The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-31
Political Talk In Lobbies and
On Street Corners.
WATSON sEWAL CONTEST
Chairman Butler Explains the Nature
of the Advisory COmmittee-Maine
Leaders Talking Through Their
Huts-GOv. Evans to Win in South
- Carolina-COndittons in Kentucky.

lDlftetu commandments 10 SUDp lnc output
OF silver and gold crimination and re-
elimination up to election day in No"cmber
The various Headquarters were closed
so that the congregation of the faithful
and everlasting WAS mostly on the street
corners aud in the iobbies of the hotels.
Chairman Butler, of the Peoples party.
was THE only Que of the nilgaates in town.
he having located here permanently in his
very handsome home on Q street north west.
Senator Faulkner had gone to West Vir-
ginia to look after the repairs of the party
there, and Chairman Stevens, OF the Ma
tional Silver party, is in Chicago CEair-
man Babcuck was. ofcourse, not at the place
where the Republicans have been doing 4
rushing business for the past Week.
Senator Butler was asked last night what
wa S stheshsnificance of the recent announce
ment that he had been chosen in Chicago
as a member OF the advisory committee Of
the Democratic E-Tty. He said that h.
had seen such an announcement in the dis
patches, but he had not received, nor po,
sibIy was it intended that he should r:-
ceivc, formal notification of his selection
He believed that all there is in it was Oh
Chairman Jones before the latter lett here
Tor Ch;ca go, that he would be glad to have
the -adyice and counsel OF Teller, Dubois,
himself and some others.
AGREEABLE To BUTLER
THIS Suggestion was agreeable to Senator
Butler, as would be any other looking to
the success of the Democratic ticket, al
though Mr.. Butler is working for the sue
Cess of Bryan and watson us the Peoples
ticket. Senator Butler said in reply to u
question, that his acting on such an ad-
visory committee would lot carry with it
the idea that Inc belonged to any other
organization than that OF the Peoples
party. There will lie no consolidation of
tile Drniocratic party and his, as Parties.
Chairman Buffers attention was called
to the statement made from Maine that
within Il certain time Mr.. Sewalls name
would lie Withdrawn frc,n the Democratic
ticket and WatSon's substituted. Mr..
Butler said lie had read the statement and
understood that it purported to be on the
authority of some information obtained
from the Peoples party committees. He
felt sure that the Peoples party had not
ifterfercd with Mr.. Sewall. He did not
consider the Peoples party had any more
right To suggest what should he done with
Mr.. Sewall than with Mr.. Hobart. 1t
thus appears that the dispatch from Maine,
il it have any basis of truth, must have
it on Information given from the Demo
cratic committee at Chicago and was pos
sibly published Inadvertently.
the Democrats are not giving 1t out
very largely for publication, but there is
an impression at their headquarters that
North Carolina, Louisiana and Kentucky
will bear good deal OF nursing even il
they are not in the doubtful column One
Democrat said on Saturday night, and
he was In n position to kno W the sentiments
about headquarters, that if Carlisle would
make one or two speeches in Kentucky,
thereby throwing his great personal fol-
lowing into the scale, it woild be beyond
a doubt turned against the Democratic
chances Of success, and they were even at
best only chances. In Kentucky white
Republicans are not afraid to be known as
such and are making che of the biggest
successes imaginable in the way OF a can
vass. The goll ticket with the personal
following OF Breckinri ,g. in his district and
that of Carlisle througho 1T the State make
the situation rather uncomfortable for
the Democracy.
DANGER IN NORTH CAROLINA.
In North Carolina there is also a Ganger-
Gus situation, although il is rot confessed
by the managers of either the Peoples
or Democratic party. Senator Butler said
last niGfIt1hat there had been no fusion as
yet and he did not think that the proposi-
tion to fuse had made any progress
Pending the proposition 10 fuse the Peo-
pies party had gone right ahead and had
chosen electors in five or six of the Con
sressional districts. He believes that if
the situ alton remains unchanged, the
Peoples party Will have a full set Of
electors, the Democrats full set, and the
Republicans n full set. Senator Butter
has full faith in the Peoples party ticket,
the Democrats think likewise, and so do
the Republicans.
Under these conditions there is no ,lis-
position to yield on any of the sides Sen
ator Butter said that he was quite sure
that the Republicans would not win. 1t
S nevertheless true that there are COM
publicans which may change the result
n favor of that party.
Only the other day in the call Of one Of
-he Republican county chairmen he re-
erred to the Democrats as the common
enemy Of the Populists and the Republic
ans"
In Louisiana, the big planters, with their
arSe control of Republican colored voters,
ire seeking, and probably will have the as
istance of the Populists, between whom
Ind the Democrats there is an irreconcil-
bic feud.- This State is close call for
ther side as viewed at present.
The undercurrent OF Democratic view on
hese States partly explains the evident
esire OF Mr.. Bryan to capture New York
nd the great zeal and time that have been |
expended In that State. Should North |
'arolina and Kentucky be lost, one State.
uch as Indiana or Illinois, will not be |
ufficient to recoup the party from their |
oss, while if New York were carried, the |
oss OF North Carolina and Kentucky, and |
ven other Southern States could be dis
ou nted.
EVANS DEFEAT.
The general talk among South Carolina |
'oliticians is on the fact that Gov. John
iary Evans Of that State did not succeed
D Icing nominated in the primary election
asst week as the successor OF Senator Irby.
here has been an impression that Gov.
vans WIS the candidate Most acceptable
o Senator Tillma n, and some surprise was
Npressed that the opponen mt OF Evans, Judge
,arle, developed strength enough to make
second primary necessary to determine
he nominee. The fact is, however. that
enator Tillman took no part in the con