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Show j IN THE LIMELIGHT j DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN CHIEF I Norman E. Mack of Buffalo, recently selected as chairman of tho Democratic national commit-J'Sg3 commit-J'Sg3 teo, occupies a most unique position, Ho was practically tho only Bryan Democrat In tho dele- 7 3BI gntlon from his stato to tho Denver convention. fS XNUI It Is also noteworthy if one recollects that In each of tho previous two Bryan campaigns for i&cl 8raf?W tho Pr08ldncy Mr- Mack flocked by himself as ftffi tt Dryan n,an- Tho flr9' tlmo 11 happened Mr. !-iWm Mack startod out with tho nntls, nnd that lined him up with such men ns David B. Hill, William V-wigisA C. Whitney, Bourko Cockran, tho lato Gov K m 4ffim "Ull'y" Russell of Massachusetts, W. F. Vilas JXrl mffifflzw' of wl8Conaln ani1 mon 111(0 tnat- nalhor tnan iWTrMMk not bo "regular," howovor, ho accepted tho XMwm t 'WW4 dictum of his party convention and rondo the best of It, Ho was with Bryan throughout tho campaign and ever thereafter. It was chiefly as a result ot his loyalty to Bry an that ho was honored with his present ofilco. Flvo or six years ngo Mack camo out with a terrifying warning to his follow Democrats In states that woro not holding fast to the truo Bryan faith in their various state platforms. Ho declared that unless they stuck by tho platform nnd tho Ideals of tho Dryantzcd Democracy ho saw an awful smnshup coming Just down tho road a way. Thoro would ho a third party, headed by Bryan, G?orso Fred Williams, Tillman, Towno nnd others, nnd they would wrlto "passo" on tbo good old Domocrncy nnd send It to tho scrap hoap. This awful warning was Intended to drlvo David Bennott Hill, Belmont, Taggnrt and othor Dtmocrats of alleged Uepubllcan tendencies hurrying to tho woods to avert tho simoon. This year Mack was ono of tho enrly birds of tho Bryan movement In tho Democracy. Whllo his fellow Now Yorkors wero scoffing or uttering Bhrlll shrieks of terror over the prospect of another Bryan nomination, Norman was on tho Job with n W. J, B. Btreamor on his hat. As a result, whllo tho rest of Now fork wont with tho nntls with a wild whoop, Mack succeeded In saving himself solid to Bryan without losing a man. In Buffalo Mr. Mack Is recognUcd as n power, politically and otherwise Ho owns a dilly newspaper, the Times, and ho has other business Intorcsts which havo helped to mako him a vory comfortnblo fortune |