The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-13
BRYAN LEAGUE DEAD
CHICAGO DEMOCRATS GIVE UP
 HIS NAME AS LEADER.
Five Hundred Members of old Dr. ganization Drop out-Join Club with Carter Fl. Harrison
 as Standard Bearer.
Chicago Chronicle.

Chicago Chronicle.
 William J. Bryan Is out of politics | so far as the Democrats of Cook Coun- | ty and Chicago are concerned. Through the abolition of the William J. Bryan League of Chicago the last local or | ganization that bore the name or the Nebraskan has dropped out Of exist | ence
 TEis organization ceased to exist yes | terday afternoon. Five hundred men who had hitherto been loyal to the man who was twice the nominee of | the Democratic Party for President left the organization and joined the Carter H. Harrison League. The only mem-
 Der of the Bryan League at the pres ent time is its President. Carter Il.
 Harrison. It is hardly probable, now | ever, that the Mayor will endeavor to | fight the organization which has re- suited in the abolition of the league of which he Is President. As far as is known he has no objection to its members joining the Garter H. Harri- son League, and is not likely to quar- rel with it's organizer, Robert E, Burke, for the work that he has done in forcing the William J. Bryan League to disband
 Another slap at the former Demo- cratic candidate for President comes from the Cook County Democracy. Hitherto the organization has rendered invitations to MT. Bryan to attend Its picnics. These invitations have. been declined. but for four years the or ganization has continued to send the letters asking him to deliver addresses at their picnic. This year for the first time since the Chicago Convention or nnk twice defeated candidate. Officers of the County Democracy explain their failure to invite Bryan by stating that he has always refused their invita- tions and it was useless to request him to attend. One of the officers. more frank than the others said:
 Well, I guess we don't want hirc here, anyway. He is a dead one."
 Lose Faith in Bryan.
 This expression seems to describe the feeling that exists among the Dems crats of Chicago in regard to the former national leader In spite of Bryan's own declaration that he has not withdrawn from politics and is prepared to consider another nomina- tion the Democrats of Cook County refuse to consider him as a possible candidate or even as a prominent leader
 Carter H. Harrison has evidently been selected as the political legatee of Mir. Bryan. With a few exceptions the membership of the new Carter H. Harrison league is composed of the men who were identified with the Will liam J. Bryan league. The officers Of the new organization were prominent lv identified with the Bryan league, hAI ha nnGifinnG that they occupy in the club at the present time.
 According to the officers of the club the membership of the new league now approximates 2,000. No more than 300 of the members have been gathered to- gether and Secretary Burke, the orga- niger of the league stated yesterday that he believed that only TOO could be assembled.
 While the constitution and bylaws of the club have not yet been adopted 1t is admitted that the organization was established with a view of promoting the personal interests of Mayor Harri- son and for booming him for President in case he should express a desire to accept that office. At the same time the organization has interested itself in making efforts to secure the control of the Democratic County machine to the friends of the mayor. Fifty mem- bers have been appointed to take care of the Harrison interests in each Of the thirty-five wards in the city. These members will select men to form the executive committee of the organiza- tion. ..
 Harrison League Meeting.
 A meeting of the organization was held yesterday afternoon in the rooms of the Democratic Central Committee at i45 Randolph Street. According to Thomas Webb, President of the league, 800 members were admitted. These members were the only ones who had remained in the William J. Bryan league since the formation of the or ganization and comprised or the ma jority of its members.
 Another meeting of the league mas been called for Thursday afternoon ana will be in the nature of mass meet ing. Mayor Harrison will be present at the meeting of the club and will give the members instructions upon the work which he expects them to do TOT him in the coming three years. otner prominent speakers will address the meeting. at which the constitution ana bylaws will probably be adopted.
 Permission to use the clubrooms was secured from the Cook County Democ- racy at its meeting yesterday afternoon at the instigation of Secretary Burke If was also announced that 1O0 or the members would meet in the club rooms at 12 o'clock on next Saturday ana make preparations for attending the picnic of the Cook County Democracy