The National tribune., 1892-08-18

of this Common wealth for their continued con.
fidence and favors. The mention Of my name
in that connection ut this time is without my
consent and against my wishes. ! have re-
peatedly told my friends that this thing must
stop; that will not accept the nomination"
By order of the State Democratic Committee,
the Democratic campaign in Illinois will be
opened by a monster rally at Bloomington
August q. The speakers for the occasion will
be the Hon. A. E. Stevenson, Gen. John NJ. Pal
mer, Col. William r. Morrison, Congressman
Scott, and State Superintendent Raab.
Gov Russell, of Massachusetts,, is not anxious
to run again this year, and if he consulted his
own wishes would refuse to become the candi-
date for Governor of the Democratic party. but
his party will not listen to his withdrawal.
They insist that he is the strongest man in the
party in the State, and that he owes it to the
Democracy to lead them again, although 1t is a
presidential year and there Is reason to fear
the result. and he may lose all his prestige by
defeat at this election. Another and very
strong reason why Gov. Russell will be the
Democratic candidate for reelection is that
Mr.. Cleveland has requested him to head the
State ticket in the hope that the Governors
we'll known popularity will greatly help the
National Democratic ticket. In consequence
of these reasons Gov. Russell will once more
ask the people of Massachusetts to elect him
Governor, and he will make the campaign OF
his life this FALL
The leading Republican candidate for the
nomination for Governor of Massachusetts, is
Lieut.-G0v. Halle who is leading i'll peculiar
way. Each time that Russell has been elected
Governor Halle has been elected Lieutenant
Governor, and each time by larger majority
than Russell eceived. This fact has given the
Republicans the impression that Halle is more
popular than Russell, and it is more than
probable that the present Lieutenant Governor
will be nominated by the Republicans of Massa-
chusetts to run against the present Governor.
The annual session of the Farmers Alliance,
or, as it is called in Louisiana, the Farmers
Union, at Monroe, has aroused the Democracy
of that State to an unexpected danger. The
Alliance, it has been discovered, had in the past
few months gone over almost unanimously to
Weaver and the Peoples Party, and will carry
to them thousands of white votes, which have
formerly aided the Democratic ticket. The
tendency has been that way for some time
past, but the men at the head Of the Alliance,
particularly its President, r. s. Adams, elected
Secretary of State on the Democratic ticket in
April; and its lecturer, A. ID. Lafargue, elected
Superintendent of Public Education at the
same time, both of whom, while members of
the Alliance, are still Democrats, were able to
keep the association from going over to the
Third Party, and to keep still friendly to the
Democracy, to which its members originally
belonged.
The Western Democratic Campaign fund in
augurated by the New York World, starts Off
with $4,000 subscription from Joseph Pulit-
ger. of the World, followed by one for $1,000
from G. III. Taylor, of the Boston Globe, and one
for the same amount from w. N. Singerly, of
the Philadelphia Record
Senator Carlisle has addressed letter to John
A. Lyme, of Henderson, KY, in answer to his
question whether the Senator had heretofore
been in favor of free coinage of silver and
whether his views on the subject had under
gone any change. Senator Carlisle says: "The
answer to your question depends largely upon
what you mean by the free coinage of silver.
If you mean the policy urged by many under
which the Government of the United States
would be compelled by law to receive 60 cents
worth of silver bullion when presented by the
owner and coin it at the expense of all the peo-
pie of the country and compel the people by
law to receive the coin as the equivalent of 100
cents, my answer is that / am not now and
never have been in favor of it,"
Senator Pugh and Senator Hill met in New
York last week and the Alabama Senator ac-
his seaside retreat. Senator Pugh was inter-
viewed before leaving, and said:
i do not know how Senator Hill intends to
act, but / can vouch for his Democracy, and as
a loyal Democrat / have no doubt that he will
support our Presidential ticket Of course the
defeat he suffered at Chicago was great disap-
poiutment to him and his numerous friends,
but he will overcome it and enter the campaign
as loyal worker"
The Third Party people were considerably
elated over a telegram which was recently sent
out from Indianapolis which stated that Judge
w. @. Gresham would take the stump for
Weaver and Field, the Third Party 8 candidates
for President and Vice-President. Another
report was received from Nebraska which
cheered the Third Party advocates consider
ably. 1t was to the effect that Judge John NJ.
Thurston, one of the stanch Republican leaders
of that State, had already been making speeches
for the Third Party candidates. Judge Gresh-
am says he will make no speeches during the
present campaign in behalf of any party, and
Judge Thurston pronounced the report in re-
gard to him as unqualifiedly false.
DR.. ]. B. Cranfill's speech of acceptance of
the nomination for the Vice. Presidency on the
Prohibition ticket is the longest on record. He
talked to the Notification Co mmittee at Waco
fully two hours.
Frederick III. Gillett, of Springfield, Mass,
a prominent Republican candidate for Congress
from the Second District of that State. is 40 |
years of age, bachelor, and lawyer of high |
The withdrawal of Col. William Elliott from |
the Congressional race in the Seventh South |
Carolina District leaves two Democratic candi- |
dates in the field-W. II. Whaly, Alliance, and |
E. w. Morse, conservative Democrat. The |
Republicans can easily carry this district if |
they could unite OIL a candidate, but this they |
have seldom DONE and the indications arc that |
there will be the same party fight this year.
The leading candidates are Robert Smals and
T. E. Miller, both colored, and both of whom
have served in Congress, and ]. FL. Ostendorff,
white.
present Indications" says the New York
Times, ARE that the New York City delegation
in the next, or Fifty-third, Congress will not
be materially changed in personnel from the
delegation in the present Congress, except that
under the new Congressional apportionment
the city will have one moro Representative.
All of the New York City Congressman now in
office are credited with ambition to 20 back
again, and most of them, if not all, will go
back"
Congressman Shonk, of the Twelfth Pennsyl-
vana District, announces that under no cir
,umstances will he be a candidate for renom-
nation. The contest as to who shall be his
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