The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-07-25
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Regular Correspondence WING.
WAsHINGToN, July 23d, 1896.

WASHINGTON, July 23d, 1896.
Chairman Babcock. of the Republican Con-
gressional Campaign Committee, who has just
returned from Il conference with Major Nc
Kinlcy and Chairman Hanna, of the National
Committee is again on duty at the committee
headquarters. He expresses little interest in
the Popuist convention is be held this week
ut st. Louis. Like most Republicans he is of
the opinion that nothing the Populsts can do
will prevent the election of Mckinley and
Hobart and Il sound money Congress. 1t is
generally believed in Washington that the
Populist's convention will endorse Bryan, the
Populist candidate. and the Populist platform
adopted ut Chicago. and that the talk to the
contrary is merely IA bluff made for the pur
pose of making "A better deal.
insignificant as was the part played by Mr..
Bryan in two Congresses in which he served
he will find that ii was sufficient to stamp
him rs being untitled for the Presidency of
the United States Progressive Americans
have to man been in favor of the building
and maintenance of a navy sufficiently strong
to command the respect of foreign nations.
and the events of the last few years have fully
justified the correctness and patriotism of
that position. There has been several times
when the strength of our Navy has been IA
factor the principal factor many believc-in
preventing war. Mr.. Bryan proved his un-
progrcssiycncss when he was in the House,
ana when our Navy was more than twenty
five vessels weaker than it is today. by oppos-
ns the strengthening of our Navy oil the
ground that it was then strong enough. 1t is
such things as these. and not platitudnous
speeches delivered in sonorOus tones and with
dramatic gestures. which demonstrate the
caIiber Of II man. Mr. Bryan could not hc
elected President on his record, no matter
what sort of IA platform he stood upon. He
simply isn't up to the Presidential standard.
The prominence that Senator Quay. as Il
member of the Executive Committee. is to
take in the management of Mckinley and
Hobart's campaign is very gratifying to the
admirers of the brainy Senator from the Key
stone State: besides. it shows what excellent
Judgment Chairman Hanna has used in select
ing the men who are to help him fight
anarchy, disorder and population, and to
'I'tl IL lOO-t'ul hOllhT lTeSltitul.
According to news received by prominent
Republicans. Speaker Reed is not only going
TO take an active part in the National Cam
paign. but he is also going to whoop things
up for the State and Congressional elections
in Maine, which will occur in September, in
order to show to the country the falsity of
the claim put forward by Mr.. Sewall, the
Democratic candidate for Vice President,
that the silver sentiment is on the increase in
Maine and in New England. He believes
that the best way to show this is to pile up an
enormous Republican majority in September,
in his State. and he intends spending all his
immense power rs Il campaigner towards the
accomplishment of that end. 1t would be
well nigh impossible for big Tom Reed to
add to his popularity among the Republicans
of the National Capital, but il anything
would do it it would be Just what he has
started upon: and in other places where he is
not so well known. his action will make him
new and staunch friends. because it will
show, what all of his personal friends includ
ing Gov. Mckinley already knew, but he is
not soreheadcd because he didn't get the
Presidential nomination.
The actions of a man, and not his pro-
fessions, are what he should he judged by
striking illustration of this is found in the
case of Senator Stewart, millionaire silver
mine owner. free silver advocate, and owner
of the "Silvcr Knight, II newspaper published
in Alexandria, Va. but issued under Il Wash
ingon date line. No man is louder in his
professions of Il great and all consuming
desire to raise up the laboring men who are
trodden under the feet of the millionaire
employers of the country. Some of the afore-
said down trodden laboring men who possess
brains as well as skill with their hands have
been ascertaining how wide apart are Senator
Stewart professions and his acts. He moved
his paper from Washington to Alexandria.
solely because that town has no Topographic
cal or Pressman's Union and he now pays
his printers and prcssman 20 n week for six
days of nine hours each, just about half of
what the Union establishments in Washing
ton pay for the same work, and, as though to
add insult to injury, the men he employs are
required to he members of the Union else
where, so that it can be claimed that Union
men only are employed on the paper That's
the sort of love Senator Stewart has for labor
ing men.