Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1899-11-25
DEMOCRATIC LEADERS.
Meeting of the National Ezeou-
tive Committee in Chicago.
SLOGANS FOR NEXT CAMPAIGN.

While Free Silver IL In the Platform to
stay, 1t Is Proposed TO Make n Strong
Anti-rrust rIght-Nntionnl Convcn-
tion Mny Meet In April.
Chicago, Nov. 21.-The Democratic
national executive committee. with
National Chairman ]. X. Jones in the
chair, spent most OF yesterday IN
room in the Sherman House discussing
matters pertaining to organization.
ways and means and the administra-
tive affairs Of the organization. the
committee will meet again today. and
it is expected will get through with the
business ON hand Leiorc night. Moth
ing was said about meeting of the
national committee. but it Is believed
the committee will be called to meet
in Washington on Feb. %.
The committeeman were extremely
uncommunicative as TO what was done
1T the meeting Secretary Charles
Walsh said the committee had trans
acted no business of interest or I'M
portance, but only considered admin
istrative affairs. After the meeting
had adjourned. however, some OF the
committeeman continued the discus
sion of the probable situation next
year. They disclosed the fact that a
considerable part Of the committee
time had been devoted to discussing
the probable effect of high prices on
the campaign of 1900.
1t is the purpose of some OF the COM
mitteemen to organize Il bureau oil IN
formation and education, whose duty
it shall be to gather accurate and
definite information relating to trusts
cost of manufacturing selling prices 10
iobbers and middlemen, selling prices
to consumers, wages paid and cost OF
raw material They believe they VIII
be able to show that the present hlgh
prices are the result Of trusts and COM
bines, and that worliingmen have been
given but small proportion of the III
crease in selling values. This idea
has assumed such tangible form that
it Is predicted that w. II. CCoin }
Harvey will he placed at the head oi
the bureau. but none of the commit
teemen would admit this.
All the committeeman said free coin
age was in the platform to stay but
none of them said it would be the
dominant issue. Congressman Will
lam Sulzer. of New York. appeared be-
fore tie committee. He said trusts
would lie the issue in the east. James
F. Minturn. OF New Jersey, told the
committee practically the same thing
Mr.. Minturn said the New Jersey DEM
ocratic committee did not have the
confidence of the Chicago platform
Democrats and that some of the mem
bers had voted the Republican ticket.
He wanted w. ]. Bryan to visit New
Jersey and help straighten things out
Senator Pettigrew, of South Dakota
and Charles A. Towne. of Duluth. both
of them silver Republicans, told the
committee that free silver was still
a live issue in their states.
There was strong feeling amons
the committeeman present in favor OF
holding the national convention in
April or May. preferably the latter
moach.
1t was announced at the conclusion
of the meeting that gathering of free
silver Republicans will be held in Chi
cago on or about Dec. Z.
Ex-Governor John P. Altgeld called
on Senator Jones during the day. and
met with a warm reception. Mayor
Harrison did not call on Senator Jones