Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1895-03-14
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our rrgnIar correspolident.

tics. The executive committee Of
! the bi-metallic league, which is spon-
scr for the new party and author Of
the address which announced its
birth and the reasons therefor, at
tempted in turn to get the consent OF
Senators Teller, of Colo, and Came
ron, of Pa, to allow the announce
nent of their names as the presi-
Dental candidate for the new party,
and upon their refusal it was decided
not to nominate, but merely to 'ssug-
gest" a presidential candidate. The
man suggested was N-Congressman
Sibley, Of Pa, an eccentric million
aire who has been republican, demo-
crat 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 Wash
ington, and kept open if Sibley
doesn't get tired Of paying the bills
until the presidential election. 1t
was expected by the originators of
Il this party that quite number of in
huential democrats and few repub-
Leans would at once announce their
endorsement Of it, but no such en-
dorsement has been given. On the
contrary, even those democrats who
are supposed to have had hand ia
Matching the new party, such as
Bland and Bryan, FASTENED to give
it a black eye by publicly saying
4 they could see no necessity for the
organization of silver party until
the democratic national convention
shall refuse to declare for free coin
age. IT the new party has any re-
publican endorsers they are not
known. So far as known the only
notable recruits have come from the
populists, III the persons Of Senators
Jones and Stewart, Of Nevada, but
there are several obscure southern
democrats in the deal.
| Mr.. +. w. Bicknell, the Iowa mem
Der Of the executive committee Of
Of the republican league Of the
United States, which recently held
d meeting in Washington, says Of the
work Of the committee: Our COM
mittee has decided to use every
means TO make the national league
convention at Cleveland, June 18th,
one that shall not cause any embar-
rassment TO the party. We believe
the function Of the league is to eXe-
cute rather than to legislate, and
that the convention should avoid
any attempt to commit the party in
any direction. The convention will
last three days, and we shall give
the women all we possibly can. It
always has had tendency towards
the admission Of women to some
share in politics, and this conyeu-
tion is likely to be more liberal than
the last one. The details of the rep
resentation to be given women have
been left to President Tracy, Secre-
tary Humphry and Mrs. j. Ellen
Foster. president of the woman's re-
il publican association Every menu
Der of the executive committee was
emphatic in saying that the league
convention would not boom any
4 mans candidacy for the republican
/ preside ntial nominations
IL would be difficult to find any
angrier set OF men than We're the
democratic eX-senators and repre-
sentatives, who had hopes Of execu-
tive favors, when they learned that
Mr.. Cleveland had left them in the
lurch and gone off in search of Il
good time. Some of them could not
control their anger and used words
in the presence of private secretary
Thurher which probably settled the
little chance they had Of getting Of
fetal crumbs from the presidential
table, but the most Of them smiled
and hid their disappointment as far
as possible. and will be on hand when
Mr.. Cleveland returns.
The names of twenty-five demo-
cratic members of the last house,
who signed that manifesto pledging
the democratic party to the free
coinage Of silver at a ratio Of 10 to l.,
were published last week, although
no one seems to know just why, as
the number is 50 ridiculously small
when compared with the total dem
ocratic membership of the fifty first
congress. An amusing feature OF II
was that the name of Representative
McIaurin. Of :. G., one Of the sign
ers, was published on the same day
as one Of committee 10 select the
members of national committee of
the new silver party brought out