Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-03-14
Washington Letter.
From our Regular Correspondent.
Was l,ngton. March 8 1898

hiolt rSIloNslN IcHdTdcd tlScA mere
han it is in Washington, it will cut
no figure whatever in national poll
tics. The executive committee of the
BiMetallic League. which is sponsor
for the new party and author of the
address which announced its birth
and the reasons therefore attempted
in turn to get the consent of Senators
Teller OF Colorado, and Cameron of
Pennsylvania, to allow the announce
ment of their name as the Presidential
candidate. The man suggested was
eX-Congressman Sibley of Pennsyl-
yania, 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 Sibley doesn't get tired of paying
the bills-until the Presidential cleo
ton. 1t was expected by the origina
tors of this party that quite a number
OF influential democrats and a few re-
publicans would at once announce
their endorsement of it. but no such
endorsement has been given. On the
contrary, even those democrats are
supposed to have had hand in hatch
ing the new party, such as Bland and
Bryan, fastened to give it a black eve
by publicly saying 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 Ii the new
party has any republican endorsers
they are not known. SO far as known
the only notable recruits have come
from the populists, in persons Of Sen
ators Jones and Stewart, ofNevada, but
there are several obscure southern
democrats in the deal.
Mr. f. w. Bicknell, the Iowa mem
Der of the executive committee of the
Republican League of the United
States, which recently held meeting
in Washington, says of the work of
the committe: Our committee has
decided to use every means to make
the National league convention at
Cleveland, June 10, one that shall not
cause any embarrassment to the party.
We bclieve he functioI4 III no league
is to execute rather than 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 ali We possibly can. The
league always has had a tendency
towards 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. 5. Ell
len Foster. president Of the Woman
Republican Association Every MEM
Der of the executive committe was
emphatic in saying that the league
convention would not boom any mans
candidacy for the republican Presi-
Dental nomination.
1t would be difficult to find an al
rier set of men than was the demo-
cratic ex-Senators and Representatives
who had hopes of executive favors.
when they learned that Mr. Cleveland
had left them in the lurch and gone
off in search of a good time. Some
of them could not control their anger
and used words in the presence of pri
vate secretary Thurber which proba-
bly, settled the little chance they had
for getting official crumbs from the
Presidential table, but the most Of
them smiled and hid their disappoint-
ment as far rs possible, and will be
on hand when MIR. Cleveland returns.
| The names of the twenty-five dem
ocratic members of the last House
who signed that manifesto pledging
the democratic party to the free coin
age of silver at a ratio of sixteen to
one were published this week although
no one seems to know Just why, as
the number is so ridiculously small
when compared with the total de.ho-
cratic membership of the Fifty-third
Congress. An amusing feature of it
was that the name of Representative
McLaurin, of South Carolina, one of
the signers, was published on the
same day as one of a committee to Sc
lect the members of national COM
mittee of the new silver party brought
out this Week ~ Di-hietaliic League.
Mr.. McLaurin's constituents may
soon be wanting to know which party
he belongs to, anyway.
The L. S. Supreme Court is now
listening to arguments in the case in
volving the constitutionality OF the
income tax, and it is expected that a
decision will soon be handed down in
the case. 1t has been long time
since there was such an array of legal
talent engaged upon single case.
Among the lawyers of national repu-
tation are ex-senator Edmunds, ex-
Secretary Bristow, Shellabarger and
Wilson, Jos. H. Choate, James c.
Carter, Clarence A. Seward, w. ID.
Guthrie and Charles Steele.
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