The Red Cloud chief., 1896-10-23
WASHINGTON NOTES.

ing sone very tall claims, such as that
Iowa will go for Bryan by 1900, Ohio
by 30, 900, and New York, New JERSEY
and Pennsylvania by substantial
pluralities. Mr.. Bryan may be elected
most people in Washington believe
that he still has a chance, even il IL be
not quite as good a chance as Mr.. Nc.
kinley has-but with the possible ex
ception Of Iowa, which is thought to be
doubtful although strongly claimed by
the Mckinley people, he stands no
more show Of carrying one of these
states than he does Of carrying Yer.
mont, or than Mckinley does of carry.
ing South Carolina. The alleged basis
for this new outbreak of the rainbow
chasers is a newly discovered under.
current in favor of silver among the
working men. Its real purpose is
probably to brighten the Mckinley
managers into Withdrawing some of
their forces from the middle west
where the presidency will really be
won or lost.
Secretary Morton did more to help
Bryan than any member of the admin.
istration has yet been able 20 do
towards injuring him when he gave
out that interview charging the ex.
confederate generals with trying 20 ac.
complish through free silver what they
failed to do by force of arms. 1t is
doubtful il there is n mar in Washing.
ton, excepting the secretary himself,
who does not today condemn both the
spirit and the language of that inter.
view. Secretary Morton meant to in.
jure Bryan and free silver, but he has
made 1t certain that thousands of votes
in the south will go u Bryan that he
would not otherwise have gotten, and
he has not ~alienated any Bryan support
in any other section. This is moi the
first by a number of times that Secre.
tary Morton's tongue has gone off half.
cooked, so to speak. While most PEG.
pie have their own opinion as 10 which
PO''s "h' "V oeSl loI inc country,
there are very few who go so far as to
charge their opponents with II desire to
destroy the government. In Il heated
political argument, a man may say
many foolish things, but down deep in
his heart he knows, whether he be a
gold man or a silver man, that his OPP
ponent is actuated by precisely the
same sentiment as himself-a desire 10
do what will add to the prosperity and
future greatness Of the country; and
that the only difference between them
Is one OF opinion as 10 what will nc.
complish that purpose.
According to Mr.. Reese II. voorhees,,
son OF Senator Voorhees,, who has Just
returned from Indiana, that state is
trembling in the balance and will %
to Bryan or Mckinley just as the labor
vote desire it to 60. He says that both
the republicans and democrats confess
privately that they are at sea in regard
to the bulk Of the labor vote, which
both are still making extraordinary
efforts to capture. The political mana
gers at Washington believe that there
are other states in which the balance of
power is held by the labor vote, and
in which they have been unable to get
any reliable knowledge of how the
bulk OF that will be cast, but thsy
are not talking about them; at least
not for publication,
While the positive announcement,
which has been made in some newspa.
pers, that an agreement has been
reached between the U. s. and Great
Britain on the Venezuelan boundry
question was a little premature, there
Is little doubt that the negotiations
now under way will sson-prsbably
before the Venezuelan boundary com.
mission reports in favor of the conten.
tions Of Venezuelan as there is every
reason to believe IL will r~sport-result
IN ~ satisfactory understanding which
can be honorably accepted by Venezue.
la and the long disputed question Of
boundary be submitted to arbitration
which will settle il once for all.
Once more the is current in
Washington that President Cleveland
has become tired Of the continued
failure Of Spain to put downt the Cuban
rebellion and that he has caused a hint
to be conveyed to the Spanish govern.
mont of his intention to recognize the
Independence of Cuba, If the present
status on the Island is maintained for