The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-08


man, Robert Wright, is a gold Demo-
crat, and the national committeeman.
Mr. Harrfty, is of the same belief. Ex-
State Chairman James Kerrandex-Lieu-
tenant Governor Chauncey F. Black
have been fighting the Harrity-Wright
faction for number of years. They
have now declared for the Bryan and
SewaIl ticket, and Mr.. Kerr Is an out
and-out free silver man. Both these
gentlemen have been in consultation
with National Chairman Jones in order
to secure the latter's recognition in
the conduct Of the campaign m Penn
sylvania.
A meeting of the Pennsylvania state
central committee has been called for
August Is. when an effort will be made
by the free silver members to elect a
new chairman, one who is-in touch with
the national ticket and platform Two
or three of the electors already named
by the state convention have Withdrawn
and others. such as Editor Singley or
Of Philadelphia. have been requested 10
withdraw The advice of National
| Chairman Jones to the Pennsylvania
| Democrats is to have their state COM
mittee and their electoral ticket in har-
mony with the national ticket 1t is
also said that he would welcome new
national committeeman from Pennsyi-
wanna in Mr.. Harrity's place. and II Is
| believed that il the state committee and
convention show a majority for free Sill
yer, Mr. Harrity will be requested to re-
sign from the national committee.
| A suggestion has been made to Sena-
tor Jones, chairman of the Democratic
national committee, that he consider the
matter of buying or renting graphic
phones and putting them to work for the
Democratic ticket.
II remains to be seen what Chairman
Jones will do about the matter. III ne
does no. care to make the national COM
| mittee the official mana gers Of such an
unique campaign, other persons may put
the idea into operation. II is said that
| the Republicans will put the phono-
graph to work in larger cities, supply
| ing campaign songs for the amusement
and edification of enthusiastic Republi-
| cans.
| The suggestion to Chairman Jones.
however. is of different nature. 1t is
| that himself. candidate Bryan, and
other noted silver speakers make ten or
fifteen-minute speeches for enrolment
on the cylinders of the graphophone.
These will be taken and put in machines
which will be sent all over the country.
The graphophone itself would prove in
| teresting in all the smaller cities and
towns Of the country, and, containing
| the speeches of eminent men of the
Democratic party, would draw large
crowds.
At the Republican congressional head
I quarters letters are being received from
| the west asking for organs free-trade"
record These letters indicate that
there is considerable sentiment in the
west fer protection. Lawyer Warren
Pratt of Kearney, Neb., a lifelong Dem
ocrat, wrote that he would support Nc
| Kinley.
| About the middle Of the month Vice
| Chairman Apsley and Congressman
Mccall of Massachusetts will start on
a six weeks tour of the middle west.
They expect to visit all the state head
quarters and as many congressional dis
tricts as possible to make personal in
| spection of the situation.
| good deal of comment was caused in
| political circles today by the report that
Logan Carlisle, chief clerk OF the treas
ury depa and son of the secretary
would not support the nominations OF
Bryan and Sewall.
| Mr.. Carlisle declined to be interviewed
on the subject but said to his friends he
had made no concealment of his position
His friends say that he has announced
emphatically that ne would not and
could not support the Chicago ticket on
| a free silver platform.
Only last week in a public interview w
| K. Carlisle, another son of the score
| tary, who lives in Chicago, declared that
he would not support Bryan and Sewall
/. Chairman Faulkner of the Demo
cratic congressional committee is very
4 IN ffsl
| the Democrats, Populists. and silver
elements have got together in Mime
sofa, and over the prospects of a far-
monious adjustment in Kansas.
Speaking of the result in Alabama
he said that the cry of fraud raised by
some of the 'Diddle-of-the-road' Pop
ulists would not hold. owing to the fact
| that practically all of the white counties
| which were carried by the Populists in
| 1894. and in which it was admitted the
| elections were fair, were carried by the
| Democratic nominee.
| Congressman Livingstone of Georgia
was at the Democratic headquarters to-
| day 'sThe Populists of Georgia" said
he. will have TO uncover their hand at
| their convention tomorrow, but no mat
ter what action the convention takes,
I feel warranted in saying that so per
I
vote for Bryan and Sewall
| lincoln. Neb., Aug. 7.-Governor Jno.
p Altgeld of Illinois and Mrs. Aitgeld
| nassed through Lincoln at O'Clock this
! afternoon on their way to Glenwood
! Strings. Colo, where the governor wifi
| snend some time for his health before
entering on the arduous labors of the
campaign. Governor Altgeld telegraph
ed to W. J. Bryan this morning that he
would be in Lincoln few minutes on
his way west, and Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan
drove down to the station to meet them.
Mrs. Bryan and Mrs. Altgeld were
introduced and chatted together while
the train was waiting, and Mr.. Bryan
and Governor Aiegenld engaged in close
| conversation, which they seemed to
have difficulty in ending by the time the
signal for the train to start was heard.
| After the interview OF the two Popo-
Gratis was over and Governor Altgeld
had resumed his journey, Mr.. Bryan
| was asked:
Did you and Governor Altgeld talk
politics?"
We'll. we discussed the situation as
we'll as we could in the time We had
! Did YOU ask him If he had been
promised the position OF Attorney gen.
eral in your cabinet"
mo. didn't think of that"
Mr. Bryan declined 10 say anything
more OF what he told Governor Aitgeld
or the governor told him, and drove
back heule again with Mrs. Bryan to
resume his la bors on his speech OF ac-
ceptance. which now occupies nearly all
| OF his attention.
/ Mr. Bryan was kept constantly ad-
vised By wire today OF the proceedings
/ of the state Populistic convention at