The National tribune., 1895-10-10
POLITICAL NOTES.
The New York Sun wants both the National
Conventions held in that city.

POLITICAL MOI ES.
The New York Sun wants both the National
| Conventions held in that city.
The great interest felt in the coming election
| in Kentucky is shown by the increase in regis
tration. In Louisville the registration this
year is $4,000, which is several thousand more
than in any previous year.
The leading Populists of Kansas have started
an agitation for an early National Convention,
and will urge Atlanta, Ga, as the place and Feb.
/ q the time. that the nomination can be
made on Feb. % Washington's Birthday. Sena-
/ tor PETER Jerry Simpson, Chairman Breiden-
thai, and others will urge this date and place on
the National Committeeman in the several
States. This is done to force the free silver
fight early as they say both old parties are
advocating short campaign in order to side
track the financial issue.
Section SO of the Ranes ballot law provides
| that the Police Commissioners in New York
City shall cause to be placed at distance of 100
feet from each polling place the necessary visible
marks or barriers, called "distance MARKERS"
| TO prevent electioneering. On these signs are
/ TO be printed, at the public expense. the words
"0ne hundred feet from polls" Keep off the
grass," Get off the earth, I" No electioneering
allowed, d" Remember section S10." Distance
! lends enchantment to the view" Election
day comes but once a year" and mo trespass-
ing allowed" or some similar admonition.
| Senator Blackburn says that his reelection to
/ the Senate is assured, and that there has been
no doubt about this for several weeks past. He
! pred cts the election of wat" Hardin as Gov
ernor by $4,000 majority. and says that Secre-
! tary Carlisle dare not enter the campaign in
Kentucky again. Mr.. Blackburn asserts that
! the silver craze is not by any means dying out
! in Kentucky, and charges that the newspapers
knowingly misrepresent the true condition of
/ affairs
in 1894 South Carolina with seven Repre-
sentatIves in Congress, cast total of 56.7S9
votes. Erie County. " Y, with TWO Repre-
sentatives, cast 67.726 votes South Carolina
now proposes TO restrict her suffrage so as TO
cut down her vote by half or two thirds. and
still expects TO retain her full Congressional
representation.
Representative J. NJ. Dalzell, of Pennsylva-
MIA, would be sure Of the Craftsmanship of the
! Ways and Means Committee were IT not that
| he was one of the leaders in the recent fight in
/ Pennsylv ania against Senator Quay, who is Mr.
Reeds strongest supporter for the Presidency
1t is said that Gen. Harry II. Bingham, of
| Pennsyl vanla, does not care 10 resume his
! Chalrmanship of the Committee on Postofiices
and PosirOads. If this he true, there will be
strong pushes Tor Gen. C. II. Grosrenor. OF Ohio,
| and Henry u. Johnson OF Indiana. for the po-
sitiOn. johnson has the advantages of being
the senior Republican on the Committee and
a warm personal friend of Mr.. Reed.
Col. w. p. Hepburn, of Iowa. will probably
| be Chairman of the important Committee on
Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
The choice for the Craftsmanship of the Com
mtlee on appropriations is believed 10 lie
| between Jos. q. Cannon, of Illinois, and Col.
ID. j. Henderson, of Iowa. Had not Mr.. Cam
mons career of public service been broken by
one defeat there wOulI be no question about
| his appointment; but the advocates of Col.
| Henderson claim that this break relegates Mr.
/ Cannon to the status of comparatively new
member and gives Col. Henderson unques-
! toned seniority on the Committee. Senator
| Allison is Chairman of the Senate Committee
! on Appropriations, and as he and Col. Hendcr-
son are intimate personal friends and CO. work.
ers, il is claimed that il will be a great ad van
tage 10 have them leaders in their respective
| Houses IN the important matter of appropria-
tons.
Secretary Herbert opened his campaign for
| sound money by a speech at Montgomery. Ala,
Oct q. The Secretary asserted that our fathers
/ whose silver dollar was so much talked Of
| never had any such dollar to an amount worth
| speaking Of-that Alabama grew up from few
settlements in the beginning of the century, and
| continued 10 grow up until il got TO be great
| State, without any substantial aid from the
| silver dollar. " In the Confederacy," said the
| Secretary, Confederate money soon drove
| both gold and silver out Of circulation be-
cause Confederate money was cheaper. For a
| little while this money passed a: par, but very
| soOn-just as soon it became abundant-it
| began to cheaper. This depreciation was not
| at first the result Of any want Of confidence in
| the success of the Confederate army, for you
| all remember that at the time when we had
won the great battles around Richmond. and
| were winning at Fredericksburg and Cham
| celorsville, everybody jubilant at the
prospects of the CoDfederacy. We had no
| doubt of its success, 10 doubt that ii would
| honOrably make good all its pledges, and re-
| deem all its money. but at that very time IL
took 81 and So to buy dollar in specie The
cheap dollar had completely driven all other
money out of circulation"
They say that down in his heart Tom Platt
is for Tom Reed.
There is no doubt that the New York Demo
Gratis are strong for w. {. Whitney, aud they
/ feel pretty sure Of nominating him for the
| Presidency. They say that the next Demo-
| cratic candidate must come from New York,
that he must be popular with the politicians,
and that he must have bar'L This descrp-
tion doesn't fit anybody but Whitney.
Roosevelt may have hurt the Republican
party in New York City by his rigid Sunday
closing, but all agree that he has greatly
strengthened IL in the State. This makes IL
likely that the Hon. Teddy will be the next
Governor Of New York.