The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-07-24
FROM THE CAPITOL.
Our Correspond nt Talks in Sage
Manner of Things in General
About Washington.
Especial to the Citizen.I
WASHINGTON, July 20, 1896.

WASHINGTON, July 20, 1896.
Washington has practically been
settled upon as the proper location for
Democratic headquarters during the
coming campaign. Senator Jones, of
Arkansas, Chairman of the Democratic
National Committee. made careful
study of the advantages offered by
New York, Chicago and Washington
respectively, and has made up his
mind, largely owing to the open hostil-
ity of the newspapers in both New
York and Chicago, that Washington
is the best place. While the choice of
Senator Jones is regarded as having
settled this headquarters business, he
is SO anxious that everything done by
the National Committee shall be har-
monious, that no official announce
ment of the location of headquarters
is likely to be made until the commit
tee, which will shortly meet in New
York, pass upon it.
Many Democrats are much pleased
at the talk of the probability that Sem
ator German will have hand IN the
management of he Bryan and Sewall
caml align, either as Chairman of the
Executive Committee or as general
adviser. Although Chairman Jones
has full authority to select the menu
bers of the Executive Committee,
which will assist him in conducting
| the campaign, it is not probable that
the membership of that committee
will be announced until Chairman
Jones submits his choice to the full
National Committee. Senator Cor
man has few, if any, equals and no su-
periors as political manager. True,
he is not a silver man; but neither is
he a boiler. He is going to support
the ticket because it is the Democratic
tick ct, and if he can be persuaded to
accept the Craftsmanship of the Exec
utive Committee it will lie fortunate in
more than one respect for the party.
He has the prestige of having sue
cessfully managed National Cam
paign and the very fact that he was
helping to manage this one would
serve to bring out many Democratic
votes which would not otherwise be
cast.
Senator Jones is going to his Alkan-
sas home for short rest before begin
| ming the continuous work of the canI-
paign. He will go by way of st.
Louis, so as to be there when the POpu-
list Convention meets this week. He
expects that the Populists will endorse
Bry an and Sewall and he wants 10 be
on hand when they do, in order to con-
fer with the Popullst leaders about the
campaign. He also expects to confer
with the boiling silver Republicans,
who have already announced their ir-
tentlon to support the Democratic
ticket.
Speaker Reeds opinion of Quay aud
Marley as Mckinley campaign man
ayers would be interesting reading.
Several weeks before the st. Louis Con-
veutlon met Mr.. Reed had reason to
believe that Quay and Manley had be-
trayed him to Hanna and what has
happened since must have convinced
him of that fact Both of these EX-
Reed men are now members of Han
mas executive committee, and Quay is
much more than merely member of
that committee. 1t has leaked out that
Quay will, from the New York head
quarters, boss the entire campaign in
the Eastern States; also that, he will
have exclusive charge of scheme 10y
which he hopes to control several
Southern States. This last scheme is
said to depend largely upon the sup
port of boltlng gold Democrats III those
States for success, as it includes COM
| bInatiOn of that element with the ne
gro voters, upon both Congressional
anu electoral tickets. 1t was intended
that this scheme should be kept dark.
The campaign liar started before the
campaign did this year. In conse-
quence an awful lot of rot has been put
into circulation concerning the attitude
of President Cleveland and the men,
bers of his administration towards
Bryan and Mckinley. Silver Demo-
Gratis are not expecting any aid from
the administration and none of them
were at all surprised when Secretaries
Olney and Herbert said they would
not vote for Bryan, but it will take
something more authoritative than
sensational newspaper publications to
make them believe in the existence of
an understanding between Mark Hanna
aud the President by which the inffu-
ence of the administration is to be
used in behalf of Mckinley. Secretary
Gardner, of the Democratic Congress
sional Campaign Committee, and of
the National Association of Democratic
Clubs, says he expects to enroll more
than five thousand campaign and reg
ular clubs before the election. Among
the applications for enrolment during
the last week were those of the Rus
sian-American Democratic Union, of
New York City, with membership of
$4,000, and the Bryan Free Silver
League of New York City. The appli-
cation of the former stated that they
fully endorse the Chicago regular DEM
ocratic ticket and platform. Mr.. Gard
ner says he has been much surprised at
the large number of endorsements of
the Democratic platform received from
the Eastern States. He was himself a
gold standard man previous to the
| Chicago Convention