The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1896-07-30
POLITICAL NOTES.

As usual. Mrs. Lease made her decision with
fine womanly scorn for nice distinctions. All
that favored the Endorsement OF Bryan were
honest, and all those who opposed were corrupt
and had been bought up.
The Butte Gazette the leading Democratic
paper in north western Nebraska, has come out
squarely for Mckinley because the Chicago
Convention was not Democratic.
The Populists are quito as fluent in names
for one another as for the rest OF mankind.
They call Gen." Coxey "Jackass Coxey."
The Butte Inter- Mountain Republican, owned
by Senator Lee Mantle has come out for
Bryan. So has the Madisonind, OF Virginia
City, Mont, the oldest Republican paper In the
State
Secretary Hoke Smiths paper, the Atlanta
Journal, came out for Bryan last week, and now
the Secretary announces that he will support
the Chicago nominee.
Mrs. Diggs and Mrs. Lease, who are rivals
for the leadership of the POpullst women IN
Kansas, are fighting bitterly over the nomlna,
ton of Lewellng, Mrs. Lease favorlng ana
Mrs. Diggs opposing.
Congressman Mercer. Secretary of the Re-
publican Congressional Committee, mas re-
turned from visit to his home In Nebraska,
and is confident that Mckinley Will carry tue
State, but says that it will take very iiveiy
| fight to do it. He feels certain of the Dakotas
and hopeful of Kansas.
Gen. John B. Castleman, of Louisville, for
| years the Chairman of the Democratic Com
mittee of Kentucky, will not support Bryan.
| He says Country is more important than
party" Three fourths of the Confederate vet
Grams refuse to approve the Chicago platform
or the Chicago nominee. They are Govern
ment-supporting, law-abiding citizens.
| Comptroller Eckels says that boiling Bryan
| is not desertion.Bryan openly proclaimed that
| he intended to bolt the Democratic party II u
nominated Sound Money candidate. Eckeis
| favors third ticket with Senator Palmer, OF
| Illinois, and Gordon, of Georgia, as the nomi-
nees.
Joseph Fl. Marley says that it will be not
| fight in Maine but the principal question will
be the size of the majority. The canvas will
| be the most thorough one since 1882, and the
| Republicans will bring out every Sound Money
vote. The normal majority in Maine is l2,O0O,
| but it is hoped to dOubie or treble that.
| The Republicans of West Virginia held an
| enthusiastic convention at Parkersburg, July
%, and nominated G. w. Atkinson for Gov
ernor by reclamation. platform strongly
/ antagonistic to the Popocfat utterance at Chi
cago was adopted. Senator Elkins presided.
and said that he was large producer of silver,
and favorable to the greatest use of the metal
as money, but the Free Silver advocates were
| its worst enemies.
The Republican ticket of Nebraska has three
veterans on it-Orlando Taft for Lieutenant
Governor, A. A. Churchill for Attorney-Gen-
| eral, and Henry C. Russell for Commissioner OF
Public Lands and Buildings.
The veteran Democrat William S. Holman
| has been honored by his 18th Congressional
| nomination in the Fourth District OF Indiana,
Lal1n it,a1 cnIr tod
Judge Holman began his official career in the
| Indiana Court of Probate in 1S43, and four
| wears later was elected Prosecuting Attorney
of Dearborn County; later was mems er OF
the Indiana Legislature, and from 1852 to 1857
Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in Indi-
ana He was first elected to the 36th Congress
in 1853 and has been almost uniformly success
full in his district, despite partisan apportlon-
ments, ever since, having been but twice de-
!eated-in 1864 and again in 1894 under the
adverse tidal wave which overpowered all the
supporters, in doubtful districts of the Cleve-
land Administration. The plurality against
4 Judge Holman in that contest WIS 434 The
/ Prohibitionists polled o54 votes and the fopu-
lists 703 votes in the same district This year
the prospects of Mr. Homans election are
thought to be excellent by all Democratic OBJ
servers.
The vote of the Populist party in New York
State at last years election was only $500 just
10 per cent of which was cast in the city o.
New York. In no County of the State was the
Popnlist vote large enough to be the balance Of
power between Democrats and Republicans. and
there was, in fact, no Assembly District among
the whole $50 in which the State is divided in
which the Populist VOTE if cast for the minority
representative, would have turned the scale in
his favor.
There are As States and 26 of them have al
~ h,,,<
Democratic Governors, one State (Nevada} hal
, Silverite Governor, and one has Populis
| Governor. Three Governors OF States have
died during the present year, and one. the Gov
ernor of Minnesota, has been elocted United
States Senator. There arevour Territories hav
8 ing Governors, and these four Governors arc
, all Of them, Democrats.
Henry George says that the old Democrat.
!. died at Chicago, and an entirely new party wa
born.
The campaign is 80 hot already in Soutl
Carolina that candidate for United State
Senator and the Governor of the State came t
blows on the stand during a political debate
and the Governor BACKED the other fellow
eye.
The National Committee of the Sound None
| Democrats held a meeting at Chicago last week
| and decided to call a Convention not later tina
Sent g, to put in nomination a ticket repre-
senting their views. 1t was undecided wbethe
the Convention should be held at 1ndianapoli:
Minneapolis, or Chicago.
The Gold Democrats of Illinois have POI
sonal hatred of Gov. Altgeld TO nerve thei
arms. He has ridden over them rough-shod a
every opportunity.
Edwin b. WinsIow, Democratic candidate 70
Governor of Maine, has Withdrawn, because c
the Chicago platform.
1t is pointed out that during the discussion G
the Wilson Bill, Watson took occasion to lam
noon Bryan numerically. Among other thing
he said:
"On the other hand, We have our handsom
and brilliant friend from Nebraska bryan
who was put forward AS the darling of th
Democratic side of the House, the prettiest ma
in all the bunch, and his entire speech, whic
ranged from Tom Moore's poetry to Joe Nil
ler's Jest book. was the sum and substance q
the old Democratic position on the tariff tina
we will practice what is wrong, while we kno,
what is right"
Senator Hill is in thesworst trouble of hi
lively political career. eHehad fixed up a siat
with Perry Belmont, of New York and Sufol
Counties, for Governor; Assemblyman John l
Stanchfield, of Chemung County, for LieI
tenant Governor, and Supreme Court Judg
d. Cady Herrick, of Albany, for Judge of til
Court of Appeals. The Chicago Conventio
knocked this endwse. All the men bl
Stanchfield are uncomprOmising Goldbags, an
they say that Stanchfeld cannot be nominated
Paul Van der WORT is supremely disguised
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