The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-08-13
WASHINGTON.
from our Regular Correspondent.
WASHING TON, August 10th, 1896.

Democratic National Committee,
found himself called upon very early
in the game to pay the penalty of
prominence in a National Campaign.
In addition to having been malicious
lv lied about and misquoted he has
been directly attacked and charged
with mismanaging the campaign. 1t
isn't Senator Jones that these people
are after injuring, but Bryan and
Sewall, whose prospects are looking
entirely too bright to please their
enemies. As to the misquotation of
his interview concerning the Southern
populists, Senator Jones said before
going to New York, where he will
probably remain until after the
National Committee meeting and
the big Bryan and Sewall notification
meeting, next week; ~ did not say
that Mr.. Bryan would not accept the
populist nomination, for | have no
authority to say that. l did not say
that as a general rule the southern
populists were not a creditable class.
On the contrary, l said that most Of
them were patriotic men who were
working for a cause that they were
populists because they had believed
they could promote their cause best
through a new party and that now
they would support Bryan, because 1t
was shown that their patriotic objects
could be attained only through his
election. That is what l said of the
southern populists as a rule. AS an
exception l spoke of the class who
were not Creditabe. l SAID there
were some who were populists merely
for their personal advancement some
who had become populists through
selfish, and not patriotic motives. |
spoke of these as the exceptional
class who would not support Bryan.
said that as a rule the populists in
the South would follow the patriotic
course and support Bryan that there
were some who, for selfish motives,
would not do so, but would perfer to
have Mckinley elected
The charge of mismanagement
against Senator Jones falls of its own
weight, for the very good reason that
there has been practically nothing to
manage and will not be until the
meeting of the National Committee
in New York City on the nth inst.
when the membership of the execu-
tive committee will be announced and
the general plan of the campaign
mapped out and adopted. This
charge was accompanied by a demand
that Senator Gorman's services be
requisitioned That really explains
one of the main objects of those who
made the charge-to upset the ex-
hemely cordial relations existing be-
tween Senator Jones and German,
thus depriving the National Commit
tee of the advice which Mr.. German
had promised to give during the
campaign in lieu Of accepting the
chairmanship of the executive COM
mittee which was offered him.
The gold democrats of New York
may be quite the patriots they claim
to- be, but since it became known in
Washington that they tried to make a
deal with Mark Hanna to cast their
votes for the Mckinley electoral
ticket in exchange for republican
votes in the New York legislature for
one of their number as Senator 10
succeed David B. Hill, they are class
ed as plain, everyday disgruntled
politicians, more bent upon getting
Office than upon defending principles
Unless all the reports from w. Va.
are wrong, which is not at all likely
that state will certainly give Bryan
and Sewall large majority. Among
the West Virginians N Washington
this week was Chairman Chiffon O
the Democratic State committee. he
says 1t is only question of how large
a majority the state will give the
democratic ticket, as the republican:
are flocking to the support of Bryar
and free coinage--in one county
alone 722 republicans have joined
Bryan and Sewall clubs.
The size of the democratic major
ity in Alabama indicates with unerring
certainty that the most of the popu
lists in the South will return to the
democratic party, thus realizing tn
prediction made when Bryan wa
nominated. 1t also increased tn
difficulty of Tom Watson putting u
a claim for democratic recognition
which will receive any attention. Th
south will be practically solid fo
Bryan and Sewall, although Marylan'
may be lost on account Of the money
ed and corporate influences of Bait
more beng thrown for Mckinley an
the gold standard,