Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1895-06-06
Washington Letter
FRoM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT,
WARRINGTON, D. c., June Sd, 1895.

WASHINGTON. D. c., June Sd, 1895.
Vice. President Stevenson Is about the
only man who has been prominently
mentioned as a probable Presidential
candidate who has not announced in one
way or another his position on the all.
absorbing silver question. and 80 much
has been said about this omission that
it has been decided to attempt to COM
pei him to quiet the claims now being
put forth by certain interested parties,
by a definite announcement of where he
stands. While that point has not been
fully decided, it is probable that this
attempt will be made by writing Mr..
Stevenson a letter that he must answer
in a manner to make plain his position.
1t is the silver men who propose making
this attempt to draw Mr.. Stevenson out,
but the Cleveland democrats are equally
anxious to know whether he is with
them or against them. All this little
queer in view of the statements made
that the silver agitation in Illinois was
started tor the purpose Of booming Mr..
Stevenson. 1t is only another instance
of silence begetting curiosity and curl.
osity begetting suspicion.
Journal Clerk Crutchfeld Of the
House has just returned from his home.
and those who know him regard his
opinion of politics in his State as un-
surpassed. He says of the situation
there: 81 see by the papers the general
disposition to make people believe that
the free silver, lG to l sentiment in
Kentucky is dying, Kentucky is my
home and l may safely pretend to
know that something Of existing senti
ment there. Kentucky was meyer more
strongly for any proposition than it is
to-day for free silver l6 to l. | know
this from personal talks with and let.
ters from KeDtuckians. The conven.
ton will be for free silver at lG to ] .
The sentiment Of the Legislature will
be the same, and as a result Blackburn
will be elected to the Senate to succeed
himself. The free silver people haven't
as many city papers as their opponents,
but they have infinitely more votes.
A personal friend of Secretary Car
isles says the Secretary has given up
any hope Of defeating free silver in
Kentucky, but still clings to the hope
of preventing Blackburn's reelection.
President Cleveland particularly de-
sires to see Blackburn defeated, and
efforts to that end will not cease until
the Legislature has been elected and
has elected Senator.
The silver men are inclined to poke
fun at ex Secretary Whitney's pub.
lished opinions on the silver question,
which are supposed to be importent
because of the chance Mr.. Whitney has
Of being nominated for President by the
democrats. One Of them said the
whole interview with Mr.. Whitney
might have without loss of sense or sub
stance been condensed into II am
friendly to silver, but in favor Of wait.
ing for Europs to monetize it.
According to Senator Carter OF Mon.
tana who is now in Washington, the
Rocky Mountains and Pacific Coast
country will work industriously to Sc
cure the nomination of Senator Cam
eron for the Presidency by the republi.
cans.
If Representative Otey, Of Virginia,
is not misinformed as to the sentiment
of his State, the silver revolt has also
got foothold in the Old Dominion.
Mr.. Otey says: "In my Judgment the
delegation that will 60 to the next Ma
tional Democratic convention to nomi-
nate President will be solidly in favor
of candidate who will come out for
free coinage. Cleyeland could not
again be the choice of the Virginia de.
mocracy, on account of the policy he
has adopted towards silver"
Senator Germans friends are quietly
laying the wires by which they hope to
make him the Presidential candidate
of his party. Mr.. Gorman's whole po-
litical policy is compreheuded in one
word-compromise-and as compro-
miser he has been great success in the
Senate. He has seldom failed in that
line. His two most noted successes
we're the compromise with the silver
by which he defeated the
Federal election bill and the adoption
Of the present tariff.