The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-01
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

spirited attempt, with the assn 'tance
of the sound money Democrats9eo put
a number of Southern States IL. the
Republican column than they lfould
have done had they considereA. the
states necessary for Republican, sue
cess to be in doubt. This chargk upon
the South is not rainbow chasing. 1t
is approved as good politics, And as
promising substantial results, BY some
of the shrewdest workers and qmana-
gers in the Republican partly. To
start with there are four Southern
states - Maryland, Delaware,A West
Virginia and hentucky-whiah are
almost certain to be carried hR Nc
Kinley and Hobart, and whi1h are
privately conceded by manYoiilver
men as being already lost tofBryan.
There is a fighting chance FOG The Re
publicans to carry North Cath ina, al
though it has been lesseneGa'by the
Democrats and Populists, WIZ a rue
Republicans think oIlsgAt, to - -, 49, =
and could have been prevented Ten
nessee Republicans have assured the
National Committee that the state
can be carried for Mckinley If the
Committee will lend It's help to get
out the full Republican vote and the
committee has promised to do sd. The
Republicans will also make a lively
fight in Alabama. not with the expec-
tation OF electing Mckinley ard Ho-
bart electors, but Of indirectly helping
sound money Democrats OF chat state
to carry some OF the Congressional
districts and 10 elect the Palmer and
Buclluer electors. The Alabama
Democrats and Populists are so hot
against each other that they viii pro-
badly not fuse.
According to Comptroller Eckels,
who has been making sound money
speeches in Illinois, Bryan is
thoroughly beaten and viii not carry
a single one of the Mississippi valley
states. He also saws that Altgeld is
making his canvass for Gov. OF Hi
nois independent Of the Bryan cause,
but that he will be beaten anyway
| Even the women in the District of
Columbia are taking an active part in
| the fight for Mckinley and Hobart and
sound money and the right to earn it
| by honest toll. The Auxiliary
Women's Republican Association has
been organized, to assist the Mckinley
and Hobart marching Campaign
Club. This is the first women's club
organized in Washington during the
present campaign, its object being, as
stated in its constitution, ''to unite
the women of this co,a-ao unity in bdu-
cational work and social Influence for
the maintenance of the principles of
Republican party in the home, in the
state, and in the nation
Bryan has proven himself to be a
bigger man with the Democratic ma
chine of New York than Senator Hill
is. He said when Hills candidate for
Governor, John Boyd Thatcher, wrote
that letter, expressing his willingness
to run for Governor on a platform
endorsing the Chicago platform, while
declaring himself unalterably opposed
to the free coinage of silver. that
Thatcher would have to get off the
ticket, and now. 10 and behold, Thac-
her is off the ticket. Democrats in
Washington will not be surprised if
this last humiliation put upon Hill by
Bryan results in Hill coming out for
Palmer and Buckner Or sullzing dur
ing the campaign.
Chairman Babcock. of the Renub-
lican Congressional Committee. has
Just returned from New York. where
he conferred with Chairman Hanna
Senator QUAY and other members OF
the Republican National Committee.
and he is in a very iubilant state of
| mind. He saws that everything is 90
ing McKinleywards, and that the Re
publican who isn't commended with
the present drift of public sentiment
must be hard to satisfy indeed.