The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-07-03
Washington Letter.

From our Regular Correspondent.
wASHINGTuN, june 24.-rhc delegates TO the
Chicago Convention have all been chosen, and
even President Cleveland now recognizes that
silver has won, and that free coinage plank
in The platform is us near certainty us any
thing not yet actually accomplished can he.
There iIn't half the kicking from the anti silver
Democrats that might have been naturally eN
pcctcd. There is n general disposition to sub
init as gracefully as possible To the old Demo
cratic idea that Il majority rules. But the CON
test for the head OF the ticket Is not over, as Il
seems that the silver Democrats Will he II few
votes short OF the two-thirds necessary to nomi-
nate. If that should turn out to bc the case
there may he quite Il number OF ballots before
the nomination Is made. should the SlNcr men
have IwO-t birds. il Is the opinion Ot some well
Informed Democrats that Gov. Roles, OF Iowa,
if his friends can convince that convention that
he can carry his own State, Will stand an excel
Lent chance for getting the nomination.
The work of the convention VIII practically
begin this week when leading representative
OF both silver and dntl-silNer Democrats VIII
meet ut Chicago for the purpose OF comforting
with their respective associates ana agreeing
rs far as may he possible upon Il programme
Sihlc that these gentlemen might reach some
sort Of an agreement that would prevent
fight in the convention, il is not considered
probable that they will. 1t seems impossible
to avoid that fight.
Whatever the Chicago Convention docs"
said an old time Democrat, II hope it will not
repeat the Greeley fouI-busineSs by going out
side of the party for Presidential candidate.
The very same talk about the great number of
RppuD lCun voters mat might ne c:lplHIc' bN
nominating some Republican like senator Tel
Ter, of Colorado, or senator Cameron, of Penn
sylvania. was heard in Greeey's behalf Just
before the meeting of the Democratic National
Convention of 1872, and just look ut the re-
suit. The Greeley ticket received only 66
electoral votes out of 352, or II less than were
east for Seymour aud Blair. 1868 when V ir-
giniI, Texas and Mississippi had no votes wing
To their not having been reconstructed ut the
time. The experience of 1872 will hc repeated
this year, If the Chicago Convention goes out
side of TN" party for il candidate. ! am quite
sure that all of the old Shcllhack Democrats
like myself, who Will vote and work for the
ticket anyway just because it Is Democratic,
would prefer defeat under candidate OF our
own TO victory under II disgruntled republican.
That is just the way | feel about il. and just
the way shall talk to my fellow delegates at
the convention. | am with them what ever
they do, but I'd rather them do right"
Col. Isaac Hill, better known to every body
around the House end of the Capitol, where he
has been the Democratic whipper in for many
years, as Ike HILL" has just returnedfrom his
Ohio home. He says that Mckinley cannot
possibly carry that State. The people won't
stand it," he continued; thy have got their
hearts set on an American system of finance,
and nothing short of free coinage nj the old
ratio will suit them. Why, drove 90 miles
through the country i'll a buggy ana met nun
dreds of my Republican personal friends who
said, Ike, we are with you against the god
bugs; Wall street has run this country, and has
about run it i'll the ground. We want il change
and are going to vote for the Chicago nominee
and free silver. The tariff is back number;
give us the money of the constitution and the
dollar of our daddes.' That's the way they
talk and AS for the Democrats, why, there 5
no holding them down. Your Uncle Isaac is
not employing metaph0rcal language. nor yet
try ing to Jolly you along when he says that the
Democrats are going to win i'll Ohio this year"
Mr.. Walter Hammond, whose home is at the
Indiana town named for his father, who was II
member OF the Fi1ty-ThirI Congress, says of
Democratic p. aspects i'll Indiana: ~ majority
of the Democratic voters OF the State are ardent
believers i'll free coinage. as was shown ut the
late State Convention, and Il great many Re
publicaus can also he counted On the silver
side. Another thing that will help the Demo
Gratis is the strong feeling that has developed
against the Nicholson law regulating the sale
| OF Intoxicating liquors. The responsibility of
that law rests ON the Republicans, and il is so
| obnoxious to Il large class that they will vote
against the party that enacted it, Taken all
together, | think the Democrats will carry the
State"
Hon. c. \. Hardin, Of Kentucky, says that
State can be- counted upon with absolute GER
tuinty to roll up II big ma jOrity for the ticket
named at Chicago. and he is equally positive
| that West Virginia, where he has just been on
business will do the same.