The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1896-10-24
Washington Letter.
L Regular Correspondent.

WAsHINGTON, October 49, 1896.
Some of the most ardent Bryan mel
| have been absolutely astonisheh a
some of the recent unexpectedly goOt
news which has come into ashington
Lawrence Gardner, who attended the
State convention of Democratic club.
in New York, says he received informa
| ton there winch makes him certain tlla,
Bryan will carry New York, and the
| Congressional committee has infOima
ton that New Jersey and Pennsylvania
are IN fair way to become Bryan
| States, owing to IA tidal wave of silver
| sentiment which IS sweeping the work
| ingmen out of Republican ranks and
making them staunch supporters of
Bryan. A member Of the Democratic
State committee of Ohio writes that
Bryan will not have less than 10000
plurality IN that State, and Democrat
III poll of Iowa shows a majority of
$4,000 for Bryan. Hon. F. H Lovejoy
writes: II have been all over Michigan,
Wisconsin,, Minnesota and North and
South Dakota, and have come in pei
sonal contact with the voters, especial
ly in the large numbering towns and
mills, and ninety per cent of these men
intend to vote for Bryan. | feel sure
that a these States will go for Bryan,
and that by good majority. Silver is
on top, sure"
1t must be evident even to Secretary
Morton himself that lie made a mistake
from every point Of view when he made
that uncalled for and undeserved at
tack upon Senators Harris, Pugh and
Morgan, because of their support of free
silver. AS strongly as President Cleve-
land and the other members of his cab
met are opposed to silver, they to
man deprecate the language of Secre-
t;Gy Morton. Nobody in Washington
would follow the example set by some
OF the Democrats on the Virginia side
Of the Potomac, in banging Secretary
Morton in etfigy, but he has been very
freely condemned 10y all classes of men.
Here is very conservative opinion, eX-
pressed by Hon. P. B. Mckenzie, mayor
of Eufaula, Ala, and a gold Democrat
Il have put Secretary Morton in the
front rank of Democracy's leaders, and
as sound money Democrat | was anx-
ious to see him nominated for Presi-
dent. But after his late utterances, so
unjust and uncallcd for, am bound to
modify my opinion Of his character.
His foolish assault on Senators Morgan,
Push aud Harris, and his attempt to
wave the bloody shirt TO rousiug preiu-
dice against the South will hurt the
cause he wants to aid more than most
people imagine. 1t will turn hundreds
of wavering voters in every Southern
State to- the side of Bryan" Senator
Morgan dismissed the matter in IL few
charac' 'llstlc words, referring to Mr..
Morton els Il "barn rat
Secret ry Carlisle has tho dubious
honor tcp having beer the first man to
makxAa public partisUn political speech
ibphe United State treasury building.
: lie speech was agD.inst free silver aud
was made to IL a,AdpaltimOre delegation
which had Gpact to Washington to re-
quest Mr.. Carlisle to make speech
III Baltimore before election. As Mr..
Carllsle's stump engagements in Ken
lucky made it inconvenient for him
to go to Baltimore, he proceeded to
make an anti-siver speech then aud
there to the delegation, forgetting,
perhaps, that Democrats were being
much less in behalf OF silver The |
latest removal was the son in-law of |
Senator Pugh of Alabama, who dared |
10 become Il silver candidate for Con-
yress.
The Republicans who have been
olutfing about their expectation of
Texas crawled into their holes
when a man with $500, which he
wanted to bet that Bryan would carry
Fexas by 10000 majority, arrived in
" Washington and tried to run them
iOwn.
Senator Butler, chairman of the
oopulist national committee, doesn't
ak like Il man who is either luke
warm in his support of Bryan or
OF the result, both Of which
'e has been charged with being by the
He said: while | was
n. Chicago assurances were given me
hat the votes OF Minnesota, Indiara
nd Michigan are absolutely sure for
Bryan. Should Mr.. Bryan not lose
ny of the border States the vote of
indiana alone. in addition, will elect
i'm. The votes of the other States
rill simply add to his majority" Mr..
'nter frankly said that he did not
are to texpress any positive opinion
bout Illinois or Iowa, because the in
be had received concerning
hose two States was of such mixed
atnre that he had not formed any.
Mark Hanna has captured the ma
onal officers of the A. P. A., bag and
aggage, and they are preparing to
liculate an official attack upon Mr..
ryan, which will indirectly appeal to
:. 2. A. men to vote for Mckinley.
has been known to Mr.. Bryan's
lanagers for some time that this ac-
on was contemplated, but they have {
ot deemed the matter of sufficient {
Importance to try to prevent il. In
ict. some of them think the A. p. A. ,,
tack On Mr.. Bryan will make II great
any more votes for him than against J
i'm, and are for that reason rather {
sp0sed to welcome il. =