The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1895-03-13
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent

WASHINGTON. D. c., March s, 1885.
The new Silver Party was launched this
week by the executive committee of the BIZ
Metallic League, together with the suggestion
that ex-Representative Sibley, of Pennsyl-
vania, who was elected to the fifty third
Congress as Democrat, and who gained an
unenviable notoriety by Safeguarding a
Democratic President in one of the dirtiest
speeches ever made on the floor of the House,
and who became an avowed Populist long
before the expiration of his term, should be
the nominee of the new party for the Presi-
dency. Sibley was given this distinction
solely because he has money and is willing
to spend 1t. AS matter of fact, there is
every reason to believe that the new socalled
Silver Party is nothing more than move to
compel the Republicans to nominate Pres
idential candidate who, if not personally ia
vorable to silver, will at least promise to sign
a free silver bill, if he is elected and Con-
gress passes one during his term. That's
why a candidate was Suggested" instead
of nominated. 1t was this suspicion that the
new party is merely intended to be tail to
the next Republican National Convention
that has prevented such pronounced Silver
Democrats as Bland, of NO., end Bryan, of
Nebraska, endorsing it. They, and the Sill
yer Democrats generally, believe it unwise
for Democrats to join new party at this
time, and expect that the platform of the
next Democratic National Convention will
show the wisdom of that belief. Represent
alive Newland, of Nevada, is to be in execu-
fiuo oh fha IOY1 off fho olI
ed new party, which are to be established in
Washington. Mr.. SIbley let the cat out of
the bag when he SAID that If the Republicans
would nominate Senator Cameron for Presi-
dent, the American Bi-Metalic Party-that' s
the name Of the new party-would support
him. The only two Senators identified with
the new party are Jones and Stewart, of Ne
vada, both of whom are devoted friends to
Cameron. 1t looks like "the Cameron par
ty" was the right name for it.
Hon. W. C. Gear, one of the five Demo
cratic members of the Ohio State Senate, is
in Washington. He has this to say of the
political situation in his State: 1.-THE I'M
terrified Democracy of the Buckeye State
have never yet been dismayed, and will be
found fighting with all the old-time aggres-
siveness when the next campaign is inaugu-
rated. l very much desire to see Hon. Paul
J. Sorg the nominee of our party for Cover
ernor. He is the strongest candidate that
could be put up, and if there is a possibility
of Democratic success, it is with Sorg to lead
the ticket. His German descent makes him
popular with the Teutonic voters. His stand
ing with the laboring people is the highest.
Paul Sorg has proved his friendship for the
workingman in the most practical way. A
large employer of labor, he has never cut
down wages, and his business has not suffer
ed from strikes. The Ohio Republicans are
ranged in hostile factions, and if the bitter
feeling between the partisans of Foraker and
Mckinley continues to grow in intensity,
there will be great chance for Democratic
victory"
"The court is happy is happy to welcome
an old acquaintance in new relation" was
the response of Chief Justice Fuller to At
torney General Olney's official introduction
of Hon. Holmes Conrad, the new Solicitor
General, to the Supreme Court at the open
ing of the case involving the constitutional
ity of the income tax. Attorney General
Olney, Assistant Attorney General Whitney
and Solicitor General Conrad are defending
the constitutionality of the tax, while oppos-
ed to them are round dozen of the most
prominent lawyers in the United States.
The greatest interest is felt in this decision.
About fifteen years ago the Supreme Court
decided the old income tax to have been