The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-28
PREPARING FOR Bl\YLE
National Democratic Party Get
ting Ready for 1900.
CAMPBELL AT THE CAPITAL
Montanas Representative Familiarizing
Himself With His New Duties
Civil Service Examinations
for Montana.
Washington Bureau of the Standard
No. 1145 q Street n. w.

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mish lines for the great national cam
pagn of 1900 have already been thrown
out by the democratic national commit
tee. AS a result of important confer
ences held here during the week Chair
man James X. Jones has announced the
appointment of an advisory committee
to the democratic national committee,
which will bear something the same
relation to the national committee that
the campaign committee does during
presidential campaigns. This commit
tee will have it's headquarters in this
CITY, and Chairman Jones will himself
be its chairman. The new advisory
committee is also expected to form the
nucleus of a new national organization,
to be known as the National Demo-
cratic society," or association. The
functions of the society will be partlcu-
larly to disseminate the principles of
democracy as reflected in the Chicago
platform" This latter organization will
therefore be mainly devoted to organ
izing the silver forces for the control
of the next national convention. 1t is
an organization embracing prominent
silver men both on and off the national
committee.
The advisory committee proper en-
braces some of the strongest men in the
democratic party. Chairman Jones, as
is well known, is the democratic leader
in the United States senate, and chair
man of the democratic national commit
tee. The second member of the advis-
DRY committee is Senator Stephen NJ.
White of California, chairman of the
democratic congressional committee,
which conducted the campaign Of last
year, which resulted in heavy gains in
the popular branch Of congress.
The third member is Hon. Daniel j.
Campau of Michigan, who is the mem
Der of the national committee from that
state and chairman of the democratic
state committee. He was chairman of
the national campaign committee in
1896 and did splendid work in that ca
pacity. He is a strong and forcible man
of whom excellent work can be ex-
pected.
Ex-Governor Altgeld of Illinois Is
we'll known by all silver men. 1t was
mainly due to the formidable fight for
silver made by his in 1866 in Illinois
that the silver forces gained the mas
terry in the Chicago convention. He is
also member of the new advisory
committee.
New England is represented in both
the new organizations by the gallant
silver campaigner, George Fred Will
Jams, of Massachusetts. and New York
by Norman E. Mack of the Buffalo
Times. Mr.. Mack's. services to the sill
YER cause have been of great import
ance His loyalty was unwavering from
the first, and he has done excellent work
in all the New York campaigns to keep
Bryan and silver at the 'front.' He won
a notable victory last fall in the success
which attended the congressional cleo
t., III IL Nf ID,,fC u
William II. Ryan, an outspoken silver
advocate, was elected to congress from a
district which in recent years has gone
heavily republican,. Congressman elect
Ryan, who is here, speaks enthusiastic
cally to your correspondent about
Mack's selection upon the advisory
, committee.
4 II stand with Mack" he said. He
deserves the everlasting good will of all
J true democrats in every corner of the
land for the unwavering fealty he has
displayed toward the party and the
Jealous fight he has made for its prin-
ciples.
Il was nominated" continued the
new congressman, upon a platform en-
tirely in line with the national platform
adopted by the democracy at Chicago.
My view is that loyal democrats will
abide by the declaration of principles
/. set forth in the national convention of
the party. The views of Chairman
Jones meet my hearty concurrence. I
have no doubt of the readoption of the
Chicago platform in 1900 or of the re-
nomination of Mr.. Bryan"
Congressman Campbell has been here
for fortnight and is getting familiar
with his new duties. and has about To-
Gated house for the regular session.
OF course he will remain at the Airing
ton during the special session, if there
is one. Mr.. Campbell anticipates that
the next regular session of congress
will be an important one, particularly
for it's bearing on the national cam
pagn of 1900 and on the policy of i'm
perialism. The Montana congressman
is confident that the Chicago platform
will be substantially affirmed in 1900
and at present he believes the chances
strongly favor the denomination of Hon.
w. j. Bryan. Mr.. Campbell will him
self be factor in settling the question
of democratic leadership in the new
house. He has met several of the
friends of the different candidates for
that honor-Bailey, De Almond and
Richardson-but has reached no con-
clusion as to his attitude in the mat
ter.
Watson Boyle. land commissioner at
Bozeman is visiting friends and rela-
tives in this city. He was accompanied
"A. ~
of Bozeman. who, after visiting his old
Philadelphia home. came on to Wash
ington. Yerkes is having a book print
ed in Kansas City and says he has
promised enough free copies to friends
to give the work a wide circulation.
Yerkes saw Washington in company
with Captain George P. Ahem. who
expects soon to go to the Philippines.
He also had the pleasure of a glimpse
of President Mckinley. YerkeS tells
the Standard 1.-The chief executive was
perfectly at ease and opened the con-
versation by inquiring the outlook for
winter wheat in the Gallatin valley
This gave me an opportunity TO bring
forth some of my new and novel theO-
ries regarding agriculture and the en-
tente cordial was established on rock
ribbed foundation at once. l feel
grateful to Senator Carter, who was in
strumental in bringing two great minds
together; more especially since Garter
did not mention the fact that I am a
democrat and thus bring down the re-
proach the president would naturally
t~ ~ 1,i Iaor,t 80 a.