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Show ipiciTiutiK In thejjhelight flfidcas of Bry.ni and Kern Pre- vail at Meeting With Xa-jeK Xa-jeK fional Com iiiiftcc. Hililj ACCEPT NOTHING mm from ant corporation Selection of Campaign Manager gH to Be Made l)y Siibconi-jPjf Siibconi-jPjf mittce July 25. j IfAIRVIl'i Lincoln, ,'cl)., July M. Tho appointment of a subcommittee fclcvcn to meet at Jlio Auditorium An-fx An-fx in Chicago on .July -o lo iinuio a airman of the Democratic national SnuttPP, and the adoption of a rcso-tion rcso-tion providing for making public cain-iijm cain-iijm contributions, were the principal omplislinicnts of tho national oom-itcc's oom-itcc's mooting with William J. Bryan kI J. W. Kern at Fairvicw today. Imocrals the country over wore called in to form clubs immediately to aid e campaign work. It may hi' stated on authority t It;it id the whole committee acted today, itional Committocman .John II. At-d At-d of IiCuvi-nworth, Kan., in all prob-ilily prob-ilily would have boon made campaign wairor. .SciiLiinent in that direction micfl quiU generally among the eoin-ittecnicii eoin-ittecnicii during tin trip hare from nver last night. Mr. At wood is u ifjvr and business man of undoubted iodine, and ho wants the po.Mtion. He u i, .t at Fairvicw today, a fact which attributed to his belief that the chair-whip chair-whip would be tendered him. That lion was not taken was duo to Mr. ' Bryan Not Dictating. xrKwiic latter has no favorite tor the p-Kition, p-Kition, nor was it antagonism to any 1Kiie that formed the motive of his ac-fduion ac-fduion ttoda3'. Mr. liryan suggested the .Kppoiiilniont of the subcommittee and infcclarcd that on it there should be no iSQ who is either a caudidate or had Wycon a caiuh'da to for the camiaign lead-Mjtrship. lead-Mjtrship. lpTlus being put in the form of a ino-Mjtion ino-Mjtion by Joscphus Daniels of North Caro-atliiia, Caro-atliiia, Chairman Taggart. appointod tho Rfollowing, his own membership being SKprovided for in the resolution: 3j' Taggart, ludinna. chairman: Hall, ja'NcbrRska; Mack, Now York; Osborne, SlgWyomhig; (Jreene, Rhode Island; Ryan, HHJnweoiisin; Daniels. North Carolina; .rwade, Iowa; Tunlinson. Alabama; Cole, IfVjillforuia; Brady, Oklahoma. jS-mlJiiniels was made secretary. jff'M- Atwood in the Lead. njypTuc presence on the subcommittee of :MBr; Ryan is an asstiranee that lit is fyxmff' longer considered a candidate. Tn-ijOWjirics Tn-ijOWjirics among members of the subcom- ''IMttcc failed to elicit leanings toward kKy candidate, but the fact that the an-:jwjfintnipul an-:jwjfintnipul has been loft in their hands liWM.tot believed to diniinisli tho chances ijJiilr. Atwood. D. J. Campau of Mich-atWyiE Mich-atWyiE is no longer being considered; Tom rlMM-Johnson won't have it; Urey "Vood-vroiihl "Vood-vroiihl prefer to be not considered, jiiMW Ollio .lames believes his greatest jftfllpfulucfs is on tho stump. This sit- jcjRjfhon, for the present, at least, leaves j subcommittee with but one eandi-jilHde eandi-jilHde to consider, nanuVy, M!r. Atwood. 'BP0 on'v wmsJ'Pr heard against Mr. At-ajlE?od At-ajlE?od toilav was the fact that his cmi-Wcc cmi-Wcc in tlio legal profession may have jWi0UEbt him into closer contact with 'ijHJPratitins thnn would bo consistent jRl?' campaign against "corporate greed ;gfl& Predatory wealth." fyWfc Ther in ample time bpforo tho Chi-jjjlWJW. Chi-jjjlWJW. nippting for the matter to bo in-'Kl! in-'Kl! lWa,0(1 .v th0 subcommittee, if it Ife? f'cni sucli action necessary, f.ft- Why Lincoln Rejoices, I:oin is extremely happy tonight sc the formal nolilicaliou of her ost citizen as the Demo-. Demo-. slandard bearer will take u his homo town. Some ors believed that there would bo political advantage in having tho :ation take place in New York, , Urey Woodson was among those avored Chicago. Chicago, ho said, foutral point, and tho fact that . fares were to bo paid factor. But there was opposition to Mr. Bryan's to have the scene laid in onio city. The date was set for it. As tn's n Rood two weeks .the date appointed for a similar on at Cincinnati for Mr. Taft, f'an will have ample opportunity rlaTo an answer to any statements cptibhran j10miueo may make. ofiinl notification of the vi.