The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-07-28
POLITICAL NOTES.

The Republican campaign in New Yorl
| will be opened Aug. !.
Ex-Superintendent Of the Census Porter
will look after the tariff and Of the Re
publican literary bureau at Chicago. He
can do 1t If any one can.
| The demand at Washington for sound
| money literature on the currency ques-
tion is gigantic. There never have been SO
many requests for franked documents as
during the last few months.
Judge Lynde Harrison. of New Haven
| Conn, a delegate large to tine Chicago
| convention. says: I'm my judgment The
| Chicago platform must, for the safety of
the country. be beaten overwhelmingly. II
1t would succeed 1t would be followed by
socialism and anarchy"
| Ex-President Harrison Is to fire the first
| gun Of the Mckinley campaign in India
ma. 1t has been decided by the managers
| at National Republican headquarters to
place him on the stump earlier than an
| ticipated. He Is to make number OF
! speeches in Indiana and will speak in
Chicago before the close Of the campaign.
|
Congressman Cheadle, of the Ninth Und)
| district, hitherto a staunch Republican.
has come out for Bryan. So has John A.
Binsham, of Cadiz.. o., minister Of China
| under Grants administration. So, also,
has Captain A. p. Petrie, of Alclo, IL,
who served in congress as a Republican
| in 1880.
Says the Philadelphia Times: 'Whil. a
third ticket would hold hundreds of thou-
sands CT Democrats from Bryan, tine NOM
| ination of such ticket would not prevent
| intelligent sound money Democrats in
doubtful states or districts from voting in
the most direct manner to defeat the cause
of repudiation and national dishonor.' -
Are the "hundreis of thousands of Demo-
| Gratis not intelligent?
The London newspapers are deVotinS
much space to American politics. The
Daily News. for example has column
sketches Of Governor Mckinley ana ,ir.
William j. Bryan, the former by Mr.
Chauncey VI. DeDcw and the latter ny tlr.
MOrc.on Frowen. The Saturday llrvinw
has an article by Goldwin Smith, in which
the writer says that he fears that Bryan
will succeed at the presidential election.
officer ana grandson ot Henry clay, an
nounces that he will not surpo': the chi
cago platform. but that he VIII make the
race for congress from the Ashland dis
triCt on the Republican ticket He says
he has been n Democrat all of his life, but
that the election of the candidates noni-
mated on the Chicago platform would re-
suit in TIE lose OF national honor and cred
it, lie saws ttat tne election Of Mckinley
Will iLsure prosperity ard that he is salts
fed that tte better clement Of thinking.
honest and patriotic vcters from every
section Of the Union win cast their votes
in November for Mckinley and against
rhe pollcy that would result in tine loss OF
national honor.
Postmaster Hezin~. OF Chicago. the edi-
tor If the Stats Zeitunr and one of the
leaders of the soun1-lroney De71,crats.
rail today thl. he had no use for the
t!.'rd-ticket plars Of the gold Democrats.
rIe believes In voting and vcrkiac for Nc
Kinley. 'I believe that the nomination Of
o third ticket t. serious mistake" says
Mr.. Hesing. 81 believe that all party lines
should have been disregarded and the
sound-money Democrats should have
united with the Republicans and voted
for Mckinley and the honor of the ma
tion. There Is but one issue before the
country and that is the money question
try are at stake. 1t is no doubt the idea
of those who are working for the third
ticket that 1t will benefit the soun1 money