The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-10-23
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER

WASHINGToN. d. G., October 10Th
Nh. EDIToR: Some of the most ardent
BRYAN men have been absolutely aston
ishcd at some of the recent Unexpectedly
good news which has come into Washing
ton. Lawrence Gardner. who attended
the State Convention of Democratic Clubs
in New York, says he received informa-
ton there which makes him certain that
BRYAN will carry New York, and the Con-
greSsional committee has information that
New jersey and PENNSYLVANIA are in IA
fair way to become Bryan states. owing to
tidal wave of silver sentiment which is
sweeping the workingmen out of repuhli-
can ranks and making them stanch sup
porters of Bryan. \ member of the Dem
ocratic State Committee of Ohio writes
that Bryan will not have less than 10000
plurality in that state, and Il democratic
poll of Iowa shows Il majority of $1,000
for BRYAN. Hon. +. II. Lovcjov writes:
II have been all over Michigan, Wiscon-
sin, Minnesota and North and South Da-
kota, and have come in personal contact
with the voters. especially in the large
numbering towns and mills, and % per
cent of these men intend to vote for Bry
an | feel sure that all these states will
go for Bryan and that by Il good majority.
Silver is on top. sure.
1t must be evident even to Secretary
Morton himself that he made a mistake
from every point of view when he made
that uncalled and undeservcd attack upon
Senators Harris, Pugh and Morgan. be
cause of their support of free silver. As
strongly as President Cleveland and the
other members of his cabinet are opposed
to silver, they to a man deprecate the Ian
guage of Secretary Morton. Nobody in
Washington would follow the example set
by some of the democrats on the Virginia
side of the Potomac, i'll hanging Secretary
Morton i'll etfigy, but he has been very
freely condemned by all classes of men.
Here is Il very conservative opinion eX-
pressed by Hon. p. b. Mckenzie, Mayor
of Eufala, Ala. and a gold democrat: II
have put Secretary Morton in the front
rank of democracy'S leaders, and as 4
sound money democrat, | was anxious to
see him nominated for President. Bat af-
ter his late utteranceS, 50 unjust and I'M
called for, am bound to modify my opn-
ion of his character. His foolish assault
Oh senator Morgan, Pugh and Harris. and
his attempt to wave the bloody shirt by
rousing prejudice against the South will
hurt the cause he wants to aid more than
most people ina CINE. 1t will turn hundreds
of wavering voters i'll every southern state
to the side of Bryan" Senator Morgan
dismissed the matter in few characters
tic words, referring to Mr.. Morgan as a
barn rat.
Secretary Carlisle has the dubious honor
of having been the first man to make
public partisan political speech in the L.
S Treasury Building. The speech was
against free silver and was made to Bal
timore delegation which had come to
Washington to request Mr.. Carlisle to
make speech in Baltimore before cleo
ton. As Mr. Carlisle's stump engage
ments in Kentucky made it inconvenient
for him to 90 to Baltimore, he proceeded to
make an anti-Silvcr speech then and there
to the dele CATION, forgetting perhaps, that
democrats were being kicked out of office
for daring to do much less in behalf OF ST
ven The latest removal was the son-in-
law of Senator Pugh, of Alabama who
dared to become a silver candidate .or
Congress.
The republicans who have been bluff
ing about their expectation of carrying
Texas crawled into their holes when
man with 5000, which he wanted to bet
that BRYAN would carry Texas by 10000
majority, arrived in Washington and tried
to run them down.
senator Butler. Chairman of the Popu-
llSl NdIlbHdl totSl tdlh lihN
IA man who is either lukewarm in his sup
port of BRYAN or doubtful of the result,
both Of which he has been charged with
being by republicans. He said: while |
was in Chicago assurances were given me
that the votes of Minnesota, Indiana and
Michigan are absolutely sure for Bryan.
Should Mr.. Bryan not lose any Of the Dor
der states, the vote of Indiana alone, in
addition, will elect him. The votes of the
other states will simply add to his maj or
itv." Mr. Butler frankly said that he did
not care to express any positive opinion
about Illinois or Iowa, because the infor-
nation he received concerning those two
states was of such Il mixed nature that
he had not formed any.
Mark Hanna has captured the National
officers of the \. =. A, bag and baggage,
and they are prepa ing to circulate an of
fetal attack upon Mr.. Bryan, which will
Indirectly appeal To \. p. y. men to vote
for Mckinley. 1t has been known to Mr.
BRYAN mana gers for some time that this
action was contemplated, but they had
not deemed the matter Of sufficient impor-
lance to try to prevent it. In fact. some
of them think the A. u. A. attack on Mr.
BRYAN will make a great many more votes
for him THAI against him, and ale for that
reason rather disposed to welcome it.
Baron Fava. the Italian ambassador.
praSiJnnt Cleveland