New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-10-12
POLITICAL NOTES.


POLITICAL NOTES.
Chairman Danforth of the Popocratc o'a'e
Committee says that Senator Hill VIII suppol. ''e
machine ticket 'in his way and Ihc l,lns-
hnmton Republican" remarks that HIS way, mas mas
for months consisted of nothing "pnt sehSa'io"''
silence"
Tho nomination for Congress of "Charley . Neih
bv the Democrats in the N%Nlld Dstric' i'iaheS
MFR Mahany's reelection as certain as ahy'n"'s
can Inc in politics Even in the old Sheehan days
o,Noiu uord moi have been thought of for such
position TO nominate him for congress l IN
lines Is simply rlalS %IG1d District is reputable
business man. but svcrl Ie;o an" '"'''' "
settles the question or MS neie''
,,cputable ,apers Of Buffalo were severe in their
criticisms Of the Republican nominations Tor AS
sembly in Erie County. but now that 'hey nave
eeen The results of the Democratic cohNehuons
,bcv are unanimous that with all their faults the
Republican nominees are suIr,t,o r,,Is fact -
those put forth by their opponents ms iacI -
conceded oven by such an uncompronlsihs ored"
a. "The Express
The latest reports from North Dakota are most
encouraging In the last thirty days great chahse
To- COM, over the political situation. reaction
has set IN against silver and the leading politicians
now agree that landslide for the Ropubioan
party would not he NJ az IN, bnSc 10 T@o ma
them predict that Mch"''S VIII " 49,
jority.
Some one has said that Wilbur r Porter. the
ponocratIc candidate for Governor. resembles III
Hung Chang The Brooklyn Standard-tnion
thinks that the resemblance consists IN TINS n ,h
one about likely 10 be elected Governor vi '
Empire State as the otner.
Tho MONDAY meetings of the business men In
this city are having an excellent "nect throushou'
the whole country Mayor Jewct of Buffalo III
stirring up the business men OF that city, and to-
d,v a LOT OF Mckinley and Hobart flags will be
lung to the breeze from various big tuildinss
there
President Townsend of the Bowery Savings Bank
recently said that the net profit for mining SILVER al
present Is about 25ia cents an ounce Mr. Townsend
spok. from personal experience. being stakeholder
In the Colorado mine OF which ne speaks. Com
mcniIng on his statement. The Syracuse Post re-
marks so the silver mine owners are not exactly
wS Large pros they want the American people
10 encourage policy which. according TO MI
Of silver To 81 - ounce and make their PROFIT
moro than three time "a much IA 1t now Is
Even old-fashioned Democrats like "rhc Albany
Argus" though accepting tho Popocraiic State
ticket; resent with Indignation the way In which
the National affairs OF the party are being man
aged at present. 1t cannot repress Il fling at the
William st. ' oST Wam ' Hears1 Iohn
Brishcn Walker and James @ Bricn as sef-ap-
Understood to have sometimes voted the Democratic
ticket
How they increase that trouble Hill, Accepting
'The Brooklyn Eagles" conclusion that he IL
man without party and without a future The
Memphis Appeal" insists that it is idle to talk about
boiling on his part because he could bolt from no
party or person unless he bolted from himself.
Pingrcc's potato-patch plan has worked almost
well In Buffalo II did In Detroit. over six thou
sand bushels OF potatoes have been raised In this
for he MIA is h,n In
dorsed by the local newspapers. and The Bingham
| ton Herald" declares that IL Is not only practical
| philanthropy but quite as Chrlstlike as putting
| Teach a man TO help himself" 1t adds land you
| have benefited that man thousand times more
| than you will by teaching him To be dependent"
For the first time in history Of the Democratic
| party IN Montgomery County. colored man ap-
| poarcd a delegate and a woman was placed in
| nomination for county office. These two facts
| lead THE Amsterdam Democrat to believe that
there is still hope that the Democracy may yet see
| the error OF It's way
After furnishing the country Presidential cand-
| date In Mr.. Bryan. the State Nebraska has de-
| cidcd 10 try amend it's Constitution i'm no less
| than a dozen places al the coming election.
Madison County Republicans. who supporting
Mr. Belden's canvass for Congress against the Hen
! bricks machine offer another reason for this ac-
ton on their part-thc way In which they have
been treatcd In the distribution of canal patronage
or eightythrec employees on the section of the Erie
| Canal which included Onondaga and Madison all
but three are appointed from Onondaga County
and of twenty-four employees on one section OF the
| Oswego Canal not one comes from Madison County.
| Syracuse had n hurricane and ii has had Bryan
| but The Post" OF that city prefers the hurricane
every time.
Mr. Sowall def. nds his gold-contract clause by
! saving that he has been making charter contracts
for foreign voyages payable In gold for forty years
| That is not tho point at issue. No bames the
Popocratlc candidate for inserting "A gold clause In
a contract with silver countries. Criticism has
never been directed against that phase of the sub
! ject What the people want 10 know Is about the
| contract of the Ncw-York firm for transportation
| OF lumber between Maine and New York City. and
men, of debts that he Is prescribing for the rest Of
! the country.
! "A great deal of loose talk may pass current
among our people" says THE Rochester Post Tex
press" "and without exciting much protest. but
! when there is manifest danger Of the translation
! OF such gpeech into action there IL sudden and
! complete change of attitude This IL fact of
full of meaning for those who are tempted to
despair OF the future Of the Republic
"The Newburg News declares that few more
orations like Treasurer st. Johns would change
: almost every Democrat In Newburg into Repub
! lean"
Mr.. Bryans attempt to array the poor against
the wealthy IL denounced by THE WATERFOWL
you s s% LAMPS
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