The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1896-08-07
THE POLITICAL FIGHT.
Cheering News Received at
Both Headquarters.
CHAIRMAN JONES' INTERVIEW.
He Says He Was Misquoted In His State
ment REGARDING Southern POpulists.
The Great Demand For Literature
ContInues-PoIiticaI Happenings.

WASHINGTON Aug. 5.-The Demo-
cratic congressional COMMITTEES head
quarters have become rendesy ous for
Democratic leaders until the national
headquarters are established. Chairman
Jones was at work there early OIL his
mail. Later Chairman Faulkner of the
congressional committee was Joined by
Senator German, Senator Stewart. En-
Governor Black. president of Democrat
ic clubs Chairman Chiffon of the West
Virginia re committee. and Repre-
sentative Japehart of West Virginia.
The talk was on general politics, al
though Senators German and Faulkner
went into secret session on certain
branches of campaign work. Mr. Faulk-
ner and his associates expressed much
satisfaction with the results in Ala bama
and at Brunswick, Md, where the Dem
ocrats carried the town, they assert, OH
the silver question
Chairman Chiffon of the West Vir
ginia committee reports that silver
clubs are springing up throughout the
state.
AT Republican congressional head
quarters half "A million pieces of htera-
ture have been sent out within "a hours
OF these quarter of a million are small
'.paSters'' giving Mckinley views on
money.
The committee continues 20 be de-
luged with requests for literature. One
of Acting Chairman Apsley's letters
from Indiana said The silver craze
is dying out and We must 90 at 'em with
tariff literature"
Workmen are busy cleaning up
WOrmley's hotel, which adds to the
impression that the old hostelry will be-
come the national Democratic head
quarters. Chairman Jones of the Dem
Ocratic national committee corrected
certain misapprehensiOns which have
arisen from published interviews with
him within the last day or two.
II did not say that Mr.. Bryan would
not accept the POpulist nomination, -
said Mr.. Jones. '.for have no authority
10 say that. / did not say that as a
general rule the southern PopuGsts were
not creditable class. On the contrary
/ said that most of them were patriotic
men who were working for a cause (:
that they ware POpulists because they
had believed they could promote their
cause best through "A new party; and
that now they would support Bryan be-
cause 1T was shown that their patriotic
objects could be attained only through
his election. This is what | said of the
southern POpulists as rule. AS an ex-
ception, | spoke of the class who were
not creditable. 1 said there were some
who We're PopulistS merely for their
personal advancement; some who had
become POpulists through selfish and
not patriotic motives. l spoke of these
as the exceptional class who would not
support MIR. Bryan. / said that as a
rule the Populists IN the south would
follow the patriotic course and support
Bryan, that there were some who foI
selfish motives would not do so. bat
would prefer to have Mckinley elected. "
Chairman Faulkner received a re
quest which he regarded as significant
1t came from leading retail dealer al
Huntingdon, w. Va, asking where he
could buy 800 Bryan cabinet photo
graphs, which, he said, were the strong
est kind of campaign document. The
photographs We're to be distributed with
purchases
Representative Pearson of the Ash
vile IN. c. district was at Republi
can headquarters and sad indignation
had been aroused among southern Pop
uhsts by Chairman Jones interview
concerning them.
Senator Jones, chairman of the ma
tional Democratic committee. has lef
the city for New York to consult will
the leaders who are making arrange
ments for the Bryan and Sewall meet
ing