-e-ntml uominee. Mr. Kern, will PImp at Indianapolis at a dale lo iiomuied upon later, probably the "''- ?ubconimiltee meets at Chi-Mr. Chi-Mr. Kern left here this afternoon the Rock Island road. Ifo will ar-t ar-t tlncago at S o'clock tomorrow y and at Indianapolis, whore a nstiahon ha.s bf-en planned in his l b o tlock in the evening. " t ireat. ncl when a lillle alter S alt - "ruiug R(,L.k Island hcariny llu. rouimitl.-o. :, uumber who held proxio : :1 rt,rik-n rt,rik-n tile wncs of the i-ommitteeineii, fniin', A. irollov rid- about tho Jolowei I utter which special cars tho dolegntOK to I'airviev.-. Get Down to Business. Br:m .,ml Mr. Kern ucro at the o inf t th.-m, and ha.l n u-ord for " Im , ntcml. Ciro.-tings over, tho arlor n, erred of all iml bur-"WUl bur-"WUl i-usiiiors, Chnirman Tnggarl. ' h- nict nig t or0cr and W a Arms .John I. Marliu. smiling ntedh at the absence of any aisles rn.Y0' ' 5,00,1 ward at tho door. IK i1? wlows from time could br hoard the voices of 'l,i' Vr ihr, vni,,,, w""", I f.,.11 rv nr.tificaliui. ronr, 1 L,n:;oIl w a pniticular-,WnR pniticular-,WnR ; on... the news, all-important. ijfflatK'1 l,ku Wi,,lfire- ,,mM st the first act wn the reading Contimicl. on 1'i.g,. Two . , PUT CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE LIMELIGHT Continued from Pago One. by Mr. Bryan of a statement by tho vice-presidential nominco and himself. Mr. Brj'nn said:. Statement by Bryan. "Mr. Chairmnn and gentlemen of tho committee: I recognize that tho main work of the campaign i6 done 1)3' sub-committees, and .yet, beforo entering enter-ing upon tho campaign, I was anxious to have an opportunity .to moot persou-nlly persou-nlly tho full members of the committee. com-mittee. TVpon this committeo, acting dircctl.y with such person.': selected in accordance with its authority, rests the responsibility of carryiug on this campaign, cam-paign, and 1" desire upon this first meeting meet-ing with .you to express 1113' deep appreciation, appre-ciation, not mcroly of the honor that has been paid me bv the part3r which j'ou. as an organization, represent, but iny entire satisfaction with tho platform plat-form which was adopted Ivy tho convention conven-tion which has recently adjourned, and 1113- gratification, too, that a candidate for vice-president has boon selected who is not onl.y a political friend and a personal per-sonal friend, but one in whom J have entire confidence. 1 dou't .know how I can bettor express 1113' feelings on this subject than to say that if I am elected president and Mr. Kern is elected vice-president, vice-president, T shall not be afraid to die, because I shall fool that the policy outlined out-lined in tho platform, which I shall endeavor en-deavor to put into operation, will be iust as faithfully carried out, by him as it would be by me. (Applause.) I do not know how I can express in stronger language my .satisfaction of the nomination that the party has mado for vico-president. Makes Joint Request. "Aside from desiring to meet you personally, thought there wore certain cer-tain things that ought to be decided upon at once, and as I have the honor of having with me at this time our candidate can-didate for vico-presidcut, Mr. Kern, I have conferred with him about two or throe matters, and T shall present at this time a request, in which he aud I join. I have roduced it to writing." Mr. B.yran, on behalf of himself and Mr. Kern, read the following: "Gentlemen of tho committee: The platform recently adopted by the national na-tional convention of our party- at Denver Den-ver contains tho following pledge: " 'Wo pledge the Democratic party to tho enactment 0 fa law prohibiting any corporation from contributing to a campaign fund, and an3" individual from contributing an amount above a reasonable amount, and