The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1891-08-21

WASHINGTON, Aug 10, rco

WASHINGTON, Aug 10, ic9L
Editors Democrat !.
The meeting of the executive commit
tee of the National Association of demo-
cratic clubs to be held In New York city
tomorrow Is the most important meeting
ever held by that committee, The seere-
tary will presen, reports from nearly every
state In the union showing that the assocl-
alton has far out grown the mos. sanguine
idea of It's orlginators, and plans will be
discussed whereby :he association can rem
der the 81 ea,est service to the party In
those states holding elections this year.
All talk about the committee entering In
20 personal politics either TO favor or op.
pose, any OF the gentlemen named for the
democratic nominatlon next year Is bosh. |
Among It's members are friends OF several |
candidates, and even allowing that Il were
possible to use the committee as an auxil-
larry to somebody's boom, which Il Is not,
no one candidate controls majority Of Il.
II Is difficult to keep political secrets In
Washington, therefore II Isn't surprising
that the fact should have leaked out that
candidate Mckinley wrote TO secretary
Foster imploring his aid to raise money
for his campaign. In this letter McKin-
ley was particularly bitter against the
Pittsburg glass manufacturers, who he said
had promised TO contribute $as 900, but.
had only given $1,000. MIR Fosters own
tongue gave this away. In spite of the
statement Of Chairman Clark that the re-
publican national committee would take
no part In any of the state campaigns this
year, Il Is known here that II has already
sent large amount OF money to Ohio, aad
that It is now engaged In raising more, In.
tended for the same destination. Repub.
lieans,near to the committee have boasled,
also that they would buy up the peoples
party of Ohio, as they knew many Of its
leaders to be for sale.
While our new war ships are giving
their officers chance 10 do the agreeable
thing TO ;he bellies of the fashionable sea
side resorts In this country, that gallant
old seaman. Rear Admiral MeCann, the
commander Of the South Atlantic Squad
ron, Is In Washington worrying because
he has no flagship, the Pensacola, which
he had used until recently as''sneh. being
now on her way 10 Maze Island Navy
Yarj,~here Il is expected she will be con
demned. The other vessels In the South
Atlastic are the Essex and the Tallapoosla,
the latter, according to a recent private
letter from a naval Officer. being In such
q bad condition that she vii, have TO. be
state of affairs isn't credltable 10 those re
sponsible for II; but as long as social in
auence is the power that controls the
Navy department there Is little probabIl-
Ity Of a change for the better.
at Is just as we'll" said Pennsylvania
democrat, ITO accept With grain of allow
ance all the stories told sbodt wha, Quay
Is going to do for or against this or that
presidential candidate. Mr. Quay has the
ight Uf his life on his hands in order To
Keep control Of the republican machine in
Pennsylvania. II he wins, then II will be
time enough for him to attempt to inilu-
tnee national politics, but u he lcSeS, as
now think he will, there will be none 30
humble as 10 do the ex-boss reverence"
Col Conger, the man who may he said
to have originated the present Blaine
boom, by stating upon authority that MIR
Blaine would accept the nomination, II II
came 10 him without effort on his part Is
said 10 have told several friends here OF
the difficulty he had In prevailing vpon
Mr. Blaine to see the matter as he did. lie
says tina, after he had successfully COM
batted all the arguments advanced By Mr.
Blaine against accepting the nomination
that he had to go through the same thing
with Mrs Blaine, who finally gave her
consent although she AT first said that Mr.
Blaine should never again become a can
ditate. This may be entirely so, but II Is,
then Col. Congcr Is not the shrewd pcliti-
clan tia, he has been generally credited
with being or he would never have re-
peaied II.
Mr. William Dickson, tho District of Col
unbia member Of the national demo
cratic committee, has inaugurated a move
ment which is enthusiastically endorsed
by everybody here. to get the NATIONAL
committee to vote In favor OF Washington
as the place for holding the natianai con-
vention next year, and many well informed
democrats have expressed the opinion that
the convention would either be held In
Washington or In Baltimore.
Commissioner of pensions Raum did
not attend the q a r encampment at De-
troit, and the fact has been the basis Of
many comments,and has revived The story
that he had promised TO resign before con-
gress meets. He has been making more
explanations that do not explain, relative
to the charges of negligent and careless
work in his Office