The Arizona sentinel., 1896-09-05
WASHINGTON LETTER.
tFrom Our Regular Correspondent
 WASHINGTON, AUG. 31, 1896.

cording to democratic gossip, "Silver Dick" Bland, who started to accompany the boy talker on his swing around the Eastern circle, | was SC unmercifully snubbed by 1 Bryan that he refused to remain with the party under any cIrcum- stances, although in leaving 1t, he sacrificed a remunerative contract to swap almighty bad English ac- counts Of the tour for numerous e-hundred- cent dollars from the strong box of newspapeI pub fisher. The exact cause of the snubbing is not given, but the foun- dation appears to have been Bryan's belief "Silver Dick" didn't know enough to make real-platform speeches. 1 will not vouch for the snubbing part, but it is certain that "Silver Dick" left the Bryan party ten days CT more and that he has since then been staying with friend in the suburbs of Washing ton. This, coupled with the rough shod manner in which Bryan has walked over every democrat who has opposed his slightest whim since the Chicago convention, gives the snubbing story an air of proba- bility.
 The confidence with which the prominent silver democrats started in to rush Bryan into the White House has all disappeared, and they are now so timid that they are all lowing themselves to be bossed by the radical populists of the Tom Watson stripe, and they are run ming neither and thither, seeking some evidence that Bryan has even a fighting chance to win. Chair man Faulkner, of the Congressional committee, went to Chicago last week to see whether Chairman Jones, of the National Committee, was able to cheer him up, and since his return he has found it harder than ever to keep up 8 bold front. Secretary Mercer, of the Repub- lican Congressional Committee, thinks the vote cast in November will be phenomenally large. Speaking on the subject he said: There never was such wide spread interest in a campaign. 1 know that in my own district in Nebraska, the votes polled at the primaries reached almost the total of 6 gener- al election. Men who were sick braved relapses, in order to get to the polls, and 1 know of one in stance where a man was rolled to his voting place in an invalid's chair. With such interest in pri- mary, what will be the vote when election day comes around?"
 Nobody in Washington took pitchfork Tillman's absurd chal- Ienge of fex- -Presid ent Harrison for a joint debate seriously, any more than Mir. Harrison did. It was merely an effort of Tillman to keep himself before the public. When joint debates occur, they are usual 1 ly between men of the same stand ing. Nothing but amusement was caused by Tillman's mistaking the curosity which brought out big crowds to hear him speak in the mining section of Pennsylvania, for enthusiasm for free silver. Penn sylvania republicans are unani- mously of the opinion that the size of tho majority for Mckinley will break the record, and some of them express the opinion that the In dlanapol1s ticket will poll more votes in the state than Bryan will
 According to Hon. R. c. Kerens, who knows 8 thing or two about Missouri politics, that the state is going republican to adead certainty. Mr. Kerens-"Dick" is what every
 body around republican headquart- CTS calls him-made flying trip to Washington to consult with | Chairman Babcock, of the Congros- sional committee and while in the city he said. "The republican party is united and determined to win. The democrats are hopelessly split and with three parties Tn the field we are going to succeed and we ought to succeed: The democrats have held the administration of
 Missouri tor thirty years, nearly a
 third ofa century, and It IS time for
 a change
 While the democrats have been
 making their Eastern blnfs the
 republicans have been sending con
 vincing literature broadcast
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