The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-23
WORK OF COMMITTEES
 UNDER MACK FOUND
 ID BE VERY WELL DONE
Bryan Makes an Address In Chicago and Receives Great Applaus. From Street Crowd as He
 Speaks Upon Cam
 paien Issues.

Chicago, August 22.-William J. Bryan will make a determined effort to place New York state in the democratic col umn. Plans to this end were carefully laid today at a three hours conference of MT. Bryan. National Chairman Mack. heads of the various bureaus and mem bers of the executive committee at dem ocratie headquarters shortly after Mr. Bryan's arrival here from Des Moines.
 MT. Bryan will speak in New York city, Syracuse and Rochester, on Sep tember Is and 20, and early in October he will again speak in New York city and In Buffalo.
 Reports received by Chairman Mack gave strong hope to Mir Bryan and mem bers of the national committee that the democrats could carry New York if Mir. Bryan would speak in the political cen- ters of the state. It was further tse- yeloped at the conference that Mir Bryan would make sharp fight in the middle west, while John " Kern, the vice pres idential candidate, would likely be called upon to make an extended tour of the Pacific coast states.
 Conference on Plans,
 Alter the conference had been called shortly before noon Chairman Mack di- reeted that the heads of the various com
 mittee bureaus submit reports of their
 plans and the progress made iii their
 bureaus. The national committeeman
 present told of the situation in their l states and 1t was agreed that the ont
 LOOK for the democratic national ticket was most promising. Former National Chairman Thomas Taggart declared that Indiana would surely go for Bryan. and .hae the republicans were using money l to divide the labor vote Governor Has keil Of Oklahoma, treasurer of the na liohai committee, declared that Oklahoma l would give MT. Bryan 5000 plurality ana that the state would contribute $50 ooo to the campaign fund, of which s27 .00o i had already been raised.
 Following the reports of the bureau heads the situation was discussed with reference to MT. Bryans own camnajvn 1 It was reported that there was A strong drift toward Bryan in New York state
 and the reports giving this Information to Chairman Mack indicated that tb,. state could be carried if MT. Bryan woiIld make swing through the state.
 Culberson's Views. Political conditions in the millde west were taken up and Senator C,,l- | person, chairman of the advisory corn
 mittee, who has been spending inc summer In Maryland, informed MT. bryah ana the committeeman that West l Virginia and Maryland would In all i probability, be found in the demo cratic ranks. It was the opinion of those taking the active part in the committee deliberations that the most eHectiVe campaign for MT. Bryan would De to make speeches in all the middle west states, speaking only in the prin clpal centers, and then to carry the hght through West Virginia, Maryland
 Delaware and New Jersey and N<y
 ork. Much of the time 1t was s,u sested, MT. Bryan would spend on these l trips in conference with the nationaI committeeman and state leaders and in thls way give valuable aid and direc- tion in the various state campaigns. After a consideration of these ten ! tative suggestions, and an approval of the reports made by the heads of the l bureaus, 1t was decided to call a meet l ing of the full national committee with the various sub committees for Septem- 1 Der 8, at 1 o'clock in this city. Mir | Bryan told the committeeman that ha was delighted with the progress that | he had observed, and that while he had only few suggestions to make. he felt that the work could not have been carried out more effectively and thor oughly. He expressed himself as pleased with the prospect for demo- cratic success. It was learned tonight that the visit of Bryan to New York was not only arranged for with the full acquiescence of those now in tbe direction of the democratic party in that state, but to no small degree it Is due to their desire to have MT, Bryan take an active part in the New York campaign
 Favorable Reports.
 Chairman Mack said tonight: "We talked today on various sub jects and heard reports form the dif- ferent bureaus, which were very ia vorable. MT. Bryan said they could not be better and approved the plans that we have made for the campaign. No definite dates for Mir Bryan's trip were made. He will confine his speak ing to the principal cities in the middle west and doubtful states"
 Within the next two weeks. the dates for Mir. Bryan's speaking tour will probably be fixed. constants stream of callers swept Into head quarters today to greet MT. Bryan and tonight several local democratic clubs serenaded him at his hotel.
 Chairman Mack announced that MT Bryan would speak in Cleveland. O. on September 21; in Columbus. Sep tember 22; in Cincinnati. September 2s. and would probably speak in Dayton on date yet to be determined MT. Bry- an and MT. Mack held several short conferences with national committee men tonight.
 Chicago Speech.
 Standing in carriage in the middle of Congress street, between the Auditofiunl