The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-28
STRONG MEN NEEDED
LEADERS TURN TOWARD IGIs. FOLK OF MISSOURI.
New York Demecrats Tender Him Bnn- quet-Club Men Will Make Ills
 FoRthcsn1ng Visit Memorable
 and HeOrganisation VIII be Discussed.

Joseph W. Folk, Governor-elect or Missouri. is expected in New York be- propose to make his visit the occasion of al gathering of Democrats for the consideration Of the future of the Democratic party. says a special from New York to. The Public Ledger.
 MT. Folk wrnte . friend in this city formed small number Of prominent Democrats, mostly club men, and at once the suggestion was made that a dinner be given in his honor. This suggestion met with such favor that the recipient of Mir. Folks letter was asked to communicate with him, and. if possible, obtain his consent to meet some of his eastern friends and ad- mirers at a banquet in this city. MT
 Folks reply is awaited with much in-
 Big Clubs Interested.
 It Is the expressed desire of many of the old time conservative Democrats of
 New York to make Mir. Folks visit here
 the occasion of such gathering Of
 leading men in the party as will crys-
 tallize the best Democratic sentiment into a definite. and controlling policy.
 Some of the most active members of the
 Manhattan Club, the Democratic Club and the Consultation Club are interest
 holding Democrat. who Is member of
 the three clubs named. thus states the There ha sbeen lot of talk in the clubs and hotel corridors since election about infusing new life and vigor into ideas have been advanced. and the Democratic atmosphere teens with suggestions as to the best methods of organizing for . national victory in 1908. 20 astfre e2 @ a "A few men haye undertaken to bring prominent members of the old party to- gether for a heart to heart talk. They find their task exceedingly delicate and difficult Men who are actually need ed at the forefront in the coming fight themselves associated with Democrats with whose ideas they do not agree. The Brysn Problem. II ''The aversions to Bryanism Is wide- throughout the South. and yet the shrewd politicians in these sections of the country deprecAte any action that will alienate the great body of Western voters that still believe in William J. Bryan. stA x "The problem is to eliminate Bryan without mourning bitter antagonisms. Such elimination can best be accom- plished by bringing strong men like e.Is the proposed Folk dinner design ed to bring out suggestions for party reorganization Not necessarily. The idea Is to pay a compliment to a popular Democrat of
 national prominence. get q lot of the solid men of. the party together, and have a free and informal discussion of Democratic hopes and prospects,"
 "Will any Democrat outside of New York be invited to this dinner7''
 That. of course. will depend largely with whom have talked would like to have several representative members of the party from different parts of the country. For instance. we would like to have Governor- elect Douglas. of
 Massachusetts: Richard olney, Senator German. John Sharp Williams, Senator Bailey and some others
 will William J. Br3 be invitedy Well (hesitatinglyeA if MT. Folk should express a. desire to have him then he certainly will be-"
 Mcclellan and Folk in 1908.
 Members of the Democratic Club are
 talking about a message from Richard Croker that came in personal letter
 to one of the members One sentence of this letter read: How would Mo- Cieiian and Folk do for Democratic national ticket in 1s0s?"
 Tammany Democrats are disposed to regard this as significant suggestion. In the undercurrent of Democratic George B. Mcclellan will be the next Democratic candidate for Governor of this State. His enthusiastic advo- cates do not admit any possibility of his defeat, and they are calmly planning to have him step from the executive man sian at Albany into the White House, just as Grover Cleveland did.
 In connection with the coupling of the names of Mcclellan and Folk 1t Is stated that Mayor Mcclellan and. Gov acquainted. hold each other in high es- te0m,