The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-10-23
FROM THE CAPITOL.
Our Correspondent Talks in Sage
Manner of Things in General
About Washington.
(Communicated.l

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10, 1896.
Some of the most ardent Bryan men
have been absolutely astOnished at the
recent unexpected good news that has
come INTO Washington. Lawrence
Gardner, no attended the State Con-
vention of the Democratic Clubs in
New York, says he has received infor-
nation there which makes it certain
that Bryan will carry New York, and
the Congressional Committee has in
formation that New Jersey and Penn
sylvania are in a fair way to become
Bryan STATES, owing TO TIDAL wave OF
silver sentiment which is sweeping the
workngmen out of the Republican
ranks and making them firm support
eTs Of Bryan. A member of the Dem
ocTat State Committee ofOhiO writes
that Bryan will not have less than 80,
600 plurality in that State, ana a Dem
Ccratic poll of Iowa shows "a majority
of 20, 600 for Bryan. Hon. f. II. Love
JOY writes: 81 have been all over
Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, AID
North and South Dakota, and have
come in personal contact with the vo-
tiers, especially in the large numbering
towns aud mills, and ninety per cent.
of these men intend 20 vote for Bryan.
| feel sure that all these States VIII go
, y y
Silver is OH top, sure"
1t must I've evident even to Secre-
tary Morton himself that he made
mist axe from every point of view hen
he made that uucallei Tor and unde-
| served attack upon Senators Harris,
Pugh aid Morgan, because of their
support Of free silver. AS strongly as
President Cleveland aud the other
members of bis cabinet are opposed to
silver, they to man deprtcate the
language OF Secretary Morton. No
body in Washington would follow the
example set by some of the Democrats
on the Virginia side of the Potomac,
III hanging Secretary Morton in ef1igy,
but he has been very free y condemned
10y all Glasses of men. Here is very
conse rvative opinion express q by
Hon. +. b. Mckenzie, Mayor of Eu-
ia a, Alabama, az gold Democrat:
81 have put Secretary Morton in the
front rank or Democracy's leaders, aud
as d sound money Democrat | was
anxious to see huns Nominated for Pres
ident. But after his late utteTauces,
$50 unjust and uncalled for, am bound
to modify my opinion of his character.
his foolish assault upon Senators Nor
gan, Pugh and Harris, aud his attempt
to wave the bloody shirt by rousiny
prejudice against the South will hurt
the Cause he waits To ala more than
you think. 1t will turn hundreds of
waverlng voters IN every Southern
Stale to the cause of Bryan" Senator
Morgan dismissed the matter la few
i characteristic words, referring to Mr..
Morgan as a 'harn rat"
Secretary Carlisle has the dubious
honor of having been the first man to
make pubic parli an political speech
III The United States Treasury Build
ing. The speech was against free sill
yer aud was made To a Baltimore dele
CATION which had come to Washington
10 request Mr.. Carlisle TO make a speech
10 Baltimore before election As Mr.
Carlisle's stump engagements in Ken
lucky made ii announcement for him t.
go To Baltimore, he proceeded to make
an antl-silver spt ech then and there to
the delegation. forgetting perhaps
that Democrats were being kicked ut
Oh 'Illce Tor daIlug to do much less ~
behall OF silver. The --latest removal was
.he s"h-lh-Iaw OF Seuat, + Pugh, of Ala
Dama, who dared to become "A silver
candidate for Congress.
The Republicans who have heen
blutfing about their exps citation of car
rying Texas crdwled INTO their holes
when man with $500, which he
wanted to uet that Bryan would carry
Texas by $50 600 majority, arrived in
washington aud tried to run them
down.
>; nator Butler, Chairman of the
Popullst National Com lttee, doesu't
talk like Il man who is either luk.warm
in his support of Bryan or doubtful of
the result He said: "WhiIe was i'm
Chicago, ASSURANCES were given me
that The votes of Minnes ota, Indiana
ana Michigan are absolutely sure for
Bryan. Should Mr. Bryan not lose
any OF the border States, The vote of
Indiana alone, in addition, will elect
nm. The votes of the other States
VIII simply add to his nIajority.n Mr..
Butler frankly said that he did moi
care to express a positive opinion about
Illinois or Iowa, because the inforna
tinn he received concerning those two
states was of such "A mixed nature that
lie mad not formed any.
Mark Hanna has captured the M.
tlona officers Of the A. p. A., bag and
baggage, and they are prepa inu 10 cir
culate an official attack uI.on Mr. Rrv-
an, which viii Indirectly appeal 10 A.
I. "A. men to vote for Mckinley. 1t
mas been known to Mr.. Bryan's mana
gers FOR some time that this action was
contemplated, but they have not
ueeihed the matter of sufficient impor-
Cauce To try to prevent il. In fact
some OF them think the A. p. A at
TACK on Mr.. Bryan will make a grent
many more votes FIR him than against
hlih' ana are for that reason rather dis.