The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-14
A LOOK JUST AHEAD.
MILL OLD PARTIES GIVE WAY TO
NEW ONESi

Carlisle a. the Leader Three Years Hence.
Growth OF the Populist Party-The New
Democracy-Where There Are No Psnics
and Little Distress.
WASHINGTON. D. c., Oct. io.-[SpeciaLl-
Underneath the surface OF this silver battle
lies very interesting stratum of politics
and personal ambition, If some enterprising
geologist could only reach it and lay its Sc
crets bare to the public eye The bill TO re-
peal the federal elections laws has now
passed the house and is more or less of a
disturbing influence in the senate. AS your
correspondent has already pointed out in
these dispatches, this bill was taken up in
the house against the protest of President
Cleveland. Secretary Carlisle was the
presidents Immediate representative in en-
deayoring to suppress the elections bill,
but he very quickly found that his inhu-
ence with the speaker was antaaonistic to
the desires of Senator German. Carlisle
and German had some warm words con-
corning the matter, and the result of it was
that the senator from Maryland reasserted
had helped to raise from the ranks, and the
administration was defeated
From the day that German insisted upon
bringing the elections bill forward in con-
gress Secretary Carlisle has been more or
less suspicious of the senator from Mary
land. What lies back OF all this is that
both German and Carlisle are candidates
for the presidency in 1896 and are sparring
for advantage even at this very early date.
The friends OF Mr. Carlisle have become
convinced he will be the heir of the ad-
ministration and say if this financial storm
can be successfully weathered there will be
very little danger of the party refusing to
accept Mr. Carlisle as the Democratic can
didate three years hence.
Carlisle's Flank Movement.
It was at the suggestion of Secretary
Carlisle that the bankers and business men
of the city of Baltimore sent to Washing
ton last week large and impressive dele
cation to urge upon the Maryland senators
unconditional repeal of the Sherman law.
1t is remarkable fact that, while Senator
German is absolute leader of the Demo
cratic party of Maryland, and while he and
the president have not been on friendly
terms for some years, nevertheless there is
no state in the country whose Democracy
gives more enthusiastic allegiance TO Mr.
Cleveland than The state of Maryland. In
Maryland and Baltimore Mr.. Cleveland
is fairly idolized by the Democracy, and
but for this fact Senator German would
have permitted the use of his name in the
Chicago convention of last year. He knew
and told bis friends that if he should come
out as candidate against Cleveland and
fail, the Democracy of his state would sweep
him out of Office and power at the first op-
portunity.
1t was therefore comparatively an easy
matter for the friends of Mr. Cleveland to
raise large delegation of important mea
to come to this city and demand uncondi-
tional repeal. The object of this crusade
was undoubtedly to put the screws on Cor
man and to force him into line with the
administration. 1t was a shrewd move,
coming as it did at the moment when Mr..
German was supposed to be scheming for
compromise measure and more or less un-
dermining the plans of the repeal managers.
Afraid of the Populists.
Politicians Eere are looking forward with
great interest to the result of the elections
in Virginia. The belief is very general in
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be much stronger in the future than it has
been in the past, especially in the south and
west. In Virginia and other southern states
the Republican party is disappearing from
view, and in its place come the Populists
This is going on in Nebraska, in Texas, in
Mississippi, Georgia and other states. The
coming contest throughout the south is to
be between the Democracy and the Popu-
lists. In Texas. for instance, Senator Mills
Will soon take the stump as the leader of
pure and undefled Democracy, indorsing
the administration and its financial policy.
This new Democracy in Texas will alb
sorb those elements of the Republican par
ty which are in sympathy with the admin
istretion views, while an element of the
Democratic party is expected to go over
along with the remainder of the Republic
ans to the Populists' standard. In Texas
the battle between these newly formed par
ties promises TO be very bitter, and instead
of the old time majority of 200, COO the De-
mocracy OF that state will be lucky if they
get any majority at all The same process
is likely to go on in other states. The best
observers in Washington, noting these
changing conditions in the south and west,
and bearing in mind the manner in which
the two old parties are split up on TIE cur
rency and tariff questions, believe we are On
the eve Of new alignment of political par
ties in this country. What the result is 10
be or which party is to suffer most in the
change no one can foresee.
Prosperity of the Federal City.
The financial and commercial troubles
which the country recently experienced
were less felt perhaps in Washington than
in any other city of the country. There
were 10 failures of any importance In this
town. While business was a little dUller
than usual and merchants reported collec-
tions slow, building operations and what
little manufacturing there is in the capital
continued as usual. The explanation of
this escape OF Washington from the infiu-
ences OF the panic is easy to find. This city
draws its siis.enance not from commerce,
nor from manufacturing. nor from trade Of
any sort, but almost entirely from the gov
ernment, and though Uncse Sam has been
more or less pressed for money himself,
with dwindlipg gold reserve and re-
duced income from customs and internal
revenue taxations. be has never; helesS man
gged to pay SALARIES TO bis 15.0oo or 5000
employees ia the District Of Columbia
There is very little business of any sort
Ia Washington that depends for lis pres
ferity upon the prosperity OF the remainder
Gf the country. except as the government
mag be affected y panic Of 10 times the
severity of that through which we have re
Gently passed might sweep over the com
try, leaving wreck and ruin everywhere IN
Its path, but Washington would 20 along
almost as usual, 20 long a. the government
were able ID meet lis payroll!
President Cleveland must have had these
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