The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1896-10-17
WASHINGTON LETTER.
from our regular CorrespondenI.)
WASHINGTON. OCT. y, 1870.

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WASHINGTON. Ger. 9, 1896. I
Chairman Faulkner aud al the =
9TH r officials ut democratic head :
ouarters in Washington have \ we're !!
expression ON thoif J
faces. They have not lacked conn !
dence from tho beginning, II the /!
have received into, nation this Week,
which they think makes the eiec,i"n
nj BRYAN an absolute certainty. They
deer. it best not to- make pubic
exact nature Of this Information at
this time.
Mr.. Lawrence Gardner, secretary OF
the Democratic Congressional Jam
paign Committee, returned this week
from the convention Of the Natlona.
Association of Democratic Clubs, o
which he is also Secretary. he says
the convention was the most largely
attended and most thoroughly enthn.
siastic of anv convention OF the klhu
ever held. and that despite the haru
times and the discrimination Of the
railroads there was II larger atten-
dance than was expected. Speaking
of what he learned on tie trip Mr..
Gardner said "While at St. Louis,
and on my way thither and back,
consultations were had with dele
gates from all parts Of the country,
and while l went to st, Louis already
satisfied that Mr.. Bryan would be
elected, | returned with absolute cet-
tainty that nothing can be done to
stay the tide hat will carry him into
the White House. l have refrained
up to the present time, fiom expires
sing my opinion for publication, but
no y, feeling SO absolutely confident OF
the result, state the sincere belief hat
Bryan's election is assured. But as
this il the figh. Of the people against
the money powers of the world, we
must he watchful and keep up the
fight until the results are declared"
Democrats are wondering whether
President Cleveland's return to WASH
ington indicates his taking an active
part in the remainder of the campaign.
Some say one thing and some another.
Meanwhile Secretaries Carlisle and
Morton are talking for gold and small
fry officials are asked for their resig-
nations for talking for silver.
More than three hundred enthusiast
tic democrats went out to Laurel to
hear Senator German make his first
Bryan and Sewall speech, and they
were amply paid for SO doing. Senator
G0rmaD's statement Of hisOwn position
on the financial question was at once
modest and f0rcefuI. He said ;"There
are come democrats who have bought
it best to 60 slow OH the question now
before the people, but when we submit
ted our view al the highest court in this
land, the National Convention, there
was nothing left tor any democrat to
do but to accept the decision" The
Senator paid his respects to the boil
tiers in a fe y vigorous and character
istic words and closed by assuring his
hearers that the Maryland voters
could MOI he bought-in his own Ian
euage Il think | know the people
we'll enough to say that all the banks,
railroads Gnd other corporations will
not be able to prevent Maryland from
casting her electoral vote for Bryan
and S.wall."
This week the Democratic Congress
sioDal Committee issued a pocket
campaign book, giving IN a nutshell
the attitude of the democratic party in
the present campaign, and especially
designed to aid democrats in arguing
for the free coinage Of silver. Senator
Faulkner says it is one Of the most
unique, useful and popular campaign
books eve issued.
Here are some Of the reasons, in the
shape Of letters received at democratic
headquarters IN Washington, why the
republicans are getting frightened
about Ohio. From Fullerton. the
Chairman Of the Silver Club writes :
1'In our backwards town in the cor
ner OF Ohio, where we usually poll
nearly two hundred republicans to ten
or twelve democratic votes, we have
organised q silver club, which now
has more than ninety members. There
has been a silver club organized in
esssy township around u.s." and from
Redield the secretary OF another Sill
yer club writes: "This precinct polled
80 democratic votes last fall, and VI
will have over one hundred this fall
Mr.. Sewail's letter of acceptance
made public this week, is confirmation
which nobody dispute of the posi-
tive assertion made weeks ago in this
correspondence, that Mr. Sewall
would neither withdraw nor be with
drawn from the ticket upon which he
was placed by the Chicago Conven
ton.
The republicans came dangerously
near TO being thrown into a panic this
week by the ~unfavorable views they
received from Ohio and other states
which they had fancied to be sure fol
Mckinley. They are still quaking in
private, but have mustered up sufi