Show UTAH ABSENT state was fc not represented n C democratic com committee 1 I M attee NO explanation MADE sixteen to one advocate failed to appear i I 1 WHY WAS HE NOT PRESENT perhaps he H feared to face the inevitable feared to bo be placed on the record wen men who demanded that sixteen to one ona should be ba the rallying cry in the tha next campaign were wera very meek but one ona move was made by the white metal advocates looking toward recognition by the national committee came in shape of resolution from ohio valley bimetallic league were quietly sat upon man devlin deposed harrison crowd happy chicago july 20 no friction developed at the meeting of 0 the democratic national committee today and the men who made such belligerent assertions lost last night failed ailed to muke them good today not a single warlike note waa 11 ask sounded and no def lances were viere uttered either by we trie men who nho demanded that 16 to V 1 shall be the rallying cry in the next campaign or by those who nho oppose its adoption the made by the sll oil wr pien looking looft lne toward recognition b by he e national committee wa a during the afternoon a when hen the ohio valley bimetallic ili S I 1 ia league e gue was waa admitted to to tile the co committee I 1 rooms and james P a of 0 kentucky acting as spokesman read the resolutions adopted by the committee earlier in the day at the palmer house WHAT REI resolutions SOLUTIONS DEMANDED these re solutions resolutions dema demanded ridell that tha t there be inserted in the next democratic national planks opposing trusts and and adhering hering to the sliver silver ratio milo of 0 16 to 1 and along these lines we e offer you aid sald said mr tarvin there was a Is de blant accent upon the word these that seemed to imply that the t of the could be secured along no other lines than those marked out but of 0 this tile the committee took no notice the ohio valley bimetallic blendt a 0 o league was courteously thanked f for r its s proffer prof irei of assistance and assur assured edI that ha t it would be called upon at such t times oes as an the national committee felt irk in need d of its assistance that was walk the bc beginning G 1 n and end of the silver episode FIGHT ON DEVLIN the fight against P J devlin editor of the press bureau of the national committee was brought to 0 finish the fact faction ion of 0 illinois ar securing curing ilia his deposition for the part taken by him as an officer of the national committee committe t in the last alti election n in chi ca caan go beyond making several changes in the rules the committee nothing else was done during the day RULES ARE AMENDED section I 1 of the rules which prescribes the formation of the national committee w was so amended rat aa to permit the tha election ot of a vice chairman to act when the chairman Is unable to bli present upon the motion of mr clayton of ft alabama sections 2 3 4 6 5 f s 7 4 8 9 and 10 of the rules worn stricken out section 2 provides for the majority af f tile the election in of officers of ohp committee section 3 gives the chairman power to appoint subordinate officers of ili tha committee with fill the concurrence of the executive committee sections 4 5 and 6 i provide that hat ali ito ct c nirman secretary and treasurer of the committee respectively ely should perform the duties ot of choir positions section 7 covered the formation nf f new national commIt committees and the relations t ons that exist bet between Neen the incoming coming and outgoing organizations section 8 empowered the chairman to rall all meetings whenever ithe he deemed it for the best interests Inte resle of the parta section 9 provided that the clie chairman trin an 0 hall call a meeting upon the receipt of f a written request bv one fourth of the members of the committee section 10 provided that the sessions of the committee shall be governed by bv general parliamentary law and that the committee shall adopt any a standing landing 1 n 9 rule for the disposition of busi business nees coming beffie it sections 11 13 13 and 1 I i remain as they were FACTIONAL FIGHT OPENS the fight alghi between the illinois factions began as soon its aa mr bryan arrived in the city which was waa 8 inthe morning morn iOB he was immediately beset by men of both sides the altfeld faction asking him to be at the meeting without tall fall and the harrison men a asking that he remain away from the auditorium altogether mr bryan w was as in a dilemma and for ta a long time tim would not declare himself as aa being in favor of the meeting or not lie he said he had accepted the invitation tor for the meeting and there was no apparent reason why he should decelino ot ill the last moment at the demand of a political faction hostile to that chich had ignited