Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-11-29
FOR TARIFF REFORM
and ". ]. BRYAN
THAT is THE SENTIMENT OF THE
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL
COMMITTEE.
MANY CITIES WANT
THE CONVENTION

MANY CITIES WANT
THE CONVENTION
Meeting at Washington Dec. IL Will
Decide Place at Which It is to Be
Held - Speaker Cannon Makes
Statement.
French Lick, Ind, Nov. 25.---lt de,
veloped at the meeting of the Demo
cratic national committee Friday that
the sentiment was almost unanimous
ly in favor of the nomination of vii
liam j. Bryan next year and for tariff
reform as the party slogan. 1t is also
thought that neither Chairman Tag.
CART of Indiana nor Committeeman
Roger G. Sullivan of Illinois will OPP
pose this.
The committee decided to hold a
meeting at Washington, d. c., on De-
cember IL to select time and place
for the national convention. Chi
cago, Milwaukee, st. Paul, Louisville,
st. Louis, Cincinnati, Atlantic City,
Denver and Long Branch, N. j., are
applicants.
In spite of his refusal to commit
himself, rumors were persistent that
Mr.. Taggart will not seek reelection
as chairman of the committee. Tom
L. Johnson has been widely mentioned
for the place, but Senator Dubois,
learning of the drift of sentiment
against johnson, launched the boom
OF Senator Pettigrew for the place.
He declared Pettigrew would be ac-
ceptable to Bryan and that his execu-
tive ability would insure campaign
without a flaw.
Cannon on His Candidacy.
Springfield, H., Nov. 25.-Speaker
Joseph G. Cannon has written to S.
McCan Davis of this city, In which
he declared the report that he wants
the Illinois delegation to the national
convention for trading purposes" to
be absolutely untrue. The speaker
says:
My interest in the premises is the
interest of a citizen and Republican.
have no personal desire to be the
Republican candidate for the presi-
dency in 1908, and il am in the race
at all it is because of the action of
friends in Illinois and elsewhere In
the country.
i want to see go to the national
convention from Illinois delegation
that is Republican; that believes in
the policies of the party; that is high
class in its personnel and the mem
bers of which have an acquaintance
not only In the state of Illinois, hut
as largely as possible throughout the
country. want to see delegation
from the state of Illinois that will
be prepared in the great convention
of the party to declare its policies ant
ready to cooperate in the nomination
of some one who will fit the platform
without regard to the locality from
which he comes. If. perchance, til,
choice should fall upon me, ther,
would be no alternative but I,
accept"
Bryan Visits the President.
Washington, Nov. 25. - Presiden
Roosevelt and William J. Bryan wer
in conference for half an hour in til
presidents private office at the Whit
House Saturday.
Mr.. Bryan was not willing TO discus
the details of his interview, but wa
free to add details to the fnanci:
plan which he proposed few day
ago. In reviewing every measure
relief which had come to his MOTTO
Mr.. Bryan said that nothing SCENE
to be intended to meet the situatio
as effectively and at the same tim
as simply as the plan he had su,
gested. This plan, he said, was sin
E ply to have the government insul
depositors in national banks again.
loss by reason of the failure of til
banks. 1t was not intended, he sal,
to have the government collect fun
for this purpose. to be kept on han,
Whenever national bank should b
required to pay its depositors it woul
be the duty of the government to max
an assessment on all national bank
to meet the amount of loss by reaso
of the failure.
Opposition to this plan, Mr.. Brya
conceded, might be made by stat
banks, who would be left out of til
plan. The answer to this, he said, wa
that the states should individual
take UP the same scheme and stand a
a guarantor against loss to deposition
in state banks.
Mr.. Bryan said as yet no plan ha
been made to have his relief measul
presented in congress. However,
felt very enthusiastic over the pro
pect OF its ultimate success.
Being asked as to his position q
the tariff, Mr.. Bryan said it was ey
dent that nothing could be hoped fl
in the way of tariff revision durir
this, Republican, congress.
am in favor of removing ii
tariff on news printpaper and woo
pulp, an article controlled by trus
just as I am In favor of removing tt
tariff on all other trust-controlled a
ticles,' he added.
Mr.. Bryan remarked that he la
had very pleasant chat with I'll
president.
Prominent lunberman Dead.
Mobile, Ala. Nov. 25.-Alexande
McGewin, vice-president of the M
Gewin Lumber company of Mobil
and president of the Bank of Brewto