Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-08-10
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Washington, August Z, 1896.

Washington, August Z, 1896.
Senator Jones, chairman of tho Demo
cratic national committee, found himself
called upon very early in the game to
pay the penalty of prominence in a
national campaign. In addition to hav-
ing been maliciously lied about and mis-
quoted he has been directly attacked
and charged with mismanaging the
campaign. 1t isn't Senator Jones that
these people are trying to injurc, but
| Byran and Sewall, whose prospects are
looking entirely too bright to please
| their enemies. AS to the misquotation
of his interview concerning the southern
| Populists, Senator Jones said before
going to New York, where he will prob
ably remain until after the the national
committee meeting and the big Bryan
| and Sewall notification meeting, next
| week: 81 did not say that Mr.. Bryan
would not accept the Populist nomina
tion, for | have no authority to say that.
| did not say that as general rule the
| southern Populsts were not a creditablc
class, On the contrary, said that most
of them were patriotic men who were
working for a cause; that they were
| Populists because they had believed they
could promote their cause best through
new party; and that now they would
| support Bryan, because it was shown
that their patriotic objects could be at
tanned only through his election. That
| is what | said of the southern PopulistS
as rule. As an exception [ spoke of
the class who were not creditable
said there were some who were POpulists
| merely for their personal advancemcnt;
some who had become Populists through
selfish, and not patriotic motives.
spoke of these as the exceptional class
who would not support Bryan. | said
that as rule the Populists in tho South
would follow the patriotic course and
support Bryan; that there were some
who, for selfish motives, would not do
so, but would prefer to have Mckinley
elected"
The charge of mismanagementa against
Senator Jones falls of its own weight,
lOl tlc NtJN pDOu ItdSOIl lIdb bItTt Has
been practically nothing to manage and
will not be until the meeting of the
| national committee in New York city on
l1th inst, when the membership of the
executive committee will be announced
and the general plan of the campaign
mapped out and adopted. This charge
was accompanied by a demand that Sena-
tor Germans services be requstoncd.
| That really explains one of the main OBJ
jectS of those who made the charge-to
upset the extremely cordial relations
existing between Senator Jones and Cor
man, thus dcpriving the national com
mittee of the advice which Mr.. German
has promised to give during the cam
paign in lieu of accepting the chairman
ship of the executive committee which
was offered him.
The size of the Democratic ma ajority in
Alabama indicates the unerring certain
ty that the most of the Populists in the
| South will return to the Democratic
party, thus realizing the prediction made
when Bryan was nominated. 1t also
increased the difficulty of Tom Watson
putting upa claim for Democratic rccog-
milton which will receive any attention
The South will be practically solid for
Bryan and Sewall, although Maryland
may be lost on account of the moneycd
and corporate influences of Baltimore
being thrown for Mckinley and the gold
standard.
The gold Democrats of New York nav
be quite the patriots they claim to be,
| but since it became known in Washing
ton that they tried to make a deal with
| Mark Hanna to cast their votes for the
| Mckinley electoral ticket in exchange
for Republican votes in the New York
legislature for one of their number as
senator to succeed David B. Hill, they
are classed as plain, everyday dis
gruntlcd politicians, more bent upon
getting office than upon defending
principles.
Unless all the reports from West Vir-
| ginia are wrong, which is noe at all
likely, that state will certainly give
Brayan and Scwall a large majorty
Among the West Virginians in Washing
ton this week was Chairman Chiffon, of
the Democratic state committee. He
says it is only question of how large a
majority the state will give the Demo-
cratic ticket, as the Republicans are
docking to the support of Bryan and
free coinage--in one county alone 722
Republicans have joined Bryan and Sc
wall clubs. s.
For a variety of conflicting misstate-
monts read any Of the big daily papers.
They tell us, with figures to back their