The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-07-16
Nominees.

light to be Turned on the
Nominees.
I'VE viii contest every foot of the
| ground i'm the United States, and we
will inaugurate Bryan as the next
President of the United States, with
a silver Congress to uphold him.
| In this confident fashion talks SEN
| ator Jones, of Arkansas, the new
| chairman of the Democratic National
| Committee, says the Washington
| Post. Senator Jones arrived in
| Washington yesterday afternoon, di-
rect from Chicago, and is about TO take
| some rest after the hard work of the
convention, in which, as every one
| knows, he was a directing head
And your basis for your proph-
ecy?" suggested the representative of
| the Post.
Senator Jones laughed, as though no
| reason need be specified, In the first
| place. he said, 1.-The convention itself,
controlled as it was by the great prin-
ciple that is now before the people,
was an evidence of the wonderful hold
which the necessity for free coinage
of silver has taken upon the masses.
The enthusiasm which there prevailed,
however, lis but a sample of the senti-
ment which prevails over the country.
| could go more into detail. This
| morning ON the train, for instance, /
was talking to a prominent Republl-
| can, who,when | asked him for his can
did opinion on the outlook, replied
with frankness that he believed the
silver question would carry every
| State, except possibly in New Eng
| land. He did not want his name
| quoted, but he would be well known it
| were at liberty to name him. l be-
| lieye, from talks | had with West Nir-
| ginia people, while coming through on
| the train, that we are sure TO carry
| that State. In my previous estimates
| left out of the Democratic column
the five States of Michigan, Wisconsin,
Minnesota, Wyoming and Oregon. From
| letters and kilograms / have already
| received from those States and from
| sources that are surprising TO me. |
| believe we can count on two or more
of those States for the Democratic
ticket"
but about the newspapers that are
boiling the tlcket?'
''It is simply a case of the Dutch cap
turing Holland All of these papers
have been against us all the time.
Take Kentucky, for instance. We car
ried Kentucky for the silver forces in
the primaries, and won control of the
State convention with the Courier
Journal holly fighting Blackburn and
silver every day. The Courier Jour
nal, with all its present widely adver-
tised bolt, is exactly where it has stood
all the time. This is the state of af-
fairs. with possibly a few exceptions
everywhere AS for the individual
| Democrats, they are in the same boat
| They come out now against the ticket
and it is chronicled as something new
whereas they are almost exclusively
the same men who have been against Us
from the first. We have won in spite OF
them in the past, and we shall win
without them in the future"
| WHY NEW YORK WAS SELECTED.
.You are to carry the war into
Africa by notifying Bryan in New
York;
Eyes The date selected was the
21st, but it is said it will be postpon-
ed to a later date. / do not know
about this personally. L do know, how
ever, that there were several reasons
for the selection of New York, and
they all bear upon the campaign. We
want to show the country that this
silver movement it not sectional. For
this reason we took an Eastern man
for the second place on the ticket, and
we are going to begin our campaign
in New York. We want to show New
York that we are not lot of long
haired fanatics, as we have been pict-
| ured, and, more than all, we want to
have the searchlight put upon us and
| our candidates and our actions right
at the beginning. We are perfectly
willing to invite the inspection and
criticism of New York because we be-
lieve that the closer we can get to the
| New York people, the better it will be
for our cause. We know already from
the utterances of the labor leaders in
| New York that we are not without
friends there. The selection of New
York will also, we hope, stimulate our
people in the New England States, and
thus the moral effect will be good even
in the sections which the sound Of
| Mr. Bryan's voice will not directly
| reach"
But you intend to invade New Eng
land?"
''Most assuredly we do. The
ground there is lying fallow, and needs
| but to be cultivated. We shall go into
Maine and put up good, stiff fight
| there, and victory is by no means inn
possible. We will give the Republi-
cans all they want in the way of
struggle"
THE CONDUCT OF THE CAMPAIGN.
"How will the campaign be conduct
ed?"
THE financial issue viii be forced
! to the front all the time, and the Re-
! nuhlicanS will be kent as they are