The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-02
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
from Our Regular CorrespondentJ
WASHINGTON, June 30, 1896.

disguised with the present attitude
of majority of his party on the
financial question that he wants to
5e where he can commune with
the wild waves Of Buzzard's Bay
when he hears the news from the
Chi cago Convention. and he is
accordingly making his arrange
ments to leave Washinton this
week. 1t took a long time for
him to get it though his head that
q big majority of the democratic
party was for free silver, but now
chat all the delegates to the Chi
cago Convention have been selec
ted. he is at last convinced, and he is
mad all the way through about it,
and Is taking it out on the members
of his cabinet by accusing them Of
misleading him in regard to demo-
cratic sentiment in their states.
The best informed Democrats
now accept it as practically settled
fact that the platform adopted by
the Chicago convention will declare
fer the free coinage Of silver and
the efforts OF the anti-silver Demo-
Qsats are now being directed toward
gettinga man whose opinions on
shat subject are not radical nomi-
mated for President and they
haven't much hope Of accomplish
ing even that much. They will
not bolt if they fail but it is an
open secret that none of them will
render any active help in the cam
pain for a radical silver man on q
free coinage platform and that
many of them who do not for rea-
SONS of their own care to openly
repudiate their party's ticket will
quietly knife it at the polls without
She slightest conjunction.
1t seems practically certain that
more than nine-tenths Of the Ger
man Americans will be found
Rorklng and voting for Mckinley
and Hobart this year. The Ger
man American sound money league,
composed of both Republicans and
Democrats, has served notice upon
each Individual delegate to the
Chicago convention that the Ger
man Americans will support no
platform which does not declare
against the independent free coin
age of silver under the present cir
cumstances. In this notification
were some interesting figures
gathered by the League. OF the
581 German American newspapers
IN this country which discuss poll
tics 400 are in favor of the present
money standard, 80 are for the free
coinage of silver, and AZ have not
taken a definite stand on either
side. A majority of these papers
are published west Of The Allegheny
mountains.
Mr.. j. x. Mcdonald, manager
Of the Elyton Land Company of
Birmingham Ala, who has been
Democrat all his life, is now
visiting Washington He says he is
Inclined to vote tor Mckinley and
Hobart and that many Of his Dem
ooratic friends and business associ-
gtes will do the same because they
consider free coinage which he calls
as great delusion as was the old
greenback movement to be dead
against the business interests of
Alabama.
Although the hardest work Of the
campaign will not be on until all
the nominations for Congress have
been made, things are already quite
brisk at the rooms of the Republican
Campaign Committee, and much
literature is being sent out. 1t is
Che purpose of the committee to
concentrate its work upon those
districts which may reasonably be
considered doubtful. Chairman
Babcock hasn't the slightest doubt
about the Republicans retaining
control of the House, but he will
work Just as hard as though it were
a matter of doubt, in order that the
majority may be as large as posi-
ole.
Senator Germans friends make
no bones OF charging the responsible
ity for the triumph of the silver
wing of the party upon Mr.. Cleve-
laDd. They say that months ago
he was urged to write letter saying
that he was not a candidate for re-
nomination and that he would not
attempt to control the choice of the
convention. This Mr.. Cleveland
refused to do until the silver wing
was in control, and even then he so
worded the letter that he might
still accept the nomination should
any chance combination of circum-
stances bring him the opportunity.
They say further that it would have
been easy to have defeated the silver
wing of the party had it not been
for tho fnor on thn mart of many