Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-07-23
ncmocrats More Hopeful.

we think there caJ be no hchot 'h''
tho Democrats ale more hope:D now tnf II
they were a few months ago Inc cry
Ct hard times" has lost It's potency Ihu
has been succeeded by a new cOnuitio" VI
things which u omises to show 70 the
Democrats the path they mus: pursue Ia
they expect or desire to elect inc heA'
President and Congress.
Ex-senator Camden. OF West Nrgihla'
a shrewd, sharp politician OF 'ne
practical kind. sums up the po-
ltical situation in a few words. lie
savs that two or three months ago ne
would not have given copper ior tne
chances of the Democratic party, but tha'
since then there has been marked
change in public sentiment. due largely
70 the Improvement in business prospects
throughout the country. He adds that
cattle west Virginia raises many cattle)
have gone up. as have wheat. iron' ana
cotton. "All these things rebound 10
the credit OF the Democratic party says
Mr.. Camden, and his belief is that that
party will triumph in 1886.
From the far-off Northwest comes
like hopeful utterance. That section has
been supposed, TO be ready TO cut loose
from the Democratic party on the silver
question, and a serious detection was
feared. But the St. PAU Globe tells US
that there is a revival of courage ana coh-
ndence everywhere discernible amongst
Democrats. and that this revival has
IN.Ff
had abandoned all hope of success next
wear are now becoming confident OF IL.
I'm fact. our ST. Paul contemporary
claims that the silver question no longer
threatens TO destroy the integrity OF the
Democratic party. All good Democrats
should. at least, come to the conclusion
that the condition Of things now existing
would not justify the Democrats In d.
viding this year on the silver question:
nor on what that paper styles the larger
question OF the currency.
lust here let US call the attention OF
our readers TO the fact that the Globe, an
administration organ to the backbone
testifes that the Democrats stand with
the currency policy commended by the
President and the Secretary Of the Treas
ury. This policy involves the divorce
of the government from banking, but calls
for strict Federal supervision Of the pro-
iected new State-bank system.
Returning to Virginia, We quote from
that sterling Democratic paper, the Staun-
ton indicator as follows:
"When the last Congress adjourned
Their. was not one Virginia Democrat out
of a hundred-yOu might say thousand
who had the slightest hope Of electlng
a Democratic President In lSyb NO"
there's not one out Of hundred who
doesn't hone to elect him. The times
have improved, the tariff is working well
the President has kept the ship steady
and gotten more ballast In the Treasury,
there is more skilled employment all over
mo country. wages that shrunk so In the
hard times are being raised everywhere
common labor is finding work, wool under
the new tariff has about doubled its price
wheat is - cents better than 1T was
this time last year beef holds its price
well-all things are better.
IAN this compared with last year. Com
mare next year with this, next July. ana
The change will be still more marked
there won't be peg TO hang hard tunes
compIaint on. anywhere. And then the
Democrats will be as keen as greyhounds
for victory in the presidential race"
These are only straws. but they show
the direction in which the wind is blow
ing. 1t is not too late for the Democrats
TO snatch victory from the hands of the
Republicans.