The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-07-03
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGToN, ID. c., June

ME. EDIToR:--The delegates to the Chi
cago convention have all been chosen, and
| even President Cleveland now recognizes
| that silver has won. and that Il free coin
| aye plank in the platform is as near Il GER
| tainty as anything not yet actually accom-
| plishcd can be. There isn't half the kick
| ING from the anti-silver democrats that
might have been naturally expected.
| There is Il general disposition to submit
as gracefully rs possible to the old demo
| cratic idea that a ma ority rules. But the
| contest for the head of the ticket is not
| over. rs it seems that the silver democrats
| will be a few votes short of the two-thrds
| necessary to nominate. If that should
turn out to be the case there may be quite
a number of ballots before the nomination
| is made. Should the silver men have two
| thirds II Is the opinion of some we'll in
| formed democrats that Gov. BoieS, of
| Iowa. If his friends can convince the con
vcntion that he can carry his own state,
| will stand an excellent chance for getting
| the nomination.
| The work of the convention will practi-
cally begin this week when leading repre-
sentatives of both "ilver and anti silver
democrats will meet ut Chicago for the
| purpose of comforting with their respective
| associates and agreeing as far rs may be
| ~
| ton. While it is, of course possible that
| these gentlemen might reach some sort of
an agreement that would prevent Il fight
III the Convention, it is not considered
probable that they will. 1t seems impos-
Sihlc to avoid that fight
| "Whatever the Chicago convention
| does" said an old time democrat, II hope
| it will not repeat the Greeley fool business
| by going outside of the party for a Prcsi-
dental candidate. The very same talk
about the great number of republican votes
| that might be captured by nominating
some republican like Senator Teller. of
Colorado. or Senator Cameron, of Penn
Sylvania, was heard in Grceley's behalf
| just before the meeting of the democratic
National Convention of 1872, and Just look
| at the result. The Greeley ticket received
only 66 electoral votes out of :i52, or II
less than We're cast for Seymourand Blair
| in 1868 when Virginia, Texas and MlssiS-
Slppl had no votes owing to their not hay
ing been reconstructed at the time The
| experience of 1872 will be repeated this
year, if the Chicago convention goes out
side the party for candidate. l am quite
sure that all of the old Shellback demo
Gratis like myself who will vote and work
for the ticket anyway just because it is
democratic, would prefer defeat under II
Il
disgruntled republican. That is just the
way feel about it, and just the way
shall talk to my fellow delegates at the
Convention. | am with them what ever
they do, but I'd rather see them do right.
Col. Isaac Hill, better known to every
body around the House end of the Capitol
where he has been the democratic whip
per IN tor MANY years, as 'lkchill, has
just returned from his Ohio home He
says Mckinley cannot possibly carry that
state. The people won't stand it." he
continued; they have got their hearts set
on an American system of finance, and
nothing short of free coinage at the old
ratio will suit them. Why. | drove 10
miles through the country in Il buggy and
met hundreds of my republican personal
friends who said, ike, we are with you
against the gold bugs: Wall street has run
this country, and has about run it in the
ground We want il change, and are go
Ing to vote for the Chicago nominee and
free silver. The tariff is Il back number
give Us the money of the constitution and
the dollar of our daddieS.' That : the way
they talk and aS for the democrats. why,
there's no holding them down. Your
lnclc Isaac Is not employing metaphors
cal language nor yet trying to jolly you
alon" when he says that the democrats are
gong To win III ONO TINS year.
Mr.. Walter IL. Hammond, whose home
Is at the Indiana town named for his faith
cr who was ii member of the tifly-lhrl |
Congress. says of democratic prospects in |
Indiana, "A majority of the democratic
voters of the state are ardent believers in |
tree coinage IA was shown at the last state |
convention and great many republicans |
can also be counted on the silver side |
Another thin" that will help the democrats
Is the strong feeling that has developed |
against the Nicholson law regulating the
sale of intoxicating liquors. The rcSpon-
sIblllty for that law rests on the repubi-
cans, and ii Is so obnoxious to Il large
class that they will vote against the party
that enactedit. Taken all together think
the democrats will carry the state"
Hon. {. A. Hardin of Kentucky, says
that stat" can be counted upon with ahso-
lutte certainty to roll up a big ma inrtv for
the ticket named at Chicago, and he is
equally positive that West Virginia, where
he has Just been on business will do the
same.