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WASHINGTON, July buth. hTm-
stone Is IN the air. Every hrrckc
that zephycrs itself into Washington
smells of sulphur. 4 few minutes
before his departure from the White
House for Ruzzards Ray Cleveland
said To ''Cyclonc Jim" Marshall. a
Virginia congressman, "Nc arr all
gong L. hell" Marshall thought
1t sounded a little gouty. but having
made up his mind Ia follow Grover
even 10 hadrs, he SAID, "vrs Mr..
President and you will find me there
pleading the same cause" Grover
added, aS he bobbed off. and In the
lower house, jim" Relating the
episode afterwards Marshall said
that he had gone To the White House
TO make final appeal for one Of his
constituents, who wanted To leave
the country, and one he was ANXIOUS
to get away. lie told his man what
Grover SAID, aud then whispered IN
his ear, stay at home. old fellow;
you are Just as near hell in my dis
trlct AS You would bc anywhere else
on this terrestrial globe" Speaking
OF the political situation in his dis
trlct Marshall says, conGdrntally,
"l'll be damned if | do, and IN be
damned if don't, SO what am 10
do: Go to hell with Grover?
1t is startling coincidence that
Democratic leaders confound the DO
lltlcal future with sheol. When
Ransom read Nancc's letter 10 the
Mecklenburg AIianccmen, he said,
eyes knew Vance would play hell.
told Cleveland not to push him to
the wall; that he was very danger
Gus man To turn loose among the
people in the present state Of public
sentiment" Ransom enloys the
plutocratIc luxury Of n valet, who is
a direct des cendent of the French no.
billUy. When Col. Napoleon Bone
part Ramsey heard of this new dec
laratlon of war on "the boss" he
said, 81 knew old Vance would play
the devil in some way. Now he has
gone and done it. ! know it will
worry the old man (Ransom) when
he sees it. | can Just hear him
cussing blue streak"
! had only walked the distance of
block when | met one of Tillmau's
promoters from tennessee. You
could smell the sulphur on his
breath. "Ilell is to pay in Tennes-
see" he said, and heap of it. DEM
ocrats are cutting each others throats,
Alllancemen and Republicans are
pooling their issues and we can't
steal or buy enough votes to beat 'em
next time.
Walking across the avenue to the
Metropolitan hotel ] met thick
set beefy looking, well fed Tar Heel
by the name of Gallcrwing. He
has some railroad connection of some
kind and lives, he told me in Marion
Buffers country. | had tramped
the pavem nts for hours under scorch
ing July sun. bent on deyouring
something, and here, | thought, is
the reward for all my zeal. But all
that could be punched out of this
abe bodied tar heel railroadcr was,
'the whole thing is going to the
devil" When | pressed him to
know what Butler was up to he said
with the.grunt of a sore bear: "pIay-
ing the devil with the Democratic
party as usual"
Can all this be simply matter of
coincidence, thought |. Or is the
devil really on top Of the Democratic
party. Oh. | see now; it is the mon
ey devil. ats Grover, Grover, four
years more of Grover" The people,
God keep them, where will they be
after "four years more" of Demo
cratic duplicity and lying, Of treach-
cry and deception, of cowardice and
humiliation. "Four years more of
Grover" and Wall street aud they
: will find "little hell" of their own,
to say nothing of the prophetic
waning Of Democratic leadership.
| Il.
1t will not be confined to North
Carolina or to the Mecklenburg
county Alliance. 1t is accepted
here as declaration of war against
, Cleveland's s anti-Democratic admins
tration. The free silver men here
and the free silver, unmuzzled and
unbOught Democratic press of the
country speak of it enthusiastically
as the boldest and bravest public
utterance that has come from the
south. Already one hundred thou
sand copies of the LITTER have been
printed for distribution in the
southern states. 1t strikes the key
note. 1t hits the bulls eye right in
the center. 1t is an inspiration, only
: a nan of the people could put his
t thoughts in such living, burning
imperishable words. All hail oul
new Gladstone. Hurrah for Vance
and home rule-which means the
people. May God spare his life and
give him strength to win the battle
This letter has stiffened the weak,
n kneed free silver Democratic con
K gressmen from North Carolina. They
g have been coquetting with the sun
conditional repeal" crowd, with q
view, obviously, of securing ap'
l., pointments. But Vance has drawn
H. L., &c Vopna was n marY, ha,