The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-09-25
Washington Letter.


From our Regular correspondent.
WASHINGTON. September 21.--Mr. Bryan's
visit to Washington has HnqHestlonahly been
productive ut IA gooG Greet upon hio PROSPECTS.
i severe ram storm crtui.,t hu. %iIuCuh. but
non .5r. ,pui CuTtHll tn" enthusiasm OF more
tl.I-l y, t.ID fpuple who heard Jnc little he had
;l. y.rnDrru.Ity to say. That enthusiasm VIII
lr .t,.i during the resi- OF the campaign III Il
number Of States. for, in adG:tInn TO the large
ut,laIrr from the surrounding states, there
were ...eu in the audience from as lar away as
Al;'baLi... Who had come to Washington solely
To hear Mr.. Hr;an'H speech. "hliG IN wash
iUytOn, ilr. Bryan had conf ercnceS with Chalr-
Iunn Faulkner, OF the Congressional Commit
tee, Senator German ana u uUElber oil other
Democrats of national prominence. Most OF
these gentlemen accompanied him to H9ltl-
nprc and took part in the meetings he addressed
in that city, afterwards returning with him to
Washington, where he spent Sunday and last
night quietly resting, MIR. Bryan is standing
the sIrain OF almost constant speaking remark
ably well. He expressed hlmsnll as being
pleased with the progress of the campaign, and
is perfectly confident that he Will be elected;
also that the next House of Representatives
will have good working silver majority. it
viii be remembered that the Senate is already
strongly for silver.
The story that the big ship builders were
afraid bid on the three bar tleships authorized
by the last Congress, because OF the probability
tiut the free coinage of silver would go into
effect before they would get their money. went
the way of all the rest of the stories started to
hinder the growth of silver sentiment Every
shiDbuilder in the country with plant big
enough to do the work, put in a bid for one or
more of the battleships, and the work of build
ing them was occurred by the Cramps, OF Phil
adeInhia: the Newport News Co.. OF Virginia,
and the Union Iron works OF San FRANCISCO,
| each concern TO build one. at an aggregate
price of s., Ol9,950. The TORPEDO boats author
| lied to be built by the lust Congress were also
| eagerly bid Tor.
Missouri is one of the States that over enthu-
| siastic gnld-bugs are fond of claiming for Nc
| Kinley How much foundation there is for
| such a claim is shown by reports received ut
| Bryan headquarters in Washington from the
| Democratic State Committee, of Missouri, bas-
| ed upon Il careful poll of portion of the State
| and estimates by town and county committees
| for the remainder. These reports give the
| show that the Democrats will carry every Con-
| gressional District eScHpt Two: II other NC
| Kfnley claims are not better based, the apostle
| of gold will be playing in extraordinary LUCK
| if he carries II dozen states;
| Il believe" said Mr.. G. W. L. Brown, we'll
| known Indiana lawyer, that Indiana will sur
prise the Republicans in n way that they will
| hardly relish on November Sd. My belief is
| that bryan will lead Mckinley in the State by
at least 81, 900 votes. 1t is the sill.est sort of
| nonsense to talk about the silver cause weak
| ening in the West. The statement is made by
! people whose wish is father to the thought: In
my locality It is growing more popular; all tne
| our RANKS, and no silver men are gong over TO
DR.. y. Il. Parks, Of CALIFORNIA has this to say
| of the Republican claims ct carrying that
State for Mckinley; II have not the slightest
doubt that California will give Bryan at least
10000 majority. INe leluT Oh JESSE uTdul'
son of the late Gen. U. S. Grant, declaring for
the Chicago platform that see has been wide
~ copied in the Eastern press, is fair reflex OF
the dominant feeling in California"
Mr.. George P. Chinn. n son of Col Jack Chinn.
the noted Kentucky politician, and himself
prominent among the younger Democrats of
the State. is certain that Kentucky will go for
BRYAN that he is now in Washington on bis
bridal tour. He said There can be no doubt
of the result, and any man who is at all cogni-
| Zant of the situation and is not warped by pre-
judice, will agree that Democratic victory is
certain. The silver forces are confident and
have nearly perfect ORGANIZATIONS"
The Democrats smiled when the news came
that ChaUncey Qepew, President of the New
York Central Railroad apd general representa-:
tive of the Vanderbilt millions, was to take the
| stump in Illinois neat month for Mckinley and
the gold standard. The more of the Depew
brand tnat Boss Hanna put on the stump for
, | his candidate, the more votes Bryan will get.
There are more Democratic clubs in existence
today, by several thousand, than ever before
and the coming National Convention of Clubs
| at st. Louis, which will, it is expected, be at
tended by both Mr.. Bryan and Mr.. Sewall viii
eclipse any gathering Of the kind ever held be
fore.