Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-07-04
THE POLITICIAN.

Not single Republican in Washing
ington was at all surprised when it
was announced that Speaker Reed had
without solicitation volunteered to
take the stump for Mckinley and Ho-
bart, and I will venture the assertion
that Gov. Mckinley was not surprised,
either. He and erybody else who
knows Drained Tom Reed knows
that his devotion to the Republican
party and its principles far exceeds his
personal ambition, and that he has
never learned the art of being dis
gruntled. Many weeks before the St.
Louis convention was held it was stat
ed in this correspondence that Speaker
Reed could be depended upon to take
the stump for the ticket nominated, if
he failed to get the nomination him
self. The statement was not idly
made; it was based upon good author
ity as all statements of fact made in
this correspondence are,
a9s
There is very little doubt that the
administration influence will be used
to bring about bolt at Chicago, unless
the silver Democrats can be outgener-
aled by Whitney and the other admin
istration Democrats, and that does not
seem at all probable at this time. No
member of the Cabinet will go to Chi
cago but several assistant secretaries
will attend Republicans are inclined
to be Indifferent about what the Chica-
go convention may do or not do, be-
lieYing that the Republicans have a
ticket and platform that cannot be de-
feated, but if they have any choice at
all it is to see the convention adopt
platform and nominate a ticket that
will be indorsed by the poprlists in
order that the two parties of isms and
humbuggerY may be defeated together.
This country has had enough expert
menting to last it a generation and is
anxious to return to the common sense
business methods which are character
istic of the Republican party.
hoard gold, in anticipation of it's going
to premium after the Chicago con-
vention adopts platform declaring
for the independent coinage of silver
at ratio of 16 to l by the United
States. A prominent Democratic Off
cial was told this and refused to believe
it He was then persuaded to make
the rounds of the Washington banks
and try to obtain gold. He did so and
is now thoroughly convinced that the
banks are boarding gold He got no
gold although he offered to pay a
premium of per cent for it He was
candidly told by some of the bankers
that they were holding on to all the
gold they could get not because they
believe that free silyerites will carry
the country, but because they believe
that even campaign in favor of free
silver will result in putting gold at
premium, and, as one of them put it,
should the country by some mischance
declare for free silver, every dollar in
gold we have in our vaults will be
worth at least s1.50. AS prudent busi-
ness men we are preparing for any
contingency"
The John r. Mclean candidacy for
the Democratic nomination for Presi-
dent is regarded by the politicians as
bluff, made for the purpose of getting
second place on the ticket for him.
Still, it is just as well for the other
fellows to watch John. He has more
money than he has any use for, and his
income from the Washington Gas Com
pany, of which he is president, and
from his Cincinnati newspaper and
other paying investments is growing
larger all the time. A man like that
is always dangerous opponent in a
convention.
A gentleman who saw and talked