The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1894-10-05
Washington Letter.
From Our Regular Correspondent.


| WASHINGTON, Oct. 1.-SeDator Hills nominal
| ton for Governor of New York is still the lead
! Ing topic of conversation among Democrats.
While there are a few who for personal reasons
do not like the nomination, your correspondent
| has not discovered single Democrat who
doubts his election. There is something about
the record of the man that inspires the rank
and file of the party with the enthusiasm that
| wins And this is not confined 10 his own State,
| as is shown by the following communication
| from the President of Young Mems Demo-
| cratic Club in Indiana: Indiana is enthus-
| astic since David B. Hill was nominated. We
feel that the factions have come together in
| New DIRK, which can only result in the triumph
| OF our party" The opinion of Senator Mitchell,
| of Wis, now in Washington, is another ndica-
ton OF the way the nomination was received in
| other States He says: at is the strongest
| nomination that could have been made and il
| will have stimulating effect all through the
| country. While there are rumblingS of discon-
| tent from some of the anti-Hill factions, they
| will come around, and have no doubt he can
| carry the State" Senator Mitchell's expert
| ence as chairman of the Democratic Congress
siOnal Campaign Committee during the last
| campaign adds weight to his opinion.
Many misstatcments, most of them deliber
ately willful, have been made concerning the
attitude of the administration towards the
candidacy of Senator Hill. Its, of course, too
well known to be discussed that the admins
| tration, had it made the choice, would not have
selected Senator III ill as the candidate, but his
unanimous nomination furnished strong proof
that the administration did not even attempt to
influence the convention 1t has been charged
that the administration was luke-warm to-
wards the ticket headed by Senator Hill and
that it would do nothing to aid it i'll carrying
New York. | can state upon high authority
that there is not word of truth i'll such charges.
The administration is not luke-warm towards
the ticket. On the contrary, it earnestly de-
sres its election, and will do alt that it may
properly do-all that it would have done had
the head of the ticket been as good Cleveland
man as Representative Dan. Lockwood, the
nominee for Lieut.. Governor-to bring about
that result.
Secretary Sheerin, of the National Democrat
iaf w n iS higrh - M
politics, writes as follows to the Congressional
compaign committee 1.-The situation in this
State grows better daily. Ourpeople are max
ing Il manly, aggressive fight everywhere.
We have no apologies to make, and as the can
vass progresses we find that our people not
only expect no apologies, but are very well
satisfied with the work of Congress. OF course,
we would rather have had tree coal and iron,
but they are so much freer than the RepublI-
cans would have them, that our people find
much to commend in the legislation as it is"
There are rumOrs that the trial of Capt
Henry w: H3wgate' VINO WINE l dis3u l,n,
than 1910, 200, and who has been a fugitive
from justice for Is years, will bring out Sensa-
tional disclosures connecting prominent Re-
publicans with his embeZZlement He was ar
rested last week in New York, where he had
lived under an assumed name for six years
past. 1t was stated in Washington at the time
of his escape. which was believed to have been
connived at by officials, that he would never
be re- arrested, because he knew too much. 1t
is well known that he might have been arrested
years ago had any real efforts been made to
ind him. He has always been in communica
tion with people in Washington.
That 1t is an i'll wind that blows no good" was
called to mind by talk with a South Carolina
rice planter, who said: IF the war between
Japan and China be protracted it will result in
consdera BILE benefit to the rice planters of the
Southern States, as it will serve to diminish the
importation of rice from China and tend to
raise the price of the home product. The
Southern rice growers are now in q fairly pros
porous condition, but this Eastern war may
make them still more SO by creating boom in
prices. This years crop is first rate, both in
quantity and quality"
According to the information received from
the most trustworthy sources the Republicans,
in predicting break in the Democratic Con-
gressional delegation from Texas, are merely
preparing another disappointment for them
selves. This is the way DIR. +. ID. Thompson, of
Fort Worth, who is at present in Washington,
sums up the situation in the Lone Star State
1.-THE Populists are pretty active insome of the
districts, but they are always noisy lot, and
will not come any nearer success this year
than they have in the past Populsm in Texas
is simply revival of the old greenback craze
that agitated the State some fifteen years ago,
and which succeeded in electing one Congress
man-Co. George w. Jones. 1t is little cur
ious that Col. Jones is now supporting Repre-
sentative Sayers in his race against a Populist
candidate" e. A. 5.