Middletown transcript., 1896-07-18

of Nebraska, a POpulist, to head th cir
ticket. On the contrary, they arc de-
lighted with both ticket and platform,
both of which have already done
efficient work for Mckinley and
Hobart. When you say that Bryan is
a natural born orator, you say about all
that can be said in his favor. During
the two terms he served in the House,
he demonstrated that there was little
underneath his ability to talk brilliant
ly, tmoothly and dramatically, and be-
fore he retired from Congress he was
at outs with all the democratic leaders
because of his having shown them that
he was more of a Populist than a
Democrat. He was so much a Popu-
list that only two years ago he wanted
the Populist nomination for Gov. of
Nebraska, but was beat out of it by
Holcomb. His career since that time
has been anything else but great. He
made failure as editor of an Omaha
paper, and was repudiated by the voters
of that state when he stumped the
state as the Populist-democratic can
didate to succeed Mr.. Manderson in the
U. S. Senate. The man who defeated
Bryan in that campaign and who can
be depended upon to see that Mckinley
and Hobart carry Nebraska this year
is Senator Thurs.on, who so ably pre-
sided over the st. Louis convention.
The nomination of Arthur Sewall,
of Me-. for Vice President did not
strengthen the Democratic populist
ticket. Even in Washington, where
nearly everybody has sort of general
knowledge of the men who are at all
prominent in politics, everybody was
asking, when the news of .Sewall's
nomination was received, "who is
Sewall?' And in all Washington, no
picture of him could be found by the
newspapers. His nomination was evil
dently Intended as sopto the disgrun-
tied Democrats of the Middle and
Eastern States, who had nothing to do
with putting Populist B!ran at the
head of the ticket, but it will not
work.
Even after the Democrats have
adopted an out and out Populist plat
form and nominated a Populist for
President, they are far from certain of
securing the Endorsement Of either the
Populists, the silver party, or the bolt
silver Republicans. That is a matter
of bargains and deals yet to be made,
The leaders of each of these factions
will make demands,-extensive ones,
too, which must be met before they
will agree to support Bryan and Sowall
and even if they agree to do so it will
still he matter of doubt as to how
many votes of the rank and file they
can deliver. Senator Teller could pro-
bably have gotten the votes of nearly
all of these factions had he been nom
mated by the Democratic party, but it
is certain tina. Bryan cannot.
Members of the administration are
not talking. They are waiting for Mr..
Cleveland to give them cue. 1t has
been known for sometime that Mr..
Cleveland favored the nomination of a
gold Democratic ticket, while many
)ther prominent Democrats who will
under no circumstances support Bryan
and Sewall on their Populist platform
'avor voting directly for Mckinley and
Hobart as the surest way of rebuking |
he work of the Chicago convention.
The latter have the support of such |
prominent papers as the New York |
Sun, Herald and Times. Republicans
ire not worrying about what the sound
money Democrats may or may not do,
or the very simple reason that they
IRE confident that Mckinley and Ho-
,art can and will be elected by Repub- |
ican votes. Of course they will be |
ylad to have Democrats vote the ticket
because they believe that the larger |
he majority against the Chicago ticket
ind platform, the better it will be for
he future of the country. 1t is ques-
ion of Law, order, public credit and
md general prosperity against anarchy,
epudiation and ruin.
This is the way Kentucky Demo-
'rat-Maj. d. w. Saunders, of Louis