF the craftsmanship
or the main body. but Bryan. in the con-
/ ference whore this was proposed. pointed
out that II would be unfortunate for the
party In accentuating the too general opin-
i ion that IL already has more feuds than
| II can well carry. He answered the asser-
| tfon that Jones would use the committee
against him as he had used II against Har-
rison with the statement that Jones could
i be brought to a realizing sense OF his POI
sltion without going TO the extremity OF
making an open breach. lie had. he said
never failed TO maintain friendly personal
relations with the national chairman, as
he had with Altgeld, IL might become nec-
essary 20 terminate such relations, but
there was no necessity OF doing Il until II
was no longer unavoidable
An interesting piece OF inside history Is
i that after Bryan had taken this attitude
he was brought to abandon Il through rep
reservations Of how powerful Altgeld
might become as a disturber In the next
state convention and the next national
i democratic convention II he Is left I'm a
4 position OF authority In the party orgarl.
cation and work. Once out OF all official
or prominent personal connection with the
national committee, the machine leaders
said 10 Bryan, Altgeld would become a
quantity easy TO deal with. II left I'm such
connections he might even unseat Bryan
/ delegation from Illinois
Bryan Goes to Jones.
Bryan has been long convinced OF the
loyalty OF Harrison and his men. with a
i few other men, thoroughly conversant with
/ democratic politics. he felt that the defeat
/ OF Harrison would be a calamity TO him
/ The sense OF personal obligation he felt "a
the machine. added TO the representations
1 OF what menace 10 the Bryan programme
AItEeid might become n left In prominent
/ position. brought him to the point OF un-
/ dertaking to at least get assurances from
i Chairman Jones that neither the national
/ democratic committee nor the ways and
means committee. OF which Altged Is q
/ part, should be used against him or against
/ his friends for a large part or the Har-
| rlson dread Is that the ghost OF Altgeld
will appear on the Illinois hastings neXl
] year as an Independent candidate for gov.
/ ernor. Bryan appears not TO have liked
| overmuch this attitude OF tentative hos.
! tility TO Altgeld but he was given 10 un-
| derstand. and certainly had every reason
] 10 believe. That Altgeld had abandoned
him.
IL s understood here that Jones denied
when the complaints OF Gahan and tn,
other Chicago democrats were made
known 20 him through Bryan. that tn,
ways and means committee had been or.
ganized for or against any candidate OF
| candidates. and insisted that n Il had been
i 40 used Il was without any authority OF
/ his. This admission Bryan Is understood
/ TO have used as argument for the re-
] organization OF the committee. on a basi,
| OF an entirely new membership. at leas
as TO those members over whose appoint
ment or removal any friction has arisen
| He made an emphatic protest against the
/ treatment accorded TO Coin" Harvey
which, he understood, was administered
as a punishment 10 Harvey for no greatei
! ofrense than failing TO oppose the nomlnes
NJ danoCFafie COnNe Hryan lit