Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-05-14
WASHINGTON LETTER.
President Cleveland's Anti Free sil.
yer Campaign-Wanamaker
For Senator.
Lspecial Correspondence.l

No matter who may be nominated for
president at ST. Louis and Chicago. il
is now practically certain that the plat
forms will each declare for SO called
sound money. So far as the Republicans
are concerned. this has been foregone
conclusion all along. 1t is due TO the
efforts Of President Cleveland that the
eastern wing Of the Democratic party.
which two months ago was in a state
Of collapse, has been revitalized and is
now full Of hope and courage. So dark
was the outlook that most Of the prom
inent men in that section of the party
decided to stay out Of politics this wear.
German, Hill, Brice, Whitney and 9th
er powerful leaders were either sulking
in their tents or were disposed to say
that Mr.. Cleveland had brought the
party to it's present straits and that upon
Mr.. Cleveland, and upon him alone,
devolved the responsibility Of lifting it
out Of the mire He has done it.
Mr.. Whitney Won Over.
A few weeks ago the campaign for
control of the Chicago convention
against free silver was begun in earnest
by the president and his advisers. They
were very quiet about it, but none the
less effective The president managed to
hold personal interviews with most Of
the leaders Of his wing Of the party.
The first success he met with was to in
duce Mr.. Whitney to take off his coat
and go to work Mr.. Whitney is very
loath to take upon himself business or
political tasks which he can escape. But
the president won him over. The effect
of Mr.. Whitney's influence was at once
seen, but more noticeably in Chicago
where the leader of the Democratic ma
chine, ex-Mayor Hopkins, a former sill
yer manager, came out against free
coinage Immediately after receiving a
letter from Mr.. Whitney. Mr.. Whitney
has promised to attend the Chicago con-
vention, and every one who knows his
ability as political manager, as u
| leader Of men, knows that this promise
means much aid to the cause which the
president represents.
| Senator Hill has also promised to go
to the convention and to assist in keep
ing the prov Of the Democratic ship
pointed in what are called safe waters
Mr.. Hill will probably go as delegate
at large from New York and may be
expected to take an important part in
the deliberations Of the convention.
Hill is curious man, and this will be
one of the most curious incidents of
that queer game, American politics At
| times Hill may be almost said to be one
of the spokesman of the administra-
ton. He rarely misses chance to say
good words for the president or for
members Of the cabinet when they are
assailed upon the floor Of the senate,
yet in private conversation Mr.. Hill is
as bitter against the president as he ever
was. His handspring of action is loyalty
to the Democratic party and desire to
rehabilitate that organization. For this
reason he swallows his personal pique,
forgets his disappointments and enmi-
ties and stands by the party and the
president who was elected by that party.
Senator Brice In Line.
The influence of President Cleveland
has also sufiiced to enlist the services Of
Senator Brice who is more of Cor
man than Cleveland man and has al
ways been reckoned as belonging TO the
antiadministration wing of the party
Some time ago Mr.. Brice had made all
his arrangements for visiting Europe
this summer, where his family already
are. But President Cleveland sent for
him and asked him to take up the anti
silver cause i'll Ohio and to promise to
go the Chicago convention to use his
great influence and matchless skill i'll
fighting the silver wing Mr.. Brice CON
sented.
These are only samples of what the
president has been doing What he has
achieved with prominent men he has
done also in almost countless number
of minor instances He has set every
one at work
Wanamaker After a Senatorship.
Elk. Postmaster General Wanamaker
is likely to reappear i'll public life less
than year hence. Mr. Wanamaker is
q candidate for United States senator to
succeed Don Cameron, whose term ex-
pires next March, and little doubt Is
entertained that he will be successful
OF course Mr. Wanamaker will not be
able to carry his point without forming
some sort Of an alliance with Senator
Quay, but, according to gentlemen well
informed on Pennsylvania politics, this
is quite likely to happen. There are few
more remarkable men in the country
than John Wanamaker. AS bold
money maker nobody can excel him. An
instance Of his boldness is found in a
contract which he recently made with a
large firm of manufacturers for 100, 600
bicycles, to be delivered to him at stated
times, and for which he was to pay $50
each. That would make total Of 81,
500, 900 involved in this one transac-
ton Mr.. Wanamaker expects to sell
the wheels within two years at $50
apiece thus netting a profit Of $500
O00
1t is pity that the census of 1890
could not have been completed and pub
lished long ago and before the facts
were so old that they are facts no lon
ger. For instance, in book just issued
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