The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-11-20
SILTER MEN TO MEET TO-DAY.
Executive Committee of National COm-
 mittee to Discuss Situation.

| Chicago, Nov s19.-Senator J. K. l Jones, chairman of the national demo- cratic committee, who arrived tonight, said he did not know what the execu- i tive committee would do tomorrow but | it could not call meeting of the full | committee and 1t could not call the convention. This is the first time since 1 the close of the campaign of 1896 that Senator Jones has met his colleagues | on the committee, as he was absent in Europe when they met here last July. While the executive committee may not do anything relating to issues, candi-
 dates or conventions, it is expected that l a number of prominent democrats from all parts of the country will be here tomorrow to round up' the situation.
 According to a telegram received to-
 day, w. J. Bryan will not be present. Mayor David s. Rose of Milwaukee heads a delegation of democrats frou Wisconsin who are here to boom Mill
 Waukee for the national democratic
 convention. In the delegation are ex-
 Governor George w. F. Peck, George
 r. Stebers, William Walker and Judge
 Donnelly Milwaukee offers ,an audi
 torium seating 15,O00 people and is
 ready with guarantee to pay the ex-
 penses of the convention and the na-
 tional committee. Kansas City offers a
 convention hall seating 15,000, offers to
 pay all convention and committee ex-
 penses and on top of that offers con-
 tribution of s50,OO0 to the democratic
 fund
 Senator Jones shortly after his ar-
 rival at the Sherman house went into
 executive session with Chairman J. G.
 Johnson of the national executive conl-
 mittee. After the conference he was asked what he had to say about can didates and issues for next year. He replied: There is no doubt that MT.
 Bryan will be the democratic nominee. The democratic convention, in my opin- ion, will reaffirm the Chicago platform. I believe the democrats will declare against imperialism and in favor of legislation regulating trusts and sln1i- lar combinations. It is too soon yet to say just what will be the dominant is sue. Convention and platforms do not make issue. In some parts of the coun- try the financial question will be most interesting to the voters, in another i'm pelIdliSLls III diOlHeI lIuStS anu 5O it will go."
 When told of the reports to the effect that he was opposed to holding the democratic convention in Chicago and to keeping the national headquarters the senator replied that there was good reasons why the campaign should be handled from Chicago and good req sons why 1t should not be. National Committeeman Campau of Michigan who arrived during the day in discus sing the recent elections says the re- suit in Nebraska shows that Bryan is strong enough to be certain of re-nomi- nation and perhaps by exclamation. J, M Guffey of Pittsburg, national com mitteeman from Pennsylvania, said: Bryan will be the next candidate. There is no opposition to him in my state.' John s. Killing of Erie, chair man of the Pennsylvania democratic state committee and A. J. Brennan, a prominent democrat of Pittsburg, came to Chicago with Committeeman Gurfey as onlookers at the committee meeting. Mir Killing said '"The republican quarrel in Pennsylvania helps the denl- ocrats in state politics only. The anti Quay forces are organizing for fight than they have ever made"