Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-07-18
A CANDIDATE WITH A MOUTH.
What Washington thinks of the Chi
cago Combination.

| WASHINGTON, July I3.-Republi-
cans do not feel that they have any
kick coming to them because the
Chicago convention adopted an
anarchist populist platform and then
selected ex-Congressman Bryan, of
Nebraska, populist. to head their
ticket On the contrary, they are de-
lighted with both ticket and platform,
both of which have already done eff
Gent work for Mckinley aud Hobart.
When you say that Bryan is natural
born orator, you say about all that can
be said in his favor. During the two
terms he served in the House, he de-
monstrated that there was little un-
derneath his ability to talk brilliantly,
smoothly and dramatically, and before
he retired from Congress he was at
outs with all the democratic leaders
because of his having shown them
that he was much more of a populist
than democrat. He was SO much OF
a populist that only two years ago he
wanted the populist nomination for
Governor of Nebraska, but was beaten
out of it by Holcomb. His career
since that time has been anything
else but great He made failure as
editor of an Omaha paper, and was re-
pudiated by the voters OF that state
when he stumped the state as the
populist-democratic candidate to sue
coed Mr.. Henderson in the U. S. SEN
ate The man who defeated Bryan in
that campaign and who can be de-
pended upon to see that Mckinley and
Hobart carry Nebraska this year is
Senator Thurston, who so ably pre-
sided over the St. Louis convention.
The nomination of Arthur Sewall,
of Maine, for Vice President did not
strengthen the democratic populist
ticket. Even in Washington, where
nearly everybody has a sort of general
knowledge of the men who are at all
prominent in politics, everybody was
asking, when the news Of Sewall's
nomination was received, "Who is
Sewall?" And in all Washington, no
picture of him could be found by the
newspapers. His nomination was
evidently intended as sop to the dis
gruntled Democrats of the Middle and
Eastern States, who had nothing to do
with putting populist Bryan at the
head of the ticket, but it will not work
Even after the democrats have.
adopted an out and out populist plat
form and nominated populist for
President, they are far from certain of
securing the Endorsement of either
the populists, the silver party, or the
boiling silver Republicans. That is
matter of bargains and deals yet to
be made. The leaders of each of
these factions will make demands
extensive ones, too-which must be
met before they will agree to support
Bryan and Sewall, and even if they
agree to do so it will still be mat
ter of doubt as to how many votes of
the rank and file they can deliver.
Senator Teller could probably have
gotten the votes of nearly all of these
factions had he been nominated by
the Democratic party, but it is GER
tain that Bryan cannot.
Members of the administration are
not talking. They are waiting for
Mr.. Cleveland to give them the cue.
1t has been known for sometime that
Mr.. Cleveland favored the nomina.
ton of gold Democratic ticket,
while many other prominent Demo
Gratis, who will under no circumstan-
ces support Bryan and Sewall on
their populist platform favor voting
directly for Mckinley and Hobart as
the surest way of rebuking the work
OF the Chicago convention. The lat
ter have the support of such promi-
nent papers as the New York Sun,
Herald and Times. Republicans are
not worrying about what the sound
money Democrats may or may not do,
for the very simple reason that they
are confident that Mckinley and Ho-
bart can and will be elected by Re-
publican votes. Of course they will
be glad to have Democrats vote the
ticket because they believe that the
larger the majority against the Chi
cago ticket and platform, the better it
will be for the future OF the country.
1t is question of law, order, public
credit and general prosperity against
anarchy, reputation and ruin.
This is the way Kentucky DEM
ocrat-Maj. D. w. Sanders, of Louis
vllle,-now in Washington, sees the
action of the Chicago convention:
THE Democracy" he said, has
drifted clear away from its ancient
mornings and has gone into the camp
of the socialists, anarchists and popu-
lists. 1t is horrible to contemplate
this nomination OF Bryan. But there
is this consolation, Bryan hasn't any
more chance of reaching the White
House than he has of getting to the
North Pole. He is as near election
now as he will ever be. He will be
beaten in Maryland, West Virginia
Missouri and Kentucky with certain
ty, and will be in great luck if he
carries Tennessee, North Carolina
and Louisiana. No such crazy plat
form as he stands upon will ever re-
ceive the endorsement of the Ameri-
con people. There are thousands Of
Democrats who think just as this
one does, and who will this year cast
their votes for Mckinley and Hobart.
1 Senator Chandler, of N. H.. saws
Bryan and Sewall will be as hadIv