The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-07-05
Washington Letter.
WASHINGTON, JUNE 80, 1888.

Verify the Republican mountain
hath brought forth mouse. The party
which elected Lincoln the rsil-splitter,
Grant, the tanner, and Garfield, the
tow path boy, and which has so loudly
claimed to be the peoples party, the
friend of the mudsils," etc., has
taken new departure, this time they
bloOded, silk stocking aristocracy to
head their ticket, whose only distinc
ton is that he is the grandson of his
grand father. and have hitched ont o
the tail q New York banker, whose
only distinction is the possession of
many barrels of ready cash which he
is expected to distribute around liber-
ally during the campaign. Harrison
and Morton is queer kind of ticket
to ask working man to vote for, but
of course the Republican managers
expect the support of thousands of the
wage workers of the country. The
question is will they get them ? Time
will tell. If the Chinese had votes
they would doubtless be solid for Har-
rison.
The democrats in Congress are much
pleased with the republican ticket, as
the following opinions show: Sena
tor MCPHERSON" 1t is very weak
ticket. In the first place Harrison has
no elementof popularity in the country;
second. his Chinese record will lose
the Pacific slope, and do not see how
he can hope to carry any doubtful
sJats." Senator Butler" The nOmi
nation is the weakest the republicans
could possibly have made. Harrison
possesses no personal popularity, and
has no claims to craftsmanship. 1
served with him for long period on
the committee on territories, know
him well, and am certain that he pos.
sesses no element of leadership" Sen.
stor Hsrris.-"Harrison is as good a
man as the democrats could have de
sired. If we cannot beat him we can
not beat anybody" Senator Faulk-
ner.-" Harrison is weak man. 1
cannot see how q man defeated three
or four times in his own State can hope
to be elected" Representative Briggs
=" Harrison will not stand a ghost of
q show. California will go democratic
and Cleveland and Thurman will be
elected j" Representative McAdoo.-
That ticket cannot carry New Jer
sey. Cleveland and Thurman are now
certain to be elected" Representative
Burns-"The republicans have blum
dered. presume they don't expect,
seriously, to elect that ticket" Rep
resentative Frank Lawler-" I don't
see how any laboring man can vote
that ticket" But enough of this The
above is sufficient and is the general
reflection of the opinion of every DEM
ocraI in Congress.
The House has passed the public
lands bill, with an amendment re.
tanning title in the Government to
coal mines found on public lands, but
allowing entrymen to mine such coal
deposits until Congress acts further in
the matter.
A new style of bandana has made
its appearance among democrats here.
1t has portraits of Cleveland and Thur.
man in the center, with an eagle and
the American shield in each corner.
Mr.. Cleveland was on Tuesday off
cially notified of his nomination by
the committee appointed by the st.
Louis convention. He responded in
a few well timed remarks, and stated
that he would communicate further
with the party at large shortly by is
suing his letter of acceptance. The
committee went to Columbus Wednes-
day evening, to notify Mr.. Thurman.
An amusing incident occurred at
the White House Tuesday. Leroy
Springs, q member of the notification
committee from South Carolina, dur.
ing a conversation with Mrs. Cleve.
land remarked that South Carolina,
would give the President 40 600 ma
jority, but that if the woman suffrage
people would nominate her, she would
receive the unanimous vote of the
State = But" said Mrs. Cleveland
quickly and laughingly, I'm not
that kind of q woman.n
The fight for revenue reform is again
raging in the House. There will be
no rest until q final vote is taken on
the Mills bill. When that will be is
at present extremely doubtful.
General Sheridan has gone to his
summer cottage on the Massa ch usetts
coast.