The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-16
LIFE TO BE INJECTED
DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE WILL
 GET TO WORK.

DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE WILL GET TO WORK.
 German will Be in Full Control. Wn"e Taggart win Look After Indians. sheehan to Work For New
 York. .,. I New York special to Chicago Tribune All Is not we'll at Democratic tional headquarters. As a result v Series Of conferences. culminaths tonight. participated in by all or the themselves, 1t had been decided 10 re- organize the party machinery com. pletely and to take a new start to"aro an active campaign. . Senator German takes the neim' at least so far as making plans IS con. cerned. He has come on here TOT tna. purpose, and will have practicai charge of the campaign in the east whether he returns to Laurel Md'' or remains in New York. -
 Tom Taggart goes to Indlanna 10 organize a whirlwind campaign in ms home State.
 David B. Hill is not to retire from control of the New York Democratic machine. but is to have the say as to the nominee for governor. who Is ike ly to be either Stanchfield or Shepard, although some party leaders would like to see Jerome, not because they like him themselves, but because they believe he would be a vote getter.
 Senator GormaD is to be the person. al representative of H. q. Davis. the vice presidential candidate, and MT. Davis has agreed to pony up."
 Result of Conferences.
 This result of a series of important conferences Is only an outline. because many different subjects were discussed and a multiplicity of plans agreed to-, Within the last three days Candidate Parker has been visited by August Belmont. W. F. Sheehan. David B. Hill and others. Today Sheehan. Dav- Is, Belmont. German, John c. Carlisle, former Chairman Jones. Tom Taggart and others went into a prolonged con ference at Democratic headquarters just at the noon hour. and the result of their long talk was the decision that ginger must be injected into the campaign at once.
 It was evident from the good nature of the conferees that the stories of open rupture between August Belmont and Tom Taggart are not true. They do not work in entire harmony. 1t Is true. but they have had no rupture. The decision to bring Senator Cor | man into the campaign was reached as soon as he had intimated he would accept the responsibility. Taggart remains as chairman. although. as a matter of course. he will not have as much authority at Democratic head building facing Madison Square.
 If matters had gone on as tbey were 1t Is likely Belmont and Taggart | would have been unable to agree Belmont has been controlling the purse | strings. and has insisted on knowing | where all the money went, and. not | only that. but has preferred to know | where 1t was going to go before il | was spent He put the chairman in 6 | position of being required to make 6 requisition for funds for specific pur- poses. so that. in this way the treas. l urer of the committee really had ths veto power on .tll campaign plans German Knows the Game.
 Senator German is a veteran in the | management of political campaigns He was acceptable both to Belmont | and Taggart as the executive head He really. although not officially. will
 supercede both Sheehan, who control. the executive committee, and Taggart who Is the nominal head of the nation. al committee. What German says vii be done. and all hands have agreed to give him ample support.
 It was furthAr agreed that Sheehar should have special charge of tn, general campaign in New York State that German should be held personall, l responsible for Maryland and Wes Virginia. anu that Taggart should have the necessary funds to make 2 | real effort to carry Indiana.
 Several days ago the Democratic leaders were brought up with a rount turn by Mir. Davis himself, who insist | ed that nothing was being done, ant that 1t seemed impossible to get tht campaign machinery actually running It was reported to MT. Parker him. l self from various sources that while the Committee was not actually IF harmony. it at least has been unable to get down to work and had been idle while the Republican managers wers inaugurating q campaign in half q dozen different States. Much of this was due. undoubtedly. to the jealousy of Taggart by the New York crowd surrounding Parker.
 Lesson in Vermont and Maine. The result in Vermont a week ago was the first severe blow. This was followed by President Roosevelt's let ter of acceptance. and yesterday. ro cap the climax. Maine gave a Rcpubli- can plurality far in excess of anything the Republican managers ever had claimed and about double what the Democrats in Maine had expected.
 1t was evident to members of the conference there was a condition of lethargy and of inertia in organizing the Democratic campaign which would have to be put to an end immediately
 The two cousins. Senator German and Candidate Davis. were especially valuable in suggesting plans for put ting new life into the campaign man agement and getting the party ma chinery not only in working order but actually working. Mir. Davis natural ly has every confidence in Senator German. and announced without hesi- tation that the size of his personal con- tribution to the campaign fund would depend upon the extent to which MT. German was given charge of the cam