providing for the publication before olection of all contributions above a reasonable minimum.' mini-mum.' "'Mr. Kern and I are in hearty sympathy sym-pathy with this pledge, and aro gratified grati-fied "at its adoption. With its fulfillment fulfill-ment a new era in American politics will begin. Elections will then be regarded re-garded as public affairs, and tho influences in-fluences which control them, instead of being secret, will bo known to the voters. Asks Immediate Action. "As an earnest tokou that our party will make good in its pledge, we ask vou to construe this plank and put it into immediate operation. This can bo done bj the adoption of a resolution announcing that in pursuance of the policy outlined in that pledge your committee will not accept any contribution contribu-tion from an.y individual above a reasonable rea-sonable amount, and that it will make publication before election of all contributions con-tributions above n reasonable mini mum. We suggest for 3rour approval a maximum maxi-mum ot $10,000 and a minimum of $100. no contribution to bo received above $10,000 and all contributions above $100 to bo made public beforo election." M. Brvan then commented as follows: "We liave felt that this is the proper time to make this announcement. At the Republican convention a plank in favor of publicity was turned down by a ver3' large vote. Tho indignation that has been expressed over the action of the convention has been felt 1)3' tho Republican Re-publican leaders and they aro now attempting at-tempting to avoid all the censure that has been falling upon them In' announcing announc-ing that their treasurer, a New York man, would publish tho contributions contribu-tions after the election. You will notice no-tice that the point made in our plank is that tho contributions shall be published pub-lished before tho election. It is not sufficient to learn after the election of the influences that have purchased tho election. Public's Right to Know. "The public ought to know befoy the election what influences are at work to procure the Buccess of a party, and our platform makes that distinction, and we nsk that this committee at this time declare itself in hnrmon' with the plank and that this committee so interpret this plank that the public cannot fail to see tho difference between our position posi-tion and their position. We sa3' that no contribution shall be accepted from an 3' corporation; a corporation is not created cre-ated for political purposes; it has no right to contribute to campaign funds and we want this part of tho plank distinct. dis-tinct. We want a limit placed upon contributions, that no contribution maybe may-be received by any individual so large as to indicate that; individual's interest of a personal character in the result of the election, and we want all contributions contri-butions above a reasonable minimum made public, in order that, the public ma'y judge what influences are at work nnd thus be better able to decide on which side those interested only in good government should cast their votes; and, wo have suggested a minimum c $100 because people cap contribute that amount without suspicion, and those contributing small amounts may be so situated that the publication of their contribution would embarrass them. Whero Distinction Lies. "For instance, an employee of a corporation cor-poration might earnestly desire to assist as-sist in tfiis campaign, and if his contribution con-tribution was- published, it might subject sub-ject him to punishment at the hands of the corporation and tho arguments that have justified tho secret bnllot justify secrecy in regard to tho contributions so small that they cannot be supposed to represent an interest that is attempting attempt-ing to purchase favors. We have sim-pl3' sim-pl3' suggested $10,000 as a maximum and $100 ns a minimum; we have suggested sug-gested the 15th of October as the date upon which all contributions up to that time must bo published, and thnt we cannot be accused