The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1896-07-31
ashingtOn Letter.

Washington, July oath, 1S96.-Sena-
tor Faulkner, chairman of the Demo
cratic congressional committee, is being
daily astonished at the extraordinary IN
crease in silver sentiment in the middle
and eastern states, as shown by letters
written to the committee asking for IL
formation and literature on the subject.
lie Is also surprised 10 see that major
.ty of these seekers after silver docu
menis, instead of being farmers, are
professional and business men residing
ln towns and cities Speaking on the
| subject Senator Faulkner SAID: Il am AS
founded at the tone Of some OF the let
ters | am receiving, and 1t appears to
me that the silver wave Is sweeping over
| The east with as much force as 1t mas
| shown in the west and south. lt may
| ne permanent or 1t may be only tempo
| rary. but that it exists now is certain
| Senator Faulkner is not the sort OF man
| to allow his enthusiasm to bias his judg-
| ment; hence his declaration of his belief,
thai unless some great reaction takes
place, which will change existing public
sentiment before election day, Bryan
| will be elected by a large majority, car
ries great weight
Representative Hart, of Pa. says his
! district (the eighhD will roll up good
majority for Bryan and Sewall He
says there are very few Democrats IN the
| district who have said they would not
support the Chicago ticket and platform,
| but that great many Republicans have
| come out for Bryan and Sewail and free
silver. He says that. the tariff question
cuts no figure at all among his people,
| but that they are all anxious to learn
| everything possible about the silver
| question. 1t was largely to satisfy their
/ yearnipgs III that line that Mr.. Hart
| came to Washington. He has arranged
| with the congressional committee to send
| j lot of silver literature to his conStltu-
| ents. Among the documents to ne sent
| Is the Chicago speech of Mr.. Bryan,
| which Senator Faulkner says lis about
| the best statement of the silver question.
| from our standpoint, that has been
| made
Hon. William j. Hendrick, ex-Attor-
ney General of Kentucky, said in Wash
| ington this week: ''In the fierce con-
test tnat has been waged in Kentucky
between the gold and silver partisaus
my voice and influence have ever been
on the side of sound money. l still ad-
| here to the opinion that free silver coin
age by this government, independently
| of the other great nations, would be a
| mistake. But | am Democrat. and
| Democracy stands for 50 many other
| things besides free silver that il is inn
| possible for me to renounce my party al
| legience, and | shall cheerfully do all
in my power to promote the success of
the Chicago ticket. With all the faults
of the platform it is infinitely better
than McKinleyism. Bryan and Sewall
will uuquestionably carry Kentucky"
There Is some talk about establishing
a Democratic daily newspaper In Wash
ington which will support Bryan and Sc
wall and the Chicago platform. Por-
haps such paper might make some
votes, but, in my opinion, it would not
make one per cent of the votes that
could be made by spending the amount
of money that it would cost to run a
Washington daily during the campaign
IN circulating the Democratic dailies and
weeklies already established and enjoy
ing more prestige IN their localities than
a Washington paper could possibly get.
Mr.. ,. ID. Weaver, city attorney OF
Burlington, kans., who is now visiting
Washington, says: 1t is the opinion
of conservative men that Bryan will car
ry Kansas. 1t Is true that some Demo
erats who believe 10 sound money will
not support him, and yet more of these
will vote for him than will support Nc
kinley. There are also a great many
silver Republicans in the state who will
vote for Bryan"
Theatrical men are as a rule good
judges of the drift of public sentiment
Mr.. j. w. Morrisey, widely known as q
manager, says of coming event
Bryan's descent on New York will be a
stupendous affair. He will pack Madi-
son Square Garden to its limit-I6, OOC
people-but 10, 600 more will he in the
streets to give him welcome Only q
fraction of that monster gathering viii
be able to hear a word he utters but
few will fail to read it afterwards AL
, ready there is a big chance of sentiment
in New York favorable to silver, anC
Bryan's coming will make converts by
the thousand"
While it cannot be said that the ac.
ton of the populist convention was al
together satisfactory to Democrats, none
of them are disposed to worry about it.
because their minds were made up be-
fore the convention met that Bryan
would get the vote of every Populist " be
does not wish to throw his vote away
regardless of what the convention might
do, and there was nothing about the
work of the convention to cause them tC
change their opinion. NJ.
May Result Fatally.