Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-09-10
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our regular correspondent
wAsHIEaroN. ID. C.. Sept. Q 1925

our constitutional legal tribunals,
and the restoration Of the prosperity
Of our country. Every week since
the republican national convention
met has added materially to the
strength of that confidence. The
principal event. of course, in the cur
rent week was the unprecedented
republican majority in Vermont-an
emphatic and convincing answer
to the claims Of the popocrats that
that sentiment in favor OF the free
and independent coinage Of silver at
ratio of 10 to | was increasing
among the famers and workingmen
OF the eastern and middle states. 1t
Is probable that q larger percentage
Of the voting population OF Vermont
can properly be classed as farmers
and workingmen than Of any other
state In the East. Look at the vote,
and try to discover the alleged silver
sentiment. The campaign in the
state was fought entirely on national
lines, the republicans standing
squarely upon the st. Louis platform
and tie democrats upon the Chicago
platform, and the republicans re-
ceiyed the largest majority ever
given in Il state election, and the
/ largest since the war in any election.
Practical republicans are not al
lowing themselves to count upon
any electoral votes for Mckinley
and Hobart, but it is daily becoming
more evident that the democrats
| Will have hard task to carry a
number of Southern States. They
admit themselves that Maryland,
Kentucky and West Virginia may
go republican, and they are getting
alarmed over Virginia, Alabama and
louisiana Col. j. A. Temple, who
has been stumping in Virginia, said ::
"The sound money element is very
strong in Virginia. The sound
money democrats will exert every
effort to influence the farmers,
who ut this time are the most mis-
! guided class of citizens whom /
found In Virginia. My impression
now is that the chances are more
than even that the electoral vote Of
Virginia will be given 70 Mckinley
and Hobart Hon. Taylor Beattie,
Of Louisiana, who is a republican
candidate for congress said: If the
vote were fairly counted, feel sure
that Mckinley would get the state
but no doubt the same tactics which
counted out Pharr in the guberna-
torial race will again be employed,
SO as to throw the electoral vote 10
Bryan"
The democrats, populists and sill
verites are in bad way, and each is
i already beginning to blame the
other for the overwhelming defeat
which is casting its black shadow
over them in advance. The several
national committees are also in deep
| financial distress, and Chairman
Jones has been asked to come TO
Washington to see If some way OF
raising money cannot be devised.
/ The millionaire silver miners have
read the signs of defeat and have
refused To contribute to losing
campaign, and the appeal of Chair
man Jones for small contributions
from the people has not been pro-
ductive Of cash enough to run the
machine, and the credit of the domo-
cratic national committee, which it
seems is expected to foot all the
the bills, Is strained to the breaking
point. According To current gossip,
tile most Of the money which this
committee has had came from
Treasurer st. John, who did not con-
tribute the money but advanced ii
with the understanding that lie be
reimbursed from the contributions
which were expected from the silver
mine owners, and from Mr., John r.
Mclean, ana both Of these have re-
fused to put UP any more Of their
money
Senator Warren, of Wyoming, was
iii Washington last week. He says
that Mckinley will certainly carry
Wyoming, Nebraska and South pa
kota as well a. three or four Of the
Pacific coast states.
Very little interest was shown in
Washington in the news from the
democratic sound money convention
ut indianapolis, While its project
ors say il was intended 10 help Me-
Knley, few republicans expect that
a single electoral vote will be affect
od by the vote for its ticket,
Make Strong County Ticket.
HE republican county convention