The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-06-26
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

NASHINGToN, ID {. June -
| Mr. EpIToR.-W hlc it is now conceded
by everybody that the silver men will have
a majority iii the Chicago convention
which will almost II not quite. reach the
tWO-thirdS necessary L. nominate. 1t i
being asserted IN Washington with much
3 poSitiVcncSS that concessions viii he made
for the sake of harmony to the sound
money democrats. The general impress
ION seems to be that these concessions, if
made at all will he in the selection of the
head of the ticket and not IN the financial
| plank of the platform, which Is expected
to be in favor of the free amt independent
coinage of silver ut IL 10 /
The p"puli>t~ and silver republicans are
making Il great deal of noise on behalf of
Senator Teller rs the candidate of the
Chicago convention. Should Teller be
/ nominated he would he loyalty supported
by the party. but there are few democrats
| who cnthuSc over the idea The average
: democrat thinks the prize l. too biz tn be
awarded to the man who hnltcd the re
| publican convention with tears i'll his eyes,
| upon the single issue of Sil, cr and who i
! still in accord with that party upon every
= other issue Some Of the old timers do not
hesitate t" say that they would rather be
defeated under Simon pure, dyed in the
| woo! democrat. than tn win under Teller
| In fact, the prevalence of this sentiment
Is 50 general that few democrats are dis
posed 10 regard seriously the probability
| of the nomination of Teller by the Chicago
rnnvcntlo. ~. That the contest ut Chicago
| both over the platform and the ticket will
be one of the livlir>t in the history of the
| democratic party, seems certain int it Is
| going to toe fought uul III the convention
| and talk of hnl1in1 Is no longer Heard
! from either side.
| Not few democrats regard The ringing
! speech for democrat harmony made nv
cN Governor Campbell of Ohio at the biz
democratic day celebration under the au
spices of the Interstate Democratic A->o-
| citation of this city ~ the opening gun Of
the Presidential campaign Pension Com
missioner Murphy presided over the meet
in" which WAS large and enthusiastic.
Gov Campbell was in tiptop condition,
and his old fashioned. straight from the
| shoulder democratic speech seemed IL Just
| tit the humnr ct his hearers Many who
shook hands with Gov Campbell! assured
him that the, h ppri he would be Iiomi-
mated for President 10y the Chicag" con
vcntion He said he didn't expect to be.
but that hc WAS always willing to serve the
party anywhere. Many republicans admit
that the nomination of Governor Camp
bell by the democrats would put Ohio in
| the upnbttul column WITH the chances
against Mckinley.
senator Stewart, of Nevada. who is Of
course, one of the Teller boomers. saws if
the democrats won't have Teller they can
still get the Endorsement of the rpuliStS
and the silver parties hv nominating cN-
| Congressman Shlcv. cot PENNSYLVANIA.
Wonder if it occurs to any of these gen
tlcmcn that the democrats might like to
make their own nomination for the Prcsi-
,lrncyZ
The trouble with Mckinley and Hobart
is that the first named is too we'll known
and the last not well enough known to
arouse anything even resembling cnthusi
aSm. No republican ticket since Hayes
and Wheeler has fallen fattcr than Me
Kinlcv and IIobrrt The fact that Hanna
has had himself made chairman of the
Republican National Committee and vest
ed with the authority 10 select the cNcIu-
tive committee, which has entire charge
| of the campaign, was not calculated to
make any republican. lccpt those i'll the
Hanna ring, hilarious with JOY. This cN-
traordinary authority. demanded and OBJ
| tanned by Hanna, has never been welded
| by any other chairman of that committee,
and its exercise Is not calculated 10 make
friends for Mckinley among those repuh-
licans who have usually had hand in
a"ing their party national campaigns
MIR. Hanna has proven that he could dc
the bo>Sing and the buving in campaign
for the nomination, hut he has yet to prove
what he can do in Il c.tmpai On for election
| and the more republican enemies he makes
the more he adds To the chances for the
defeat of his ticket