The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-07-24

From our regular Correspondent.1

Republicans do not feel that they
have any kick coming to them be-
cause the Chicago convention adopted
an anarchist-populist platform and
then selected ex-Congressman Bryan
of Nebraska, populist, to head theil
ticket. On the contrary, they are de-
lighted with both ticket and platform
both of which have already done eff.
cient work for Mckinley and Hobart
When you say that Bryan is a natural
born orator, you say about all that
can be said in his favor. During the
two terms he served in the House, he
demonstrated that there was little
underneath his ability to talk bril-
liantly, smoothly and dramatically,
and before he retired from Congress
he was at outs with all the democratic
leaders because of his having shown
them that he was much more of a
populist than a democrat. He was so
much of populist that only two
years ago he wanted the populist NOM
ination for Governor of Nebraska, but
was beaten out of it by Holcomb.
His career since that time has been
an"thing else but great. He made a
Il failure as editor of an Omaha paper
and was repudiated by the voters of
that state when he stumped the state
as the populist-democratic candidate
to succeed Mr.. Manderson in the U. S.
Senate. The man who defeated Bryan
in that campaign and who can be de-
pended upon to see that Mckinley and
Hobart carry Nebraska this year is
Senator ThurstOn, who so ably pre-
sided over the st. Louis convention.
The nomination of Arthur Sewall,
of Me-, for Vice President did not
strengthen the democratic -populist
ticket. Even in Washington. where
nearly erybody has sort of general
knowledge of the men who are at all
prominent in politics, everybody was
asking, when the news of Sewa]l's
nomination was received, "who is
Sewall?" and in all Washington, no
picture OF him could be found by the
newspapers. His nomination was evil
dently intended as sop to the dis
grunted democrats of the middle and
Eastern states, who had nothing to do
with putting populist Bryan at the
head of the ticket, but it will not
work.
Even after the dem ocrats have adj
opted an cut and out populist plat
form and nominated populist for
President, they are far from certain of
securing the Endorsement of either
the populists, the silver party, or the
boiling silver republicans. That is a
matter of bargains and deals yet to be
made. The leaders of each of these
factions will make demands-extensive
ones, too-which must be met before
they will agree 10 support Bryan and
Sewall, and even if they will agree to
do SO it will still be matter of doubt
as to how many votes of the rank an d
file they can deliver. Senator Teller
could have gotten the votes of nearly
all of these factions had he been nom-
mated by the democratic party, but it
Is certain that Bryan cannot.
Members of the administration are
not talking. They are waiting for Mr..
Cleveland to give them the cue. 1t
has been known for sometime that
Mr.. Cleveland favored the nomination
OF gold democratic ticket, while
many other prominent democrats,
who will under no circumstances sup
port Bryan and Sewall on their popu-
list platform favor voting directly for
Mckinley and Hobart as the surest
way of rebuking the work OF the
Chicago convention The latter have
the support Of such prominent papers
as the New York Sun, Herald and
Times. Republicans are not worrying
about what the sound money demo-
crat may or may not do, for the very
simple reason that they are confident
that Mckinley and Hobart can and
will be elected by republican votes.
OF course they will be glad to have
democrats vote the ticket because they
believe that the larger the majority
against the Chicago ticket and plat
form, the better it will be for the fu-
ture OF the country. It is question
of law, order, public credit and gen.
eral prosperity against anarch, public
reputation and ruin.
This is the way . Kentucky demo-
crat-Maj. D. w. Sanders, of Louis
ville,-now in Washington, sees the
action of the Chicago convention;
"The democracy" he said, "has drift
ed clear away from its ancient moor
ings and has gone into the camp of
the socialists, anarchists and populists