Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-10-17
PLANNING A CAMPAIGN
Chairman Jones Meets With Lead.
ing Men on the National Dem.
ocratic Committee.
National Campaign Discussed and
Decision to Make Trusts Lead
ing Feature Arrived At
Ex-Governor Stone and Chairman
Jones Not Entirely in Accord
Other News.

statesmen in town conferred" at the
Planters hotel That is the manner in
which the meeting Of Senator j. X.
Jones. chairman of the national demo-
cratic committee; Ex-Governor William
j. Stone, vice chairman of the same
the ways and means committee, and j.
G. Johnson, chairman of the executive
committee of the national committee,
was characterized by its participants.
Two announcements We're made as a
consequence of the meeting. One was
that there would be no meeting of the
meeting which will call the party con-
vention for the selection of candidates
for the presidency and vice presidency,
and that poll of the national commits
tee will be taken to decide when that
meeting should be held.
The other was that the resignation of
Y. j. Devlin as manager of the press
| bureau had been accepted and that the
bureau would be looked after by Mr..
! Johnson, chairman OF the executive
COMMITTEES. II Was also stated that the
meeting of the democratic committee to
ISSUE the convention call would be held
either on Jackson day. Jan. $, or Wash
ngtons birthday Feb - the exact
date 70 be settled by the poll OF the
committeeman.
1 Although no announcement OF the
| fact WAS made national issues We're dis
cussed, and il can be positively stated
hat great stress will be laid on the am
| ti-trust and anti-expansion issues dur
1 rg the campaign.
| There were evidences of harmony al
! hs meeting, but i, is iolcrably certain
| hal Senator Jones Was made To realize
! mat Missouri is in the saddle and ex
/ pstts To stay there Senator Jones In
/ 'lsts on saying nice things abou, eX-
| Governor Stone. ard the courtesy is re-
! eipfocated though il is generally rec
4 ngnized that eX-Governor Stone. during
| The absence of Senator Jones. gained
i control OF the national committee, ard
! shat the meeting yesterday Was priinar-
| lIy To bring the senator 10 a full reali-
zation OF the conditions existing now.
I Before Senator Jones visited the city
i i was declared that he was To come for
j The purpose of hearing a detailed repor,
Il rom X-tsovernor Stone of what he had
! aceonIpIished during the absence al IN.
senator Previous Ia the meeting OK
Governor stone said hi, thought
senator Jones st.sufIit.iently recovered
his health 10 take Sharge of the affair.
,f The committee. and would do 50. Bu1
as soon as the senator Landed he wa.
i told in detail of the work done. and how
4 the ex-governor had almost reorsanizet
the committee In his own behalf Great.
ine new powers for the vice chairman
pawers MOI exceeded by those OF III,
3 chairman himself. and which wer.
3 found necessary until The eve Of the
senator's return.
senator Homes was given assurancs
Fhat eyz 6;oyernor ston.. had eo,nplet,
sonfrol Of me committee moi only in ;
General way b,It snecificaIly. hayiut
.sjyfn 10 MS nerso,ai friends and s,In
,oft,srs av.s,,,. nosttf,n OF inroriancs. i,
tf3ss manage 5lerit of affairs and vher
I3thsi-,. Ne,a no ros;tions he created non
ana. then created ,f,e men for the ,,osi
,ione
Even in Inc Deylin matter was m
on,yer NJ IN. c5one- Cook johnson co,n
= hira,ion shown am, IL the senator am
M. es.pov,s,,.,, arc NOT rliractlv 4