Evening star., 1896-08-06
THE TWO CONN MITTEES
Another Railroad Train Poll to Offset the
One Mentioned Yesterday.
Chairman Faulkner's Talk an the
Fusion of Populists in
the south.

81 noticed in The Star yesterday" said
one Of the officials at the republican con.
gressional committee headquarters today
AN interview with a democrat. in which he
cited as an example of the difference be.
tween the republican and democratic vote in
this country on the silver question a case
where a poll Of the railroad train had shown
majority Of the occupants Of the Pullman
cars as being in favor Of Mckinley and gold
and a majority of the day-coach passengers
as tavoring Bryan and free silver.
Il received a little paper from Nebraska
this morning. Mr. Bryans home state. called
the Herman Review, and find In the local
column the following paragraph:
" A vote was taken on the train between
Blair and Herman Monday night by AL
Smith. Burt county cattle man, to ascer.
tain the vote for President. The vote stood
81 for Mckinley and = for Billy Bryan.
Il don't know whether that train was a
cattle train or not, but 1t was evidently a
local train, and 1t is not likely there were
any plutocratic passengers aboard. l think
that this occurring in Mr.. Bryans home
state discounts the test of the democrat en-
the Cincinnati express. as related yester-
day. and gives lis some credit to the good
size of the account. Tell them to bring on
their next straw"
Daily Shipments of Documents.
The shipping rooms of the republican ccn-
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busy scene these days. Sixty clerks are
busily at work there, and a half million of
documents has been established us the reg
uiar quota for shipment. The demand con-
tinues unabated, and Congressman are
pouring in immense orders for literature to
be supplied their districts.
Representative Wanger of Pennsylvania
Who was recently renominated for Con-
gress by the republicans of his district
was caller at republica an Headquarters to-
Day. He came down to arrange for some
literature and to talk over the situation
with Vice Chairman Apsley. Mr.. Wanger
admits that there is considerable silver
sentiment among certain classes in Penn
syivania, but he says that the rank and
file OF the republicans are loyal to the
party, and will hold party interests above
silver. Mr.. Wanger ridiculed the idea ad-
Vsnced by Representative Mutchler that
the democrats would increase their repre-
sentation in Congress from Pennsylvania
The democrats now have two Congressman
from the keystone state, and even if they
should double that which is not at all
likely. he thinks. they would still fall short
oil their old-time representation, when
seven democrats in the delegation were
considered small number
What senator Faulkner Says.
Senator Faulkner chairman of the demo-
all worried over the claims of the rcpubli-
cans that there is chance of the populists
fusing with them in the SOUTH instead
of with the democrats.
why, 1t doesn't stand to reason that
the populists would go with the repubIi-
cans in this campaign said Senator
Fatlkner to Star reporter today. The
republican party is on an avowed gold
basis. These populists left the two old
parties on account of their devotion to
silver, and it is not at all likely that they
Will get back into the republican camp
They are very likely, however. to go to
the democratic camp. from which a ma
Jority of them came. because now the
party has espoused the financial system
which they advocated and which their fail
ure to get heretofore caused them to leave
the party.
Some Of the leaders may fuse with the
republicans, but they cannot drive the
rank and file of the popuIist party into
such a combination. Those people are
men OF strong convictions, earnest, deter
mired and honest in their ideas, and they
will not be driven back into the republican
ranks by few of their leaders"