Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-07-28
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence Of the Alexandria Gazette

WASHINGTON. July 2S.
Ex-Representatlve Bynum, of In
diana, of the "sound money" demo-
cratic committee, has put himself in
correspondence with administration
leaders in Washington. Among others
he has addressed a letter to Secretary
Carlisle and asked him to furnish the
''sound money" committee at Chicago
with q list of known Sound money"
democrats in the South. The Secretary
has studiously refrained from saying
whether or not he Will support NC
Kinley and bolt Bryan and MIR. By.
NUNS apparent assumption that he
will take that step is the cause of some
adverse criticism on the part Of Mr..
Carlisle's friends.
Senator Stewart, of Nevada, returned
to the city this morning He says ::
Neither chairman Jones nor Bryan
nor any other individual can prevent
the populists from using Bryan's name
and voting for him. The vast majority
of the populist convention are friends
of Bryan and will do anything in their
power to secure his election. They
will present nothing to him for accept
ance or rejection, to give the enemy an
opportunity to divide the friends of
financial reform. Bryan's record is all
the platform any true financial
reformer can possibly desire. l
see no propriety in communicating
to Mr.. Bryan what occurred at st.
Louis at the populist convention or
calling upon him to discuss the popu-
list platform. Any proceeding of that
kind could have but one object; name
ly, to embarrass and defeat him. The
populists who voted for him in conven-
ton don't want to defeat him. 1t is
their desire to elect him. The popu-
lists will Join with the Jefersonian
democracy of Chicago, which eliminat-
ed the spurious, modern, John Sher-
man, gold bug. swindling, democrats
from the ranks. There is NO diff
ference between the go Ameri-
can citizens of the Jefersonian
stripe, who nominated Bryan at Chi
cego, anu The ihou-aLd other patriot
c citizens who did the same thing al
St. Louis. They have united their
forces against the combination of mon
archists, aristocrats, monopollsts, DIES
pots, property wreckers, swindlers,
gold gamblers and euemies of civiliza
ton, with headquarters on the other
side of the Atlantic, and doing an &C
tive business in that section of this
country known as Wall street. There
is no use of Hanna spending any more
time in manufacturing new middle-of-
the road enthusiasts out of gold bugs to
repudiate Bryan. The money already
expended on such patriots as Henry l..
Call, of New York, and others who are
attempting to create a new silver party
out of gold bug material manufactured
to order by the Hanna combination
will be wasted"
The republicans are making great
"miration" over the letters from boiling
democrats that are received at republic
can headquarters here. If they could
see the letters at democratic head
quarters received from prominent
and influential republicans who state
their intention of voting the free silver,
low tariff and income tax ticket, they
would be disposed to let the subject of
political letters alone
General Loinax, whose home is in
Fauquier county, Virginia, says he
hears of only two democratic voters in
that county who are opposed to the
Chicago ticket, and they are statesmen
for Northern merchants. He says Col.
Fellows, one of the New York boilers,
is in Warrenton now, but doesn't talk
politics.
Republicans, not democrats, from the
two Virginia districts now represented
in Congress by republicans, the 4th and
9th, here to-day, say they are afraid
they will lose both of them next fall, as
another republican, with the support Of
most of the white republicans in the
former, is running against Mr.. Thorp,
who. though free silver man, sup
ports the republican ticket, and as re-
publicans and democrats alike are for
free silver in General Walkers district.
The democrats don't want much
money for their campaign saying their
fl hit is one of the poor against the rich,
but their managers must incur some ex-
pense for the legitimate cost of the cam.
paign, and it is said here that Senator
German will raise the required amount.
L. 81. Counts was appointed post
master at Rillford, Washington county,
Va, to day, vice c. M. Hayter, resigned.
Judge Waddill and ex-Congressman Bow
den, the leaders Of the anti-Lamb republican
faction in Virginia, arrived here this even.
lug, on their way to New York.
Congressman Jones, of the First Virginia
district, will open his campaign at Spottsyl-
vania Court House next week. He says nc
will preach the free silver doctrine through
out his district.
THE CUT-RATE WAR.
No further steps have been taken in