The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-07-31

From our Regular Correspondent.

WAsHINGTON, July 27.-Bryan's nomination
for President by the PopuliSt Convention after
he had declined the nomination because that
convention had nominated Tom Watson in
stead ri i,.w:tll for ice President, WAS much
more satisfactory to the average Democrat
than il would have been under UthUr circum.
stances. III course Mr.. Bryan would not even il
he could, do anything To prevent the POpuliSts
voting for him, but their nominating him Il tcI
his defamation will relieve him of obligations
which would otherwise have existed. Accord.
ing to information received i'll Washington
Bryan would have received the vote of nearly
all of the Pupulists whcth' he had been nomi.
mated ny their convention or not
Unle Is those who ought to know are alto.
gethcr out i'll their reckoning, the nomination
of Wat son for Wee President was one of those
meaningless things which are sometimes done
i'll politics, and no doubt Is felt or the election
OF Bryan and Scwai!, should the Democrats
and Popuists combined have ma jOrity of the
Electoral College. Nevert hclcSs 1t is feared
that WatSOns nomination may cause some
trouble i'll several of the Southern states, il
there he both democratic and POpulist cleo
tors put up and voted for in those States, as
now seems probable, and there is of course, Il
possibility OF there being trouble in tho Elcc-
tural College should the Bryan majority be
suiall and the balance OF power be held by
bryan and Watson electors.
secretary Hokc Smith is out for Bryan and
Scwuil, and Secretary Carlisle and Postmaster
General Wilson are cXpected to declare for the
ticket very shortly. None of THESE gentlemen
are Responsible Tor the belief, hat all the sHnl-
IL exists that u President Cleveland publicly de-
ciar,s against the ticket, as il is feared ht will
do, there " VI hc n breaking mp of the cabinet,
,.;lIacd by ths resignation of the members who
will support the ticket,
Al VI the lirmnrIptic organizations n Wash
inutOu have uppnint-d committees Ia uCt Joint
y IN setting 'lntr and making arrangements
Ter y "p!i-irg Bryan ana Sewaii TItIGcHiIDIi
meeting. As Mr.. Bryan is expected to he the
uriDCipul speaker ut this meeting, 4 il likely
that tfr date selected will he near that mpnn
which the big notification meeting in New
York CITY VIII he held.
There was some amusement ut the Cong res
s"nal Committee headquarters and among
Democrats generally at the report that some
body mad hired Madison square Gardens at
New York City for an indefinite period from
Au"Ist LIST, III order to prevent the Bryan mott
iic:iiun meeting being held there, as cOntcm-
plated, the idea presumably being that good
luck attends Il Democratic candidate only
when notified OF his nomination i'll Madison
square Garden, because Mr.. Cleveland rccciv-
..I his notification there III 1892. Ii Brlun'S
enemies have money to spend in that way, the
DCmOcI ats will merely give them the icy laugh
una hold the notification meeting somewhere.
else, out of door, il it hC necessary To accom-
lnod;itc the thousands who h;tVc already AL
nuunccd their intention IN attend the meeting.
Democrats were much pleased when they
heard that senator sherman WAS trying To per
surhr Mark Hanna Ia put him on the stump in
the Western States fur tine gold standard ticket
and they only hone that Hanna will do il. 1t
Is their belief that with the possible exception
al j. Picrp"nt MORGAN, the Wall street banker,
or one OF the RUthSchId' John Sherman
could make more votes for Bryan and Srwal
tiy taking up thu gold standard in the Western
states than by any other one man living.
sherman is one of tn" gold bugs whose advice
tn Western silver men would he certain to
cause them to do exactly the opposite thing.
Representative liahcOck,o of W Wisconsin, Chair
man of the Republican Congressional Cam
mittcc, isn't occupying II bed of roses this year.
In addition to the worry incident to his posi-
ton he has troubles of his own. lie is making
II thrcc-corncrCd fight for his political life ut
home. He is gold man, but il seems that
number of the most influential gold Repubii-
cans i'll his district are trying to throw the Con-
grrSSiOnal nomination to somebody else. There
are Il considerable number of silver Repub-
liciins in The district and they also are working
against lIabcock's nomination. The third fight
against him is being wagcd 10y the n. Z. a. AS
he can control the entire influence and all the
resources of the Congressional Committee, he
will probably succeed i'll getting nominated
again, but with all these enemies i'll his own
party, his getting elected again is quite another
matter.
Notwithstanding the extraordinary Efforts
which are being made 10 hold them back hy
talking of numinatinGl POld Democratic ticket,
Il great many Democrats who do not approve
nf the financial plank al the platform, are an
nOunCing their intention to vote for Bryan and
Scwull, instead of throwing their votes away
Or casting them for Mckinley, and there will
he n great many more of them before the
campaign gcta fairly started,