The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1892-03-21
IS 1T ALL A DREAM {?
A WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENTS
SENSATIONAL STORY.

NEW YORK. March 2l.-The Washing
ton correspondent of tie Herald sends
his paper a story, in which he raises the
question as to whether there may not be
two Democratic candidates this year.
The writer thinks and says it
is not unlikely, owing to differences on
the silver and tariff. Then the dispatch
runs on this way: THE gentlemen who
favor this policy, whose judgment will
give intelligent direction to the move
ment, and whose private wealth will
| furnish to great extent the sinews of
war, are terribly III earnest regarding
this matter. During the interim be-
tween now and the meetinc of the ma
tional convention at Chicago the propO-
sition will be quietly discussed among
them, and letters and circulars will be
sent out to the sound money Democrats,
particularly in New England and the
middle and western states inviting their
cooperation with this movement in the
event that, by the action of the Chicago
convention, it shall become necessary.
So far very little has been said to indi-
cate the intensity of feeling beneath the
surface.
| "Some of the New York Democrats
are particularly angry at what they call
the pigheadedness of their southern and
western colleagues. The feeling of re-
sentiment among the Tammany repre-
sentatives is very strong. l should not
be surprised If a sensation occurred in
the house within short time. l know
of one representative who is Tuning and
fretting and ne threatens that unless
the situation mends he will jump into
the ring some morning and score the
southern Democrats for their suicidal
methods as evidenced by their action on
the free silver and tariff questions. Such
a speech would carry dismay to the
party and bring down upon the heads of
the offenders the curse of the Democrats
, all over the country.
This man is one of the leaders of the
New York Democratic representa-
tives. My interview with him was al
most dramatic. / asked him a, simple
question about the political situation
and was surprised at the amount of feel
ing displayed in the answer.
Right after the war;, he exclaimed
|
arms in despair and begged the northern
Democrats to come to their rescue. We
came, lifted our southern brother from
the dependency which naturally re-
suited from his secession and we put
him in the house and in the United
States senate.
Then the southern Democrats elected
Democratic president. He listened to
the southern statesmen, and with all the
zeal of convert plunged us into tariff
fight. We could not re-elect him. The
introduction of the force bill followed,
and again the southern Democrats be-
, seeched us to save them. Again we did
it. Three months ago we had ninety
nine chances out of a hundred of elect
ing Democratic president, not on the
tariff issue, but on the force bill issue,
the hard money issue and the issue of
economy in government appropriations.
On this we could have fought and won.
But no; the southern Democrats must
insist that we pass sweeping tariff bill
for record. Why, we got the record.
They insist on wasting time over lot of
J tariff measures that they know never
/ can become laws and are disgusting the
} people by useless waste of time.
, The house is no longer Legislative
body-it is mere debating club; and
now our southern friends have the free
silver craze. We tell them, bnt we
speak in vain, that if free silver bill is
passed no Democrat can carry an east
ern state; they will not believe it and
they are just running our chances of
electing president this fall 1t is sui
eide for them and we have that satisfac-
i ton. Another force bill will surely be
D introduced and if the Republicans tri-
. umph this year it will become a law.
Again will the southern Democrats ap-
peal to the north, but the next time, by
their repeated follies, we will be power.
! less and unwilling to aid them. am
almost afraid to go into the house, fol
| see the danger into which we are drift.
ing, and | fear lest Indignation get the
better of my prudence and that will say
these things in open session. | am a
Democrat, but some one must read the
riot act to the men who are running the
!. prospects of the party, unless we enter
!, again into a wilderness into which we
9 will wander for many years.
= "The placing of two Democratic pres,
: idential tickets in the field this summer
would undoubtedly result in throwing
( the election into the house. The ALI
ance people expect to carry no fewer
g than eigth states. While this may bt