Iron County register., 1899-09-07
DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEES.
Appointments Made After Advisins
with National Chairman Jones'.
To Meet I'm Chicago.


ST Louis. Aug, 31.-The Republic
says: At the July meeting of the
Democratic national committee, held
in Chicago. resolution was adopted
to reorganize the old ways and means
committee, and name new one COM
posed of seven members; also to name
new executive committee composed
of IL members, and press commit
tee, composed of five members. Gov.
Stone, acting chairman of the national
committee, yesterday announced these
subcommittee, after having received
advice from Chairman Jones, who il
yet in Europe, regarding the same.
Among other reasons assigned foi
naming these subcommittee was the
fight by Chicago democrats against
Gov. Altgeld, then member of the
ways and means committee, and p. j.
Devlin, manager of the democratic
national press bureau. Gov. Altgeld
and other members of the old ways
and menas committee resigned, and
the press committees will have full
authority over the press bureau. Pre-
sumably. Mr.. Devlin's wings will be
clipped, and other hands win. direct
the bureau. Gov. Altgeld is out of the
committee entirely.
Thomas A. Gahan, the Illinois mem
ber of the national committee, led the
fight before the committee against
Gov. Altgeld and Mr.. Devlin. He is
made a member of the new executive
committee, which will have general
supervision of all the affairs of the
national committee when that body
is not in session. The new committees
follow:
Executive Committee-Messrs. John.
son, of Kansas, vice chairman; Stone,
of Missouri; Campau, of Michigan;
Shanklin, of Indiana; Guffey, of Penn
sylvania; Gahan, of Illinois; Head, Of
Tennessee; Clayton, of Alabama;
Thompson, of Nebraska; Williams, of
neSota.
Ways and Means Committee-Messrs
Mclean, of Ohio, vice chairman;
Woodson, of Kentucky; Wilson, of Col.
orado; Dwyer, of California; Tillmap,
of South Carolina; Campbell, Of New
York, and johnson, of Kansas. The
former members of the ways aid
means committee, namely, Messrs. Alt
geld, Allen, Teller and Stone, retired,
and requested the chairman to name
their successors.
Press Committee-Messrs.H Howell, OF
Georgia, vice chairman; Daniels, OF
North Carolina; Troup, of Connects.
cut; Walsh, of Iowa, and johnson, OF
Kansas.
The chairman of the whole commit.
tee will be eX-officio chairman of all
In his absence the
vice-chairmen will preside over their
respective committees, and in a gener-
al way will at all times perform the
duties of chairmen.
Concerning the committees, Gov.
Stone said:
after the committee meeting at
Chicago, l wrote Senator Jones fully
what had been done, making such
suggestions as 1 thought proper, and
requesting him to name the sub-com.
mittees as soon as possible. In reply
he wrote me as follows:
Chairman Jones' Letter.
"'Glasgow, Scotland, Aug. 10, $780,.
William j. Stone, vice-chairman, etc.:
My Dear GOVERNOR am glad to re-
ceive your letter and to have the infor-
nation and suggestions contained
therein. / think the action of the COM
mittee wise and timely, and in COM
pliance with the resolutions adopted
1 will select the following gentlemen
to constitute the several committees.
(Then followed the committees as
stately
1t is impracticable for me to write
each of these gentlemen, notifying
him of his appointment, and respect.
fully ask that you will have the kind.
ness to do so.
Since you have been selected by
the committee to act as chairman in
my absence, I feel much less reluc-
tance to obey the orders of my physi-
clan and remain abroad unit. October.
/ know that the interests of the party
will be carefully watched over by you.
and all that wise discretion and en-.
tire devotion to the party interests can
do will be done by you. Sincerely
yours, JAMES r. JONES'
81 will write the members of the sew
eral committees in a day or two re-
luesting them to meet me at Chicago
in about ten days, so that we can map
out our work and begin to prosecute
it actively without further delay"
AT the approaching meeting referred
to by Gov. Stone, plans will be out
lined for prosecuting the 1900 COM
paign between the present time and
the meeting of the democratic national
1t is the idea of the lead
ers in the national committee that the
party should be thoroughly organized
before the next campaign opens.
The question of the future of the
press bureau will also be determined.
That it will be continued, seems evil
dent, but whether headquarters will
be left at Chicago or moved to Wash.
ington is not known.
Against Fusion.
Des Moines, Ia, Sept. 1.-The Town
peoples party state convention, which
met here Wednesday, nominated full
state ticket, declared against fusion,