The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-09-09
NATIONAL COMMITTEE.
Mr.. Bryan Meets With Managers of
the Campaiqn.

! Chicago, Sept. S.-W. j. Bryan told the
members of the Democratic national COM
mittee at their meeting today to discuss
campaign plans before the candidate
makes his swing through the eastern
states. that with perfect organization to
conduct the presidential fight. the victory
| for Democracy's cause was assured Mr..
Bryan said that he and Mr.. Kern had pre-
scented the issues carefully and that he
vas absolutely confident that he would be
elected If there was a strong organization
to hold the ground that had been gained.
rhe outlook for victory. said Mr.. Bryan.
was much brighter than il was a month
ago. The candidate told the committee
men that he was more than pleased with
the work of the national committee and
hoped the work would be continued with
the same spirit.
Committee Meetings.
There were meetings at headquarters
of the national committee and the adj
visory and the financial committees early
| in the day. and this afternoon all three
committees Joined in a general confer
ence. in which Mr.. Bryan took part in
| the council and made a speech All Dem
ocratic members of the United States SEN
| Democratic governors have been requested
| by the Democratic committee to lend
their services. The committeeman pre-
scented a resolution calling upon ALL Dem
ocratic senators, congressman and gov
ernors to give all their time, if possible
| to making speeches in the campaign, and
| asked the chairman in debatable states
and the speakers bureau of the national
committee to arrange speaking dates.
Money Coming In.
Colonel Wetmore, chairman of the
finance committee. informed the commit
small amounts. which in the aggregate to-
| tailed a large sum. Colonel Wetmore said
| that he believed the committee would
| have all the money it needed to pay cam
4 aftrra 80.
| speech, several members of the committee
volunteered contributions TO the cam
paign fund.
During the progress of the meeting. ma
| tioEal committeeman from the various
states made reports on the situation in
| their respective states and indicated what
aid they expected to receive from the ma
| tional committee. National Chairman
| journed:
Encouraging Reports.
I'VE had very fine meeting of the ma
| tional committee, and this afternoon there
was general conference at which Mr.
| Bryan was present along with members of
| the advisory, executive and financial COM
mittees. Reports were made from all the
| states in which there will be real con-
| tests. These reports were highly encour-
| aging and were pleasing alike to Mr. Bry-
an and members of the committee.
| after the various members of the COM
mittees had their say. Mr.. Bryan spoke.
| He said he was very much pleased with
| the work of the committee up to the pres
ent time, and expressed belief that the
| advantage is with the Democracy He
! urged organization and pressed the fact
| that hard work would be necessary to win
the battle.
Will Have Enough.
Finances were discussed along with
other details of the campaign. Members
pledged thems elves literally in the way of
contributions for the conducting of the
| campaign. There is no worry about
finances Contributions are coming in lib
| orally. OF course. we are not expecting
big money, for we will not be able to get
| large contributors. put we will have suf-
ficient funds to meet legitimate expenses
of the campaign
Mr.. Mack will accompany Mr.. Bryan to
Peoria, where the candidate will address
the Democratic state convention tomOr
row.
The Bryan and Kern Business Mems as
ISOLATION, with Nathan Straus of New
York as president, and E. L. GOltra of
St Louis as vice president. was for
a meeting of the Democratic national
committee here today. The work of or
garizing these clubs, which was expected
to appeal strongly to the business inter
ests of the country, Will be begun with
vigor Immediately.
Committeeman Present.
At today's meeting the following COM
mitteemen conferred with Mr.. Bryan and
Chairman Mack:
Daniels. North Carolina; CARRIER, Ohio;
Miller. Oregon; Tomlinson, Alabama;
SALISBURY Delaware; Howell Georgia;
Sullivan, Illinois; Wade. Iowa; Atwood,
Kansas; Woodson (secretary), Kentucky;
Ewing. Louisiana: Talbot, Maryland;
Wood. Michigan; Nebeker. Utah; Ellison,
Virginia: Osborne. Wyoming, and New
man. District of Columbia.
Others who talked with the leaders were
Senator Culberson. chairman. and j. G..
johnson. secretary. of the advisory COM
mittee: Chairman Moses C. Wetmore and
Richard F. Pettigrew, South Dakota: Jo-
siah Marvel Delaware, and L. c. Wall,
Wisconsin,, of the finance committee.
Lawton Hemans. Democratic candidate
for governor of Michigan. and John s.
Winsh. chairman of the Michigan state
central committee, also talked with Mr..
Bryan.
Lagoon open till Oct. s. Select dances