The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-07-21
BRYAN BETWEEN TWO FIRES
HARRISON 41ND 1LTGELD FOLLOW-
ERS TRY no COERCE HIN.

| Away from the Meeting of the Dem o.
cratic National Committee While the
Hours of DcIiberation He Decided to
| Attend.
Chicago, July 20.-No friction devel-
oped in the meeting of the national DEM
ocratic committee to-day, and the men
who made such belligerent assertions
last night failed to make them good to-
day. Not single warlike note was
sounded, and no defiances were uttered
either by the men who demand that "16
to T. shall be the rallying cry in the
next campaign or by those who oppose
its adoption.
The only move looking toward recog-
nitions of the silver men by the national
committee was made during the after
noon, when the Ohio Valley BimetaIlic
league was admitted to the committee
room and James P. Tarvin of Kentucky,
acting as spokesman, read the resou-
tions adopted by the committee at it's
meeting early in the day.
These resolutions demanded that
planks be inserted in the next demo-
cratic national platform opposing trusts,
opposing imperialism" and adherng to
the silver ratio of 16 to 1. And along
these lines we offer you our support,
said Mr. Tarvin. There was a defiant
accent on the word these that seemed
to imply that the support of the bmet-
allists could be secured along no other
lines than those marked out, but of this
the committee took no notice. The blmet-
allie league was thanked for it's proffer
of assistance and assured that 1t would
be called upon at such times as the ma
tional committee felt in need of its as
sstance. That was the end of the sill
YER episode.
The fight against P. r. Devlin, editor
of the Press Bureau of the national
committee, was brought to finish, the
Harrison faction of Illinois securing his
deposition for the part taken by him
as an officer of the national committee
in the last mayoralty election In Chi
cago. Beyond making several changes
in the rules governing the committee
nothing else was done during the day.
Section / of the rules, which prescribes
the formation of the national commit
tee, was amended so as to permit the
election of vice chairman to act when
the chairman is unable to be present.
Upon the motion of Mr. Clayton of Ala
bama. sections 9, 8, 4, 5, 6, z, 8, 8 and
10 of the rules were stricken out. Sec
tions II, II, 13 and IA remain as they
were.
The fight between the Illinois factions |
began as soon as Mr.. Bryan arrived |
here at s o'clock in the morning. He |
was beset by men of both sides imme- |
diately, the Altgeld faction asking him |
to be at the meeting without fail and |
the Harrison faction asking that he re- |
main away from he Auditorium alto
gether Mr.. Bryan was in dilemma
and for a long time would not declare
himself He said he had accepted the
invitation for the meeting and there was
no apparent reason why he should de-
cline at the last moment at the demand
IF political faction. At the same time
lie expressed himself as being anxious to
avoid anything that would Great further
friction and as a remedy pronosad tNat
he Altgeld people turn over the control
If the conference to the national cor-
nittee. The majority of Altgeld's ad-
1erents. who are bitter against the Har-
,ison men. refused to agree to anything
If the kind although Mr.. Altgeld him.
elf was willing.
The arguments on both sides We're hot
md fierce for several hours, and there
eenled to be no chance of settlement.
7he large majority of the members OF
he national committee declared them
elves as being opposed to having any
hing to do with the meeting in any
yay. They maintained they had a fight
n tlse committee at that moment born
Z the outraged feelings of the Harrison
action. because it believed that the Alt ,
eld faction had taken part in local {
natter and they were disposed to keep
heir hands out of the present fight.
'inallv Mr.. Altgeld sent word to Mr.. {
'ryan that If he considered that his at
enhance at the meeting would embar- t
ass him he could feel at perfect liberty ]
, remain away. The meeting could get 7
long without him. This message was t
eclared by the Altgeld people to be one r
simple courtesy to Mr.. Bryan, but the {
harrison men declared that it was a r
,essage of sarcasm which meant that l
Mr.. Bryan was afraid to keep his /
ord to- address the meeting it would ]
2 a success without his presence. 1t v
as late in the afternoon before Mr.. O
ryan made up his mind to attend the h
Getting, the Harrison people, who were O
good humor over the defeat of Dew I
n before the committee, announcing
lat he could attend the meeting with
1t causing any hostility to himself in e
lie Harrison camp. This message had c
}thing to do with the intention of Mr.. s
ryan regarding the meeting, for he o
id decided to attend before it reached p
m. h
AS soon as Vice Chairman Stone had a
lied the meeting to order Congressman
erguson of New Mexico was elected }
fill the vacancy from that state caus- G
by the resignation of f. A. Manzan-
ee. The chair then announced that it
ould be in order to consider the ques-
IN of admitting the new member from
massachusetts,, Committeeman Corcoran, d
gold democrat of that state, having fl
AGAINST his removal to mako :,