The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-08-07
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

WAsHINGToN. ID. c., August :ird. !
Bryan's chances for election are daily
growing brighter. according to all the IN
formation which reaches Washington. He
is losing no friends and the gold democrats
are constantly dropping back into line
with more or less grace, and, notWlthstand-
ing the positive annOuncement.that a golu
democratic convention is to be held at
Chicago about the first of Sept. to noml-
nate another Presidential ticket, there are
few democrats hereabou;S who believe
that ANYTHING done at that convention Will
either ieopardZe Bryan's election or play
any important part in the campaign. The
democratic managers figure that as soon as
the campaign gets fairy started, it will
will be PLAIN to everybody that it must
be either Bryan or Mckinley and that
fully 80 per cent of the democrats will vote
for Bryan. and that for every one OF the
) per cent who will vote for Mckinney or
"A gold democrat, or not vote at all, Bryan
will get votes of at least ten silver repub
licans. The fact that Tammany Hall has
announced its intention to support Bryan
| and Sewall notwithstanding the eXtraor
| binary efforts made by prominent gold
| democrats to get it to withhold action
until the New York State Convention met
| in September is Il straw showing the drift
of democratic sentiment in the stronghold
| of gold which will have effect in Brvans
favor elsewhere.
| Bryans speech at the monster notitica
| ton IN New YORK city Will not only set
the keynote for the democratic cempai gn.
but Will set the pace for the republicans to
| follow as Mark Hanna has said that the
| republican plan of campaign would not
be settled upon until they have that speech
before them. Mr.. Bryan ought to, and
doubtless does feel highly complimented
to uccdpy this position before the country.
| By the way, speaking of that notification
| meeting, the railroads running into New
| YORK CITY seem disposed to throw obstacles
| in the way of democrats who wish to
attend that meeting. the democrats at
Washington applied to the two railroads
having direct lines to New York for Il
| reduced fair for the meeting and were in
| formed that no reduction would be allow
ed. This somewhat unusual action on
the part of the railroads which are ordi
narly only too anxious to offer induce
mentS in the shape of reduced fare to any
large crowd, has been much commented
upon, and many think it only part of
| the general plan of the moneyed and
corporate interests to fight Bryan and
Sewall: but it has not dampened the
enthusiasm of the Washington democrats.
| They may not carry as many as would
have gone had IA reasonable reduction of
fare been allowed item, III they will go.
| and Will carry Il Considerable number all
the same. No date has been set for the
| local ratification meeting. but 1t Is eN-
pected that it will be after the New York
meeting and that MIR. Bryan will speak.
MIR. J. T. Mclean, who was candidate
| before the CLicayo convention. will be
| asked to preside.
Representative Meredith of Va. says of
his state: 1T is all one way in Va. a
large number of republicans and all OF
the populists are going to support the
democratic ticket which will carry the
state by "a big majority. There will be no
large detection of gold democrats from
the ticket, and for evey polter there will
be two acquisitions from the republic
cans.
1t may sound like the most rabd sort
of rainbow chasing for democrats so to be
talking not only of the possibility but of
probability that Pennsylvania can be car
ried by BRYAN and Sewall, Mr.. W. J
Brennan, who has just returnep from 4
trip through the Mining section of that
state. said: Free silver has made converts
by the thousand in all that section. talk
ed with a great many of the men who
worked in the mines. for having been an
employer of labor in the coal belt, knew
many personally. They nearly ali told
me they were going to vote for Bryan
For wears the mine workers have eXper
, fenced the hardest sort of luck, and with
an average employment of not over ono
hundred days in year they have scarce
!, " been able to make a living for their fam
, lilies The farmers are almost as bad OFT
through the depreciation of farming lands
and their products. Knowing Pennsylva-
| T 4 L., 1
that, with the proper effort and organiza-
ton: and the thorough canvass of the State
/, by men who can explained the silver side
. of the controversy, it is debatable ground
and the republicans would be out to their
best trumps to carry it for Mckinley.