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Democrats LIMIT
Campaign GIFTS.
MAKE BIGGEST CONTRIBUTION
$4,000 AT COMMITTEE SEES.
SION AT LINCOLN.
TO NOTIFY BRYAN AT
FAlRvfEW AUGUST I
Subcommittee to Appoint Chairman
Of National Body Within Fort
nisht-Fund Resolution Adopted at
Request Of the Commoner.

The Democratic national committee
in executive session Tuesday adopted
resolution outlined as follows:
No contribution shall be accepted
from corporations; no contribution
over $4,000 shall be accepted. All
contributions over 800 will be made
public October 15. Thereafter i'm
mediate publication will be given. Con.
tributions under 500 will not be pub
lished; no money viii be received aft
er November 1.
W. ]. Bryan will be officially notified
OF his nomination for president at Lin
coin. HIS home, on August IL.
John W. Kern will be notified of his
nomination at Indianapolis at date
to be determined upon later
Committee to Pick Chairman.
1t practically has been decided that
the question Of a chairman for the
democratic national committee shall
be left to subcommittee of nine. It
Is said to be the desire of Mr.. Bryan
that this subcommittee shall make the
selection inside two weeks.
Members of the Democratic national
committee and number of others
holding proxies conferred with w. j.
Bryan and J. w. Kern, the presidential
and vice-presidential nominees re-
Spectively. at the Bryan home Tuesday
with reference to vital matters of cam
paign management. The national COM
mitteemen present were: Mack, New
York; Taggart, Indiana; Sullivan, ILL
nois; Tucker, Arkansas; Tomlinson,
Alabama; Coughlin, Massachusetts;
Wood, Michigan; Daniels, North Caro-
lima; Greene, Rhode Island; Brady,
Oklahoma; Cummings, Connecticut;
Donnelly, Idaho; Wade, Iowa; Os-
borne, Wyoming: Williams, Missis-
sippi; Talbot, Maryland; Kerr, Penn.
sylyania; Johnson, Texas; Nebeker.
Utah; Jones, New Mexico.
In Sympathy with Pledge.
Mr. Bryan on behalf of himself and
Mr. Kern read the following:
Gentlemen of the Committee: The
platform recently adopted by the ma
tional committee of our party at Den
yer contains the following pledge:
We pledge the Democratic party to
the enactment OF a law prohibiting any
corporation from contributing to a
campaign fund and any individual
from contributing an amount above a
reasonable amount, and providing for
the publication before election of all
contributions above reasonable
minimum
Mr.. Kern and / are in hearty SYM
pathy with this pledge and are graft
fed at Its adoption. With its fulfill
ment new era in American politics
will begin. Election VIII then be regu-
lated SIS public affAass, and the fnf1n.
ence which controls them instead at
being secret wild be known to the
voters.
AS an earnest token that our party
will make good its pledges, we ask you
to construe this plank and put It into
immediate operation"
Another resolution requests Demo
Gratis all over the country to organize
themselves Immediately into Demo
cratic clubs to assist the committee In
the work of the coming campaign.
Body to Meet July rs.
The subcommittee Of the national
committee adjourned Tuesday to meet
in Chicago July Is, when the chair
man of the national committee will
be selected. Jpsephus Daniels was
made secretary of the subcommittee
Following is the subcommittee
which has full power to act in choos
ing the permanent officers of the ma
tional committee and then appoint
such Of the committee as may be
necessary for the management of the
campaign:
Taggart, Indiana, chairman; Hall
Nebraska; Mack, New York; Osborne
Wyoming; Greene, Rhode Island; Ry
an, Wisconsin; Daniels, North Caro-
lima; Wade, Iowa; Tomlinson, Ala
bama; Cole. California; Brady, Okla
homa.