The record-union., 1891-04-11
POLITICAL WORLD.
EFFECTS OF SILVER LEGISLATION
ON THE NEXT ELECTION.
The Canvassing of the Returns of the
Chicago Election Postponed
Until To-Day.
Special to the REcoRp-UN1oN.

Special to the RECoRD-UNIoN.
WASHINGTON, April 1O-A Star re-
porter had a talk to-day with Representa-
tive Hermann of Oregon, who is still in
Washington to clear up his business
affairs.
Il do not think" he said, ''that the
defeat of the free coinage bill is going to
hurt the Republicans particularly, for
the reason that the Democrats of the East,
particularly Cleveland, are opposed to
the measure. / think the influence of
the Cleveland letter is going to be far
reaching; that it will have an effect upon
the policy of the Democratic party, and
will give general tendency toward con-
servatism on this question. I do not
think the Democrats can take very
strong position on silver in their plat
form in the face of that letter.
'Then will there be third party candi-
date in the field?"
Undoubtedly, and, of course. that will
be very serious matter in the Western
Republican States. / have no doubt that
the thing is very carefully and very
shrewdly planned. / see. that Polk.
President Of the Farmers Alliance, is
talking about third party. 1 guess he
knows very we'll that the Democrats of
the South will not be taken out of their
party by such a movement. and that a
third party vote in the national election
will be largely in the Western Republi-
can States. There is some one pulling
the wires in this business in the interest
of the Democrats
How about the Republican nomina-
tion?"
THAT is hard question to answer. If
this little man in Ohio Mckinley gets
elected Governor of that State, it will give
him big lift and make him a
strong candidate before the convention,
but Blaine is very strong man, and
would not be surprised if he would get
the nomination, if he will take it. There
is, / think, stronger Blaine sentiment
in the country now than there ever was
before. All through the West his efforts
to get the farmers market for their bar
rel of pork and their bushel of wheat
have made him strong, and in my section
1t goes back further than that. All along
the Pacific coast he is popular on account
of his position with relation to Chinese
immigration. / think he will have it,
and when the movement for him starts it
will go with rush. Every one will have
to stand aside.''
THE CHICAGO ELECTION.
CHICAGO, April 10.-Owing to the alb
sence of attorney Sugg the Board of Elec-
ton Commissioners postponed the can
vass to-day until tomorrow morning.
Both Republicans and Democrats con
tinue to charge each other with fraud in
a more of less definite way Colonel
Nye, Chairman of the Republican Cam
paign Committee, accompanied by States
Attorney Longenecker, to-day applied to
Judge Tuthill for bench warrant for the
arrest of Dennis Sheehan, Democratic
Judge of Election, who is said to have
broken open a ballot-box after the polls
had closed on election day. The Judge
at once signed the warrant and it was
given to a Deputy Sheriff to serve.
Ex-Mayor Harrison has joined forces
with the Republicans in the fight against
Cregier before the election board. He
talked vigorously about the frauds per-
petrated by the Cregier forces, and says
he will subscribe literally to ferret out
the alleged frauds and punish the perpe-
traitors.