of desiring to conceal con-ceal anything, we suggest that where contributions aro mado after tho 15th of October they bo mado known on the date made, anu that the.y might not accuse ac-cuse us of receiving contributions on the last da3', too late for publication, wo suggest that no contribution above $100 shall be received within throo days of tho election. Wo have tried to cover every point. Wo want to make an honest hon-est campaign; we want the public to understand that it is an honest campaign, cam-paign, and wo want to appeal to the honest sentiment of tho country that sentiment that I bolieve demands the return of the government to the hands of the people." Bryan's Idea Prevails. Mr. Bryan's suggestion was promptly adopted amidst applause, as was another an-other one providing for tho publication of a comploto list of campaign ox-pondituros ox-pondituros within thirty days after tho election. The resolution providing for tho appointment ap-pointment of tho subcommittee was offered of-fered by Hall of Nebraska aud was as follows: "I movo that a committee of eleven, of which tho chairman of this committeo commit-teo shall be a member, bo appointed b3' tho chair, to confer with tho candidates for President and Vice-President and to select tho permanent ofiicors of this committee, and that tho chairman so so-lectod so-lectod bo authorized to appoint such committees as may be necessary for tho management of tho campaign; such committees shall have full power to act." Adjournment of tho full committee followed, and all look luncheon as tho guests of Mr. and Mrs. Bryan, Mr. Br.vau remarking fncctiously that ho hacl scats for forty-six, adding to shouts of laughter, that ho belioved the White House tables wero larger. List of Those Prcsont. The guests included tho following national na-tional committeemen and proxy holders: hold-ers: Alabama John W. Tomlinson. Arkansas Guy B. Tucker. Colorado Alva Adams. Connecticut Homer S. Cumings. Idaho S. P. Donnelly. Illinois Roger C. Sullivan. Indiana Thomas Taggart. Iowa M. J. Wade. Kentucky Urey Woodson. Louisiana R. II. Ewing. Maryland J. F. Talbott. Massachusetts John Couglan. Mississippi C. H. Williams. Nebraska Dr. P. L. I all. New York Norman E. Mack. North Carolina Josophus Daniels. Oklahoma W. T. Brady. Penns3-lvania James Kerr. Rhode Island Georgo W. Greene. Texas R. M. Johnston. Utah Frank K. Nebokcr. Vermont Thomas II. Brown. Wisconsin T. E. Ryan. W3'oming John E. Osborne. District of Columbia Edwin A. New-mnu. New-mnu. New Mexico A. A. Jones. Proxies: Missouri .lames A. Reed, for W. A. Rothwoll. New Hampshire Edwin Sefton, for E. E. Reed. Alaska vS. W. Mellon, for A. J. Daly. After luncheon tho subcommittee met long enough to determine on the timo and place of their next meeting and ndjourned. Noarly all took trains for their homes. Congressional Headquarters. Congressman James L. Lloyd of Missouri, Mis-souri, chairman of tho Democratic congressional con-gressional committee, said tonight that headquarters for his committee would bo opened about August 15, probably in Chicago, as ho believed tho Republican Repub-lican headquarters would be in that city. Mr. Lloyd called on Mr. Br3'an tonight to discuss plans for keeping the work of the congressional committeo and tho national committee from overlapping. over-lapping. P. C. Thomas of Kansas. W. T. Scott of Illinois and George V, Ta.ylor of Iowa, colored men, representing tho executive ex-ecutive committee of tho Negro Anti-league Anti-league of tho United States, arrived in Lincoln toda.y and called on Mr. Br3ran, to whom they explained the purposo of their organization. Thej' pledged to Mr. Bryan tho support -of the members of the league, which tho3' said represented thirty-seven states of the union. Their main efforts, they announced, an-nounced, would be directed to the states of New York and Indiana. Many former for-mer Republicans, tho.y said, had become members. The three committeemen bo-gan bo-gan tho work tonight of organizing a local branch of the league. |
