The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-07-24
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, D. c., July 90


Mr.. Washington has practi-
cally been settled upon as the proper loca-
ton for democratic headquarters during
the coming campaign. Senator Jones, of
Arkansas. Chairman of the Democratic
National Committee made careful study
of the advantages offered by New York,
4 Chicago and Washington respectively,
and has made up his mind, largely owing
to the open hostility of the newspapers in
both New York and Chicago, that Wash
, ington is the best place. While the choice
of Senator Jones is regarded as having
settled this headquarters business, he is so
anxious that everything done by the Ma
tional Committee shall be harmonious,
that no official announcement of the loca-
ton of Headquarters is likely to be made
until the Committee. which will shortly
meet in New York. passes upon it.
Many democrats are much pleased at
the talk of the probability that Senator
German will have hand in managing
Bryan and Sewalls campaign. either as
Chairman of the Executive Committee or
as General adviser. Although Chairman
Jones has full authority to select the men,
beers of the Executive committee. which
will assist him in conducting the campaign,
, it is not probable that the membership of
that committee will be announced until
full n. tional committee. Senator German
has few, if any, equals and no superiors
as a political manager. True, he isn't
silver man; but neither is he boiler. He
is going to support the ticket because it is
the democratic ticket. and if he can be
persuaded to accept the Craftsmanship of
the Executive Committee it will he fortu-
nate in more than one respect for the par
ty. He has the prestige of having sue
cessfully managed "A National Campaign
and the very fact that he was helping to
manage this one would serve to bring out
many democratic votes which would not
otherwise be cast.
Senator Jones is going to his Arkansas
home for a short rest before beg inning the
continuous work of the campaign. He
there when the populist convention NEE S
this week. He expects that the populis
will endorse Bryan and Sewall and he
wants to be on hand when they do in Or
der to confer with the pOpuliSt leaders
about the campaign. He also expects to
confer with the boiling silver republicans,
who have already announced their inten-
ton to support the democratic ticket
Speaker Reeds opinion of Quay and
Manlcy as Mckinley campaign managers
would make interesting reading Several
weeks before the st. Louis convention met
Mr. Reed had reason to believe that Quay
and Manley had betrayed him t" Hanna
and what has happened since must have
convinced him of that fact. Both of these
ExRced men are now members of Hanna's
executive committee. and Quay is much
more than merely a member of that Com
mittcc. 1t has leaked out that Quay WILL
from the New York headquarters boss
the entire campaign in the Eastern states;
also. that he will have exclusive charge of
| Il scheme by which he hopes to carry sew
| eral Southern states. This last scheme is
said to depend largely upon the support
of boiling gold democrats in those states
for success, as it includes a combination
of that element with the negro voters, up
on both Congressional and electoral tick
cts 1t was intended that this scheme
should be kept dark.
campaign did this year. In consequence
an awful lot of rot has been put into cir
culation concerning the attitude of Presi
dent Cleveland and the members of his
administration towards BRYAN and Nc
kinley. Silver democrats are not expect
ing any aiG from the administration and
| none of them were at all surprised when
Secretaries Olney and Herbert said they
would not vote for Bryan, but it will take
something more authoritative than sensa-
| tional newspaper publications to make
them believe in the existence of an under
standing between Mark Hanna and the
| President by which the influence of the
| administration is to be used in behalf of
| Mckinley.
Secretary Gardner, of the democratic
congressional campaign committee, and of
the National Association of Democratic
| Clubs, said he expects to enroll more than
| five thousand campaign and regular clubs
| before the election. Among the applica-
| tions for enrolment during the last week
were those of the Russian American Dem
| ocratic Union, of New York city, with a
membership of $4,000, and the Bryan Free
Silver League of New York city. The ap-
| plication of the former stated that they
| fully endorse the Chicago regular demo-
cratic ticket and platform. Mr.. Gardner
| says he has been much surprised at the
| large number of endorsements of the dem
| ocratic platform received from the Eastern
States. He was himself gold standard
| man previous to the Chicago convention.