The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-01-03

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Colonel Brynn's Itinernry.-Col "
J. Bryan will begin his next speech making
tour among his home friends at Linco n
tomorrow evening at dinner special y
projected for the purpose He VIII be
kept constantly on the go from this date
until he winds up his tour through the
Eastern States in about a month f. ON
Lincoln he will go to Chicago. and be the
principal speaker at a dinner in that city
next Saturday night. Monday evening he
is scheduled for an address at Omaha under
the auspices of the Jackson Cub at s
annual celebration of st. Jecls5n's Day"
Other speakers on this occasion will be
Stone. of Missouri. Hogg. OF Texas. and
Harrison and Altgeld. OF Illinois. GA the
evening of Wednesday. the 10Th. Colonel
Bryan Is due a; Minneapolis for a speech
From Minneapolis he will come East. max
ing the first stop of importance al Wash
iugton to confer with Chairman Jones. Of
the Democratic National Committee. end
ether party leaders as to the policy to he
pursued by the party at this sess on Of Con-
gress He will be accompanied on his
Eastern tour by former Governor Hcgg.
who. it is supposed. viii particularly APP
himself here TO the task OF committing the
programme to be decided uro1 Tor the party
in Congress. In New York. on the evening
of the 18th. Colonel Bryan is TO he TIE
guest Of o. II. +. Belmont at a LiLneT al
the Democratic Club. and, besides making
. a speech on that occasion, is TO lis1en 70 the
. claims of rival New Workers who want
the second place on the ticket wtich
they suppose he will head. Colonel
Bryan is expected to spend Ut least
two days in New Jersey before leaving the
East In order to study the trust question
at close range with the view OF making
this one of the principle issues IL the cam
oaign. II Richard Croker had not been the
v;,tim of an accident. which resulted in
breaking one of his legs, it was expected
that he would cut short his visit to Enope
and come home in time 10 meet Colonel
BRYAN in New York but It is not thought
likely that the Tammany chieftain can now
avail himself OF the opportunity TO parici-
pate In the important conferences scheduled
10 occur in the metropolis. This is acting
as a damper upon the hopes of the New
Workers to have the National Convention
held in their city, and has correspoadingly
raised the hopes Of the Chicago. Kansas
City, Milwaukee. and Cincinnati people
TO succeed Chairman JONES'
Though 1t is claimed that Colonel Bryan
has thus early declared that If he is re-
nominated he wants Senator J. X. Jones
to again manage his campaign, Democrats
of prominence are not one in opinion that
the Arkansas statesman should be re-
elected chairman OF their national COM
mittee. No specific charges Of incOmpe-
tence or unfitness are brought against
Senator Jones. but there appears to be a
,trong desire in some quarters for Il
change of managers in the forthcoming
campaign. Three names are most fire.
ameuliy and freely mentioned for the i'm
nortant place now held by Senator Jones.
These are John r. Mclean. former Gov
ernor ". j. Stone of Missouri, and Col.
NJ c. Wetmore. of the same State. 1t is
said that either of these gentlemen would
he willing to accept the position. and IT,
of course follows that their respective
| friends claim fer each of them qualities
as organizers and administrators superior
to Senator Jones. The circumstances that
Governor Stone was the unanimous choice
of the committee of chairman during Sena-
tor Jones absence from the country Is
! put forward as proof that the members
OF the committee have sufficient confidence
| in his managerial ability TO entrust Lin
with the management OF the next cam
| paign. Mr.. McLean's admirers have always
| contended that lie is genius in point OF
| constructive capacity. and would know
| how to ralse the sinews OF war with less
| noise and trouble than any member of the
| ,arty could do. Colonel Wetmore's adv0-
! Gates claim that he Is an enlarged edition