Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-06-29
WASHINGTON LETTER.
TsPEo1AL coRREsPoNDESCE OF THE MONITOR
Washington, June 22, 1896.

Washington, June %, 1896.
Hurrah for Mckinley and Hobart a
ticket of certain winners; Hurrah for
the platform of principles which. are
prosperity bringers. Columns might
easily be written of how the re-
publicans hereabouts received the
platform and nominations made by
the st. Louis convention without say
ing more than is contained in the
above sentence. Major Mckinley IS
nomination was expected, but that of
MIR. Hobart was somewhat of a sur
prise to a great many, although it was
known that his friends were making
a strong fight for him. Hon. Garrett
A Hobart is not SO well known to the
rank and file of the party outside of
his state as he is to the leaders with
whom he has been associated since
he became New jerseys representa-
tive on the National Committee, but
he is all right, in every sense of the
expression. He has wide experience
as political manager, which he will
put to good use during the campaign,
as it has already been arranged that
he shall have charge of the business
end of it. He also promised that he
would take New Jersey under his own
wing and to repeat the republican
triumph which put Griggs into the
Governors chair. 1t may not be
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management was largely responsible
for the state going republican. Great
as is the head of the ticket, Mr.. Hob
art is worthy associate for Gov. Nc
Kinley.
A scheme is being Matched up to get
enough silver votes added to the solid
sound money vote to nominate ex-
Gov. Campbell, of Ohio, at Chicago.
Campbell is now in Washington.
What his real position on the money
question is, nobody knows. He has
said himself that he had no decided
convictions.
Hon. John Rooney, the we'll known
Irish orator of New York doesn't pro-
of the crowded condition of Washing
ton during the Inauguration of McKin-
ley and Hobart. In order to make
sure Mr.. Rooney stopped in Washing
ton while on his way home from the
st. Louis convention and engaged
quarters for himself and a party of
friends during Inauguration week.
And others are doing the same thing,
in person and by mail. 1t is a wise
thing to do, too The Mckinley in
auguration crowd is likely to break
the record, and those who fail to Sc
cure quarters early may not be able
to get them at all.
According to the concensus of
Washington opinion, without regard
to party politics, the dignity and eff
feet of Senator Teller's bolt from the
st. Louis convention has been greatly
lessened by the persistent efforts of
the populists to push Mr.. Teller for
ward as a candidate for the demo
cratic nomination. Of course those |
who know Mr.. Teller's high minded |
devotion to principe, 90 noG Ior d
moment believe that he is taking any
hand in this business, but there can
be no doubt that in giving advance
notice of his intention to do just what |
he did, he put it in the power of men
less high minded to make use of him
as a tool to attempt to carry out GER
tain schemes of their own, nor that |
those men are taking advantage of
their opportunity. There isn't the |
slightest probability that the demo-
Gratis will nominate Senator Teller for
President, and he would increase the
respect with which he is generally re-
garded if he would put an end to the
game by forbidding the use of his |
name before that convention.