Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-07-25
WASHINGTONLETTER
REPUBLICAN SUCCESS
PREDICTED.
After Bryan'S Record.
INTEREST OENTERING IN MAINE.
Friendly to the LabOring Man Only in
Name.

(From Our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, July 20, 1896
Chairman BabcOck of the republican
Congressional campaign committee,
who has just returned from a confer
ence with Major Mckinley and Chair
man Hanna, OF the National Ommit-
tee. is again on duty at the committee
headquarters. He expresses little in
terest in the p, pulist convention TO be
held this week at St. Louis. Like most
republicans, he is of the opinion that
nothing the pOpulists can do will pre-
vent the election of Mckinley and HO-
bart and sound money Congress 1t
is generally believed in Washington
that the popHlists convention will en-
dorse Bryan, the populist candidate,
and the populist platform adopted at
Chicago, and that the talk to the con-
trary is merely bluG made for the
purpose of making better deal.
NOT UP TO STANDARD.
insignificant as was the part played
by Mr. Bryan i'm the two Congresses in
which he served, he will find that il
was sufficient TO stamp him as being
untitled for the Presidency of the
United States. Progressive Americans
have to man been in favor OF the
building and maintenance of Navy
sufficiently strong to- command the re
spect of foreign nations, and the
events of the last few years have fully
justified the correctness and patriot
ism of that position There have been
several times when the strength of our
Navy has been a factor-the principal
factor we believe-in preventing war.
Mr. Bryan proved his unprogressive
ness when he was i'm the House. and
when our Navy was more that twenty
five vessels weaker than il is to-day
10y opposing the strengthening OF our
Navy, on the ground that it was then
strong enough. 1t is such things as
these. and not platitudinOus speeches
delivered in sonorous tones and with
dramatic gestures. which demonstrate
the calibre of man. MIR. Bryan could
not be elected President on his record
no matter what sort OF platform he
stood upon. He simply isn't up to the
Presidential standard
SENATOR oUAY's PART.
The prominence that Senator Quay
as a member of the Executive Com.
mittee, is to take IN the management
of Mckinley and Hobart's campaign il
very gratifying to the admirers of the
brainy Senator from the keystone
state besides, il shows what excellent
judgement Chairman Hanna has used
is selecting the men who are TO hely
him fight anarchy, disorder, and repu
diation and TO elect 1OO-cent dollar
president.
SPEAKER REED ACTIVE.
According 10 news received by prom
inent republ cans. Speaker Reed il
not only going To take an active par
in the National Campaign, but he i,
also going TO whoop up things for tn,
State and Congressional elections il
Maine, which will occur in September
in order TO show the country the falsi
" OF the claim put forward 10y Mr.
Sewall, the democratic candidate 70
Vice-President, that the silver senti
ment is on the increase in Maine, ant
in New England. He believes that tn
best way TO show this is To pile up N
enormous republican majority in Sep
TENDER in his state, and he int nd
spending all his immense power as
campaigner towards the accomplish
ment of that end. 1t would be well
nigh impossible for big Tom Reed t
add to his popularity among the repu
licans of the National Capital, but
anything would do it it would be jus
what he has started upon; and in 9th
known, his action will make him ne
and staunch friends, because it wi
show, what all of his personal friend
including Governor Mckinley alread
knew, that he is not sOre-headed bI
cause he didn't get the Presidenti
nomination.
ARE THEY FRIENDS TO LABOR
The actions of man, and not h
professions are what he should
Judged by striking illustration
This is found in the case of Senat'
Stewart, millionaire silver mine owne
free silver advocate. and owner of Il
silver Knight" newspaper publis
der Washington date line. No nat
is louder in his professions of gre
and all consuming desire to raise
the laboring men who are trodden u
the feet of the millionaire emploYe
of the country. Some of the afOresa
down trodden laboring men who pc
sesses brains as we'll as skill with the
hands have been ascertaining how wi
apart are Senator Stewards prof'
sions and his acts He moved his I
per from Washington to Alexandr
solely because that town has no Tyr
graphical or Pressman's Union, and
now pays his printers and pressm
50 week for six days of nine hot
each, just about half of what the
ion establishments in Washington 2
for the same work, and, as though
add insult to injury, the men he e
ploys are required to be members
the Union elsewhere, so that it can
claimed that Onion men only are e
ployed on the paper. That's the s.
of love Senator Stewart has for lab
ing men.
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