New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-23
COME DEMOCRATIC BOOMS
. r1rII,-GROwN AND HEALTHY ONE
IN SIGHT.

D.TFS FOR THE CfilNAUo
~ STRIKING CONTRAST TO REruB-
L1cAN POLITICAL ACTIVITY
,uy TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIruNEI
1,,osbing ton. April 22.-In striking contrast to
..o marked activity among the promoters ana
..,s,ds IN Washington OF the various Republican
residential booms is the apathy among the
-.oocrats in regard to candidates for the Presi-
,.o, domination. ITS too soon to talk ABOUT
'ns,aates" say some, while others usubriously
declare in the words Of Mr. Toots. 'hat III
80, Of no consequence" because. whoever the
candidate may be. he will be victim. Inc nus
co. hooro sad 10 say, has fallen as fiat in Wash
,ncton as ever did one of Sprnger's Speakershp
,hat ts 10 say IL is not seriously taken by
.nvbodv even by Secretary Olney VINO is saia 10
a al, smiled when he heard that it was on the
The Pattison boom has not fallen nat, De-
"a'. {, has not vet put in an appearance at the
ea" u.s., c,rita, 50 far as anybody knows, al
."s,sn faint sepulchral whisper has been heard
osssr, that when it does arrive 1t VIII De en-
o,r.y.d by the bland smiles and invisorated
~, ~. Messing of the Consecrated one.
y, ~. carlisle boom. which appeared to be some
.'.,romising in its early infancy. has been
..T,y battered and disigured within the last rev
and
N..,,oouv remarked: Its time to send the Car
us)1 boom to the junk shop for 1t Is past repair
AZ Carlisle still has some friends left however.
Representative McCreary. of Kentucky i one "a
.sor, and he said to-day i am 'horous'"'
,ss.a that the gold men Will coh'roi '"e M
,rckv Convention and will indorse oeo'e''Iis
u.,e for the Presidency. l thlhK 'oo 'i'"' '"'
memorable Convention will not declare lo' si'e
end will not nominate silver man. 'n''in '''''
.ha convention will not commit the par! ~ 81
vsr even If the silver men are IN haJo'i'!'
when the delegates come to reason over 'he sun
,.., do not think they will put themselves III
enc light before foreign nations or apahoonins
sound money ...o,aa
rho Roles boom appears not to have strayeo
bovond the confines Of Iowa, and even Juose
snringer who is everybody's frlend except
Morrison's and who is here 70 encourage anu
s,rengthen his party with Contributions HUM
bis famous and nexhaustible store OF sage ao-
vice appears to be of the opinion. TO use an eA-
nression constantly heard among poiiuclans III
washington these days. that Boies ism III H.
N course this opinion would be received VIII"
less reservation were 1t not for the weA-Kno"h
fact that Judge Springer Is man OF 10 seoie-
tive and assembling a nature
The Morrison boom eXhlbltS uhhedI'"s 9''"P
toms From the outset II had been lro"heo
upon BY the Administration. but that was re-
garded by its few but earnest promoters as
blessing in disguise because 1t tendeo 10 ra''e
and strengthen their favorite in the esteem OF
the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES men. Matters appeareu
oo be going on swimrningly. so to speak, until
Colonel Morrison's attempt to straddle the silver
question in recent interview. in which at the
ho
tration's progressive attitude" on the money
question The silver Democrats heartily re-
lished and approved the fouting Of President
Cleveland and his Secretary of the Treasury,
but not the attempted stradde. For example,
there is Representative Livingston Of Georgia,
who feels serenely and absolutely confident that
the free silver Democrats will control the Chi
cago Convention. make the National platform
and dictate the nominations In conversation
with a Tribune correspondent to-day Colonel
Livingston said: I'VE not worrying our
selves about candidates just now. We want to
organize the convention and fix the platform
first"
what do you think Of Colonel Morrson's
prospects,"
well, am a friend Of Morrison and had
always counted him of US but his at
tempt to straddle the silver question has put
him out of the race. He would have been nomi-
mated, in my opinion If he had not done that
II he hopes or expects or desires to be the candi-
date, he must come down on our side Of the
fence. and that right soon. We are bound to
have straight platform and a straight candi-
cate this year Yes, and we will elect him. too,
q well as a majority Of the next House Of
representatives"
Appointment Texas Representative with whom
Etorrespondent conversed did not feel so con-
naent OF success as did Colonel Livingston. but
ae also thought that Morrison had materially
injured his own prospects. This Representative,
VINO Is strong free silver man, said:
Colonel Morrison has stood high In the esti-
nation OF Texas Democrats. but he has made
Us mistake. In my opinion. no stradding of
.ne shver question will be tolerated this year.
nH.ner IN the platform or the candidates Of the
t ~ National Convention. Morrison Is
vccsassrss,sntforward man TO juggle with words
cSena Another thing that will impair his
car rnees. IN my Judgment. is the fact that he
nsrsnu refrain from the free expression Of his
trasom grievances. His fling at the Admins
tnd on IN MS recent interview was exceedingly
,n" usoieet and unwise. 1t will not help him
viii viii" anywhere, in my opinion. and 1t certainly
r,ns,. .ot IAN to excite and intensity the ami
Nor ~, VI PRESIDENT Cleveland and his friends.
NJ tho "Ho go about exhibiting and complaining
No.. snei, personal grievances likely to excite
no, not o, ply IMAM sympathy. and the former does
ny. ~, oIten help them
~ see that the sound-money Democrats In
.eAds are making demonstration Are there
~ "vy OF them?" asked the correspondent.
Ill.,. mere are good many of them ! be-
49, just how strong they are we cannot tell,
because there has never been a direct test TO-
10y, r"ow tne relative strength Of the free silver
MI MI ana the so-called sound money men,
M is Is pretty large German population in
sh az otate, both native and foreign born, and
s srey are all opposed to free silver In the cities
~ larger towns also that sentiment is strong
pons me Democrats well as among the
,sepuoiicans. ] believe, however, that a large
s%ns!ority OF the Democrats of Texas are free
s snver men and that the delegates to the Ma
p ronai convention will be of that sort
s sv'tics In thai State are in a mixed and UNI
Scs IAN ~. conditon. and no MAJ can safely pre-
- ~ what Will happen next fall"
AZ seems rather strange to hear. amid all the
s ~. raised by free silver Democrats In Wash
~ esoh about "a straight free silver platform"
- many expressions favorable to the candidacy
!. william c. Whitney. II lends color to the
sr .eruons OF some Of them that the free silver
'soldbuss" 'NN' ~ wv