The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-07-24
Washington Letter.

From our Regular Correspondent.
washington, July Washington has
practically been settled upon as the proper To-
cation tor Democratic headquarters during the
coming campaign. Senator Jones, OF Ark,
Chairman OF the Democratic National Commit
tee, made careful study OF the advantages Of
Tered uy New York, Chicago and Washington
respectively, and has made up his mind, large
IS owing to the open hostility Of the nrwspHp-
erS III both New York and Chicago, that WASH
mgtou Is the best place. While the choice OF
senator Jones is regarded as having settled
this headquarters business, he Is 50 anxious
that every thing done 10y the National Commit
tee shall bc harmonious, that no official an
nOuncemcnt OF the location oi headquarters Is
likely To he made until the committee, which
will shortly meet i'll New York, passed upon II.
Many Democrats are much pleased at the
talk I'll the probability that senator German
Will have Al hand i'll managing Bryan and Sew
all 5 campaign, either as Chairman OF the Exc
cutiVc Committee or as general adviser. AL
though Chairman Jones has tull authority to
select the members OF the Executive Commit
tee, which Will assist him i'll conducting the
campaign, il is not probable that the member
ship of that committee Will he announced until
Chairman Jones submits his choice 10 the luil
National Committee. senator German has
few, II any, cquus and 10 Supcriors us II poll
tic;tI manager. True, he Isn II Il SILVER man; but
neither Is he boiler. lie is gong 10 support
the ticket because IL is the Democratic ticket,
and il he can he persuaded to accept the chair
uIuHshIp OF the Executive Committee II Will he
fortunate i'll more than one respect Tor the
party. He has the pre- ,tlSe OF having success
fully managed National Campaign and the
very fact that he was helping 10 InaIIa2c tins
one would serve to bring out many Democratic
votes which would not otherwise he cast.
senator Jones Is going to his ARKANSAS home
for Il short rest before beginning the cOntlnu-
Gus work OF the campaign. He will go by way
OF 81. Louis, 50 us 10 he there when the POpu-
list Convention meets tins week. lie expects
that the PUpuiiStS will endorse Bryan ana sew
all, and he wants to bc on hand when they do,
in order 10 confer with the POpulISt leaders
.lbuLt the campaign. He alSO expects 10 con-
Ter with the boiling silver Republicans, VINO
have already announced their intention to
support the DcmUcI attic ticket.
Speaker Rctd'S opinion Ul Quay ana Manley,
as Mchunley'S campaign managers. wound
make intcIc sting reading. several weeks lie
fore thu 81. Louis Convention met, MIR. Reed
had reason 10 believe that Quay and Manlcy
had betrayed him TO Hanna, and what has hap
peIed since must have convinced him OF that
TACT. Both OF these ex-hecd men are now
members of Humans Executive Committee,
and Quay is much more than merely II member
ut hat committee. 1t has leaked out that quay
will, from the New York headquarters, boss
the entire campaign i'll the Eastern States; also
that he will have exclusive charS" oil scheme
by which he hopes To carry several Southern
states. This last scheme is sand To depend
largely upon the support OF boltInG gold u, M
ocrats i'll those states tor success, us 1t includes
Il combination Of that element with the negro
VOTERS, upon both Congressional and electoral
tickets. 1t was intended that tins schcnc
should be kept dark.
The campaign liar started before the cam
1 align did this ear. In consequence an awful
lot OF rot has been put into circulation con
corning the attitude oil President Cleveland
and the members OF his administration towards
Bryan and Mckinley. Silver Democrats are
not expecting any aIu from the administration
and no..e of them were at all surprised when
Secretaries Ulney and Herbert said they would
not vote Tor BrS an, but it will take something
more authoritative than sensational ncwspap
publications to make them believe Ill the
existence of an unders landing between Mark
llama and the President, by which the lnilu-
en- { OF the administration is TO be used III be-
half of Mckinley. secretary Gardner, of the
IN.tn if.T 'ln IL
tee and OF the National Association of Demo-
cratic Clubs. says he expects to enroll more
than five thousand campaign and regular clubs
before the election. Among the applications
Tor enrolment during the last week were those
OF the RUSSIAN American Democratic Union,
OF New York City, with u membership OF H.
0o0 and the Bryan Free silver League, OF New
York City. The application of the former
stated that they fully endorse the Chicago reg
ular Democratic ticket and platform. Mr..
Gardner says he has been much surprised at
the large number of endorsements OF the DEM
Ocratic platform received from the Eastern
states. tie War. himself, gold standard man
prev ious TO the Chicago Convention.