The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-22
ILLINOIS DEMOCRATS JOIN WITH
NATIONAL LEADERS IN
CONFERENCE
STOIF, or MISSOURI, There
"Db SCoPE OF PROSPECTIVE
WORK WAS GONE
OVER
NOTIFICATION PLACE CHANGED
bryan and Stevenson VIII Be Of
hcially Informed of Nominations
at Old Camp Morton, Inufan-
apolis, I'm the Open Air.

apolls, in the Open Air.
CHICAGO, July &-Denlocratic Leader,
from nearly every county in Illinois were
at the Sherman house yesterday. They
came 10 attend the meeting Of the state
central committee. Every member OF the
committee was present In person OF by
| proxy, and all the nominees of the spring-
Held convention, except James F. ODon-
| nell, candidate for secretary OF state ana
two trustees of the state university. The
! candidates present We're: Samuel Al
| schuler nominee FOR governor; Elmer
| Perry, lieutenant governor; George 3
PARSONS, auditor. NJ. +. Dunlap. treas
urcr; James Todd. attorney general and
Charles Piss, university trustee.
Inc committee and candidates discussed
the Political situation for three hours Re
ports were heard from each congressional
district. Each speaker drew a picture
fun o. trght-hued color, and predicted =,
party triumph In November. The Ger
mans were said to be rushing To- the Dem
ocratic standard and harmony prevailed
everywhere. The usually roseate ante
election speeches We're made BY Gen. AL
fred Orendorff Of Springfield: Charles *.
| Laid. Of keUauee and others
EX-Gov. Stone. of Missouri happened to
/ be IN Chicago, and attended the commit
| tee meeting. He made a speech i'm which
| he declared the trusts to be the para
mount issue. He declared That The big
! trade combinations ovcrshadoweI i'm tb.
| minds Of the common Be0ple even inn
| perlallsm and militarism. He omitted
| mention Of the money question or lG To
I In any manner whatever He declared
! the Democrats had a chance To carry tna
| country II they stood together and work
/ ed Tor success. He favored the scheme tg
| give w. J. Bryan a reception in Cnicaga
! Aug. T.
ESCORT FOR BRYAN.
j. G. Johnson, chairman of the national
| democratic executive committee, appear
| Cd 10 tnG0rse the Bryan reception proi,r+
He thought an escort of 2 900 Drnrniy.ert
! Democrats from Chicago To Iudianapalfs
! would create a favorable impression
! throughout the county. The committee
| adopted the suggestion, and appointed 4
| committee 10 prepare for the reception
| me committee consists OF John T.. Hop
| Khs' Robert b. Burke, Roger sullivan.
ihomds Gahdn, Fred =. Fidred. Of CHI
caSo; Mi-iafd f. Dunlap, Of Jacksonville.
| Charles w. Ferguson. Of Rockford; j IT,
! HeHernan, OF Bloomington: Frank j.
| Quinn of / eoria, and T. f. Donovan. OF
! K&ukakec.
! The committee talked about organize
| ton, am decided 10 pursue the plan or
| preliminary organization adopted bv ex-
| Gov. Altged f.: 1892 Candidate NlschuIrr
| VIII make tour Of the congressional dis
| trlctS and hold conferences at some cen
| tral point With the county managers "
| each district. Members Of the central
committee were instructed to call and ar
! rhpg,' Tor the meetings At these meet
| ingS pans will be arranged for orgauiz-
| Ing It cldU - each voting precinct These
| smaller organizations VIII be made the
medhna for distributing literature and
| other essentials to political campaign.
| These conferences viii be held the first
| two or three weeks in August.
QUESTION OF HEADQJ ARTERs.
The committee discussed tie question OF
| Headquarters. and appointed a commit
! tie, consisting Of Chairman Walter Wa
| son, Fred T.. Eldred and Theodore NaI-
! son, 10 find suitable place FIR the con-
mittee 20 conduct its business Tn" Grand
! Pacific hotel was practically agreed upon,
| but the final decision was left 20 the OK
! ecutfVe committed
The contested congressional nomination
! In the Nineteenth district was taken uY
| by the committee and decided in favor OF
| J. r.. CoWley and against Andrew Hunter
! The committee simply indorsed the action
| Of the congressional committee taken two
| or three weeks ago.
! At the meeting Of the executive commit
| tee. later in the afternoon. a resolution
| was adopted instructing the can Iidat q
| not to appear at county fairs and picni.s
| where an admission fee is charged Tla
| candidates have received a number OF ill.,
| yitatiOns to appear as companion attia--
! tons to Belgian hare shows. horse sh VS.
! and prize poultry exhibits The COnmiJt.5
| objected to making Mr. Alschuler and his
! fellow candidates competitors with Ter
| sey herds or other live stock
| OPENING OF CAMPAIGN.
The date Of opening the campaign was
discussed at some length. but was finally
! left for settlement at some future meet
ing. Aug. % was the date preferred by
! NEST members.
The following committee On orgauiza-
! ton was appointed: Frank HaIU. M1u
| Carmel; James Llngle Jonesbo-o. W. <
/ Matthews, Centralia; J. W Orr Chn-.-
paign; T. f. Donovan, Kank8kee, and r.
F. Dunno, Carthage. ". J.. Mounts
was appointed chairman Of the conmitt@s
on SPEAKERS. As Mr. Mounts is a caudi-
date for congress. and for n few weeks
his time will be taken up with his cam
paign, Dennis J. Hogan. Of Geneva wtlI
act in his stead until the convention has
| been held.
Ez-Gov Stone, J G. Johns n a-d
Thomas Gahan. Of the Democratic ma .ioa-
| al committee, were looking for headquar-
tiers for the committee yesterday They
made Manager 6Outhgate an offer for the
rooms in. the Auditorium occupi four
years ago by the Republican ratlonaI
committee. They are now occupied ly ne
Paris exposition committee Commission
er General Peck was asked last night D.
cable if NJ would give up the rooms IR
an affirmative answer IS received today.
the committee will take them Thy a 9
fourteen in number, and occupy the seq
ond floor on the Wabash avenue f-ont
Of the building.