The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-25
All Eyes On Democratic P0w-wow
At ST. Louis.
WHAT WILL BE WAR CRY :?
ANTI-TRUSTS AND ANTI-IMPER-
IALISM TO THE FRONT.
Some Committeeman Say That Next
National Convention Will Reafhrm
Chicago Platform, Except That
Part That Declares For Ratio of
16 to 1.-The Banquet Tonight.
fsnecial to The Herald. }


st. Louis. Mo-, May 24.-Democrats
from all parts of the country will meet
in this city tomorrow to set the pace
for the campaign of 1900. There Will be
an all day conference of two-score or
more of the members of the Democrat
ic national committee, meeting of the
Missouri Democrats, half dozen "Talky
Talks" between Illinois and Missouri,
and a big 50 banquet in the Coliseum
tomorrow night. Several factional fights
local to Missouri. Illinois and New
York will be reviewed, but the main
purpose of the Democratic tow-wow is
TO decide whether free silver" or anti
trust and anti-eXpansion will be the
Democratic war cry next year.
The dinner is called an antitrust
banquet. The principal speeches will
be made by William J. Bryan and Con-
gresham De Armon and Champ
Clark. Mr.. Bryan's topic, "MOnopolies, y
but il is believed he will have some
thing TO say about free silver and 16
to l. in connection with remarks on
the money trust. If Mr.. De Armon and
Mr.. Clark closely follow the text of the
advance proofs of their speeches they
will say little or nothing of the issue
which dominated the campaign of 1896
What Will Be Issue?
A canvass of the prominent Demo-
Gratis who have arrived in st. Louis,
shows conclusively that the Democrats
of the eastern, middle and northwest
ern states believe the newer issues of
antitrust and anti-territorial expan-
sion will place free silver as a cam
paign issue in the background next
year. Some of them go so far IS to
say that the next Democratic national
convention will reaffirm the Chicago
platform except that part of the Imam
cial plank which declares for the ratio
of is to / This declaration, they say,
viii be modified to suit the ideas of
bimetallists who are going to stand
for bimetallism, but not for an arbi
trarily fixed ratio.
The conference tomorrow will be i'm
portant in that it viii serve as an in
deX of Democratic sentiment 1t is
hoped by local leaders that a quorum
of the national committee will De pres
ent. The report is out tonight that Il
quorum is present, a regular meeting
of the committee will be called and
Ex-Governor w. ]. Stone of Missouri
will be elected vice chairman OF the
committee.
Stone Favors Bryan.
Mr.. Stone today explicitly and i'm
patiently denied that he was a candi-
date for president. He declared his 10y
atty TO w. j. Bryan and said Missouri
would cast the vote of a solid delega-
ton for the Nebraskan.
O. H. P. Belmont of New York is COM
ing to st. Louis tomorrow, in hopes of
getting assurances from western and
southern Democrats that they Will back
him up in his fight against Richard
Croker and Tammany. He denies that
he is a candidate for vice president
Committeeman Gahan of Illinois was
closeted for three hours today with Mr..
Stone, urging the claims of the Harri
son faction in Illinois as against that
headed by Ex-Governor Altgeld. The
Harrison men deeply resent the action
of the Democratic national committee
in the endorsement it gave Altgeld in
the mayoralty campaign in Chicago this
spring, and was very stiff in urging
that Altgeld be removed from the adj
viSory committee of the national COM
mittee, as he did not represent the reg
ular Democratic organization, which
the Harrison men assert themselves to
be.
Altgeld Will Stay.
They did not succeed in obtaining
what they desired, and Mr.. Altgeld will
probably remain a member of the ad-
visory committee, but they were made
complacent by assurances that the
power and influence Of Mr.. Altgeld as
member of the advisory committee
will be greatly curtailed.
If the conference should be resolved
into a form of national committee
tomorrow, it is probable that the res
ignation of Messrs. Teller and Allen
from the wavs and means committee
will be accepted. Both are willing to
get out, and other members of the ma
tional committee are willing that they
should.
There is report that Chairman
Jones of the national committee Will
resign, but this is not confirmed. 1t is
known that Senator Jones is d sick
man, and his illness is of a nature that
may prevent his taking an active part
in the management of q presidential
campaign.
The antitrust banquet tomorrow
night promises TO be most successful
affair. All available seats have been
sold. and an overflow meeting has been
arranged for. The toasts viii be as
follows:
why We Are Here" Hon. Harry b.
HAYES
Presentation Of state and district
banners in the name of the state COM
mittee. Hon. Champ Clark.
Acceptance of state banner" Hon.
c. r. Faris.
Acceptance OF district banners"
Hon NJ. T. Benton.
Trusts and Democracy" NJ. c. Wet
mere.
The Trust and Its Parents" Hon. D.
\. Dearmond.
'Monopolies," Hon. ". J. Bryan.
II is expected that short talks will be
made by other distinguished members.
P0RTIA AND MAN DEEEATED