The Portland daily press., 1899-07-21
Harrison Men Win in the
Deylin Contest.

Chicago, July Mo friction devel-
oped at the meeting of the Democratic
national committee today 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 defances were uttered
either by the men who demand that
ss16 to /" shall be the rallying cry in the
next campaign or by those who oppose
its adoption.
The only move looking to ward recog-
milton of silver by the national
cpmmittes was made during the
afternoon whom the Ohio valley hi-me.
tallic league was asmittsd x. the c0mmit-
tee room, and james p. Tarvin Of KEN
tucky, acting.as spokesman, read the rsso-
lutions adopted by the committee nt its
meeting early in the day.
These resolutions demanded that planks
be inserted In tho next Democratic ma
tionial platform opposing trusts, onpos-
ing 'imperialists, and adhsring to the
silver ratio Of 10 to !.
And along these lines we offer yon
our aid," faid mir. Tarvin. There was
a defiant accent upon the word "thess''
that seemed to imply that tho support of
the bi-metailists could lie secured along
no other lines than those marked cut,
but of this the committee took no no.
tice. The bi.metalllo lsague was
thanked for Its proffer OF assistance and
assured that It would be called upon at
such time as the national committee felt
in need of Its assistanoe.
That was the end of the silver episode.
The fight against p. u. Devlln, editor
Of the press bureau OF the national COM
nitsee. WINS brought to finish, the Har-
risnn faction of Illinois securing his iepo-
sition for the part taken by him as an
official Of tho committee in the last may
orally election. Beyond making several
changes in the rules governing the COM
mittee nothing else was done during the
day. The fight between the Illinois
factions began as soon as Mr.. Bryan ar
| rived hers at 8 O'Clock In the morning,
he was Immediately beset by men OF both
sides, the AItgeld faction. asking him to
be at the meeting without fail and the
Harrison faction asking that be remain
away from the Auditorium altogether.
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 decline at the last
moment at the demand OF political fac
tion hostile to that which had Invited
him to the city. At the same time, he
expressed himself as being anxious to
avoid anything that would create further
friction and as remedy proposed that
Altgeid people tarn over the control of
the meeting to the national committee.
Mr.. Altgeld was personally willing that
this should be done, but the majority Of
his adherents who are bitter against the
Harrison men, refused to agres TO any
thing Of the kind. AS soon as the Harri-
SON men heard that there was opposition
to the plan In the A1tgeld camp, they
openly championed the placing of the
meeting under the control CT the nation :
al committees. The arguments on both
sides were hot and flsrce for several hours
and there seemed to be no chance Of a
settlement
The large majority of the mem bers of
the national committee declared them
selves as opposed to having anything to
do with the meeting in any way.
Finally Mr.ssAltgeld sent word to Mr..
Bryan that II he considered his attendance
at the meeting would embarrass him he
could feel at perfect liberty to remain
away.
The msetins could get along without
him. This mesaage was declared BY the
AItgeid people to be one of simple courte-
sy to Mr.. Bryan. but the Harrison men
declared that II was message Of sarcasm
which meant that II Mr Bryan was
afraid to keep his word to address the