The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-08
MAcKs APPOINTMENTS
National Democratic Chairman Makes
An" ouncements.

National Democratic Chairman Makes
An" ouncements.
Buffalo ~ Y, Aug. G.-Chairman
Norman h. Mack, OF the democratic
national committee. announced to-
night before his departure for Chicago
the appointment vi finance commit
tee for the democratic campaign with
Moses G. Wetmore, of St. Louis as
chairman and John E. Osborne of Wy
oming as yice-chdirman; and a speak.
ers' committee, with John II. Atwood
lof Kansas as chairman, and Champ
Clark of Missouri, as Yicechairman.
rhe finance committee is made up OF
20 members and the speakers commit
tee Is composed of ~ members.
Announcement was also made by
Chairman Mack that Senator Charles
A. Cuberson of Texas, had been APP
POINTED to succeed David II. Francis
of Missouri, as chairman of the adyis-
DRY committee. in making known the
change, Mr.. Mack said:
Former Governor Francis accept
Iance of a place on the committee was
assured. | did not anticipate that he
contemplated stay of any length
abroad but wired him. He answered
that he will be absent so much of the
campaign that he ought not to be
chairman but would be pleased to be a
member of the committee. Senator
Culberson was asked to accept the
craftsmanship and has accepted"
William j. Corners, chairman of the
democratic State committee, today
called a meeting of the State commit
tee to meet in New York city on Aug.
Just II to name the time and place Of
the democratic State convention.
Democrats Claim New York.
Mr.. Corners has asked all county
chairmen to meet him in New York
on the 14th to report on conditions in
their counties.
Chairman Corners tonight gave
out statement affirming his belief
that the democrats will carry New
York state He said:
I'VE are going to carry New York
State. All the letters and information
II get from our men indicate that, but
we are going to make doubly sure of
the result by conducting one of the
most thorough campaigns that has
ever happened in this state.
Il am planning to have Mr.. Bryan
deliver at least one speech In every
important city in the state. He ought
to spend a week here. We should
have one and perhaps two speeches
from him in Buffalo, one in Rochester
one In Utica, one in Syracuse and one
in Albany. When the people hear him
they will be for him.
I g. i'll. 10
shown by the number of ratification
meetings held and the number who
ATTEND them.
II have had very encouraging re-
. ports from such counties as Broome,
d. Niagara, Rensselaer, Duchess and
other parts of the state. The returns
will show great gain for the dem
: ocrats
81 want also 10 predict that we shall
carry Erie county because all the in
! dependents and many republicans are
! with us for the first time this year.
Chairman Corners said that after
: the State convention the usual sub
/ committee 10 take charge OF the state
campaign will be appointed.
The finance committee appointed to-
|, day by Chairman Mack is as fol
lows:
: Moses c. Wetmore, chairman, Mis-
: souri,; John f.. Osborne, vice-chairman
$ Wyoming; c. II. HakelI, treasurer
!. Oklahoma; w. A. Clark Montana;
Thomas L. Johnson, Ohio; Lewis
Nixon, New York; Alya Adams, Colo
RADIO; d. ]. Campau. Michigan; Fran
els G. Newlands. Nevada; Willard
salisbury, Delaware; Alexander
' Troup, Connecticut; Richard F. Pet
tigrew, South DaKoa; George Tur
' ner, Washington; Martin H. Glynn
New York; Ellison Tucker, Arkansas;
: I'M. A. Miller Oregon Melbert r. Cary
: Connecticut; George Fred Williams
: Massachusetts; Josiah Marvel Della
ware W. S. Jennings, Florida; w. r
g O'Brien, Indiana; M. F. Dunlap, Hi
6 nois. e. c. Wall Wisconsin; Isaac
Reese. Tennessee; J. Taylor Ellyson
Virginia; Thomas II. Browne, Yer
J, mont; w. Il. Chiffon, West Virginia
Blair Lee, Maryland and Eugene f.
:, Reed, New Hampshire.
} The speakers committee is as fol
lows:
= John II. Atwood, chairman, Kan
n sas; Champ Clark, vicechairman
}, Missouri: c. A. Towne New York; r
d b. Glenn. North Carolina; b. h. Till
K man, South Carolina; r. h. Lee
4 Mountcastle, Tennessee; John j
= Lentz, Ohio; Augustus Thomas, New
. York; T II. Alexander, Colorado
q Jeremiah Black, Pennsylvania; Henri,
Warren, Indiana; T. r. Hudson, Min
: nesota; W. II. Dunphy Washington
w. u. Haldeman, Kentucky; Thomas
= H. Dowd New York; Guy b. Tucker
o. Arkansas; T. A. Jennings, Florida
S. p. Donnelly, Idaho; T.. l.. Jones
j. Maryland; John w. Coughlin, Mas
n sachusetts; j. Bruce Kramer, Mon
n tana; John Sunderland, Nevada
8 William Collins, North Dakota; W. I
Is Brady, Oklahoma; NJ. A. Miller, Ore
s. gon; Frank X. Nebeker, Utah, and j
e. IL. Burke, Vermont.
1s The chairmen of the two commit
: tees will probably make their head
quarters in Chicago. Chairman Macl
% left here for Chicago at 500 o'clocI
% tonight.
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