The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-07-24
JOHN H. ATWOOD
go MAY BE CHAIRMAN
Bryan Wzu Be Preeent and Final Plans
May Be Adopted for Notification
Ceremonies at Lincoln on August
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Hearst News Service.


Democratic national campaign will be
selected at a meeting to be held at
the auditorium Annex tomorrow by
subcommittee of the Democratic ma
tional committee. Mr.. Bryan will take
part in the deliberations and his de-
cision as to a national chairman and
other officers will likely be accepted
as final. Several of the members OF
the subcommittee have already arriv-
ed and have entered upon prelimin-
airy discussion of the matter. The
subcommittee selected to choose the
national officers consists OF Chairman
Thomas Taggart, of Indiana; Hall, of
Nebraska; Mack, of New York; Os-
borne, of Wyoming Greene, of Rhode
Island; Ryan, of Wisconsin; Daniels,
of Iowa; Tonlinson, of Alabama; Cole,
of California, and Brady, of Oklahoma.
1t is generally believed that John
H. Atwood, of Leavenworth, Kan,
will be chosen as national chairman.
Allie James, of Kentucky, is also
! prominently mentioned.
Mr.. Bryan is understood to take the
view that a man whose reputation is
not national will be better choice fol
chairman, than some widely known
politician. 1t will be in harmony with
the action taken about campaign
contributions, and will serve to EN-
phasize the fact that the party ha
broken with its old traditions. AT
wood is lawyer mad was formerl,
Attorney-General of Kansas.
III There is still some talk of Cam
pau, of Michigan, and Lamb, of In
diana, but Campau's own state dele
cation refused to re-elect him men
! Der of the national committee, Will
as to Lamb, there is grave doubt @
I the ACCESSIBILITY of choosing the chail
4 man from the same state from whic
4 one of the candidates comes. Their
III was oOlllc lain dDOul JdASS w. hcl
N of Pennsylvania, the man who defea
II ed Guffey.
II 1t is probable that at tomorrow
| meeting Mr.. Bryan will agree upo
L final plans for the formal notificatic
! ceremony, which will take place
his home, Fairview, near Lincol
Neb., on August IL.
Y Coincident with tomorrow's meetil
II of the subcommittee, delegates to Il
national convention of Hearst's |
n dependence Party will begin to &
ii rive in Chicago. 1t has been su
h gested that Mr.. Bryan may have hop
of affecting reconciliation with L
New York editor, but this is deni
II by prominent Democrats here tods
n They declare that the break betwe
II Bryan and Hearst is final and irrecc
II cilable and that the Nebraskan b
II no desire for coalition with t
II handful of Hearst men.
II Plans for making publicity as
H campaign contributions live iss
H will also be informally considered
IN the members of the sub-committ
III Democratic leaders are convinced Il
III this issue alone will attract thousar
of voters to the Bryan standard a
III they intend to make the most Of
Lf M avaciorc 4, &c daoIarad will
IL permitted, and the publicity rule v
l be strictly carried out.
II 1t has been suggested that a c
u poration might make contribut
L through an individual, an employee
n the company, but the national CT
mittee, it is said understands ii
n oughly that Mr.. Bryan will not to
ate any such evasion and that he
n tends to keep close watch
II Another suggestion is that, wi
limit of $4,000 has been placed
II contributions from individuals, tn
is nothing to prevent one man max
ten or twenty contributions of $40,
each. But Mr. Bryan has made
clear TO his visitors, including the
n tional committee, that this will not
III permitted. Nor can the commit
eyade the order because of the
II posed full publication of all contr
tons. beginning on October Is.
III There is no prospect of the com
tee disregarding Mr.. Bryan's wis
II on this or any other point. His