him to the city at the inflame time lime he expressed himself as being anxious to avoid anything thal would create further friction and as a a remedy proposed that the altgeld peu pip turn over tho the control of tile the meeting to the national committee mr A r alycem as a pa willing that this should be done but the majority I 1 0 at t his ach ren to ii he h are miter bitter the harrion harri Harr lon on men opposed it and aal when th to blairr tier heard that there was wa opposition to the plan tn in ili the alt ali arld ramp camp they openly championed eha the he passing pass binl Z ot th tha ln under tho the control ot of ahr t il P ri national att lonal committee RED HOT T ARGUMENT the arguments on I oth both fildes werft were hot and berce tor for serial hours and ther seemed to 10 he hi no chance ot of a settlement flome t the large majo ity of tho ia members 0 kin bera of I 1 the he no national atonal commIt teal declared themselves as af b being ing opposed to hiving having to do with the meeting in nv way thy thoy i hot ha 1 trev had a fight li harp fre the committee at that moment horn 0 f the outraged feelings of tho the harrison fa I 1 lion because it 11 believed that tile national com commute milte hol taken part in a 1 local matter without good reason and they were dis k e d I 1 10 ace keep p h hands 1 I out it of n the gg political I 1 I 1 t ekht h I 1 dinally inal lv mr altgeld sent word to mr fr bryon that if 1 h he considered that hl hi c attendance at the th meeting melin pr would embarrass him lip hr could feel at perfect liberty atherly to if maln an away ay the th mp apling lIng ronld could got cot along wilho tit him this was do d dared clard hv the he people to b be ono on ot of simple courtesy in 0 o mr bryan iut but th lh harrison Harrl fon men d dalar claral d that thai it II wa a L vilosa message age of sarcasm T which aich me meant nt thol that if mr bryan was afraid t to 0 keep big word to address th he it would bo is success without I 1 his brer ence enc BRYAN antan 1 HIMSELF it was wa late in th afternoon afT nn h hanfor for mr bryan mado up hla hia mind mini to in attend the meeting the harreson Harrt son p popl ople w who ho were in goed h humor over the defeat f at ot of devlin bedfor bean krar the th committee finally final 1 y announced that lit hr might attend tho the meeting without irit hout lauine rau ine any hostility to lo hlin silt in the harrison camp this message however had nothing to do with the conclusion reached hy by mr bryan regarding tho the meeting for he had decided to attend before it reached him NO UTAH MAN ra PlIZE present SENT when the ilat national ional committee rime earno I 1 to a in t the he clubroom of 0 the sherman house at 13 all the th states were war represented either by proxy or by their regular committeemen the exception ot of north dakota oregon texas utah west virgina and arizona mr bryan held heh for michigan ond and south bakota doke I 1 1 I and he art tas nas present throughout the inept inge till a of i the th commit committee iee although he ha did not lot take an active part in the th proceedings in Es ex governor alig altgeld 14 was offered th proxy of 0 committeeman abito of washington but declined it and wlllie J abbott of new york acted for or tint that state mayor ilar r ison held the proy pro y tor for A alaska I 1 asks but d did d not attend either session ot of tho the committee As 1000 on as a s vice stone had bad called the meeting to order congressman ferguson Fergus 0 of now new mexico was elected to fill the va vacancy cLincy from that territory caused by the resignation ol of F P A the chair thon announced that it bould be b in order to consider the question of adi nitting the new llev member from massachusetts Massac huset B co committeeman m mit teeman corcoran a sold gold de democrat in rat of 0 that mate having protested rone tested d against ilia removal to make room for cor george fred williams larnA the matter was settled in favor of 0 the latter who retained the seat REPORT ON 3 DEVLIN air 2 stone announced that the committee consisting of 0 committeeman woodson tiong slid anil daniels Dani cli appointed in investigate the chaides chaises made by bv the Harri harrlson tion faction of illinois 10 I 1 5 against P r J derlin editor of 0 tho the press bureau of 0 the national committee was leady to report th tho e report t was to the effect that mr de ili b had billed the influence of 01 the national val ami con alliee in favor avor of 0 altgeld and against harrlson harrison in the late city election and d that t tile press press b bureau ru r u work be taken out 0 f ilk alm hands j A of mr doirin and turned over to a committee A motion wap ivas promptly niad by sir gahan gaban of illinois nois the report of 0 the committee