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gued will make Van Wyck's plurality in
the county about $1,000.
Resentment nj Bryau

Congressman Am, ]. Cummings and
other prominent Tammany Hall men who
were most emphatic in their support of
William Jennings Bryan last year are ex.
pressing great Indignation with the late
free silver candidate because he has fail
ed to come out with the Endorsement of
the Tammany ticket thereby acknowledge
ing the regularity of the ticket headed by
Judge Ven Wyck. They do not hesitate to
express openly their bitter resentment at
Mr.. Bryan's treatment. Cummings said, in
speaking of this subject: Il believe our
ticket will win, but If, by any chance.
Tracy should slip in and Van Wyck be de-
feated, 1t will be the end of William Jen-
nlngs Bryan as a presidential candidate.
We of Tammany Hall and the democrats
Of the country as we'll will hold him in
la1ge degree responsible for our defeat
and will do everything in our power to pre-
vent his nomination in 1900. The attitude
taken by the secretary of the democratic
national committee and other followers of
Bryan in indorsng Henry George was an
outrageous proceeding and one that l. for
one, bitterly resent
These remarks of Cummings would seem
to indicate that the Tammany Hall lead
ers are not absolutely confident of Van
wyck's election. Men who are dead sure
OF winning do not make threats as to what
they will do in case of defeat. Congress-
nan Cummings remarks also show con-
clusively that he regards General Benja-
min r. Tracy as the most formidable can
didate that Judge Van Wyck has to con-
AT Judge Van Wyck's headquarters one
never hears any talk abiUt any candidate
except Trac" and George. These two alone
seem to be considered in the calculations
o. the big men Of the wigwam.
Gold Democrats for Low.
Don NJ. Dickinson passed. through New
York last week on his way home from
Halifax. To a reporter he said Il am
of course. watching the pending contest IN
New York with great interest and 1 find,
after talking with a great many people
down town, that most of the Cleveland
democrats. among whom, of course, are
many of my old friends and political asso-
Gates. are going to vote for Seth Low: but
that the regular republicans are rapidly go
ing over to General Tracy. l have sus-
pected all along that this would be the re-
suit. or course, free silver Is dead as
dead as door nail. 1t can never and will
never be an issue in another national con-
test; but there were other things far more
dangerous than free silver in the Chicago
platform
THE Supreme Court of the United States
is the one novelty in our government 1t Is
the bulwark upon which all our prosperity
as nation rests. Other republics nave
been tried and failed. Ours has succeeded
principally because we made our Supreme
Court bulwark against the assaults of
both the legislative and executive branches
OF the government. The attack upon the
supreme Court far more DANGEROUS
therefore, to this government than the
free silver heresy The Chicago platform,
therefore, was the greatest danger from
which this country ever escaped. 1t is the
knowledge of this and the fear of Henry
George that has driven the regular re-
putlicans over to General Tracy
L do not hesitate to say to you that 1,
for one, believe that Gen. Tracy is as good
man as the republicans could have nam
ed. He made one of our best Secretaries
OF the Navy and is a man of strength and
judgment and excellent capacity. If he is
elected mayor of New York he will gov
ern this city himself"