The times., 1899-07-13
A HARRISON-CR CROKER ALLIANCE
ChicnEo's Mayor Fears AltgeId-
Plans of Bryan Democrats.

| ana tnree other distinguished braves yainly
waited for at the Hoffman House all day
| yesterday, has gone astray. Weighty
| things are said to depend on Burke's visit
He is secretary of the Cook County De-
mocraey. which Richard Croker admires
next to Tammany, and he is young Carter
| Harrison's right-hand man. He comes
here, it is reported, to form a compact with
Tammany regarding the policy to be pur-
sued by those two organizations in Chicago
next week and later. After he has talked
with Carroll, Van Wyck, and others Burke
will go to Europe and confer with Richard
Croker, it is declared in Chicago.
The main objects of the Harrison Croker
combination will be the political extermi-
nation of Altgeld and the advancement of
the Van Wyck and Harrison booms, the
strongest man TO win. Harrison has just
had fresh spasm of alarm over Altgeld's
| self-resurrection. In order to stave off all
| possibility of young Harrisons making
capital out of the coming meeting of the
national committee in Chicago, Altgeld has
arranged to have a mammoth silver mass
| meeting at the Auditorium on the night of
july ~. to be addressed by Bryan, Stone,
| Hogg, and all the other silver heavy
weights. Young Carter Harrison has been
invited, but he Indignantly declares that
| ne VIII not speak. His friends say that
Altgeld is laying a trap for him Harri-
son Is making desperate effort to keep
Bryan from speaking at Altgelds mass
meeting, but apparently the Nebraskan
| mas more faith in the former Governor
| imam ne has in the young mayor The sill
| yer men put no faith in Carter Harrisons 8
protestations of loyalty. and Stone and
others class him with Croker and other
| wicked Fasteners.
of
out-of-town Democrats at the Hoffman
| House agree is getting ready to fall heir
10 the Bryan boom, If Bryan should by
any possibility be shelved. has gone back
nome, presumably having executed the I'M
portant political mission that brought him
East. The former Governors trip to New
fork at this particular time, just on the
eve of singularly critical and import
ant meeting of the National Democratic
committee, was, 1t may now be stated
twofold in purpose. The first and prin-
cipal object, it is declared, was TO complete
1und for the starting of new silver daily
paper in Chicago. and incidentally take
stock OF the anti-Bryan sentiment In this
state. so as TO report at the meeting in
Chicago next week.
Mr.. Stone is very shrewd person, and
ne soiemnly declared just before leaving
the Hoffman House, that politics had moth
n
gal business" was the excuse he gave. He
is too old a bird to advertise the fact
when he on a delicate mission, and on all
OF the numerous occasions when he has
visited New York and Chicago recently he
mas spurned the suggestion that politics
mad any connection with his movements
Physically and otherwise he is built on the
lines of former Governor Frank S. B!ack,
OF this State, and his most effective work
is done on the still hunt. After declaring
that his visit to New York related solely
to business matters, Mr.. Stone was asked
If it was true that he had been consulting
with New York Democrats of means with
a view to raising money for a new daily
paper TO support silver and other Demo-
cratic doctrines.
81 do not hesitate 10 say" he replied
earnestly, that il l had the money myself,
or could raise it or cause it to be raised, I
would start such a paper in Chicago |
think there should be one | would like
to see it,
1T is reported on good authority that at
the recent meeting of the national commit
tee in st. Louis it was decided to start a
paper if the money could be raised. and
that committeeman who have been trying
to raise the money will report at the meet
ing in Chicago next weeks that true?"
Mr.. Stone was asked.
The Westerner closed his small eyes and
smiled. What happened at the meeting
in st. Louis was in secret session." he re-
piled. II 81
"Will the national committee decide
whether or not it will start a paper at the
meeting in Chicago"
Il don't know what will be done The
meeting next week is for the purpose of
looking over the field and seeing what is
necessary to be done. Ii is a business
meeting and various matters for the good
of the party will be discussed
''Will Mr.. Bryan be there?"
Il presume, of course, he will be. He
is not a member of the committee, but he
is very distinguished Democrat, and the
committee will certainly be glad to have
him."
What have you found out about the at
titude of the New York Democrats toward
Mr. Bryan"
1T looked as though there were some
Bryan men on hand when Hogg made his
speech on the Fourth. But l have ia ked
with no New York politicians. l don't
know anything about the sentiment in this
State. My visit here. as | have repeatedly
said, is not political but is on private
business. The politicians whom | have
seen | met by accident l have some bust
ness with Col. Moses C. Wotmore of st.
Louis. 1t has been said that Colonel Wet
more has offered to subscribe large sum
OF money for the new daily paper that is
talked about If l had his ability to sub
scribe | would not hesitate to subscribe
all the money needed for the paper l
regret to say that he has not authorized
me to subscribe for him. / have heard,
too. that Col. Charles II. Jones is to be
the editor of the paper. l have seen Colo
mel Jones twice since l came to town, once
going down on the Long Branch boat and
once coming back
While Stone has been looking over the
East Mr.. Bryan has not been idle. The
Nebraskan in the past ten days has been in
all the southern States, in Ohio where he
won over John R. Mclean, the Cincinnati
editor, to his standard, and is now in the
far West. Bryan has been sounding the
people with a view to finding out whether
silver will make the old time response or
whether it would be better TO have little
more antitrust talk and a little less silver
He will be in Chicago and will tell the
national committee what he has learned
on his travels. Stone and Ho3g will re-
port on the East. The meeting is expected
to be of great Importance in deciding the
lines for the coming campaign. The plat
form will be outlined, the proportion of
silver and of antitrust will be decided
on, and if the money is at hand a daily
paper will be started at once in Chicago
to advance the ideas TO be incorporated in
the platform of 1900.
Chinese Stoicism.
(FrOm the New Orleans Times Dcmocrat1