The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-07-22
Political Notes.

present to give an opinion"
THE Mckinley League has ordered
10000 campaign badges for distribu-
ton among sound-money democrats.
They will have printed on them neither
the names nor the portraits of any
candidates. Instead there will be an
American flag and the words: "Sound
Money-No Reputation"
THE State Democracy, one of the
political organizations of New York,
through its executive committee, has
bolted the Chicago platform and the
nomination of Bryan and Sewall. AL
though the organization bolted the
Chicago ticket, it did not endorse the
nomination of Mckinley, but declared
in favor of the nomination of demo-
cratic ticket.
SECRETARY OF THE NAVY HERBERT
is the first member of the cabinet to
make public his attitude towards the
ticket and platform adopted at the Chi
cago convention. When Mr.. Herbert
was asked the direct question whether
he would support the democratic nomi-
nees he answered: "No." He refused
to discuss the matter further, and he
gave no indication as to what he would
do on election day. That will be de-
termined largely by future develop
ments.
NEARLY all the politicians in Wash
ington believe that the populists
will endorse the nominations of
Bryan and Sewall at their conven-
ton in St. Louis on July %. Some
thing of fight is predicted, with a
possible split in the organ ization, but
even in this contingency the main
body of the party would, it is thought,
support the Chicago ticket and plat
form. j. II. Turner, the secretary
of the national committee of the popu-
lists, has issued manifesto urging that
this course should be taken as the only
hope of defeating Mckinley and elect
ing man friendly to silver.
JOHN r. TANNER, the republican
candidate for governor of Illinois, in
reply to a statement that there is Sc
rious disaffection among Illinois re-
publicans, saws: "The disaffectiou of
republicans in Illinois will not reach
five per cent of the party, and our
gains will be twice that number. The
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relegate the tariff as an issue, but it
will also affirm all the other provisions
of the st. Louis platform. There is DO
disposition to shirk any of the con-
sideraticns of the present campaign
and the republican party will meet
them al squartly. feel safe in predict
ing the state will 90 at least so, 900 foi
Mckinley and the ticket"
On their own special train and with
their own band, several hundred Cleve
land women went to Canton on Wed
nesday to call on Major Mckinley
In no other political campaign, presi
dental or state, have the women mani
tested such personal interest. The
coming of hundreds of representative
women of Cleveland to call on Majo
McKinl y Was unique affair, and one
absolutely without precedent in Ameri
can political history. The visit to Can
ton was prof ected and carried TO its sue
cessful conclusion by women. No maj
and no politician had the slightest share
in the conception or execution of thu
plan. A congratulatory speech wa
made by Mrs. Elroy M. Avery and
happy response by Major Mckinley.
JOHN P. IRISH, the California demo
Graf, who once lifted nominee Bryan
off his feet in debate, has bolted tn
Chicago ticket. Mr., Irish is the nava
officer of the port of San Francisco
He declares that California will Civ,
$4,000 majority against platform ant
candidate. He adds: "The demo
cratic party in 1853 established tn
single gold standard and buried silve
as unlimited money. The act of 1S7
simply put new headstone to an oil
grave. The Chicago platform at ever
point antagoniZes every principle hel
by the democracy since 1901. Jeffei
sons declara ions concerning the stand
ard of value and the ratio between COL
and silver were ignored at Chicago
The party he founded was strumpete
to as corrupt and criminal combine
ton as ever robbed a stage"
EX-MAYOR HOPKINS of Chicago il
sists that Illinois democrats will see
it that a sound money candidate
nominated for president. He says
!, "In 1864 the democratic party declare
the war failure, and for thirty year
we have been denying and explaining
l don't want to be Kept busy for th
next thirty years explaining how tn
democratic party came to declare
favor of free silver at Chicago in 1885,
, The democratic party has Away
been for sound money, aud nearly a
the sound money laws of the countl
were the result of democratic effort
We are going to put sound none
ticket in the Fl ii to save the part,
'Nhe battle ground is to be in the state
! of Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, Nil
= nesote, Indiana, South Dakota, low
Kentucky, Nebraska (Which l thin
can be carried against Biyan), Missouri
, Maryland, West Virginia, Texas al
: Alabama"