The record-union., 1899-05-25
THE DAY AT VANCOUVER.
DEMOCRATIC BATTLE-cRY.
WHAT THE SLOGAN IS TO BE IN
NEXT CAMPAIGN.
Likely to be Largely Determined at
Conference of the National
Committee To-Day.


ST. LOUIS, May 24.-The ways and
methods of conducting the next, Presi-
Dental campaign will be considered by
the Democratic conference at the
Planters Hotel Tomorrow 1t is not
thought that much other matter will
come before the meeting, and no def
mite action of any sort will be taken
until majority of the members of
the committee is present, and whether
sufficient number will be in attend
ance is problematical.
Ex-Governor Stone of Missouri, who
issued the call for the meeting. has
received twenty-eight favorable replies.
Two of these have been withdrawn
and proxies forwarded This leaves
but twenty-six members of the COM
mittee as an outside number to be
present at the meeting, and the Demo-
cratic leaders are not oversanguine to-
night that they will have this number,
or even twenty-three, which would con-
stltute working majority of the COM
mittee.
If quorum is secured it is altogether
likely, according to Committeeman Ga
han of Illinois, that the meeting will
be resolved into a formal session of
the National Committee. and some def
mite action taken Otherwise there
will be nothing but an informal confer
ence regarding the best methods of
conducting the campaign. Only three
committeeman are in the city tonight,
Woodson of Kentucky, Gahan of Ill
inois, and Stone of Missouri
1t is generally understood that anti
trust will be the rallying cry for the
Democracy, with 'anti-imperialism' a
close second, and t''16 to 1'' not entirely
discarded, but kept in third place. AS
one of the leaders of the party ex-
pressed it, antitrust" and .'anti-im-
perialism' will be the salt and pepper
with which We will flavor "16 to II
There have been countless rumors
floating around to the effect that silver
is to be entirely discarded. and that.
as far as Missouri is concerned, Bryan
is to be shelved in favor of William
Stone of Missouri This Mr.. Stone de-
MED to-day, saying that he would go
into sthe next convention to work for
Bryan, and that the Missouri delega-
ton would vote solidly for Mr.. Bryan 8
nomination
Committeeman Gahan was closeted
for three hours to-day with Mr. Stone.
urging the claims of the Harrison fac
ton 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 were very stiff in urging
that Altgeld be removed from the Ad-
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. They did not succeed in obtaining
what they desired, and Mr. Altgeld
will probably remain a member of the
Advisory Committee, but they were
made complacent by assurances that
the power and influence of Altgeld as
member of the committee will be
greatly curtailed
Similar assurances We're also received
concerning Editor P. J. Devlin of the
Democratic National Press Bureau
who circulated the Endorsement of Alt
geld to (which the Harrison men eb-
ject. The Harrison faction. after re-
ceiving assurances that the Altgeld
power viii be restrained, lessened their
fight against him, but there is to be no
let-up regarding Devlin, and the IlIi-
nois men are after his scalp.
It is reported that Chairman Jones
of the National Committee will resign.
but this is not confirmed 1t is known
that Senator Jones is a sick man. and
his illness is of a nature that NAV
prevent his taking an active part in
the management of Presidential cam
patgn
The ANTITRUST banquet tomorrow
night promises to be a most successful
affair. All available seats have been
sold. and an overflow meeting has been
Iarranged for Hon. w. j. Bryan will
Iyspeak ON "Monopolies.