The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1896-10-30
Washington Leit0r.

Uasb;noton October oath, 1896.
aRrvan will be elected" emphatlcaily
declared Senator Butler, Chairman OF
the Populist National Committee; the
ipformation received by me this week
has made this absolutely sure In my
mind The Bryan tide which star ed In
Michigan and Minnesota ten days ago
and made those states certain. instead oi
doubtful. reached Illinois this week ana |
now that state can also he PIT down In !
the certain column" TINS hugu tge Is
considered very significant IN "aShlug
ton because Senator Butler has been so
very careful in expressing his confidence
and in making claims that seem over
eotbusiastic Democrats have heen IN
cIined TO accuse him of being lukewarm
in the support of Mr.. Byan. Mr.. But
Iar is a Young man and he did not care
tn endanger his future political prestige
nv making claims until ne had carefully
gone over the field and ascertalned to
his own satisfaction just what the real
situation was. This he has done, and
the result is his announcement that
..Rrvan will be elected - All the IN
formation received by Democrats points
to the correctness of Senator Butlers s an
nouncemen'.
4 gentleman who is Democrat as
we'll as an old personal friend OF MT
Brvan's said, speaking of the RepublI-
| can assertion that the Democratic Ma
tionaI Committee made specific charge
| in cash for Mr.. Bryan's speeches ana
| that those towns that did not put up the
money were passed by: 81 haven the
slightest hesitation in prouounclng that
story to be lie, although 1t Is enurely
! probable that some representative Oh the
| national committee has passed around
the hat among Democrats IN towns thal
| have been visited by Mr.. Bryan as the
| committee has had to resort to all SORTS
of schemes to raise money to keep the
campaign going and has at no time hau
all that it might have used legitlmateiy
and profitably, In one southern state
visited by Mr. Bryan the state commit
tee took charge of him and his party
when they entered the state and while
within its borders would not allow them
to spend a cent for anything. Mr.. Bry'
an is a poor man and were 1t not for the
personal contributions made direct to
MIN would probably find himself lack
ing for ready money quite often. An
instance of this sort of contribution came
directly under my notice when MIR. Bry-
an came TO Washington several weeks
ago to speak. A Washington man who
is not wealthy 10y any means came to
me with 800 note, which he asked To
have handed to Mr., Bryan to be used for
his personal expenses, without any men
ton of the donator,
Mr.. A III Plumb, son of the late Sen
ator Plumb, or Kansas, has just come
from that state, of which he says: kan
sas will unuuestionably give Its elt cto-
raj vote to Bryan. My reason for the
statement is based on personal observa-
ton gained by extensive travel through
out the state The fusion Of the silver
forces will be kept intact, and there can
| be- no doubt aS 10 the result. ! think
that his majority will not be less than
! ~. 900, and u may reach much higher
figures. The middie-Of-the-road pOpu
lists. who have tried u hinder fusion,
viii exert but small influence, and tht
better element Of the party are solidly
/ for Bryan Business often leads me tC
visit Nebraska: which ! am satisfied can
be put down as surely for Bryan "a Kan
sss Il. The conditions IN the two states
are practically the same, and free silver
n a. strong in one az the other"
Things have been very lively around
the Washington head quarters of the \
r. A, this week, owing to the numer
Gus and very vigorous protests which
have been sent TO the national officers Oi
that organization, against the distribu
ton of the official y. Z. 4. circular
which attacks Mr.. Bryan and attempts
to array the organization solidly on tn,
; side of Mckinley. But the circulars ar,
still being sent out. Mark Hanna ha:
bought the goods and the national Off
GERS of the A. z. A are doing their bes
to deliver them.
The Democratic congressional com
mittee is after Postmaster General Viii
{ son, and has issued a special bulletin
that must be anything but enjoyable tC
Mr. Wilson. This bulletin says: s'Hon
William l. Wilson, who exercises tht
privilege of campaigning denied by hin
5 to his subordinates, has not met with
r the enthusiastic reception that was pre-
dicted for him in w. Va. Republican:
there have not forgotten his bitter de
nunciation of the Republican party, anC
e gold Democrats are as scarce as hem.
teeth in W. Va. While soliciting tht
farmers vote in 1890 Mr.. Wilson occu
| pleu position quite the reverse OF lnal
he now takes" To prove this, the bul
letin rontains extracts from letter writ
ten by Mr.. Wilson, September 20, 1890
Information has reached the head
quarters of the silver national commit
tee in Washington that the Republicans
were preparing to attempt to control the
votes of Indiana, Illinois and Michigan
by buying up election officers in those
states Steps have been taken by the
committee which will result in close
watch being kept upon the would-be
+ bribers, and if they attempt to carry out
their plans some of them may find
themselves wearing striped suits, instead
of carrying states. NJ.
Sandbagged the Proprietor.