The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-08-17
WASHINGTON LETTER.

WASHINGTON. D. c.. Aug. -, 1892.
The republicans are doing lots of loud talk
ing about democratic rainbow chasing. which
is all they pretend to think that the prepara-
tions to make an aggressive democratic cam
paign In Illinois, Iowa, Michigan and Wiscon-
sin. will amount to; but it is we'll known fact
that among themselves republicans admit to
each other that the States named are extremely
doubtful, with the chances against the repub-
licans; and know that chairman Carter has
approved and agreed to put up the money to
put in operation scheme by which it is hoped
to gain enough electoral votes from the Southern
States to Offset probable republican losses in
the northwest. The Southern States IN which
this scheme is to be operated are the two Vir-
ginias. 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 sthe peoples party National and Con-
gressional tickets. hoping thus to keep the
State out of the democratic column. Southern
democrats who come to Washington are unani
nous in saying that whatever the opinion of
voters in that section may be on other questions
republican advocacy of the force bill has made
it certain that every Southern State will cast its
electoral vote for Cleveland and Stevenson.
Atthe headquarters of the Democratic Con-
gressional campaign committee in this city
things are humming which shows that the
greatest interest is being taken in the Congress.
ional fight by the voters of the country. The
committee has already distributed over ,OO0 600
copies of speeches, principally on the tariff. and
has in addition sent out q vast quantity of other
campaign material. and the committee is for
tunate enough to have all the money necessary
10 Keep up the WORK 10 tne END OF the campaign
supplying every demand 1or documents that
may be made upon IL. Representative Hol-
mans statement OF the appropriations made by
the first session Of the Fifty-second Congress is
now being distributed and present indications
are that 1t will have very wide circulation, as
viii the statement concerning appropriations
maze Dy the house pref areo Dy representative
eaSeEs anu DocAefy' pioilinen. members Oh
the MOUSE commlt'ee On appropriaGlohs- IL Is
ratner early yet 70 make speclnc predlctlons
but from tue adVices OF the committee there is
nothing to indica ate thst the democrats wall not
have good working majority in the next
House-it is hardly TO be expected that the
present phenomenal majority will be retained.
The select committee appointed by Speaker
Crisp to codlfy the pension laws during the re-
cess and to make recommendations as to the
best method of simplifying them. met here this
week and decided to take no action towards
recommending changes until the week ofthe
A. r. encampment, in order to give those who
will attend the encampment chance to make
suggestions tn at may have occurred to them
from their experience with the pension laws.
Senator Carlysle has written letter to one of
his constituents defining his position on the
silver nuestion in which he saws. s.I helieve
that GOLD and silver hn,,ion should he trested
exacr,v a,ite il, the minis of The IInited states
that is. that a collars worth shou d he coined
into a gold dollar and dollars worth of silver
should be coined into q silver dollar. and if no