Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-07-10
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From onr Regular Correspondent

publicly cOudemn the COlc'go LICK
ct aud platform, although l should
not he surprised iu the least 1t he
did; only that ho will not support
it, This assertion fits in with the
stories which have been clfcGla'
lug in inside political clrc.es IL
Washington for several days
According to these stories, Mr..
Cleveland not only wants the GOLD
democrats to bolt the Chicago con
yention. but to nominate a gold
ticket OF their own.
A week ago it was announced
that no member Of the cablnet
would 90 to tue convention, S'tur'
day came the telegraphIc announce
ment that SEC. Norton. the most
rabid gold man Of the lot, had
turned up in Chicago, claiming
that he did not 60 on account o.
the convention but merely to pay
i yisi, f. hi> sou. who lives in that
CITY. 1t is SAID that s C. VI ron
Is there as Tie personal leprrseb'
taiive of Mr.. Cleveland and that
he is there TO bring abont a bolt by
the gold men.
1t is not believed in Washington
that there will be any boiling OF
tae con eution, bnt 1t is believed
AVG knOwn-that the gold men
will Individually fight the ticket
III every way possible, not only
with ordinary political methods
but also with business methods
One of the latter which has al
ready leaked out will be to use The
banks 10 embarrass the silver men
bv refusing to discount their
notes OF 10 allow them to renew
any of their obligations now held
by the banks when they become
due. The forcing OF Mr.. 81. John
to resign the presidency of the
Mercantile National Bank OF New
York city, because OF his views on
the silver question, is said to have
been a part of the scheme TO have
the banks all over the country put
the screws on their silver custom.
ers. This Is new wrinkle III
politics. How II will work remains
Is I've seen.
The newest edition of "Old
Glory With forty.hve stars, made
its first public appearance Situr'
day, it being an invariable rule OF
the government TO add the stars
for new states on independence
Day. Quite a number of the forty
ive star flags have been made NJ
10y the government dag makers,
but Uncle Sam can be very tconO'
meal sometimes, and those new
flags will not he issued TO the
army until the old ONES are worn
out. TIE Navy has its own flag
makers, and all our ships will now
hy the forty FIVE s'ar flag, as the
new star eau easily be added to
the flags on hand.
Corporal James Tanner, who
came near to ueing the most lion
lied man at the big Confederate
Reunion and the JEFF Davis monu'
ment celebrated IN r chmOnd last
week, has returned to his Wash
ingtOn home, and has been III his
characteristic way paying his re-
spects to those OF bis fellow men,
bers of the G.. A. II. who have IN.
directly criticized him for going.
After saying that be made no
prelence of representing any body
but himself at the Richmond cele
bratlum and broadly intimating
that what be did was nobody elses
business, the Corporal said;
"1weDy years ago, when l vas
commander Of the &. A. r., il
New York, 1 broadly advocated
aud went on record as advocating
the strewiug of flowers npOn the
graves If the confederate dead,
who had found sepulchar in on
northern com munities. Not, sale
10 honor Of thei. Cause, which We
had fought and conquered, ba
hecause We who met them on th'
BATTLEFIELD knew that they were a
brave as the bravest, that the,
we're among the best of theworld'
sOldiers-in other words, the.
were American soldiers. Ate
twenty Years spent in though
and speech along that line, max
no apology to anybody on GJd'
green earth Tor unfolding thos
sentiments. fought for q reunIt
ed country, 1t has cost me terribly
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