Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-07-24

The Republican Ticket Seems
Good Enough for Traitors TO DE.
mOcracy The mOcratic Com
gressiOnal Committee Confident
ganizing Everywhere.
From Our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, July 18th, 1896.
Senator Jones, OF Arkansas who was
chosen by Mr.. Bryan to be chairman
OF the Democratic National Commit
tee, returned to Washington this week.
He bought with him an immense
stock OF confi,!erce which he is freely
distributing among Democrats. He
refuses to consider the election OF
Bryan and Sewall other than an
absolute certainty, and he says he
knows prominent Republicans who
take the same view of the situation,
one of whom told him that he would
not be surprised to see silver carry
every State outside Of New England.
He was asked il he feared the nomina-
ton OF gold Democratic ticket, and
replied: Not in the least. Why
should we? 1t will not carry any
State, and the only votes it will get
will he of those Democrats who would
otherwise vote for Mckinley or else
go fishing. 1t may be called an in
dependent ticket. Its convention
would not be representative of the
Democratic party, because the Demo-
cratic party, called together in ma
tional convention by its national COM
mittee, has already acted. No one
has any authority to call another
Democratic convention. No, the
threat, if it may be called one, of
certain gentlemen to hold another
convention has no terror. | under
stand that several administration
officials refuse to support the nominee
OF the Democratic convention. They
have never been with lis. The fact
that they are not with us now is not
astonishing" Secretary Herbert was
probably one of the officials Senator
Jones referred to, as he is credited
with having said that he would not
vote for Bryan and Sewall.
Senator Faulkner, OF West Virginia,
chairman OF the Democratic Con-
gressional Campaign Committee, be-
lieves that the Democrats can capture
the House this year and is determined
that it shall not be the fault of the
committee if they do not. He says:
" The province of this committee will
be to aid the election of any candidate
for Congress upon the regular Demo.
cratic ticket. We have nothing what
ever to do with the nominations for
Congress, and will take no part in the
contests for them. After the candi-
dates are selected, however, it will be
our business, and We will see to it that
all the aid possible is given for the
election of those candidates. We will
take it for granted that the Demo-
Gratis of each district know what they
are about, and we will not question
their selection. 1t will make no
difference to us what the platform
may he upon which the candidates are
selected" Senator Faulkner has no
doubts about the election of Bryan
and Sewall. nor about their carrying
his own State, of which he said: Il
believe that the sentiment through
out the State is overwhelmingly in
favor Oft. In my own country know
personally OF Republican votes that we
will get with our platform. think
the same condition exists in other
counties in the State. We will hold
our State convention August 18th, and
will nominate a State ticket upon
silver basis throughout. Every one OF
our Congressional candidates will also
be for silver"
The Congressional committee has
already placed large orders for Mr..
Bryan's speeches in Congress, in order
to be able to promptly fill the orders
for them which have already begun to
come in. Among the other documents
selected by the committee for cam
paign use are speeches on finance by
Senators Daniel, Jones, of Ark, and
Cockrell; on the income tax, by
Representative McMillin and Ex-
Representative Fitzgerald's speech on
Sectarianism and the Marquette
Statue.
According to present indications,
the number of Democratic clubs which
will take part in this years campaign
will largely exceed that of any previous
campaign. In one day, this week,
sixty applications for charters for new
clubs were received at the headquarters
of the National Association OF Demo
cratic Clubs.
There is reason to believe that a
bold attempt is to be made to prevent
the Populist convention, which will be
held at st. Louis next week, endorsing
Bryan and Sewall. Agents of those
interested in having the Populists put
up a ticket of their own for the purpose
of dividing the silver vote are reported
to have intimated to leading Populists
that any price they might name would
be paid for a failure on the part Of
the convention to endorse Bryan and
Sewall and the nomination OF a
straight Populist ticket. Those who
ought to know say the convention will
either endorse Bryan and Sewall or
will nominate them outright. 1t is
certain that the silver convention, to
be held at the same time and place,
will be for Bryan and Sewall. Dem.
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