West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1896-08-13
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
DEMOCRATIC DOCTRINE FOX THE
PEOPLE.
Political Pointers On The General
Situation
From our regular correspondent
WSsHINGToN. ID. c., ,
August IL. 1896. (

August IL. 1896 (
The gold Democrats OF New York
may not be quite the patriots they
claim to he, but since it bec,me
known in Washington that they
fried TO make deal with Max
Hanna to cast their votes for the
Mckinley electoral ticket i'm ex.
change for Republican votes in the
New York Legislature for one Of
their number as Senator TO succeed
David b. Hill they are classed as
plain, everyday disgruntled poll
ticians, more bent upon getting
ollice than upon defending prInei.
pies.
Unless all the reports from w.
Va. are wrong, which is not at all
likely, that State will certainly give
Bryan and Sewall large majority.
Among the West Virginians in
Washington this week was Chair
man Chiffon, OF the Democratic
State Committee. lie SAYS 1t is
only a question of how large a
majority the State will give
the Democratic ticket, as the Re.
publicans are flocking to the sup.
port of Bryan and free coinage in
one county alone 732 Repu blicans
have Joined Bryan and Sewall
CLUBS.
The size of the Democratic ma
jority in Alabama indicates with
unerrlng certainty that most of the
Populists in the South will return
to the Democratic party, thus
realizing the prediction made when
Bryan was nominated. 1t also
increased the difficulty Of Tom
Watson putting up claim for
Democratic recognition which will
receive any attention. The South
will be practically solid for Bryan
and SewaA, although Maryland
may be lost on account of the
moneyed influences of Baltimore
being thrown for Mckinley and
the gold standard.
TIT
The charge of mis- encouragement
against Senator Jones falls Of its
own weight, for the very good rea-
son that there has been practically
nothing to manage and will not be
until the meeting of the National
Committee in New York City on
the 18th inst, when the member.
ship of the Executive Committee
will be announced aud the general
| plan OF the campaign mapped out
and adopted. This charge was
accompanied by demand that
Senator Germans services be re.
visited. That reilly explains one
Of the main objects of those who
made the charge to upset the ex-
tremely cordial relations existing
between Senator Jones and Gormon,
thus depriying the National Com
mittee of the advice which Mr..
Gorman has promised to give dur
ing the campaign in lieu of accept.
ing the chairmanship of the Execu-
tive Committee which was offered
him.
lit
Senator Jones, Chairman Of the
Democratic National Committee.
found himself called upon very
early III the game to pay tho penal
ty Of prominence in a national cam
palgn. In addition to having been
maliciously lied about and mis-
quoted he has been directly at
tackled and charged with mis- man
aging the campaign. Itisn't Sen.
tor Jones that these people are az
ter injuring, but Bryan aud Sewall,
whose prospects are looking entire
ly too bright to please their euemies
| - W WV hiiof NON~kdbiOu VI Ills ln-
terview concerning the Southern
Populls.s, Senator Jones said be.
sore geing TO New York where he
will probably remain until after tbe
National Committee meeting and
the big Bryan and Sewall notifica.
ton meeting next week 81 did
not say that Mr.. Bryan would
not accept the Populist nomination.
for ] have no authority to gay that.
/ ] did not say that as q general rule
The Southern Populists were not =
creditable class. On tile contrary.
/ ] saId that most Of them were pa.
triotic men who were working for q
cause that they were Popullsts
because they had believed tbey
could promote their cause beat
through a new party and that
now they would support Bryan, be.
cause 1t was shown that their pa
triotic objects could be attained
only through his election. That is
what ] said Of the Southern Pom.
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