The sun., 1908-12-10
BRYAN COMMITTEE NO MORE
MACK AND WOODSON ARE OEtx
--MAJORTTY AGAINST BRYAN
The Chairman said to Have the IHsptee.
sien That the Secretary and RauaF
C. Sullivan Are Out to Dspess alna
Split Over Permanent Headqaartera

sien That the Secretary aad naueE
G. Sullivan Are Out to Depess Hlnl
Split Over Permanent HeadqaarteFsI
The announcement that William ~
Bryan will be In Washington on Sundsy
and will then como to New York pity
brought out last night the fact that
already there is q struggle for ccntfol of
the Democratic national oommittae end
that Chairman Norman e. Mack and Sea,
retary Urey Woodson. the former fFena
New York and the latter from Kentucky,
have come to a parting OF the ways.
Immediately after election day Chairman
Mack announced that he would open ppr-
manent headquarters eth or in New Y6rk
city or in Washington and that the work
incidental and otherwise to the campaign
of 1912 would be steadily kept up by him.
Secretary Woodson. on the other hand,
returned to Louisville and announced
that he too would open permanent Demo
cratic national headquarters for the saflis
purposes and that he. Mr.. Woodson. as sec
retary OF the national committee. having
ell of the documents Of the COMMITTEES,
all of the official memoranda and all the
data. was the only proper person to open
these headquarters. Chairman Maci'e
friends said last night that Score tasx
Woodson had taken this stand on the adj
vice of Roger C. Sullivan, Democrats
national commi tteeman fer Illinois. and
that Mr.. Mack had taken both Mr. rSulEivarl
and Mr.. Woodson to task. believing that
they were in "a conspiracy to relieee
Mr. Mack as chairman Of the committees
Mr.. Bryan, II he considers that he -
entitled to look into this matter, viii
find a majority OF the national com
mitteemen already arrayed against him
40 far as anything like fourth nomiua-
ton for the Presidency is concerned.
Many Of these national committeeman
have indulged in free and candid corr9
spondence since election day and thsy
are opposed to Mr.. Bryan's further
OF the party. and the obieor
tions in this respect. it was added, have
come especially from committeeman for
States.
CHAIRMAN Mack has been loyal Bryan
man since 1895. and for that matter 80
has Secretary Woodson; but MIR. Wood
sons friends said last night that he VIII S
not in the future countenance anything
that savors for Bryan's domination Of the
or the party. Roger O.. Sulli-
van on his recent visits to New YORK
city especially those since election day.
had a number Of talks with Chairmsn
Mack. In. which Mr. Mack and al. hands, Il 8
Was stated, agreed that everything that
could be done in the recent campaign 30
bring about Bryan's election had been
done and that Bryan could not find q
scintilla OF negligence upon which TO
frame the slightest complaint.
You'll be for Bryan. though said
MFR. Sullivan to MIR. Mack. "even for
another nomination four years from nov.
and Nr. Mack laughingly replied that
Bryan was great and good man.
Mr.. Sullivan and Mr.. Woodson while
IN town had consultations with Eastefn
and it was the opinion Of
both Mr.. Sullivan and Mr.. Woodson that
work on the Democratic national cam.
oaign for 1912 should be begun at once.
Many States were committed last sprin9
% Bryan for the reason that important
Democrats east Of Chicago and Louisville
we're dilatory. Mr.. Sullivan and Mr..
Noodson believed that there should be
10 procrastination in the joining Of all
hands for the campaign four
,ears hence,