Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-03-14
WASHINGTON L ETTER.


more seriously regarded elsewhere than
1t IL In Washington II will cut no figure
whatever Ia national politics. The
executive committee of the BiMetallic
League. which Il sponsor for the new
party and author of the address which
announced its birth and the reason
there for, attempts in turn to get the
consent of Senator Teller. of Colo,
and Cameron, of Pa, to allow the an
nouncement of their names as the
Presidential candidate OF the new par.
ty and upon their refusal 1t was decid-
ed not to nominate. but nj erely to
Suggest" a Presidential candidate.
The suggested was Congressman
Silsby, OF Pa, an eccentric millionaire
who has been republican, democrat
and populist all within the last fifteen
years. and who Is probably expected to
put up the money to maintain the
headquarters which are to be opened
at once In Washington and kept open
If Silsby doesn't get tired of paying
the bills-until the Presidential elec>
ton. 1t was expected by the origina.
tors of this party that quite u number OF
Influential democrats and few repub-
licans would at once announce their
endorsement of II, but no such en-
dorsement has been given. On the
contrary, even those democrats who
are supposed to have had hand
Matching the new party. such IAN Bland
and Bryan. hastened to give it a black
eye by saying that they could see no
necessity for the organization of "a
silver party until the democratic ma
tional convention shall refuse to de
clare for free coinage. If the party
has any republican endorsers they are
not known. So far as known the only
notable recruits have come from the
populists, in the persons of Senate rs
Jones and Stewart, of Nevada, but
there are several obscure southern
democrats in the deal.
Mr.. w. F. Bicknell, the Iowa mem
Der of the executive committee of the
Republican League of the United
States, which recently held a meeting
in Washington, says of the work of
the committee: "Our com. has decided
to use every means TO make the Ma
tional league convention ut Cleveland.
June 10, one that shall not cause any
embarrassment to the party. We be.
lieve the function OF the league il to
execute rather than to legislate. and
attempt to commit the party in any
direction. The convention will last
three days, and we shall give the
women all we possibly can. The
league always has had a tendency to-
wards the admission of women to
some share in politics, and this con-
vention is likely to be more liberal
than the last one. The details of the
representation TO be given women
have been left to President Tracy.
Secretary Humphrey and Mrs.J. Ellen
Foster. president of the Women's Re-
publican Association" Every member
of the executive committe was EN- pl,at.
ic In saying that the league convention
would not boom any mans candidacy
for the republican Presidential nomi'
nation.
1t would be difficult to find an an
grier set OF men than were the demo
cratic ex.Senators and Representatives.
who bad hopes If executive favors,
when they learned that Mr.. Cleveland
had left them in the lurch and gone
off in search of good time. Some of
them could not control their anger
and used words in the presence of
private secretary Thurber which prob.
ably settled the little chance they had
in getting official crumbs from the
Presidential table. but the most Of
them smiled and hid their disappoint-
ment as far as possible, and will be on
hand when Mr.. Cleveland returns.
The names of the 25 democratic
members of the last House who signed
that manifesto pledging the democrat
10 party to the free CO image of silver at
ratio of 16 to were published this
week. although no one seems to know
inst why, as the number is so redicu-
lousy small when compared with the
total democratic membership OF the
Fifty-third Congress. An amusing
feature of IL was that the name of
Representative McLaurin. of 8. c.,
one of the signers, was published on
the same day as one of a committee to
select the members of national COM
inittee of the new silver party brought
out this week by the Bi-Metallic
League. Mr.. McLaurin's constituents
may soon be wanting to know which
party he belongs to, anyway.
The U. 8. Supreme Court is now
listening to arguments in the case in
volvinR the copstitutionallity of the
income tax, and it 10 expectad that the