The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1896-07-25
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From car reqaIar Correspondent

oiiidtti UbltN. vi Aih.. II was
chosen ly Mir. Bryan To he chairman
of tie. Democratic National Commit
tee. returned to Washington this
week. lie bloHgAt With him An i'm
meise stock o.. confluence which he
is freely distributing among demo-
.c-ats. II" r.tnSes IL consider the
election of Bryan and Sewall other
thu al absolute certainty. and he
saws he knows prominent republicans
who take the same view of the sltna-
ton one of whom told linn that he
Won Il not be surprised to see silver
carry every state outside of New En-
gland. He was asked if he feared the
nomination. of a gold democratic ticket
and replied Not n the least. Why
should weo It viii not carry amy
S., and the only votes it will get
VIII be of those democrats who would
otherwise vote Tor Mckinley or else
go fishing. 1t may be called an indie
pendent ticket. It's convention would
not be representative of the democratic
party, because the Democratic party,
called together in national convention
by its national committee, llas already
acted. No one has any authority to
call another democratic convention.
No, the threat if may be called one.
of certain gentlemen to hold another
convention has no terror. under
stand that several administration Off
clals refuse to support the democratic
convention. They have never been
with us. mhe fact that they are not
WI il us now is not astonlsllug." Sec
=ntlrv Herbert Was probably Il of
/ e officials Senator Jones referred to,
as he is credited with having SAID that
lie would not vote for Bryan OIL Sewall.
- Senator Faulkner. ot w. Va, chair
inall Of the Democratic Congressional
4; mpaign Committee, believes that
~ G democrats can capture the HouSe
this year and is determined that it
shall not be the fault of the committee
if they do not. He SAYS: The pro-
vince of this committee will be to aid
the election of any candidate for Con-
gress upon the regular democratic
ticket. We have nothing whatever
to do with the nomination for Con-
gress, and will take no part in the
contests for them. After the candi-
dates are selected, however. it will be
our business, and we will see to it that
al the AID possible is given for the
election of those candidates. We will
take it for granted that the democrats
OF each districts know what they are
abort, aud we will not question their
seiect.oI. 1t Will make no difference
to Us What the platform may De upon
which the candidates are selected"
Senator Faulkner has no doubts about
the election of Bryan aud Sewall. nor
aheat their carrying his state. Of
which he said: Il think West Viz
.iitia will be carried ly free silver. l
believe that the sentiment throughout I
the state is overwhelmingly in favor
of II. la my " county | know per-
sonaiiy of republican votes that we
will .t. with our platform. ] think the
same condition exists in other coun-
ties in the State. We will hold our
State convention August 18th. and
will dominate IA state ticket upon a
silver basis throughout. Every one of
our Congressional candidates will also
be for silver"
The Congressional committee has
already placed large orders for Mr..
an StSSSutS III 1oINItSS III OlUeG
to lie able to promptly fill the orders
for them which have already begun to
come in. Among the other documents
selected by the committee for cana
palgn use are speeches on finance by
Senators Daniel, Jones, of Ark. and
Cockrell on the income tax BY Rem
resentatives McMillen and En- Repre-
sentative Wike. and Representative
Fitzgerald's speech OH sectarlanism
and the Marquette statue.
According to present Indications.
the number of democratic clubs which
will take part in this years campaign
will largely exceed that of any pre-.
ylous campaign. In one day, this
week, sixty applications for charters
for new clubs were received at the
headquarters of the National Assccia-
ton of Democratic Clubs.
There Is reason to believe that a
bold attempt IS to he made to prevent
the populi>t conventions. which will he
held at 81. Louis next week, endorsing
Bryan and Sewall. Agents of those
Interested III having the populists put
up a ticket OF their own for the pnr-
pose of dividing the silv r vote are
reported to have intimated to leading
popnllsts that any price would be paid
for q failure on the par: Of the con-
ventlon to endorse Bryan and Sewall
and the nomination of a straight
popnlist ticket. Those who ought to
know say the convention will either
endorse Bryan and Sewall or will
nominate ~them.outright. 1t is certain
that the silver conventions, to be held