Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1896-09-30
CAPITAL ITEMS.
Interesting Items Cleaned at
the Capital by the Tribune
Reporter.
All the Important Doings of
Great Men During Va
cation.

Washington, Sept. 10Th. The
Popocratic national committee last
week formally abandoned the fight
for Bryan in the east and middle
states, by abolishing the Washing
ton branch of its headquarters.
Other reasons are given, but every
Body In Washington knows the
real reason to be, that chairman
Jones has been convinced that
Bryan has no show to carry a sim
gle slate in the east and that the
scost of maintaining the Washing
ton branch of his headquarters was
Just so mu h money thrown away.
1T was originally intended that the
work done at the Washington
branch of Popocratic headquarters
should be almost entirely of liter
AIRY nature and Clark Howell of the
Atlanta Constitution was placed in
charge of the bureau which was to
teach eastern voters the beauties
of free silver and the Chicago plat
form with Representative Richard
non of Tennessee as his chief as
sistant. Mr.. Howell has found
things SO warm in Georgia that he
has been able to give very little
time to the bureau and Richardson
Eame near having a fight with But
4sr, the chairman of the Populist
tsoommittee and was transferred 10
chicago. This left the bureau in
7z:harge of young man whose sole
political experience consists ofhav-
ing succeeded in getting himself
ssent as one of six delegates from
the District Of Columbia to the
Chicago convention and now the
bureau Is busted, just as the whole
Popecratic combination will be on
the 3rd of November. This leaves
the Populist headquarters IN rath-
az peculiar position. Senator But
}er is here, but there will be no.
zsasdy representing the Popoeratic I
Saational committee in Washington
-.5s.r him to confer with as Senator
Fanikner of the Democratic con-
gessiOnal committee, which, of
retains its Washington
headquarters, has no connection
7sgIth the Popocratic national com
nlttee and nothing to do with the
management Of anything but the
congressional campaign.
Senator Elkins of West Virginia
@ajoys the reputation of being one
g / the shrewdest and most careful
EsslItical observers in the country.
For that reason his opinions were
sought while he was in
Washington this week. He said
*of West Virginia: Il have no
Tears of the state; it's electoral vote
viii be cast for Mckinley by at
5east12,O00 to $4,000 majority. II
INA not indulging III braggadocia,
&nd my estimate is conservative.
The fact is that the silver cause is
losing force daily. Apart from It's
by the Democratic party
STs e silver alone couldn' carry oy- {
e4r three states In this Union. The s
western people are not nearly so
Ggazy over this silver delusion as {
people; all fools do not re- {
sadsz west of the Allegheny mount |
AIRS and that fact will be very APP t
.'aTent when the vote is counted. :
f5f the general result Senator Elk
ms said: 1.-THE electoral votes of
pho, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Wit
o0lasin and Michigan are surely !,
AIcKinley's. In Minnesota, Kan
ssas, Nebraska, California, and, / !
may add Kea lucky, there is also a :
ss3lanee of winning, but the battle
j. wen without them. Senator
l1ikins viii in addition to stump
ing his own state, make some
spe7eehes in Ohio, Indiana and ILL
aais.
Lawrence Gardner, secretary of
The Democratic congressional com !
Inittee, admits that he has drawn
several checks for amounts in the
seigghborhood of $1,000 each to the n
order of General Secretary Treas Il