be adopted and it waa carried with aith three dissenting cices tices 0 donnall of 0 colorado williams william 01 f and abbott of ne new yolk I 1 voting in the negative mr bryan etya A dm did not vote not notwithstanding the tact fact that lie he held two pr profits the matter of lul luli it was as t taken A k I 1 u up p and S senator tillman 0 f carolina moved an adjournment as aa not all the tha members 0 of tile HIP committee nere provided with cople copies of 0 tile the ru rules top and he objected to further proceedings until they were supplied the meeting then adjourned until a 3 clock a recess ot of ono one and one halt half hours apter AFTER I 1 NEXT convention when the meeting reconvened mal hal rose of 0 milwaukee add ased i ih h committee inviting ilie members to mike make a a visit to in milwaukee and mr wiley 0 cox the head bead of tho the d loga l gai lion which 1 Is endeavoring to the next near democratic convention for kansas city made a short speech set ret ling forth the advantages of r kansas city as 0 a convention city no action was taken hy by tho the committee regarding gordine re tile the talk of 0 mr fr cox cot so a it had been de wl before the w ans ils ca called ailed to order that tho the comal tto s should hould not at the present meeting consider anything ig relating to the In 0 it the th next convention committeeman borlon nor ann of ohio who was acting for or mr mclean McLe aji the tb regular mercher from rom that state then announced that th of tile the ohio bimetallic leonii were at the door nal moved that they be invited to enter and that mr ir tarvin of kentucky their c hallerman hal lirman be asked to addieco adjieff ill alio llio c demull alep the motion will waa passed and the sit PIT Ibers of the th longue league were ad and ur tarvin tanin read the rew refo lotions passer passed by the lea leabu scup AMENDING THE RULES RULER mr C ceylon aton of alabama then moved for tile lie consideration of nf the h rule governing the hea committee and asked th ahr passage of a resolution to t th the effort that all sections of the culps from two to un ion U n inclusive ba b stricken out ahli was carried with some debate mr ir thompson of 0 nebraska Ne brakA moved that the consideration of tho the plan of organization wink the committee Is expected xe to carry out be taken ur up vice chalman stone hn mado made a a lengthy outlining the ha work the cm m it e e s should t 0 o ua d pursue e he mada de no 0 0 n a and n d n no 0 achon n was taken n the mattea ct cf a pres committee to assume charge of 0 the tha press bureau was then token uti mr el Elan chirol rd of louisiana moved that the chairman be empowered ere d t to 0 a appoint p p nt il c committee 0 r n m lt t 0 f ave pot to have chargo charge ato ot of the press work thre of tha h r members ne m b P r e to c constitute contti 0 ri e ti t tute u te i working kinis quorum the motion wo was adopted GROUPING THE STATES ir johndon ot of kansas introduced a resolution grouping the states stales for or the tha pu purpose SI e of 0 clamp aien aign work ho de no specifications or suggestion 0 in his hi resolution and it was nas re ta fe farreel aler to the executive committee 1 with patr 0 arod w to at C woodson ol of kentucky delivered a long address on the th meth aneth codr used for or coll collecting ecUng money in kentucky for or the ways way and means committee mr clayton of alabama then an ail adjournment sine alne die which aas aa carried the coming to an end at 7 committeeman gahan invited the members 0 of the nation national mak commett I and their friends to tomake an down tile hie drainage it 1 cagial tomorrow tot orrow morning which was accepted botory the th bitle diax it w i 91 ja ner neri lily illy rumor d that lh tapi would h b sc e ra ral hango mad in tin ill n mit tees the principal one ona being the tha ejectment of e ex ta idov ov altgeld from the he ways and ana means committee but vice chairman stone announced that h he would positively appoint no members of 0 the fuli committees until after like itie return ot of chairman jones front from abroad it as decided that th management 0 f the press pi bureau should be loft in the hands of th commutes aich nelch hadd lit in the against mr fr dev I 1 ili until such time as fl L permanent comm attee should bo be ampol appointed n ted STATEMENT POP FOR DEVLIN IN I 1 P J devlin lias has the th olio nine ang statement nf the assertion that I 1 ba havo v a been bc cn dismissed by tho the n national a committee Is absurd equally absurd als uirt is 13 tho the story that I 1 be su pc in the tha future A press coin coil linit teo has been appointed to supervise tho the mork such a committee binl III in no f nav av interfere Inter foro with me I 1 will havo have sole charpe As ab heretofore |