The record-union., 1899-07-21
advantages OF Kansas CT as . con
vention city. No actions Ws talEen, as
it had been determined SAslsre the
meeting was called TO order that the

for the consideration of the rules gov
erning the committee and asked the
passage of resolution to the effect
that all sections of the rules from 2 to
TO- inclusive, be stricken out. This was
carried with some debate.
The matter of a Press Committee to
assume charge of the Press Bureau was
then taken up.
Mr. Blanchard of Louisiana moved
that the Chairman be empowered to ap-
point a committee of i've to have
charge of the press work, three of the
members to constitute a working quor-
um The motion was adopted.
Mr. johnson of Kansas introduced
resolution grouping the States for the
purpose of facilitating campaign work.
He made no specifications or sugges-
tions in his resolution and it was re-
ferred to the Executive Committee with
power to act.
Committeeman Woodson of Kentucky
delivered long address on the meth
DDS used for collecting money in Ken
lucky for the Ways and Means Com
mittee.
Mr.. Clayton of Alabama then moved
an adjournment sine die. which was
carried, the session coming to an end
at Z o'clock.
Committeeman Gahan invited the
members of the National Committee
and their friends to make an excursion
down the drainage canal Tomorrow,
which was accepted.
CHICAGO, July Pop. J. Devlin, ed
itor of the National Press Bureau OF
the Democratic Committee, has been
n hxy hn No
the part he took in the last Mayoralty
contest in Chicago, when he, in his off,
cial capacity, espoused the candidacy
of Ex-Governor Altgeld against Carter
H. Harrison.
The committee appointed at the ST.
Louis conference in May, composed of
Committeeman Woodson, Troup and
Daniel, reported that they had investi-
gated the charges made against Mr..
Devlin by the Harrison faction. accus-
ing him Of dragging the influence Of
the National Committee into a purely
local contest for partisan purposes, and
found them sustained. They recon-
mended that the control of the press
bureau be transferred tossa committee,
and it was ordered that for the time
being, at least. the committee which
investigated MI. DeFl1u rSHOulu nave
charge of the press bureau work.
Mr.. Devlin personally appeared be-
fore the National Committee, and ad-
mitted that he had used the influence
of the National Committee in the Har-
rison-Altgeld contest. but said that he
had received instructions to do SO from
source which he considered as equiv
| alent to an order from the National
Committee. Who gave him these in
structions he declined to say. N
The Harrison men were greatly elated
over the result of their attack against
Devlin. and declared that they cared
very little now about the success or
failure of the Auditorium meeting to-
night.
After the acceptance of the Devlin
report, the Committee On Rules report
ed some routine matters regarding the
method of calling committee meetings
and when this was disposed Of the
meeting adjourned until $50 o'clock.
The Democratic National Committee
went into session at 12:30 with thirty
two States represented by National
| Committeeman or by proxies. Vice
Chairman Stone called the meeting to
order by humping table with his
open hand and saying: Gentlemen of
the Democratic National Committee,
some time ago the Jefferson Club of ST.
Louis gave a dinner to which it invited
members of the National Committee for
conference. At that conference, which
was not attended by majority of the
members of the committee, certain mat
ters developed and it was deemed wise
to call a general meeting of the Ma
tional Committee. A resolution to that
effect was passed and sent to Chairman
Jones, who is now abroad. He approx
ed the resolution, which declared that
the meeting should be held in this city
on this date. The meeting is now in
session and the gentlemen will please
come to order"
Mr.. Bryan was present in the meet
ing as a proxy for D. J. Campau of
Detroit. Ex-Governor Altgeld, who held
the proxy of Committeeman White of
Washington, sent word to Mr.. White
he preferred / vt to attend the meet
ing, and the proxy was turned over to
Willis J. Abbott of New York.
The paternity of the meeting tonight
was definitely settled before the meet
ing of the committee was in session to
be under the auspices of the Altgeld
people, who originally planned it, and
notwithstanding the opposition of the
Harrison people it was given out that
Mr.. Bryan would speak. There was
so much opposition among members Of
the committee to assuming control of
the meeting that the Altgeldn people,
who were in the first place very far
from being a. unit on the proposition to
/ surrender the control of the meeting,
finally concluded not to make the tender
to the National Committee. 1t was a
sure thing that the proposition would
have been rejected by the committee if
| it had been made.
1t was reported that the Altgeld peo-
pie had made a threat to Vice Chair
man Stone of the National Committee
that they would withdraw from the
Democratic party and from National
! Committee of their own in the event
of the dismissal of Mr.. Devlin. Some
of Mr. Altgeld's following made this
assertion with great energy, but the
Ex-Governor persstently, and Judge
Prentiss, who is practically an author
lied mouthpiece of Mr.. Altgeld, refused
to substantiate any such statements.
They made confident assertions of the
belief that Devlin could not be dis
missed
Everything this morning was Sin the
air. but the opinion was general that
| the committee appointed at st. Louis
to investigate the charges against Mr..
Devlin will not report his discharge.
| Shortly before noon the Altgeld peo-
pie made decided change of base re-
garding Devlin, when William j.
Strong, a close friend and adviser of
Mr. Altpeld announced that the latter