The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-15
GUARDIANSHIP IS UNSETTLED Atwood of Kansas is
 Fayorite. THE ACTION IS DEFERRED National Committeeman Confer With Two Nominees. Mir. Bryan Will Be Notiaea of Nornina- tion at Fairview on August Is
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THE ACTION IS DEFERRED

Fairview Lincoln. Neb.. July H. The appointment of a subcommittee of eleven to meet at the Auditorium Annex in Chicago on July 25 to name chairman of the Democratic National Committee and the adoption of res- oIution providing for making public campaign contributions were the prin- cipal accomplishments of the National Committees meeting with ". J. Bryan and J. ". Kern at Fairview today.
 Democrats the country over were called upon to form clubs immediately to aid the campaign work.
 It may be stated on authority that had the whole committee acted today National Committeemap John N. Att wood of Leavenworth, Kas., in all probability would have been made campaign manager, Sentiment in that direction formed quite generally among the committeeman during the trip here from Denver last night. Mir. Atwood is a lawyer and business man of undoubted standing. and he wants the position. He was not at Fairview today, a fact which is attributed to his belief that the chairmanshln would pc rendered him. That action was not taken was due to Mir. Bryan. The latter has no favorite for the position nor was 1t antagonism to any one which formed the motive of his action today.
 Mr Bryan suggested the appoint ment of the subcommittee and deciar- ed that upon it there should be no man who was either a candidate himself or had a candidate for the campaign lead- srship.
 To select Chairman.
 This being put in the form or mo- ton by Josephus Daniels of North Car pima. Chairman Taggart appointed the Following. his own membership being provided for in the resolution: Tag rart. Indiana, Chairman; Hall. Me- e--rrasl<a: Mack. New York; Osborne. Wy pming: Greene. Rhode Island; Ryan wisconsin; Daniels, North Carolina; wade. Iowa; Tomlinson, Alabama; Cole, raiiSornIa: Brady, Oklahoma. Mir. Daniels was made secretary
 The presence on the sub -commiftee If Mr. Ryan is an assurance that he IS 10 longer considered q candidate
 Inquiry among members of &he sup- somrnftfee failed to elicit Ieanings toy ward anv candidate, but the fact that The appointment has been left in their hands is not believed to diminish the chances of Mfr Atwood. D. J. Campau If Michigan, is no longer being con eidered; Tom l.. Logan will not nave Is. TTrev Woodson would prefer to pc no. considered and Ollie James believes. his greatest usefulness Is on the stump. Thts situation for the present at least leaves the sub committee with put ons candidate to consider, namely, nir. Ass wood. The only whisper neard asaanss sa,s Wr Atwood today was the ract tnat h1s enoinence in the legal profession nnsy have brought him into closer con- .~rttor with corporations than would Se consistent in a campaign against :.cornorate greed of predatory wealLh: There Is ample time before tne Sns~ ,. cago meeting for this matter to De m. s,sstieated by the subcommittee 1T " sbo,,id deem such action necessary: SJnroin ig extremely happy tonight necaI,se the formal notification or ner Foremost citizen that he has been cnos- an as the Democratic stanuaro- e.1.ls - ,riii fake place in his home town. some s,amhers believed there would be great rnlitieal advantage in having the noti- 4catIon take place in New York, while TJrey Woodson was among those wno favored Chicago. Chicago. he s2ios was A central point and the fact tnat rail' road fares had to be paid was Iac- for. But there was no opposition to Mr. Bryan's wish to have the scene iaId in his home city. The date was ser for August 12.
 Az this is a good two weeks after the date appointed for similar tunc- tion at Cincinnati for Mir. Taft, MT. Bryan will have ample opportunity 70 prepare an answer to any statemenes inc Republican nominee may make.
 The official notification of the vice. presidential nominee, Mir. Kern, will fake place at Indianapolis at date to be determined upon later. by the time the subcommittee meets at Cnicaso.
 Mir Kern left here this afternoon over inc Rock Island road. He will arriva at Chicago at o'clock tomor- row morntng and at Indianapolis where a demonstration has been planned in his honor, at o'clock in the evening.
 CommRttee at Fairvtew.
 Rain threatened when little after xti. ,sonruiuR tha Rock Island speciai bearing the committed. a num- Der of men who held proxies a sprink- ling of the wives of the committeeman arrived here. A trolley ride about the city followed. after which special cars carried the delegation to Falrvlew. MT. Bryan and MT. Kern were at the door to meet them and had a word Tor eacn as he entered.
 Greetings over, the sun-parior was cleared of all not having official busi- ness, Chairman Taggart called the meeting to order and Sergeant-at- Arms John I. Martin. smiling content edly at the absence of any alsies to be cleared, stood guard at the door.
 Through the open windows, from time to time could be heard the voices of speakers, and the voice which an- nounced that Mir. Bryan's notification would be at Lincoln, being partieu- larly strong one, the news, all-import-
 
 amidst general Jubilatton.
 Almost the first act was the reading by Mir. Bryan of a statement by the vice. presidential nominee and himself. MT. Bryan said:
 ''Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the
 Committee.
 q recognize that the main work of the campaign Is done by sub-commit- tees and yet. before entering upon the campaign l was anxious to have an op- portunity to meet personally the full membership of the Committee Upon this committee. acting directly with other persons selected in accordance with it's authority, rests the responsi- bility of carrying on this campaign, and desire upon this first meeting with you, to express my deep appre- ciation, not merely of the honor that has been paid to me by the party which you as an organization represent, Out my entire satisfaction with the plat