Salt Lake Herald | 1900-03-17 | Page 1 | Treachery is Feared

IS 1 I I of Eastern Democrats is j Made Public j L DESIGN SEVER WILL ATTEMPT c CAPTURE NATIONAL lENTION CO 4 I Movement to Elect Tom 1 L Johnson Chairman of the Committee and Eliminate Silver Prom From the Plot Plat Platform form Will Profess to be For Tor F r Bryan lint But Want Organization tion I St SL Louis March 16 William J Stone Sto e Democratic national committeeman from Missouri said to today today today day he believed there was some truth tr th thIn in the statement that there is a move movement movement movement ment among eastern to elect el cf Tom L Johnson of Ohio chairman of t f the national committee and eliminate silver sliver from the platform To Toa a Post Post Dispatch representative Governor Stone said From Information that came to me meat meat meat at Washington and since I gather that the object which the Palmer and Buck Buckner Buckner Buckner ner Democrats are trying to attain is Ii f the capture of the organization of their party The scheme seems to be to get set Into the convention as delegates and with as little noise as possible but by means of adroit control as many delegations as possible with the ultimate object of controlling the Convention and capturing the national committee They will be for Bryan but they want the organization Speaking for myself while I am ant very glad to see the Palmer and Buckner Bu Democrats of 1896 1696 come back bac to the party I do not believe in offering a pre pro premium premium for their return If they come comeback comeback comeback back they should come with no hope of o reward but as plain Democrats They deserted the party in and fought it as hard as they could and they hey should expect no reward for see seeing seeIng ing lag the error of their ways lVa s and repent repenting repenting ing In I do not believe In hi giving givins them the management of the national campaign