| Show JONES IN GOOD HAL i I ie Will Continueatthe Head of the I Democratic National Committee New York July 10ExGoveror William J Stone of Missouri who ha been for some time the controlling fig ure In the Democratic national committee commit-tee said today that there was no truth In the report that James K Jones of Arkansas intended to resign the chairmanship chair-manship and that Senator Martin Wright of Virginia was likely to sue ceed him I have just received a letter from Senjtor Jones said Mr Stone and he tells me that his health Is now gOOd He Is now In a London suburb where he wI remain most of the summer I expect to see him home by Sept 1 and 1 am In a position to make the posItive sttement that he will remain at the head of the Democratic national committee I com-mittee and will lose no time in getting to work after his return Governor Stone laughed at the report I that he had come to New York to see Augustus Van Vyck and other prom I meat New York Democrats and make I preparations for the national committee 1 in Chicago July 20 I came here yesterday afternoon he said and I have not een any DemOcrat Dem-Ocrat except one Democratic newspaper newspa-per reporter Xo preparations arc Ieeded for the meeting of the national committee and In any event I would not com to New York to do any pre paring I am here to transact some business and as soon as It Is completed I shall start for Chicago Tammany leaders are not showing much Interest In the coming meeting of the Democratic natIonal committee They will have a representative at Chi datgo on July 20 to report on the work Qtte committee but no prominet member of the orglzatlon are ex peted to make the trip NOW FOR THE REPUBLICANS Politics Are Once More Exciting Attention At-tention In Kentucky Lexington Ky July 10The Re b lcan convention to nonnate candl dates for state offices Is now holding the attention of the politicians both Republican and Democratic all over the state Lexington tonight Is fled with candidates can-didates and politicians The gubernatorial guberna-torial candidates arrived early with their lieutenants and are at work General Taylor claims he will receive re-ceive the nomination by acclamation Taylor claims to have over 1100 instructed in-structed votes and that he will be able I to organize the convention On the other hand Stone and Pratt say he I will fall fully 450 votes below his estimate es-timate and that1ls nomination Is not I assured by any means There sees to be an organized < fort on foot to defeat Taylor but Stone and I I Pratt deny that they will go Into a combination to defeat him I I |
