Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-09-30
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Special Correspondents

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The Popocratic National Committee
this week formerly abandoned the
fight for Bryan in the East and Middle
States, by aboifshing the Washington
branch of its headquarters, Other rea.
sons are given, but everybody in Wash.
ington knows the real reason to be that
Chairman Jones has been convinced
that Bryan has no show to carry q
single State in the East and the cost of
maintaining the Washington branch
of his headquarters was just so much
money thrown away. 1t was originally
intended that the work done at the
Washington branch of Popocratic
headquarters should be almost entirely
Of a literary nature, and Clark Howell,
of the Atlanta Constitution, was placed
in charge of the bureau which was to
teach Eastern voters the beauties of
free silver and the Chicago platform,
with Representative Richardson of
Tennessee, as his chief assistant. Mr..
Howell has found things 80 warm in
Georgia that he has been able to give
very little time to the bureau, and
Richards having a fight
with Butler and was transferred to
Chicago. This left the bureau in charge
of a young nan whose sole political
experience consists of having succeeded
in getting himself sent as one of six
delegates from the District Of Column
bia to the Chicago convention, and
now the bureau is ''busted," just as
the whole Popocratic combination will
BIZ on the 3rd of November. This leaves
the Populist headquarters in a rather
peculiar position. Senator Butler is
here, but there will be nobody repre-
senting the %Popocratic National Com.
mittee in Washington for him to confer
with, as Senator Faulkner, of the Dem
ocratic Congressional Committee,
which, of course, retains its Washing,
ton headquarters, has no connection
with the popocratic National Commit
tee, and nothing to do with the man
agement of anything but the Congress
ional campaign.
Senator Elkins, Of West Virginia,
enjoys the reputation of being one of
the shTewdest and most careful politi-
cal observers in the -country. For that
reason his opinions were eagerly sought
while he was in Washington this week.
He said of West Virginia: " have no
fears of the State; its electoral vote
will be cast for Mckinley by at least
10000 to $4,000 majority. l an not in.
dulging in braggadocio, and my esti-
mate is conservative. The fact is that
the silver cause is losing force daily.
Apart from its espousal by the Demo-
cratic party free silver alone couldn't
carry owe three states in the Union.
The Western people are not nearly 80
crazy over this silver delusion as East.
ern people imagine; all the fools do not
reside west of the Allegheny Noun.
tains, and that fact will be very appar-
ent when the vote is counted" OF the
general result Senator Elkins said
1.-THE electoral votes of Ohio, Indiana,
Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin and Michigan
are surely Mckinley g. In Minnesota,
Kansas, Nebraska, California, and.
may add Kentucky, there is also a
chance of winning, but the battle Is
won without them Mckinley will
have a majority of at least 80 In the
electoral college," Senator Elkins
will, in addition to stumping his own
State, make some speeches in Ohio,
Indiana and Illinois.
Lawrence Gardner, Secretary of
the Democratic Congressional Commit
Tee, ADMITS tnat he mas Drawn several
checks for amounts in the neighbor-
hood Of 81, 900 each to the order OF Gen.
eral Secretary Treasurer Hayes, Of the
Knights OF Labor, but says they were
in payment for printing done for the
committee. He denies knowledge of
drafts paid to other officials of the
Knights of Labor in the Middle Wes
tern States, but it is positively asserted
that such drafts have passed through
Washington banks, and 1t is certain
that the men who got the money on
them did not do any printing for the
Democratic Committee.
Nothing but amusement was caused
J among Republicans in Washington by