The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-11
An Attempt to Bind Him with In
structiOns vigorously Resented
by the Senator.
GORMAN A RAINBOW CHASER
HE THINKS NEW YORK STATE CAN
BE CARRIED FOR SILVER.
Failure of an Attempt by PennsyIva-
MIA POpOcrats to DepOse Harrity
Protest from Gold Men.
speclnl TO the IndIanapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 1o.-The telegram
of Secretary Lamont, in which he an
nounces his intention to vote for Palmer
and Buckner, the presidential candidates
of the Indianapolis ticket, and denounces
the new and strange creed proclaimed in
a moment of delrium at Chicago" is ex-
pected to be followed shortly by a letter
or telegram from President Cleveland. 1t
is said that Mr.. Cleveland indicated his
purpose some days ago of making public
expression indorsing the action of the In
dianapolis convention. Secretary Lamont's
open avowal of his attitude sets at rest
any doubt as to his position, and inci6ent-
ally vindicates the prediction made in these
dispatches when Secretary Carlisle re-
turned from his visit to Gray Gables, that
the master of the White House would yet
bring every recalcitrant member of his
Cabinet into line against the Chicago
ticket. Mr.. Carlisle, for instance. who told
Senator Lindsay of Kentucky, before his
visit to Gray Gables that he would vote
the Democratic ticket, recently expressed
himself very strongly in favor of the In
dianapolis ticket.
1t is curious that the gentlemen most
deeply interested in this movement cannot
succeed in forcing upon the people the
name which they adopted for their par
ty namely, the National Democratic par
ty." Every man, no matter what be his
sentiments toward the Chicago platform,
recognizes that the ticket nominated there
is that of the national Democratic. and
the sound-money Democrats are in very
grave danger of passing down into his
tory without any name attached to their
movement, except that of the city where
their convention was held.
The sound-money men will open their
campaign on the first of next month. They
will have no literary bureau to speak OF,
because their activity will be confined sole
ly to sending out able speakers whose only
topic will be the danger of the frce-silver
heresy. The literature which they would
send is already being supplied more sys-
tematically and far more literally by the
national Republican committee than the
sound-money men could hope to do. There
will be perfect harmony of action and the
sound-mone speakers will be careful to
arrange all their itineraries in such way
as to cooperate with the speakers bureau
of the Republicans. There will be no at
ternpt made by the sound-money men to
dictate the action of any State COMMITTEES
in the matter of putting up an electoral
ticket 1t is conceded that the sound
money men everywhere have only one pur-
pose in view-the election of Mr.. McKin-
ley-and it will be left to their discretion
everywhere to run an independent electoral
ticket or to place the State electors for Nc
Kinley under the Palmer and Buckner par
ty emblem Thus men like Representative
John X Cowen of Baltimore, T.. JSPhelps,
of Vermont and W. Bourke Cochran, Of
New York, who believe that a Mckinley
vote is the most sensible and straightfor-
ward way of defeating Bryan, will 90
cheerfully supported in this work. 1t IS
generally understood that in almost every
State the sound money men will, a day or
two before the national election, practically
abandon their own ticket and throw their
votes to Mckinley and that they will ev-
erywhere work and vote, for the sound
money candidate for Congress-, no matter
what are his party affiliations
At Democratic ,headquesters the action
of MIR. Lamont is discounted by the asser-
ton that Senator Hill will undoubtedly
come out for the Democratic ticket after
the convention at Buffalo next Wednesday,
Notwithstanding his telegram of to-day to
the county chairman at Albany. Hills tel
egram puzzles the politicians somewhat
but they take ii to mean that he refuses
to be bound by instructions. The general
opinion is that he will yet announce him.
action in advocating what he fought so
bitterly at Chicago is ingeniously explained
away by his friends at the headquarters.
Mr. HILL they say, went to Chicago as the
representative of his party In New York,
carrying, as IL were, a power OF attorney
from them. He made his fight and was
defeated. If, next Wednesday, the repre-
sentatives of the Democratic party in New
York, whose attorney he was in Chicago.
decide upon a new course, then Mr.. Hill,
the faithful attorney of his party Will be
guided by their new orders. 1t Is believed
at the Democratic headquarters, In all se-
riousness. that Bryan has more than
fghting chance in New York. This is not
the idle campaign claim of the shouters
about the headquarters. but is the calm
Judgment of the men who do not, as a
rule, give out campaign interviews. Sena-
tor German, who spent nearly two weeks
at Saratoga studying up the pohtical situ-
alton in New Icrk Is said to be fully con-
vinced that Bryan will come down 10 thc
Harlem very little behind Mckinley. If nos
passing him, and that II Tammany only
does It's duty New York viii be in the
Democratic column. Certain il is that this
claim was never made for New YORK until
the recent visit TO the national neadquar-
ters of Senator German Ano II is he
neved that Senator German is authority
such an amount of assurance that Mr.. Hill
will come cut for Mr.. Bryan. and that New
effort, that il is already said AT headqual.-
ters Hill will be made Secretary OF State
"in case Bryan wins" The rest of the
Cabinet has not yet been entirely parceled
out by enthusiastic Democrats but at the
present Ex-Governor Hogg, of Texas, who
is now at the New York headquarters, Is
spoken of the Attorney general. Gov
ernor Thomas, of Missouri is slated for
the secretaryship of the interior. thus sue
ceeding his Missouri rival In politics, ex-
Governor Francis. George Fred Williams.
OF Massachusetts. Is to be the Secretary