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Our Washington Letter.

and has virtually announced himself
10 be the candidate of the sigle stan
dard wing of the party. This created
surprise in Washington. 1t has
been foreshadowed for moths past.
Whether both wings will insist upon
calling themselves the democratic par
ty, or the silver democrats will join the
pop1lists or the Sibley silver party is
not yet plain. 1t will depend largely
upon the effect of Mr.. Cleyeland's de-
claration upon the rank and file of the
party Ill the south, and
that effect will in turn depend some
what upon the result of the campaigns
now being waged in tbs states of Illi-
nois and Kentucky. Mr.. Cleveland
and his followers believe that if the sill
yer element in the democratic party 10
those two states can be beaten this
year that the bulk of the democratic
party in the south will accept Cleve-
lands financial ideas and will support
him for president again. The whole
power of the administration is to be
used against the silver democrats in
those two states. 1t is already certain
that three members of the cabinet
Carlisle, Wilson and Gresham-will
take the stump against silver.
The administration also proposes to
fight silver in the south. A southern
democratic anti-sllver convention is to
be held at Memphis, Tennessee, May
22d, at which the principal address is
to be delivered by Secretary Carlisle.
Representative Patterson, of Ten
nessee, who is in Washington this
week conferring with the president
and other members of the admins
tratioD, says every southern state will
be largely represented at that conven-
ton. which is to be, he says, made the
beginning of an aggressive campaign
against silver in the south.
So much for the administration view
of the effect of Mr.. Cleveland's declar-
alton of open war against silver. There
is a very different view of the matter
taken by the silver democrats. They
say that Mr.. Cleveland's nov is too
late; that the silver democrats welcome
Mr.. Cleveland's declaration, and will
now proceed to show their power to
control party by taking steps to make
sure that the next democratic national
convention shall not only declare in
favor of the free coinage Of silver but
shall nominate q free silver democrat
for president, which they claim will
bring to their support the entire
populist vote.
The republicans-well, you know the
story of the boy who got his father
down on Ill tours to teach a bull pup
how to fight. 1t will be remembered
that when the bull pup grabbed the old
man by the the boy, instead of
interfering, shouted: stick TO him,
dad; it'll be the making of the pupl'
The average republican feels about
this fight between tue silver democrats
and the gold democrats just as the boy
of the story did about the fight between
his dad and the bull pup. Whichever
way it ends it will but add to the Ger
tainty 4 The election of a republican
president nextyear,
There is certainly no doubt the presi-
Dental preference of Representative
Gillett. of Massachusetts, who was in
Washington this week. When asked
what be knew of the political situa-
ton, he replied: Nothing, except that
New England is solid and enthusiastic
for Tom Reed for president. From
the speakers chair to the White House
would be a natural and merited pro.
motion for this man, who in point Of
wit, brains and craftsmanship is the
peer of any living American"
OF course thepublic has long ceased
to expect anything beneficial or cour
ageous from the democratic admins
tration, but it was hardly prepared for
the admission of absolute helplessnes.
made by Secretary Morton, when h
said: IF anything is done to bring re
lief from beef extortions now goin!
forward the papers will have to do it,
Can you imagine any combination O
circumstances that would have mad,
Secretary Morton's predecessor at th,
head of the department of agriculture
the lamented Jerry Rusk, of Wiscon
sin, use language of that sort2
The administration congratulate,
itself too soon. England has not &C
cepted Nicaragua's reply TO its demand
and this country may yet have t
choose between forcible interference
and backing down.