Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-07-24

Chicago, July 20.-Actlng Chairman
William J. Stone of Missouri will call
| to order the democratic national COM
| mittee at 10 O'Clock this morning in
| the Sherman house in this city. The
gathering is expected to be busy with
questions of political moment during
the whole day. William Jennings Bry-
an will probably sit as committee
man, arrangement having been made
| to furnish him a proxy. John P. Alt
geld holds the proxy Of William Fl.
| White of Washington and his presence
in the committee may cause trouble as
it is believed Thomas Gahan, member
of the committee from Illinois, may
| question Altgeld's right to a place on
| the committee. The discord between
the Harrison and Altgeld factions of
| the local democracy was the salient
feature of yesterdays talk around the
hotels. If all Chairman Stones wishes
are carried out and apparently most Of
the committeeman are with him, the
factional differences local to Chicago
and New York will not be brought be-
fore the committee. Among the prom
inent democrats here are George Fred
Williams of Massachusetts; Oliver Ell.
P. Belmont of New York; Congress
man James Norton of Ohio; w. J.
Stone and Senator Francis Cockrell
of Missouri; Col. L. Victor Baughman
of Maryland, proxy for Arthur P.
German; William Goebel, democratic
candidate for governor of Kentucky;
and Judge James P. Irwin Of Kentucky,
president of the Ohio Valley Bimetalic
league.
Mayor David A. Rose of Milwaukee,
who is in the city, has issued a state
ment explaining his opposition to the
Auditorium meeting and expressing his
views on the prospective issues. The
statement is in part as follows: "The
rank and file of the democracy in Wis
consin do not look with favor upon the
so-called mass meeting which is to be
held in this city tomorrow night. To
many it has the appearance of a packed
caucus and the feeling prevails that it
is merely a move on the part of Altgeld
to get back on party lines after his bolt
of last spring. A few think it is an
attempt upon his part to build UP
following of his own. Personally am
opposed to the meeting because it
f1aVors too strongly of factionaliSm and
because, as | view the situation, no eff
fort should be made at this early day
to outline a policy for the next con-
vention, to be held about one year from
now. Time should be taken by the
democrats to discuss the issues, ana
lyze the conditions and form judgment
with deliberation and caution
Representative Chicago platform
democrats of the state of New York
last night issued an address ''To the
members of the democratic national
committee and to the democratic vot-
ers of the United States" in which
they assert that "the overwhelming
majority of the voters in the demo-
cratic party in New York are enthusi-
astically in favor of the principles in
the Chicago platform of '96 and de-
mand without qualification the nomi
nation of that man who shall in record
and personal qualities stand for and
iEnpersona>s those principles" They
further say GA small group of men,
who have seized upon the machinery of
the democratic party in the state Of
New York, are absolutely opposed, |
openly or covertly, to all the Chicago
platform stands for and to
the nomination of the man
who sincerely holds those prin-
ciples which are believed to dom
mate the democratic organization in
the nation" They also declare that
the electoral machinery in New York |
is such that the attempt of the men
now in the Tammany organization
will be fruitless. In support of this |
first proposition the committee points |
to the marked contrast between the
enthusiasm and high spirit or devo-
ton shown at the dinner Of the Chi |
cago platform democracy, more widely
known as the dollar dinner, held
in New York some time ago and the
purely perfunctory tone of the
dinner held on Jefferson's birthday by
the so-called regular or Tammany or
ganization. In support of the second
proposition they point to the record
made since the election Of '96 by the
democratic organization in New York
both as to state and city elections.
The address is signed as a committee
by James r. Brown, chairman; DR..
George w. Thompson and Willis J.
Abbott. The reason given for issuing
it is: GIN order that the fact may be
put before the democrats Of the nation
that the Tammany organization is in
different where it is not hostile to the
national issues for which the demo-
cratic party stands; and the committee
asks the cooperation of all democrats
in the work of giving to the democratic
voters of the state of New York an OPP
portunity to express themselves and
make their convictions effective in the
nation"