Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-08-20
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence Of the Ale1andri. Gazett

Correspondents Of the Alexandra Gazette
Until recently there have been some,
though few, people here who could not
be persuaded to believe that Mr.. Cleve-
land would really take an active part
against the party that has thrice nomi-
mated him for and twice elected him 10
the Presidency, but there is none now,
az they realize the fact that all of Mr..
Cleveland's close personal friends and
many OF his appointees TO Office are ex
erting their utmost endeavors to defeat
the national democratic ticket.
An old New York democrat now
here says if the money the protection
lists, anti-income takers and goldites will
spend during this campaign would
reach the pockets OF the individual
voters, there would be great danger Of
Bryan's election, but that fortunately
for the poor people OF the country, most
OF it will remain in the pockets Of those
TO whom its distribution will be en-
trusted.
The democrats have little or nothing
with which to carry on their campaign;
therefore they have to use volunteer
help in the distribution OF their cam
paign documents, and because some OF
this help is rendered By democratic
clerks in the departments here, though
not until after their Office hours, the
republicans have attempted to so con-
strue the civil service law as to pro-
hibit them from doing so. As all Office
holders do not look upon themselves as
slaves. the clerks referred TO will con-
tinue to render such assistance to the
democratic committee as they can
without trenching upon the time for
which they are paid by the government.
Senator Butler, Of North Carolina.
says the late speech OF Mr.. Cochran
will be boomerang. Mr.. Cochran at
tempted to array the wage earners
against the farmer aud the wealth
producers of the country. This
was the fanatical effort OF des-
perate man. The wage earners and
the farmers know that their inter
ests are identical. They have been
forced to Investigate the cause Of
the hard times for themselves without
help and in spite OF the efforts to con
fuse and divide them. They have long
since agreed that the chief cause of
their misfortunes is the bad financial
system. They, in common, believe that
more money will mean less misery and
that free coinage is the first step in that
direction.
George P. Keeney, the national Or
ganizer of the silver party, has called q
national convention of such clubs to
meet at Chicago, September 23rd.
All of the old bimetallic unions, BIZ
metallic leagues, Bryan-Sewall sill
yer clubs, national silver clubs,
silver clubs, and patriots of America,
are invited to attend and participate.
The representation will be three dele.
gates at large from each club Of 20 or
more, and one additional delegate for
every fifty members on the club rolls.
The purpose is to unity all non-parti-
san silver organizations under COM
mon plan for effective work during the
coming campaign. Every non-parti
san silver club in the country can be.
come part of the organization of ma
tioual silver clubs by sending for a
charter to the headquarters in the
Wormley Building.
Secretary Carlisle is expected here
to-day or tomorrow.
The Postofice Department to-day
decided that newspaper. correspond
ence can be carried by all railroad and
express companies without postage
stamps.
A prominent friend OF Mr.. Hanna,
who saw that gentleman in New York
yesterday, says he is by no means con-
fdent of the election of Mr. Mckinley,
and expresses the opinion that only by
the hardest work from now until No
vember can that result be attained, as
the free silver idea seems to have pos
sessed itself of 80 large a number of the
working people of the country.
Senator Bacon, of Georgia, who has
iuat arrived here from the Pacific
slope, where he has spent some time,
says the whole of that slope is for free
silver, and that large part of the ma
iority the silver ticket will receive in all
the States west of the Rocky noun
tains will be supplied by men who have
heretofore voted the republican ticket.
Secretary Hoke Smith called at dem
ocratic headquarters here to-day. He,
like Mr.. Cleveland four years ago, but
unlike him now, believes in submitting
to the arbitrament OF party conventions,
and though he has not changed
his own opinions in regard to
silver, he will support his party's
ticket and do all he can to Sc
cure its election. Heagrees with sena-
tor Bacon from his State that Georgia
will give an immense majority for
BRYAN and Sewall. Intelligence from
Virginia received at headquarters to-
dsy is that DO less that forty.six new
silver clubs. each with large member
ship. were organized in that State last
week, and that the goldite democrats
will cut but small figure in the cleo
ton there.
Senator Blackburn, of Kentucky, is
in the city, having just returned from
an extended rest at Ocean City. He
will, tomorrow, go to q county fair
being held at Martinsburg, West Vir-
GINA, in company with Senators Faulk-
ner and Stewart, and Representative
Mcmillan. All these gentlemen are
expected to make speeches on the DO.
litical situation, it being democratic