The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-07-24

Speaker Reed announces that he hai
decided To stand for reelection {,
congress.
{ There was "A large conference o.
sound moneyDemocrats of Philadelphia
/ Saturday to take action against th5
! Chicago ticket Col. W. NJ. Singeriy
of the Philadelphia Record and party
candidate for governor only a year ago,
! took the lead and he proposed deal
/ with Republicans in Democratic dis
tricts, whereby Democrats should vote
! for Mckinley nd in turn the Republi
cans support the Democratic nominees
for congress. state senate and general
assembly Mr.. Singerly was of the
opinion that such deal could be
effected within from 30 TO 40 days.
He opposed the nomination of any
second national ticket.
Ex-Gov. Flower of New York knows
the farmers of his state as we'll as any
man in it, and he says frankly that -
per cent. of the Democrats and ) per
cent. OF the Republicans are ready to
vote for Bryan.
The free silver men at a conference
in St Paul Mimi, Friday agreed on
ticket headed by John Lid of New Ulm
for governor, and the plan is to have
both Democratic and nopulist state
conventions endorse it. Leading gold
men of both the Democratic and Re
publican parties held conference in
ST. Paul Friday evening. 1t was pre-
sided over by Moses +. Clapp, who was
a leading candidate for governor be
fore the Republican state convention.
The state will be thoroughly organized
by this element. and hot fight made
to keep the state in line for sound
money.
Ex-Gov. Flower says II do not
believe 10 third party but do not
fear it for it might have a tendency to
educate some people otherwise over
looked | want the situation treated
strictly from business standpoint.
think that the business movement
will sweep all the politicians off their
feet when it gels we'll started. "
Senator Villas and Gen. Bragg have
prepared signed statements explaining
their course at the Democratic conven-
ton at Chicago and advising the
Democrats of Wisconsin to the best !
course to pursue in their present /
dilemma. The Substance Of it is bolt I
Holland, the able New York cor
respondent of the Philadelphia Press.
is responsible for the story that the .
of Bryan was the outcome /
Of deep-laid scheme which originated |
last winter in the fertile brain of ex
Speaker Crisp.
Charles \. Conant, the Democratic
for congress in the Sth Mas
sachusetts district in 1894, and the
l. r
bolts and calls for another Democratic
ticket because free coinage, in his
opinion. Involves an infinite train of
evils and no possible benefit to any
body. except few shrewd spectators
who might profit by the misfortune of
others. l appreciate, as clearly as
George Fred Williams does. the fact
that the agricultural interests of the
vest and south are suffering and that
'adical reforms are demanded in our
currency and economic system but
'ree silver not only offers no remedy
whatever. but threatens, if adopted. to
i'd to the sutferings of every portion
# the community. And he adds:
at seems ~ me suicidal, even from the most
arrow partisan point of view. for the parry. or ,
or individual members of IL IN the East. to
upport the Chicago ticket. do not see how I
hey can expect, II they do It, to coulnand again
or many years the confidence OF the business |
support of such a ticket and plat [
orm will, In my opinion. set back for long .
me the cause of tariff reform and eyerx other 4
eform to which the Democratic party of Mas !
achusetts has been honorably committed /
Gen. Michael Ryan. assistant United c
'tates treasurer. gave outan interview |
t Cincinnati Sunday night declaring v
imsaf hotter. He says:
There is no politics in the campaign this wear i
i a question of what l. best for The country a
will still remain a Democrat and hope TO live
see the nav when the grand old party of
eherson, jackson and Grover Cleveland cured \
running AFTER false gods will return 20 first \
rincipais and enter on a new career OF pros q
eritv and g-estness." u
Seven Of the daily, six of TIE weekly I
Democratic papers of Kentucky have b