The Washington times., 1894-04-08
TO BREAK WITH DEMOCRACY /,
COngressmen Only Waiting for the
Toesin Call to Desert.
THERE WILL BE A NEW PARTY
Its Basic Principles Will Lean Toward Sill
YER and Its Members Hope to Face Wall
Street With United soath and West
Personnel Of the Movement.

There is good deal of gossip in the Houss
cloak rooms, as well as around the borders of
the Senate, about the formation Of a new
party, chiefly in the South now, but partly in
the West.
1t has been well known for long time that
the West and the South both have been grow
ing more and more discontended with the
attitude OF both the old parties toward Wall
street and the money power, as it has been
called.
The silver men OF the West especially have
talked about the formation Of new party
and that was one of the alleged objects of the
conference OF western Governors held not
long ago.
The idea took strong hold in many quar-
ters, as it was easily to be seen that in many
important regards, especially financial ones,
the interests of the West aud South did not
seem any longer identical with those. of the
East.
Now the gossip has broken out again, but 1t
relates chiefly to a movement supposed to
have been growing considerably in strength
in the southern States. There is no question
that the silver sentiment is Just as strong in
demand for money, of whatever kind, is quite
as strong in that region.
This, indeed. Is one Of the chief, il not the
chief. cause of the almost general demand all
through the South for the removal of the tax
upon state bank issues. although the silver
question may be the chief thing at issue, as
state bank tax repeal is called for by many
northern people and even many of the bank
ers of the north
This general spirit of dissatisfaction with
both the old parties that has been 30 notice
able in the West and the South now finds fire.
quent expression in the utterances If not in
the determination of certain Senators and
members.
Senator Morgan, of Alabama, has fire.
quently been spoken Of as almost Populist.
and is, perhaps, the most desirable candidate
taking the whole country. for the Populists to
nominate in ss6. Mr.. Morgan, while silver
man and sympathizer in other respects with
steadily to his old Democratic affiliations. 1t
is not likely that he is any nearer to an open
rupture with the administration and the
Democratic party now than ever.
His Nicaraguan canal scheme requires that
he should not be. but it is not to be doubted
that he is growing more and more dissatis-
fed with the general condition OF things
within the ranks OF his own party. and it is
thought that he may yet before long publicly
leave it.
In front Of the new movement is possibly to
be placed Senator Irby, of South Carolina.
He is a Populist already, to be sure, but he is
not contented with that distinction merely,
but is working actively among his southern
friends in the Senate to see II others will not
break away from the party of Cleveland and
reform.
1t is likely that Coke. of Texas. is prepared
TO join the new movement, and the same may
be sal OF Pugh. of Alabama, whose antago-
nism TO the President has been perhaps more
violent than that of any other southern Sena-
tor. It is possible that Senator George. OF
Mississippi, may join the movement, and it is
almost certain that Senator McLaurin. of
Mississippi. will be good game for the new
combination to bag after he has been mem
Der OF the Senate little longer. Mr.. Nc
Laurin has been understood to be Hill man
all along.
Here, then, are five or six southern Sena-
tors, and naturally twice or three times
that number OF southern Representatives
would fall into line without much trouble,
who are dissatisfied enough with the admin
istration and with the Democratic party,
which at present seems TO be the same thing.
that they are almost prepared to break away
from It.
Ii is not known vet. of course. what the at
titlde of Senator Walsh. of Georgia. may be.
Though protectionist and Hill man. it is
doubtful il he would feel inclined before he
has really begun TO go alone in the Senate to
join the combination.
1t will naturally suggest itself that this
marked tendency among southern Senators
to look for something new in the way OF party
affiliations has been instigated secretly. if not
openly. by Democratic Senator or two who
may be as slick citizen as Senator Hill. of
New York, or Mr.. German. of Maryland.
These gentlemen have no use, to adopt COM
mon expression in politics, for the admins
tration, and they don't like to see the Demo-
cratic party confused so generally with the
administration. as they think the two are dis
similar and separate in the present instance.
Whether Senator Hill inspires this depart
ure or not is not material at the present
time, however. There is no question that the
New York Senator has Presidential aspira-
tions. and there is no doubt that he enjoys the
friendship of great many southern members
and Representatives.
1t is true that the same may be said of Vice
President Stevenson, but to all appearances
he is still a Democrat, a part of the admins
tra:ion. without, however, sharing In any OF
its Objectionable features, and enjoying the
friendship Of the silver contingent of the
Democratic party, and especially of the
southern contingent, where he has so many
relations and where he has been received so
many times with friendship and admiration.
1t is not likely that the Vice President can
participate, therefore, in any movement to
form new party, but it does not follow that
the new party would not ultimately support
him for the Presidency.