Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-09-02
POLITICAL NOTES.

cratic national committee, will also be
chairman of the campaign committee.
Among the callers at the headquar-
tiers of the republicans in Richmond
yesterday were Messrs. Robert NJ. and
Floyd Hughes, of Norfolk, sons Of
Judge R. W. Hughes. They are said
TO be taking a lively interest in tbs
campaign. Their father is well
known advocate of free silver and is
going to support Bryan.
The New Hampshire democratic
State convention met at Concord to-
day. The platform endorses the Chiea
90 nominees and platform. A resolu
ton congratulating VIM. ]. Bryan or
his political triumphant tour was
adopted enthusiastically. A resolution
endorsing the administration OF Presi'
dent Cleveland was rejected overwhelm
! ingly on rising vote, only ninety.one
rising in the affirmative.
The entire republican State ticket il
Vermont was elected yesterday by &
majority OF about $4,000, a gain o.
$4,000 over the last presidential cleo
ton. The republicans also make gains
in both branches of the legislature. Mr.
Hanna, chairman of the national re-
publican committee, says the election
in Vermont is an indication of how the
country will go next November. Chair
MIN Jones, of the democratic committee
says: The result in Vermont is not
surprising. No effort was made by the
democrats except locally, while the re
publicans made strenuous exertions.
attach no significance to the outcome.
IL is simply another case OF the Dutch
taking Holland"
The national convention OF the sound.
money democrats was called to order
to-day at indianapolis. A permanent
organization will be effected and then
the delegates will adjourn until Thurs
day, when it is expected that candidates
will be nominated and ticket chosen.
Among those spoken Of in connection
with the presidential nomination are
Gen. Edward S. Bragg and Senator
Villas, OF Wisconsin; VIM. D. Bynum,
OF Indiana: Senator Palmer. of Illinois,
and Secretaries Carlisle and Morton.
Many delegates are favorable to the
denomination of President Cleveland.
President Cleveland's close friends op
pose the suggestion of his nomination.
Twenty one of the Virginia delegates
are in Indianapolis, and last night they
organized with Mr. 5. Y. Southall, OF
Charlottesville, as chairman. The com
mittee assignments were postponed un-
til to-day. Mr.. Joseph Bryan, OF Viz
GINA, will be on the committee on reso-
lutions.
On Saturday an important conference
will take place at the democratic nation
al headquarters in Chicago. Mr.. Bryan
will arrive in Chicago on Friday even
ing, and number of the leaders have
been asked to meet hin at Chairman
JoDes's rooms the following morning.
The conference is to decide matters in
relation to the future conduct of the
campaign. and at the same meeting the
three vacancies in the national execu-
tive committee and three on the nation
al advisory committee will be filled.
Among those to be present are Senator
Teller, of Colorado, Gov. Altgeld, OF
Illinois, and Gov. Stone. of Missouri.
Mr.. Howell, OF Georgia, will not be able
TO DE present. Its believed that the in
tention is to offer Senator Teller place
on one Of the committees, probably the
advisory. Chairman Jones will not go
east until after the conference with Mr..
Bryan and the other leaders on Satur-
day.
In all his career, wonderful as it has
been, William J. Bryan never address
ed an audience so large and enthusias
tic as that which gathered in the State
House grounds at Columbus, Ohio, las,
night. Peol lie who have witnessed the
naugurations OF Ohio's Governors in
recent years say that the crowds OF
those occasions never numbered more
than 10000. But last night everybody
was saying that the inaugural assem-
bisges did not compare in point OF num-
bers with the magnificent congregation
that came to hear the young democratic
candidate on the issues of the cam
paign. Mr.. Bryan was obliged to di-
vide his speech into four segments, one
delivered from each side of the cano-
pied stand that had been erected for
the occasion. Fifty thousand is con-
sentative estimate of those who were
present, among them being 1000 miners
who came from the Hooking Valley,
The railroad companies gave unusually
low rates and thousands of people took
advantage of them. In a speech in
Columbus Mr.. Bryan criticised the
Indianapolis convention in bitter and
sarcastic manner.