The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-10-09
FROM THE CAPITOL.
Our Correspondent Talks in a Sage
Manner of Things in General
About Washington.
communicated
WASHINGTON, Oct. 5, 1896.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5, 1896.
That the regular Democratic ticket
should be openly opposed by the DEM
ocratic administration is eXasperating
and aggravating enough to the aver
age Democrat, but it is adding insult
to injury when member of
the Republican National Committee
advertises, by means Of per-
sonal interview in a local paper,
that the Government employees are
expected to contribute $50, 1000 to the
Mckinley campaign fund. Yet that is
exactly what has been done. The Re-
publican National Committeeman who
has had the cheek to do this thing
is Mr.. M. M. Parker, of the District of
Columbia, who has been in New York
since the CAM align opened, but who
has Just returned to Washington for
the avowed purpose of raising money,
and he says he is going to remain and
devote his whole attention to it. He
began operations by having himself in
tervieWed. and after stating the urgent
need for more money, he said: "They
have called on us to raise $500 We
ought to do it. IL is not question of
party; it is question of preservation
individuals, banks, trust companies
and corpoi atiops should so consider it.
Those in the government service ought
to appreciate the situation and grstut-
ously help to protect themselves. The
National Committee will be advised of
all those who aid in this patriotic
work" Mark well that sentence 1t
is intended both as threat and an inn
piled reward to the Government en-
p!oyees. If they contribute the Ma
tional Committee will know it and will
see that they keep their places; if they
don't contribute, the National Com
mittee will know it and will see that
they lose their places. Fortunately for
the government employees, both threat
and reward arc contingent upon Nc
Kinley's election. Anyway Parker de.
ser, es the belt for unadulterated gall.
Ex-Gov. Campbell, Of Ohio, whose po-
sition in the campaign has been the
subject of much gossip and more mis-
representation, stopped long enough in
Washington. while on his way TO Ohio,
where he will make some speeches, to
thoroughly state his position He said:
II shall vote for Bryan and Sewall, 1
stand just where did before the action
of the Chicago convention. 1 said at
that time " ould abide 10y the decision
of the majority of the delegates to that
convention, and, while my personal
views were not incorporated i'm the
platform, / am willing to defer to the
Judgment of my party. In doing this,
[ feel that l am not making any
greater sacrifice than Maj Mckinley
did when he turOed his back on his
frequent utterances for silver and ac-
copied Il nomination ON q platform
which upholds that for which he so
roundly denounced Mr.. Cleveland.
After carefully viewing the situation
it doesn't require great effort for me
to say l ain Democrat"
Senator Mitchell, of Wisincons, an
other Democrat whose position has
been misrepres ented, has set himself
right. He said: II intend to vote for
Bryan because am a Democrat.
Though l don't believe in free silver,
don't propose to set myself up against
the great majority of my party. The
Chicago convention was regularly or
gained convention. 1t was the assem-
blage of the National Democracy.
Well, owe my political place to the
ANAA'OOA~ebS IIeSi y l.
obey the dictates of my party? True.
some things in the platform are not to
my liking. But what of il? That isn't
reason enough for ne to bolt. Certainly
it is not reason enough for me to help
to elect Mckinley, who does not repre-
sent Democracy. 1t is my contention
that all men who call themselves DEM
Ocrats should stand by the party.n
Senator Blackburn, who was with
MI. Bryan in New York, stopped in
Washington to get couple of days rest
before again taking the stump in Ken
lucky. He paid Mr.. Bryan this high
"I know he Jacks wears.
l know he lacks experience and train
ing, but 1 have been in one or the
other Houses of Congress for % years
and l regard Mr. Bryan
as the biggest man / ever SAW OF
the campaign generally Mr.. Black burn
said: "lhis is the peoples fight, and
the political managers are III the back
ground. The people are pushing the
silver cause to the front and the mana
gers have t. go it double quick TO keep
up with them" Senator Blackb burn
was not surprised when Secretary Car
Isle declined to divide time with him
when he takes the stump in Kentucky.
IL was just WudC He anu mOSL OLDer
people had expected that Mr. Carlisle
would do, and he did not care 10 discuss
the matter, although he significantly
"CarliIse need not think
that we shall keep our hands off Of
him, if he comes to Kentucky"
An agent of the U. =. Labor Bureau
who has been in Ohio and Indiana on
fficial business which brought him in
contact with large. number Of labor
ing men, says many of those wearing
buttons told him confiden-
Tally that they Intended voting Tor
Bryan aud were only wearing the but
,ons to ho'd their jobs.
Middletown Valley suffered severely |
rom the effects of the storm last week. |
Many hundred dollars worth of prop |