The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-07-16
WASHINGTON.
From our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, July 10th, 1896.

and platform! No matter what sort
of a democrat you were before the
Chicago convention made the platform
and nominated the ticket, it is now
the proper thing for you to hurrah for
the ticket and platform, and to 60 to
work and render what aid you can
towards obtaining victory. More
will be known as to the chance de
mocracy has to win after the populist
and silver party conventions, both of
which meet at St. Louis on the 22nd
Of this month. If the members of
those conventions are as devoted to
the cause of silver as they profess to
be, they will nominate no ticket of
their own, but will endorse the demo
cratic ticket. Should they do that,
the Mckinley crowd would be the
worst frightened men in the country,
without good cause, either. Should
the populists and the silver republicans
get their backs up because the demo
cratic convention would not allow
them to name the ticket, Mark Hanna's
smile would perceptibly broaden, but
let us at least hope that they will do
nothing SO suicidal.
There are plenty of democrats in
Washington who do not like portions
of the platform, and many more who
wanted other men nominated, but so
far as know none of them are talking
of boiling. The National convention
settled the matter for them, and as
good party men they are now for the
ticket. The talk of President Cleve-
land taking part in movement to
nominate gold democratic ticket
finds few believers here. 1t is brick
houses to wood toothpicks that he
does nothing of the kind. There can
only be one democratic ticket, and
that has been nominated in regular
manner by properly constituted con-
vention Or course, after reading the
platform one cannot expect that Pres
ident Cleveland will enthuse over it.
u, S. District Attorney Frank Clark
of Florida, who is now in Washington,
said, in answer to question of how
things political looked in that State {:
"Oh, the democratic ticket will win
as usual. There is considerable In
terest in the Senatorial race, but it is
too early yet to predict the name of
Senator Calls successor, except to say
that he will undoubtedly be free
silver man. A great majority of Flor
ida democrats favor free silver, al
though four of the delegates to the
Chicago convention were for gold
That was simply the result of man
agement, as the gold men were in
the minority at the State convention" :"
Gen. w. r. Cox, of N. c., who is
Secretary Of the Senate and a good
judge of the drift of political senti-
nent, has just returned from that
state. He says: "The prospects of
democratic success in N. G.. are very
encouraging. The nomination of a
strong silver candidate and the adop-
tion of free coinage platform at
Chicago went long way toward in
suring the success of democracy.
Thousands of popullsts will vote the
national democratic ticket, for they
cannot support Mckinley without
stultifying themselves. And the re-
publicans of N. c. are also for tiee
silver. Their gubernational candidate,
Judge Russell, is a silver man, and
their State convention declared for
the white metal. Outside of tn pro-
lection policy, Mckinley has no
special strength in the State, but al
though the republicans generally favor
protection, they are not half as deeply
interested in that question as they are
in the money ISSUE"
Ex-Congressman White Of Tenn.
thoroughly believes that the demo-
cratic party is going to win great
victory this year because of Its cham
pioning the cause of silver. He said
to a group of friends in Washington
hotel: "Two months ago the cause of
democracy seemed hopeless. Now
the situation is changed, and the OPP
position is thoroughly alarmed A
little while ago it seemed impossible
that the democrats could win even in
Tenn. We will carry the state in
November by 10000 or 10000 ma
jority. The people are terribly in
earnest, and the revolution is on. II
New York and Mass. want to secede
from the Union, I am in favor of let
ting them go, even as Horace Greely
said of the South-'Let the erring
brethren go in peace"
Those naval officers, who thought
that the assembling of large squad
room on the Atlantic coast meant a
summer of idle loafing around the
seaside resorts, are waking up to their
mistake. 1t is the intention of Sec