Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1896-07-23
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent.

support is still problem 10 De
solved. President Cleveland and
several members of his cabinet
are stongly in favor of putting
up a gold democratic ticket, and,
for once, the silver democrats are
all wishing that Mr.. Cleveland
may have his way. They believe
that a gold democratic ticket
would add largely to their chance
of winning in several close states,
because it would be supported by
gold democrats who would other
wise vote for Mckinley and Ho-
bart. Republicans say they are
indifferent as to what the gold
democrats do, but it is an open
secret that they are pulling every
available wire to prevent the put
ting up of another gold ticket.
The two conventions which
will meet at St. Louis next week
are attracting a great deul Of at
tention in Washington. 1t is vir-
tually settled that the silver con-
vention will endorse the Chicago
platform and ticket, as it was
called for the purpose of taking
independent action only in case
neither of the old parties adopted
silver platform. When the
democratic convention adopted d
silver platform and nominated a
silver ticket it left little for the
silver convention to do but to en-
dorse that ticket and platform.
While it is reasonably certain
that the populist convention will
either endorse Bryan and Sewall
and and the Chicago platform or
nominate the same men on an
other platform, there is just
enough doubt about it to add in-
terest to the convention and to at
tract some Of the shrewdest poll
ticians in the country to St. Louis
for the purpose Of trying to in
fluence the action of the conven-
ton. The silver democrats will
be there to urge the desirabillty
of uniting all who favor the free
coinage Of silver in the support of
one ticket, and the gold men, both
republicans and democrats, will
be there to try to persuade the
populists that the only way they
can keep up their party organlza-
ton is to nominate a ticket of
their own. Of course both of
these arguments are based upon
the self interests Of those who
make them, but then politics, like
most of the gaines IN which man
kind engages, is chuck full Of
seltshress.
This is likely to be a queer
campaign in more ways than one.
According to Senator Faulkner,
chairman of the democratic con-
gressional campaign committee,
the work of that committee is to
be both for gold and silver, just
as the democratic candidate for
congress may desire it to be.
Speaking on the subject Senator
Faulkner said: "We will take it
for granted that the democrats of
each district know what they are
about, and we will not question
their selection. It will make no
difference to us what the platform
may be upon which the candidates
are selected" In order that there
might be no misunderstanding of
his meaning Senator Faulkner
was asked if the committee would
furnish gold standard literature,
if it was asked for by a democrat-
ic candidate for congress. He re-
/ piled: eff he asks for such liter
ature, and we have it, lie will get
it."
There is always fun to be ex-
tracted out of a political cam
paign by those who know how to
get at it. The knowing ones are
now laughing at the announce
ment that Postmaster General
Wilson's sound money views make
it impossible for him to accept a
nomination to congress from his