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Show DEMOCR ATS CONFER. NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE COMMIT-TEE MEETS AT CHICAGO. Hint for I'rt.l.l.ntl.l tinMa Ar. Ills. cussel.(oln Mar?.)'. N.w llareta- llrjtn Hill ba Ike .Noraln.a. Chicago, Nor It. The Democratic tialloual executtva committee, with National Chalt man Jamea K. .Tone In the chair, apent moat of the day In a room In the Hhcrman house, dlscuttlng uattcra pertaining to organlrnltou, waya and meun nnd the itdmlnlalra tlve alTalr of the organization A considerable part of the commit tee a titling wat devoted to discussing the prubable effect of high prlcea on the campaign of I'.kio, It la tlio purpose of aorae of the com l mlttecmcn to organize a bureau of Information In-formation and education, whmedutylt thall be to gatheraccuriiteand definite I Information relating to trusts, cent of manufacturing, telling prleet to Jnh-liert Jnh-liert and middlemen, telling price to consumers, wage paid and cost of raw material They believe that they will be able to show that the present high prlcea are the result of truttaand cum blnaliont, and that worklngmcn have been given but n amall proportion of the Increate In helling values. 1 hla Idea lint nsstimcd tucti tangible form that It I predicted W. II, (Coin) Harvey will lie placid at the head of the bureau. Il I proposed to employ a large Muff of men to gather Information Informa-tion which can be used lu an anti-trust campaign. Mcnttor Jones, shortly after hla ar rlinlat the Sherman house, went Into e-eculivc session with Chairman J (I 1. U JOHNSON NKW CIIA1IUIAN OK TUB EXECUTIVE 0OMMITTEB 0K TUB ORMOCHATIC NATIONALCOiLMirfEB Johnson, of thenutlonalexecutlvecnm nilttee, whohnt charge of nil prellmln. ary work of the campaign. Johnson I waa but recently selected for till position, posi-tion, and It one of the inott able organ-licraln organ-licraln the country. He built from Kama. After Iho conference he waa atked what he had to aay about candidate! candi-date! and latur for next year. He replied! "There It no doubt that Mr llryan will be the Democratic, nominee The 1'euiocratlo convention. In my own opinion, will reaffirm the Chicago platform, plat-form, t believe the Democrat will declare de-clare against Imperialism aud In favsr of legltlatlon regarding trust It la too toon yet to sty what will be the dominant Issue Convcnllonnnd plat forms do not make Itiuea, In tome part of the country the tluanclnl purl of the question will be most Intel ct ting to the voter, In another Imperialism, In another trusts, and to It will go. |