The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-06-23
NATIONAL POLITICS. -



woman suffrae gist and prohibition lecturer,
said the other day that in future she would
have nothing to do with the regular Pro
hibitiOn party, but would in q short time
take the stump for the new National party.
She says she has advices Of many aces
sions to the new organization Tt viii cap
ture nearly the whole Of the prohibition
vote in Indiana. Mrs Cougar says.
IF the free silver people would stand
shoulder to shoulder, they could elect
free silver president, but do not think
that unity can be had. The Republicans
viii elect Mckinley, and in 1898 the con
gressional elections viii defeat the Repub-
licans, and the power Of that party viii be
finally and permanently broken. "
Mrs. Cougar expects the Populist ma
tional convention to split on the tariff is
sue.
Senator Vest says that the Missouri dele
cation viii certainly present the name of
ex- Representative Bland as the candidate
of that state for the Democratic nominal
ton and viii do everything in its power to
put him at the head of the ticket. Mr..
Vest himself viii make the nominating
speech. And there are people in Washing
ton who think that Bland VIII be the can
didate They are 50 confident that even
now they are discussing the qualifications
of the family to perform the presidential
functions, and one Of the Sunday papers
had an elaborate sketch of Mrs. Bland,
which represented her as a combination Of
Venus, Minerva and the good women OF
Scripture stories.
There is no doubt that Mrs Bland is an
excellent wife and mother, and in heI
younger days she must have been very
good looking, but she has had a large mum
Der of children-IO or IL / am sure-and
has brought them up herself without the
aid Of nursery maids Such cares and re
sponsibilities, as every mother knows, dc
not leave a woman much time to cultivate
her social graces or develop her intellectual
powers, and as the Bland children have
come tumbling rapidly upon the heels OF
each other she has not been allowed tc
think of other things. They are lusty chill
dren, too-faU and strong lmbed and noisy
and when they lived in Washington the
block on which Mr. BANDS house stood
was usually alive with them.-William E.
Curtis.
Senator Jones of Arkansas the free sill
yer leader and the man who if the silver
ties have their way win be the next chair
man of the Democratic national commit
tee, does not propose to have the fruits OF
the victory that has been won in the state
conventions stolen in Chicago if he can
prevent it.
He believes that the national committee,
which has a majority of gold men upon it,
will bear watching. He is making prepa-
rations to guard the interests Of the silver
men in all of the preliminaries Of the ma
tional convention
Senator Jones has sent out invitations
to the silver delegations of each state to
select q representative to meet him and
the other silver leaders in Chicago on
June 80, week before the convention
meets. These representatives viii cOnsti-
tute q steering committee. %
Their duties VIII be to keep watch over
the silver men as they come to Chicago
and see That they are not led astray by the
sound money missionaries.
This committee win also watch the na-
tional committee and be ready to take
prompt action if any suspicious movement
against the interests of the silver men is
attempted.
The invitations to select men to serve on
this committee have been sent by letter
and telegram to every state that has chosen
silver delegates.
A call for the national convention of tho
Democratic league has been issued from
headquarters of the executive committee
in indianapolis.
The call is addressed to ssthe members
Of the Negro National Democratic league
and to all negro Democrats who are in ac-
cord with Democratic principles as taught
by Grover Cleveland and our brave leaders
OF the negro Democracy
The convention Will be held in Chicago
on Aug. IL. Every loyal negro Democrat
who believes in organized negro Democracy
is invited to take part. The chairman OF
the state league is requested to see that the
convention is called in sufficient time
The states viii be allowed delegates in
proportion to the number of votes cast FOL
Cleveland in 1892.
The convention, it is said, viii be COM
posed of at least $50 delegates, with d rep
rssentation from 80 states. The call is
signed by A. e. Manning, chairman of the
executive committee of the Negro National
Democratic league.
The Hon S. p. Sherin, secretary Of the
national Democratic committee, said that
there were 2, 600 applications now on file
for seats in the section reserved for the
newspaper men at the Democratic cOnven-
ton, while there We're but 400 seats pro
vided He said further that there were
many Of the leading metropolitan papers
which had not yet made application fOI
seats, and which would undoubtedly wish
them. In the latter part of May he sent
out word that all applications for seats
must be filed not later than June is and
said that no applications would be regard
cd which were received later than that
date
Senator Palmer of Illinois was asked by
somebody the other day for whom he would
vote in case the Chicago convention should
declare for free silver and the Republican
convention straddle the money question
''Weu, - said the senator, I'D be like an
old farmer down in Illinois I met a short
time ago. I asked him what he would do
with his vote with two such candidates for
governor to choose between as Altgeld and
Tanner.
So Wen, answered the farmer, I reckon
I'd have to winter my vote. "
Notwithstanding the fact that Chairman
Taubeneck of the POpulisUs declares that
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