The Washington herald., 1908-07-26

Chicago. July 3--Behind the selection
OF the officials OF the Democratic Ma
tionaI Committee who viii manage the
campaign Of Bryan and Kern. IS the
story OF a tvelve-hou- struggle that for
a tine threatened 70 result in internal
strife that would have again arrayed ths
East against the West and made the IL
ternaI strife OF 1895 seem Insignificant n
comparison
But tonight peace reigns. Charles ?
Murphy, head OF Tammany Han; William
J. Conners. chairman Of the New York
state committee. and William :. Bryan
have buried all differences. and concilia-
ton Is 10 be the watchword-
Murphy surrenders.
Murphy surrendered 20 Bryan The
surrender was conditional and means that
the Democratic chieftain viii keep hands
on n New York This fall
The real fruits OF the victory 90 70
Conners- He Is recognized as the real
leader OF the Democracy OF the Empire
State. and he will have all OF The as
s!stance possible from Bryan and Mack
n maintaining the fight there And he
and Murphy wfu select the State ticket
10 be nominated this fau without any
outside dictation.
When Bryan arrived here this morn
iEg re had FIVE names that he suggested
70 the subcommittee as candidates for
the position OF chairman
Included Lamb.
They were Mack: Judge Wade. Of Iowa:
John H Atwood. OF kansas. John Z.
Lamb. OF Indiana. and Thomas Ryan. OF
Wisconsin
Win the exception OF Mack. all were
quickly put out OF the running. Mack
was Bryan's first choice. but II was made
plain 70 the candidate that there was
serious objection 70 him from his own
State.
IN Erie County. where he lives. he had
fought Corners, and his opposition was
OF such a nature that IL had split she
party there
Then. Murphy. Of Tanmany. did not
care for him, because he had refused IN
the past to work with the New York
City organization. and had held out two
years ago against the nomination OF VIII
liam R Hearst for governor by the Demo
Gratis.
Charge Against Mack.
The direct charge was made in the con-
ference. which was secret. that If Mack
was given the position the Eastern Demo
Gratis would get together and oppose the
election Of the national ticket. Mack in
dignantiy denied this.
On motion Of Committeeman Brady, OF
Oklahoma. the matter was held open. and
Mack went to the Iong-distance telephone
and called Conne7s at Buffalo. What
passed between the two men IS a secret
Then Murphy was called This confer
ence was unsatisfactory. Il was finally
broken on and Mack reported to Bryan
that the leader OF Tammany was not sat-
isfed. Other names were then considered
for the position. among them being Dan
lei J. Campau, OF Michigan. and Ollie
James. OF Kentucky. There was resi op-
position 10 both, and the matter resolved
itself back to Mack
Finally Mack again called Murphy and
conversed with him After a time he
called Bryan TO the telephone. and the
subject was canvassed between the two
men Then Bryan. Kern. and Mack went
into conference, and shortly afterward
it was announced that Mack had been
selected.
No Objection TO Mack.
The runor was at once set on foot
that Bryan and Murphy had reached an
agreement. and this was in part con
hrmed. Mack was asked: rs your cleo
tion satisfactory to Murphy and Con-
nersT'
we consulted the New York leaders.
and they have 10 objection 10 my ssrv-
ing" be replied
After the selection OF Mack. the nam
ing OF other officials was an easy task.
and the committee adjourned until s
O'Clock tonight. when It again convened
In discussing the new officials. Bryan
made the following statement:
The action OF the committee IN the Sc
lection OF the officers Is very satIsfae-
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