| Show I JOHNSON R S CHOSEN 4 Made Executive Officer of Democratic Demo-cratic National Committee I ISSUE A HARMONY CALL PARTY URGED TO KEEP NEXT YEAS CAMPAIGN I VIEW I Readers Believe That Prospects of Success Grow Brighter With Every DaySystem of Collecting Funds Discussed Have 100000 Pledged Meeting of Committees + Chicago Sept 1SJohn G Johnson of Peabody Kan today wa made the executive officer of the Democratic national na-tional committee He will take charge of the active work of the ways and means and press committees and within with-in two weeks will come to Chicago to open headquarters Senator Jones chairman of the Democratic national committee will arrive in New York Oct 6 and two das later l he will meet 3Ir Johnson either in Chicago or St Louis Mr Johnsons selection the executive execu-tive officer of the national committee under Chairman Jones is considered a triumph for the members of the com mttee who have been working toward harmony in the party Mr Johnson was placed on all of the committees by exGovernor Stone vice chairman O the general committee He is one of Senator Jones mst Intimate friends and stands a the representative of all the factions and classes in the pat To emphasize fact thatthey want all Democrats to get together next year the national committeemen adopted adopt-ed a harmony call as follows A Harmony Call The atonal committee of the Democratic Dem-ocratic party in session at Chicago to consider the work of party organization preparatory to the campaign of 1900 sends greeting to the Democracy of the nation with the assurance that the prospect of Democratic success next year grows brighter every day and we have every reason for confidence a to the outcome The great need now Is party unity and thorough organization The committee com-mittee appeals therefore to our party friends in all the states and especially in the states where elections are to beheld be-held this year to put aside all local differences wherever they exist and support the regular party tickets earnestly neatly and enthusiastically keeping always In view the great struggle of next year and remembering that in unity there is strength and in division weakness Especially do AVC appeal to the Kentucky Democracy to give loyal support to the regular ticket In that state headed by Mr Goebel and thereby there-by make sure a Democratic victory in the state and the return of Senator Blackburn to the senate of the United States NeverHeld an Office Mr Johnson is one of the few men on the national committee who never held public office He was born in Brooklyn N Y and for 1 time lived in Peoria county Illinois In 18S7 he moved to Kansas He Is the oldest member in pointof continuous service on the state Democratic committee Just prior to the Chicago convention of 189G lie was selected as the Kansas committee member of the Democratic national The executive committee ways and means committee and press committee of the Democratic national committee were in session all day Secretary Charles 4 Walsh was made a member exofllcio of all the committees and sec rotary of each bottling but organization organiza-tion work was discussed In the committees com-mittees I was determined to spread the ay and means system of collectIng collect-Ing funds over more states Samuel B Cook general manager of the committee commit-tee madehis report and although the details were not made public it was learned that the committee has In the neighborhood of 100000 pledged and about 520O on hand 1 Signs of Friction The nearest approach to friction came in the executive committee when George Fred Williams was asked why the Massachusetts Democrats were to select delegates to the Democratic national na-tional convention next Thursday months before the national convention will be called I was said that Mr Williams admitted that John R Mc Lean had some ground for charging that the Massachusetts Democrats had taken snap Judgment but insisted that the Bryan Democrats feared that the antiBryan men might get the delegation del-egation away from them if the election elec-tion of national delegates was put off until next year Mr Williams Just before leaving for home said that the Republicans had passed a law which provided that only two political conventions could be held I in one year by any one party and if a convention were held next year to elect national delegates the Democrats would not be able to hold the other two necessary nominating conventions The Democrats are booming the Dallas Dal-las state carnival for half of the gate receipts are to go to the Democratic I state campaign fund The executive I I committee adopted resolutions endorsing endors-ing the carnival and most of the committee I com-mittee who were in the city yesterday I I will attend I |
