The National tribune., 1896-05-14
POLITICAL NOTES.

William J. Bryan has broken out again in q
| challenge to Secretary Carlisle to answer the
speeches he made some years ago in favor OF
] silver,
The Chicago people have raised the money
for the Democratic Convention.
Pharr. the Republican Populist candidate for
| Governor of Louisiana. still asserts that the
ajority of $1,000 which Foster, the Demo
| cratic candidate, claims was secured by the
grossest frauds, and he threatens TO take the
| matter before the Legislature and demand an
investigation. The Legislature is composed OF
% straight Democrats, II of the Citizens
League, % Populists. and 81 Republicans. Civ
ing the Democrats majority of four over ALL
Minister Willis. of Hawaii, wants to come
| home and run for Congress against Repre-
sentative Evans in the Louisville District.
Representative Bailey, of Texas, says that il
Cleveland should run again he could not carry
| II Counties in the South, and Carlisle could
not carry Southern State.
1t is suggested that Gov Morton will be
elected Senator from New York, and that
Hamilton Fish will be nominated for Gov
| ernor
Comptroller Eckels says that Gov. Altgeld
cannot carry the Illinois Democrats over TO
Free Silver.
The Montana Republicans will stay with the
| Republican party. The Republican Conven-
ton at Bntte reiterated its belief in Free Coin
age, but laid on the table resolution direct
ing the delegates to st. Lonis to walk ont of
the Convention if nothing was done for silver.
Col. Fred d. Grant is suggested for Vice
| President. This makes four from New York
Grant, Warner Miller, Gen. McApin, and Gen.
A. g. McCook.
Mai. Calvin Hood. Senator Pnmb's business
| IL
tor from Kansas, and claiml that he will he
elected, since neither John J. Ingalls, nor J. l..
| Burton can be.
Senator Hill says that the fight at Chicago
will be n close one, but that gold will win.
Ex-Speaker Crisp says that tho Free Silver
men will force the unit rule in all the South
ern States, following the example set by the
Gold men in Michigan.
Representative A. T. GOODWIN, Republican
Populist nominee for Governor of Alabama, has
opened his campaign with a denunciation of
Democratic corruption OF the baiot-box. plea
for an extension of the school system, and for
Free Silver, and challenge to the Democratic
nominee for n joint debate throughout the State.
The white Republicans are not ing kindly
to the fusion, and in some Counties have called
conventions 10 nominate straight Republican
tickets, pledged TO Sound Money.
nc nevada hepuBHca1S nave adopted
resolutions in favor OF Free Silver.
The fight between the Higgins and Addicks
factions Of the Delaware Republicans has re-
suited in favor of Addicks.
The fight between the Sound Money and
Free Silver Democrats in Texas seems to get
more bitter every day. and it now looks as if
split and two tickets in the field were inevita-
BILE.
Nn,,, no, ,,v-;1I L.. E.
Sound Money aud indorsc the Cleveland Ad-
ministration.
1t seems that intimidation did its successful
work in Louisiana. The Republican Populst
ticket WAS in fair way Of sweeping the State,
when the -" Regulators" let loose, and
changed the current by killing dozen or more
toc-actiye negro politicians.
senaior-eect Foraker is to place Mckinley
in nomination at ST. Louis.
Gov Bradley has been in communication
with Mckinley. and is supposed TO be negoti-
ating for \ place on the band wagon.
Representative Richard Bartho!dt. of st.
Louis, will be Temporary Chairman of the ST.
Louis Convention. aud Albert Griffin Secre-
tary, with possibility that these officers will
be made permanent.
Senator Brice announces his intention to be
present at Chicago in order to promote a har-
monious Convention, and that he thinks the
Democrats will defeat Mckinley.
Those "wohbly" men on the Ohio Delega-
ton that Mr.. Platt thought he discovered have
not been apparent to anybody eise's eyes.
The Amti-Iiing people in Louisiana show
that Of the 5000 majority claimed for Foster,
over 10000 comes from seven negro Parishes, in
which there are, all told, but 1908 white voters
and 2l,0O0 negro voters. Even the out-and-
out Democrat papers admit that there has been
great wrong done. and that il must not be
allowed TO continue. Their remedy is the
Australian ballot
The Indiana Republican Convention was
held Nay z, and proved 10 be a Mckinley
walk over. James NJ. Mount. farmer. was
nominated for Governor, and the resolution in
strnctng the delegates 10 vote for Mckinley
was passed by reclamation. Harrison did not
appear at the convention. The platform
praises HarIison's Administration, declares
uuequivocally for protection that will give
American workingmen fair wages for Reel
procity, and for the use of silver as currency
under such regulations aud restrictions as will
carefully maintain its parity with gold