The times., 1899-03-22
aoRmAN IN A auANpARY.
The Dollar and Ten-DoIIar Dem,
Gratis Have Mixed Him.

Ine Dollar and Ten-DOl1ar Demo-
Gratis Have Mixed Him.
New York. March 21.-The talk over the
II and the $40 Democratic dinners on Jef-
teTson Day has become almost ludicrous.
Arthur Pue German. OF Maryland. was
at the Fifth Avenue Hotel tonight for a
few moments He smilingIy warned of
all inquiry as to which of the two Demo-
cratic dinners, the 81 or the $40 one. he
is to attend on Jefferson Day. Mr.. Cor
mans friends believe that he should be a
candidate for tie nomination for Presi-
dent in the next Democratic National Con-
vention. Colonel Bryan's friends insist
that he shall be renominated. One Of the
most important Democrats in the State
said today that he was convinced that
former Governor William ]. Stone, of Mis-
souri,, was to be proposed in the Demo-
cratic National Convention next year, and
that Stones friends were already trying
to secure the Southern and Western dele
gates for him. In addition to German.
Bryan. and Stone, 1t must not be forgotten
that former Supreme Court Justice Au-
gustus Van Wyck, of Brooklyn. has been
told that the lightning may strike him.
The anti-Eastern Democrats control the
Democratic National Committee by a vote
of 81 to 13. The Democratic National Com
mittee prepares the temporary roll OF dele
gates for the national convention, and this
temporary organization appoints. among
other committees, the committee on reso u
tions, which prepares the platform to be
submitted to the convention. Just wheth-
er Mr.. Bryan or Mr.. Stone will control
the thirty-seyen votes in the committee Is
nf fhA L.
minds of Democrats who are now march
ing up and down the country preparing
for next years battle.
Letters sent into the East from the West
and Southwest say that Bryan is losing
ground for the reason that he sticks to
free silver at 16 to l, but the majority of
the testimony from the Southern States
as received in New York is to the effect
that Colonel Bryan is still very popular
in that section.
Colonel Bryan practically lost his State
last fall. while former Governor Stone. OF
Missouri, can still point to a rock-ribbed
Democratic State. Mr.. German lost his
State of Maryland last fall and Mr. Van
Wyck lost the State of New York. So
that, according to Eastern Democrats con-
versant with the discussions of their
Western brethren, former Governor Stone
at the moment seems to be in the best
position.
The Democratic National Committe is in
position to foist upon the Democratic Ma
tional Convention any kind of financial
and political platform. Notwithstanding
this power. the Democratic National Com
mittee must look, to great extent, to the
Democrats east of the Alleghenies for
funds to run the national campaign. The
Eastern Democrats believe they are in q
position to force the Democratic National
Committee to greatly modify the platform
OF 1895. Many Democrats are saying that
the platform of their party should be d.
rected against trusts. For the last half
dozen years the general committee of Tam
many Hall, Immediately before the legis-
lature at Albany convened has met and
adopted formal typewriter resolutions de-
houneing trusts. There was no such gen..
eral meeting of Tammany Hall after cleo
ton day last fall. and there has been no
such meeting since