The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-09-10
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER
lFrom our regular Correspondent


Republican party, they could shut
up shop and 60 home, as their cleo
ton is just as well assured to-day
as any political event possibly can
be before it has actually taken place.
But much more than small ma
iority Of the electoral college is
sought for, so instead of relaxing
their efforts, the Republican mana
gers are increasing them and will
continue to do so until election day.
If Mckinley and Hobart are elected
by only small majority, the issues
Of this campaign will continue to be
agitated and business remain in an
unsettled condition for four years
more and the battle will have to be
fought all over again in 1900. What
is wanted, and what every Republi-
can and every true friend Of good
government should help to bring
about, is such an overwhelming ma
joritY, both in the popular vote and
IN the electoral college, for McKin-
ley and Hobart, honest money, pub
lie prosperity, and constitutional
government, that no other party
Will ever dare to make a national
campaign on a platform fayoring
debased currency, Reputation Of
debts, public and private; attacking
constitutional government and IA
voring anarchy by implication, if
not in direct words. Let the seal
of public condemnation be so in
deIibly placed upon the Shiny SER
pent Of disgust, Matched by the
cranks Of populism and nursed into
dangerous activity by the Demo-
cratic National Convention, that all
the world may understand, once for
all, that money may be safely in
vested in the US. with the certainty
that all obligations will be honor
ably met. When that IS done, the
foundation Will have been laid for
an era Of prosperity that will ex-
coed anything our country has yet
experienced. Enroll yourself in
this army Of honor and recruit as
many of your friends as possible in
order to help bring this about.
Mr.. j. W. Jordan,a business man
Of Ottumwa, Iowa. who is now in
Washington, says: "Iowa may be
depended upon as safe for McKin-
ley. There is some free silver senti-
ment in my locality, but sound
money ideas predominant very
largely. | come in contact with
great many people, and | hear of
scarcely any Republicans who are
going over to the Chicago ticket.
The feeling among the sound money
Democrats that | have talked with
is that if they regard the result in
Iowa as at all close, they will vote
for Mckinley instead of the ticket
named at indianapolis"
Chairman Babcock, of the Repu-
blIcan Congressional Committee,
thinks that Palmer and Bucknel
will get a large vote in Illinois, In
diana and Kentucky, and that if
there had been any doubts about
those states casting their electoral
vote for Mckinley, they would have
been swept away by the action of
the indianapolis convention, and
Secretary Mercer, Of the same COM
mlttec, thinks that many old SOL
liers in Kansas and Nebraska will
vote for Gen. Palmer on personal
ground alone. The PopOcrats are
much alarmed oyer a rumor that
Secretary Carlisle is thinking Of
taking the stump in Kentucky for
Palmer and Buckner.
According to what appears to be
trustworthy administration author,
ity, it will be as much as an officials
life is worth-his official life-for
him to take the stump for Bryan.
Mr.. Cleveland has determined to
it the rankest sort OF "of-
fensiye partisanship "for any men,
Der of his administration to take an
active part in the campaign, in
Bryan's behalf, and word to that
effect has been passed around in all
the departments. It is also stated
Oh the same authority that three
prominent officials who have been
talking for BRYAN will be asked to
resign. These officials are Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury Scott
Wlke, Auditor Baldwin and Deputy
Pension Commissioner Bell. The
first two are subordlnates of Secre-
tary Carlisle and the last is under
Secretary Francis, who has already
declared himself to be IN favor of
the indianapolis ticket.
The reason why Representative
Richardson, of Tenn, has been de-
tached from the Washington Popo-
cratic headquarters and sent to Chi
cago, is not that Chairman Jones
wanted him there, as was given out