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OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, d. c., November II.

WASHINGTON, ID. c., November II.
Mr.. acknowledgements are extract
ing considerable consolation out of the old
political MAXIM that "a party is never in
such great danger as just after it has won
great victory" and that it is a wise max
i'm the political upheavals of the last eight
| or ten years fully prove. No greater po
litical victory was ever won in this coun-
try than that which in 1892 put the demo-
Gratis in possession of the executive and
legislative branches of the government
Yet, look what followed In 1894, dissen
sion in democratic ranks, and a republican
Congressional victory; in 1895, more dem
cratic dissension and republican victories
in states heretofore safely democratic.
The dissension in the ranks of the victo
rious republican party is already marked.
and it is not confined to the fight over the
presidential candidate of the party but in
cludes the policy to be followed by the
overwhelming republican majority in the
House during the coming session of Con
gress. These dissensions even extend to
the tariff question. Senator Sherman late
ly said that he would vote for no bill
amending the tariff that did not provide
for a duty on wool, and Representative
Dalzel, of Pennsylvania, who may be the
next Chairman of the House Ways and
to be amended and duties raised. Now
comes ex-senator Henderson, of Nebraska,
who pointedly says: THE republicans can
not afford to open up the tariff question.
If an attempt is made to put duty on
wool or any other article, every industry
will rush in and demand more protection"
This being the situation, it is natural that
democrats should expect their prospects
in the national campaign to be much inn
proved by existing dissensions in the re-
publican party and those certain to be en-
gendered during the session of Congress.
AS Senator Mitchell, of Wisconsin, now
in Washington, APPLY puts it, Il have seen
darker days tnan these for the democratic
party. But there was a vital principle in
the doctrines of democracy which was
destined to make the party great, and
| which will also make it important"
The political whirlagig turns up some
queer things, but when it turned up Boss
Quay as a candidate for the republican
presidential nomination it turned up some
thing queerer than usual. When it was
first mentioned in Washington that some
of the little republican papers in Pennsyl
vania were booming Quay for the nomina-
ton it was regarded as a sort Of Joke on
Quay, sprung by some well-meaning ed-
tor who was seriously grateful for favors
done and hopeful of those yet to come and
who really believed that Quay was big
enough for such an honor His candidacy
is no longer regarded as joke He is Sc
riously in the field and has "a literary bureau
working up sentiment in his favor. At
first glance one is inclined to say that
Quay is throwing good money away, so
small is his chance to win, but when one
considers that Quay has made big gov
eminent appropriations and liberal eXpen-
ditures upon ali sorts of internal improve
ments' the corner stone of his candidacy,
and remembers the success of republicans
III the past who had no other political capt.
tai than 1.-The old flag and an appropriation
one doesn't feel so certain about it. 1t
may be that Quay thought that Tom Reed
was having too much of a walk over, and
that his candidacy is put forth merely as a
foundation for good dicker.
Hon. William F. Harritv, Chairman of
the Democratic National Committee, who
has been in Washington for several days,
believes it is always good politics to keep
a stiff upper lip no matter how the returns
come in. This is the way he sized up the
effect of last weeks elections on the lem
ocratic party: while the elections show
ed great republican victories, they have
not disheartened US, by any manner of
means. We shall get together again by
next November and we will make good
showing in the next campaign. We will
select a good candidate and we will show
the country that the democratic party is
still very much alive
EX-CongreSsman Somers, of Wisconsin,
now in Washington on private business,
has a record as a good democrat and a
shrewd observer of the trend of democra-
tic sentiment in his state. He said when
asked who the democrats of the state ia
vored for the presidential nomination :
They are thoroughly in accord with
President Cleveland, and | believe that |
were he to announce himself as a candi- |
date for a third term he could get the entire
delegation. Carlisle stands second, with |
W. {. Whitney very close to him. Either
would make good candidate and a strong
campaign EX-Congressman Holman, of
Indiana, who thoroughly knows the dem
ocratlc party of his state, says Indiana |
democrats have never seriously consider |
ed that there was any probability of Pres |
ldent Cleveland again becoming a candi- |
date, and that they do not believe it has |
been seriously considered anywhere else. |
Mr.. Holman thinks that if no mistake is
made i'll the National ticket Indiana will |
go democratic next year.