The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-29
Mr.. HILL ANGRY
WITH Mr.. CROKER
SAYS THE TAMMANN CHIEF HUMII.
lated HIM AT KAN
SAS CITY
LEADERS, ARE SEEKING HARMONY
HOPE TO BRING THE FAMOUS
NEW WORKERS To-
GETHER
ARE SEEKING HARMONY
MR.. JONES HAS MANY CALLERS
Chairman of the National Committee.
Says imperialism Is Paramount
Issue In Campaign, and Mr..
Bryan Knows Ii.

| NEW YORK, July 2S.-One of the ear
lest callers on National Chairman Jones
! at headquarters today was ex-senator
| David b. Hill. Mr. Hill said the local
state and national political affairs wee
| discussed at some length, but there was
nothing of particular significance in tie
! consultation.
Other callers on Chairman Jones were
}. w Taliaferro, STATE Committeeman
Norman e. Mack and William H"ge.
president of the Commercial Travellers
and Hotel Mems Antitrust league Tn"
latter suggested making the league pau
of the national committee.
Trey Woodson, national committeeman
from Kentucky, and James Guffey, na-
tional committeeman from Pennsylrauil
were also callers on Senator Jones.
After conference lasting over three
hours, at which Senator Jones. Norman -
| Mack, Frank Campbell, chairman of TIE
Democratic state committee; ex-Gov.
| Stone of Missouri; National COMMITTEE
! man James Guffey, of Pennsylvania. sen
ator Hill, of New York; National Com
| mitteeman Trey Woodson, Of Kentucky.
and others were present Senator Jones
THE MATTERS DISCUSSED
After the long conference was conc}ui-
ed, # was stated by Senator Jones that
the matters discussed related to affairs
political i'm particular In New York state.
| and in general throughout the New Eu@-
! land and Atlantic states. The national
chairman was asked as To conditions la
this state, and. asked if he considered
! that there was the closest harmony posi-
! bile between the party leaders. To this
! he replied:
I Il think there might be more harmony
than 1t present exists although the feel
ing is, not so serious as to affect the state.
! ticket materially
He said n should not make any euggc--
tons relative to state politics The sen
, ator declined To confirm or deny the RAJ
mOrs that the national committee had Or.
was about to make overtures to W.
Rourke Cochran, Carl srhuiz and Other
/ prominent anti-imp ariHlists. to enter tine
/ campaign
! IMPERIALISM PARAMOUNT
| Chairman Jones also said today:
Mr.. Bryan believes, anu the Democrat
| ic platform says, that imperialism is par
amount, because the people are most in
terested in seeing the military and ex-
pansiOnist policy Of the present admins
tration crushed"
Then what will Mr.. Bryan do?" it
was asked. Can he Withdraw The troops.
from the Philippines Immediately if b" Is
elccted?"
why not?'. said Senator Jones. The
! were ordered to the Philippines. why
can't they be ordered back? They were
taken in boats. Why can't they b.
brought back in boats?'
Most of the Democratic campaign lead
ers will take Sunday holiday tomorrow
at Long Branch. gathering for confer
ence in Eleberon, probably at the honla
Of ex-senator Murphy Chairman Jones
will go down from this city at the end
of the day, and eX-CioV. stone will prob
ably be present also.
MR.. HILL ANGRY
Mr.. Hill came back from Kansas City-
with deep resentment IN his heart for
Richard Croker, declaring that the lack
Of harmony was wholly the fault OF
the Tammany man. He is angry through
and through, and has promised his
friends that the fight between himself
and Mr.. Croker win wax even hotter at
the state convention six weeks from HOW
Hill says Croker humilia ted him at Kan
sas City, and alone stood In the way 81 81
moderate platform the elimin alton of free
silver and harmony in the New Ncrl
state delegation. He charges CroFrr
with a determined attempt to pu: hum oa
the ticket in the effort 10 TRANSPORT him
to oblivion, imputing that AR ttroEer IS
not sincere IN his support o. Bryan and
silver.
For that matter, politicians here charge
both Mr. Hill and Mr.. Croker With having
an abiding desire 10 see vne ticket Llmcd .
at Kansas City defeated. Mr.. Hill would
be glad, these men say. De"I1Se mis- adj
vice and counsel were ignored Mr. 'rc-
ker because a second defea1 would elm
mate Mr.. Bryan from politics. Both men
are nOmnally supporting the ticket lest
they may be charged in Ire 'Julre with
disloyalty. As a matter Of fiet- Doth DIE
lethargic. Tammany EI5 done 'it;le iI
the way of preparing cor a hard i.sjIt
for the national ticket. National head
quarters will. have no lar4e ranch hcrc.
and Mr.. Croker will b. aiI1H.d 80 fake
the city and Mr.. Hill n. state ANA do
tn. best they san with .heir respective
allotments r. thc present state of an
tipathy of the men t. each other Eepub-
leans. see defeat spelled il :lrse letters.