El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-25
For the Democratic Party
Are Now Being Decid-
ed Upon
NATIONAL COMMITTEE
At St. Louis Will Determine
Upon What Issues The
Party Will Make Its
Fight In 1900.

ST. LOUIS, May 25.-At ten O'Clock
twenty six members of the democratic
national committee were called to or
der in conference at the Planters
hotel by Ex-Governor Stone.
At this meeting it is expected that
the party policies of the democracy
for the campaign of 1900 will be decid-
ed upon. No doubt the leading issue
will be made against trusts.
Bryan arrived at seven o'clock over
the Burlington and was greeted by q
large and enthusiastic crowd. He was
driven to the home of his cousin, DR..
Jennings, where he took breakfast.
The war among democrats for the
control of the next national convention
will dou btless be insugurated IN earn
est before the conference has been in
session very long. National Commit
teeman Gahan. of Illinois, supported,
it is said, by the committeeman from
Michigan, Indiana, Wisconsin and
probably Kentucky, is after the scalp
of Chairman Jones, of Arkansas, and
the members of his ways and means
committee whom the opponents OF
Senator Jones declare have taken
without authority the management of
party affairs from the national COM
mittee and placed it in their own
hands.
In speaking of the situation, Com
mitteeman Gahan says: "Manys MEM
bers of the national committee think it
time for US to know where we stand.
We have been ignored by Jones. IL
Hnois Democrats will not stand for
such. We have proved our loyalty to
the Chicago platform ss few democrats
have.
i've think we amount to something
and deserve some recognition on our
merits, If we can't get fair treatment
why, we can look around for chance
to make a few com binations between
now and the next convention, and hav-
ing the third largest delegation, we
can do it,"
If the peace element succeeds in pre-
venting an open rupture, for the time !
being 1t is expected that party affairs |
will receive important consideration at |
the conference and party politics shape
themselves in such way as to have an
effect on the future of democracy.
At the antitrust banquet to be held
st the Coliseum tonight Colonel Bryan
will be the central figure. He will
have distinguished company, judging
from the long list of prominent Demo-
cratic leaders who have accepted invi
,ations to be present. These include I
Stone, National Commit I
;eeman Gahan of Illinois, Howell of
Georgia, Otey of Virginia, Head of
Tennessee, McRae of Arkansas, Shoup
If Conn.,, johnson of Kansas, Guffey (
# Pennsylvania, Daniel of North Caro-
ina, Wilson of Colorado, holiday of
Wyoming. Markham of the. Indian :,
erritory, Keston of Oklahoma, John i,
g. Mclean of Ohio, Thompson of Neb-
aska, Shanklin of Indiana and Wood
# Texas and Sullivan of Mississippi, =
Altgeld of Illinois, and :,
ohm M. Knott. president of the Mis-
ouri State association of democratic
lubs.
The local democrats in charge Of the
arrangements for the banquet and the
ccomod ations for the visitors have =
erformed their duties in a manner to
ssure royal entertainment for the ma
onal committeeman and others. They
eny, however, that st. Louis in win
1g and dining the visitors does so with
view to winning their favor in con-
ection with her race to secure the
ext national democratic convention.
ST. LOUIS, Mry 25.-Bryan is so a.
oarse bis words are scarcely audible d.
conversation, and unless there is q g
.st i'm provement before tonight there n,
doubt of his being able to make a 10
'eech at the coliseum banquet. OF
Bryan and Altgeld are both present ci
the executive session of the national e.
,mocratie committee. The greatest a