The Southern herald., 1892-08-19
Our Washington Letter.

loud talking about dsmocratierain
bow chasing, which is al they pre-
tend 10 think that the preparation
10 make an aggressive democratic
campaign in Illinois, lows, Miehi
gan sndWisconsin, will amount to
but it is a Well-knoWn fact tha
among themselves republicans ad
nit 70 each other that the States
named are extremely doubtful with
the chances against the republicans
and / know that chairman Garter
has approved and promised to pu
up the money to put in operation {
scheme by which il is hoped tC
gain enough electoral votes from
the Southern States to off set prob.
able republican losses in the north.
west. The SouthernStates in which
this scheme is to be operated are
the two Virginias, Tennessee and
North Carolina, and in Alabama an
attempt is to be made by the re-
publican managers TO throw the
solid negro vote to the People s
party national and Congressional
tickets, hoping thus to keep the
State out of the democratic column.
Southern democrats who come to
Washington are unanimous in say
ing that whatever the opinion OF
voters in that section may be on
other questions republican advoca-
cy of the force bill has made it
certain that every Southern State
will cast its electoral votes for
Clevelond and Stevenson.
At the headquarters of the demo.
cratic Congressional campaign COM
mittee in this city things are hum
ming, which shows that the greatest
interest is being taken in the Con-
gressional fight by the voters of the
country. The committee has al
ready distributed more than /, ,000,-
600 copies of speeches, principally
on the tariff, and has in addition
sent out vast quantity Of other
campaign material, and the COM
mittee is fortunate enough 10 have
all the money necessary to keep up
the work to the end ofthe campaign,
supplying every demand for docu.
ments that may be made upon it.
Representative eHolman's statement
of the appropriations made at the
first session of the Fify-second
Congress is now being distributed
and present indications are that it
will have a very wide circulation,
as will the statement concerning
appropriations made by the House
by Representatives Say
ers and Dockery, prominent men,
bers Of the House committee on
appropriations. 1t is rather early
yet to make specific predictions but
from the advices of the committee
there is nothing to indicate that
the democrats will not have a good
working majority in the nextHouse,
It is hardly to be expected that the
present phenomenal majority will
be retained.
The select committee appointed
oy Speaker Crisp to codify the
pension laws during the recess and
% make recommendations as TO the |
pest method Of simplifying them,
net here this week and decided to |
axe no action towards recommend |
ng changes until the week Of the
J. A. r. encampment, in order to
five those who will attend the en-
'ampment an opportunity to offer
my suggestions that may have &C.
urred to them from their expert
nee with the pension laws.
Senator Carlisle has writton a
etter to one of his constituents de.
ming his position on the silver
question, in which he says: "I be-
ieve that gold and silver bullion
hould be treated exactly alike in
be mints of the United States
hat is, that a dollars worth of
old should be coined into a gold
ollar, and a dollars worth ofsilver
nto silver dollar, and if no charge
) made for coming the one, then
% charge should be made for coin
ng the other. In my opinion the
eclaratiOn made upon the subject
y the democratic national con.
entiOn is perfectly sound in prin-
iple and enunciates the only true
ubiic policy"