The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-01-08
The Democratic National
Committee to Meet.
THE TIME. NEXT WEEK
1t Will Then Decide This Matter OF
Day and Place. Committeeman
Daniels to Confer With the
North Carolina Dele
cation.
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tSpeCl6l 10 NEWS anu ODSCA NOA'J
Washington, D. c.. Jan. THE Demo
cratic National Committee viii meet IN
Washington next week to decide on the
time and rlace for the next national con-
vention. Incidentally, of course. there
will also be considerable talk about the
probable nominee and the next national
chairman.
Sentiment in Democratic circles here
seems to favor later late than that
selected by the Republicans. though there
are some who advocate an earlier convcn-
ton. On the question of place Chicago
still appears to be in the lead, though
there has in the past few days sprung
up considerable sentiment in favor of
Indianapolis or New York. on the ground
that the party has more to gain by hol1-
ing its convention in either of these
cities than in Chicago.
OF course there can be no accurate
forecast of the committee and action until
the members of it arrive here and begin
to confer
Mr. Josephus Daniels the committee
man for North Carolina, is expected here
Monday. and Senator Simmons has called
a meeting of the North Carolina delega-
tion in Congress for Monday night to
confer with him.
II think we had better have our con-
vention after that of the Republicans"
said Mr.. Simmons today. "and am in
favor of Indianapolis as the convention
city if It can take care of the convention
properly We certainly have much more
to gain politically by meeting there than
we have by going to Chicago
AS Senator Morgan consumed the entire
time of the Senate today with his speech
on the Panama treaty, neither the postal
frauds nor the Forest Reserve Bill came
up, hence neither Senator Simmons nor
Senator Oyerman spoke. Senator Sim
mons thinks he may get an opportunity
TO speak tomorrow and Senator Overman
does not expect the Forest Reserve Bill
to come up again before some time mex.
week.
Though the nominations of two North
Carolina postmasters, John l.. Matheson,
Wadesboro, and John L. Phelps, Plymouth,
were today sent to the Senate. the nomi-
nation OF Mrs. Russell as postmaster at
Wilmington is still IN the hands of the
President. Governor Russell. when asked
this morning why it had not been sent in,
said he supposed the President was for
some cause not yet ready to do So as he
knew of no reason why 1t should be held
UP.
1t is now certain that the South Da-
kota bond case cannot be argued in the
Supreme court before next Monday.
Argument began this morning on the
Minnesota branch of the Northern Securi-
ties case and will not be concluded be-
fore late tomorrow afternoon.
Brigadier General Edward NJ Hayes,
u. s. A, retired. has been ordered to re-
port to the Governor of Arkansas at
Little Rock for duty with the organized
militia of that State for period of four
years unless sooner relieved.
General (then Maior) Hayes was for
several years detailed on similar duty
in North Carolina.
Early in the session Senator Foraker
OF Ohio introduced a bill--and it has
since been favorably reported-n which
the South is especially interested since
it's purpose is appropriately to mark the
graves of soldiers and sailors of the Con-
federate army and navy. For this pur-
pose 100000 is appropriated and TIE
work is to be done under the direction Of
a commission appointed by the Secretary
of War. Also the Secretary of War is
authorized to ascertain the locations and
condition of all the graves of the soldiers
and sailors of the Confederate army and
navy in the War between the States "Eho
died in Federal prisons or hos
pitals in the North, and who were buried
near their places of confinement: to ac-
quire possession or control over all
grounds where said prison dead are
buried not now possessed or under the
control of the United States Government:
to cause to be prepared accurate registers
in triplicate, one for the superintendent's
office in the cemetery, one for the Quar-
termaster-General's office, and one for the
War Records office. Confederate archieves
OF the places of burial, the number of