The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-21

out his presence.
II vas late in the afternoon before
Mr.. Bryan made up his mind to attend
the meeting. The Harrison people. who
We're in good humor over the defeat of
Devlin before the committee finally
announced that he might attend the
meeting without causing any hostility
to himself in the Harrison camp. This
message, however. had nothing to do
with the conclusion reached by Mr.
Bryan regarding the meeting. for he
had decided to attend before it reached
him.
When the national committee came
to order in the club room of the Sher-
man house at l. o'clock. all the states
were represented either by proxy or by
their regular committeeman, with the
exception of North Dakota, Oregon,
Texas, Utah, Vermont. West Virginia
and Arizona. Mr.. Bryan held proxies
for Michigan and South Dakota and he
was present throughout the meetings
of the committee, although he did not
take an active part in the proceedings.
Proxies We're Refused.
Ex-Governor Altgeld was offered the
proxy of Committeeman White OF
Washington, but refused it, and Willis
j. Abbott of New York acted for that
state. Mayor Harrison held the proxy
for Alaska, but did not attend either
session of the committee.
As soon as Vice Chairman Stone had
called the meeting to order. Congress
man Ferguson of New Mexico was
elected TO fill the vacancy from that
territory caused by the resignation of
nounced that it would be in order to
consider the question of admitting the
new member from Massachusetts, Com
mitteeman Corcoran, a gold Democrat
of that state. having protested against
his removal to make room for George
Fred Williams. The matter was set
tied in favor of the latter. who retained
the seat.
Mr.. Stone announced that the COM
mittee. consisting of Committeeman
Woodson, Troup and Daniels, appoint
ed to investigate the charges made by
tbc Harrison faction of Illinois against
p j. Devlin, editor of the press bureau
of the national committee, was ready to
report.
The report was to the effect that Mr.
Devlin had used the influence of the
national committee in favor of Altgeld
and against Harrison in the late city
election, and recommended that the
press bureau work be taken out of the
hands Of Mr.. Devlin and turned over
to a committee.
motion was promptly made by Mr..
Gahan of Illinois that the report of the
committee be adopted, and it was car
ried, with three dissenting voices.
O'Donnell of Colorado Williams Of
Massachusetts, and Williams of New
York voting in the negative. Mr. Bry-
an did not vote. notwithstanding the
fact that he held two proxies
The matter of rules was then taken
up, and Senator Tillman of South Car
DINA moved an adjournment. as not all
the members OF the committee were
provided with copies of the rules. and
he objected to further proceedings I'M
til they were supplied The meeting
then adjourned until $3.50 o'clock a re-
cess of one and one-half hours.
Struggle For the Convention.
When the meeting reconvened Mayor
Rose of Milwaukee addressed the COM
mittee- inviting the members to make
a visit to milwaukee. and Mr.. Wiley
o. Cox, the head of the delegation
which is endeavoring to secure the next
Democratic convention for Kansas
City, made short speech. setting forth
the advantages of Kansas City as
convention city. No action was taken
by the committee regarding the talk of
Mr.. Cox. as ii had been determined be-
fore the meeting was called to order
that the committee should not at the
lating to the location of the next con-.
vention.
Committeeman Norton of Ohio who
was acting for Mr.. Mclean. the regu-
lar member from that state. then an
nounced that the members of the Ohio
Bimetallic league We're at the door. and
moved that they be invited to enter
and that Mr.. Tarvin of Kentucky,
their chairman. be asked to address the
committee. The motion was passed
and the members of the league We're
admitted. Mr.. Tarvin read the reso-
lutions passed by the league.
Mr.. Clayton of Alabama then moved
for the consideration of the rules gov
erning the committee and asked the
passage of a resolution to the effect
that all sections of the rules from to
10 inclusive be stricken out. This was
carried with some debate.
Thompson of Nebraska moved that
the consideration of the plan of organ
ization work the committee is eX-
pected to carry out be taken I'D. Vice
Chairman Stone then made a lengthy
mittee should pursue. He made no
motion and no action was taken.
Talk of Campaign Work.
The matter of a press committee to
assume charge of the press bureau was
then taken up. Mr.. Blanchard of Lou
iSiana moved that the chairman be en-
powered to appoint a committee of five
to have charge of the press work. three
of the members to constitute work.
ing quorum. The motion was adopted.
Mr.. Johnson of Kansas introduced a
resolution grouping the states for the
purpose of facilitating campaign wrok.
He made no specifications or sugges-
tions in his resolution and il was re-
ferred TO the executive committee with
power to act.
Committeeman Woodson of Kentucky
delivered a long address on the meth
DDS used for collecting money in Ken
lucky for the ways and means commit
tee Mr.. Clayton of Alabama then
moved an adjournment sine die, which
was carried. the session coming to an
end at O'Clock. Committeeman Gahan
invited the members of the national
committee and their friends to make
an excursion down the drainage canal
tomorrow morning, which was ac-
cepted.
Before the meeting ii was generally I
that there would be several
made in the subordinate COM
mittees. the principal one being the
ejectment of Ex-Governor Altgeld from
the ways and means committee. but
Vice Chairman Stone announced that
he would positively appoint no men,
bers of the subcommittee until after
the return of Chairman Jones from
abroad.
1t was decided that the management
of the press bureau should be left in
the hands of the committee which had
tod Mr.