Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-31
THE SLAP AT HARRITY
Vote Favoring Removal From the
National Committee.
blow 10 DEMOCRATIC HARMONY
Silver Men Giving Notice to the
Other Wing Of the Party.
SEN ATOR LINDSAY'S VIEW

Far-reaching results are expected from
the action of the Pennsylvania democratic
state committee yesterday in voting to re-
move VIM. f. Harrity from the democratic
national committee. While the affair at
first blush seems TO be purely a local mat
ter of state politics. it is said that N real
lily it will have important bearing upon
natioral politics.
II is understood that yesterdays action
2y be indirectly charged to a recent con-
ference in this city between Senator Jones.
chairman of the democratic national COM
mfttce. and exReDresentative Kerr OF
Pennsylvania, now prominently connected
with democratic politics in the keystone
state. The proposed action to Mr.. Har-
rity was discussed at that conference and
IL is well understood in political circles here
that the work of the state committee yes
terday was in accord with the expressed
wish of the chairman and tacitly indorsed
in advance by the executive officer of the
principal democratic organization; at any
rate he would be glad to see Harrity off
the committee
No Hope of Reconciliation.
This being the case, the attempted re-
movai of Mr.. Harrity is taken to mean that
there is II be no truce between the gold
sili4 SILVER utHlOcTdlS IN tnlS country, ana
no further attempts in the direction of
harmony. Some of the most prominent
men in the party have been lending their
efforts recently TO attempts to bring about
some kind of a reconciliation between The
two wings of the democracy. They have
labored in season and out of season to this
end, and, although they have met with op-
position from the. irreconcilable of both
wings, had not given up hope. 1t is con-
strued at this time that further efforts will
be useless, and that the dictunl has gone
forth from the head of the democratic or
ganiZation to that effect.
1t is not considered likely. however, that
the silver democrats in Pennsylvania, or in
any other portion of the country. will be
troubled in the future with overtures for
harmony from the gold democrats. The
ousting of Mr.. Harrity is taken vicious
slap in the face, and will be understood to
mean that it was punishment for his sup
posed lukewarmness in the cause of free
tsilver in the last campaign.
Notice having thus been served upon the
gold democrats and the other alleged in
different members of the party that their
company is not waEted. there is speculat ton
as to what will become of the men turned
out into the cold world in this manner.
In Pennsylvania The majority Of them. it
is believed. will go into the republican
party, their natural tendency toward pro-
lection being the leading string. In other
states it is thought that the republicans
where the protective tariff cannot be toll
Grated by democrats the Gissenters will
probably drift into separate organization.
DepIored by Senator Lindsay.
Senator Lindsay of Kentucky. who spent
a few hours in washington today on his
way home 10 the east to enter the coming
campaign in Kentucky, deplored the action
of the Pennsylvania democratic committee.
Il think it was very unwise, he said
this afternoon. "for the state committee to
take the attitude toward Mr.. Harrity v hich
they did. 1t will certainly have a bad eff
feet upon a great many members of the
democratic party. 1t is more to be re-
gTetted from the fact that the tendency of
affairs in the democratic party at this
time is in the direction of harmony and es-
pecially of conservatism.
II believe that the next platform TO be
adopted by the democratic party will not
be as radical as the ore adopted at Chicago
last year. AS i said before. & more con-
sCrYatiye spirit is beginning to prevail In
The party throughout the country. That
being the case. the prospects of harmony
ard reunion would seem to be Frightening
However, end will be put at once to a
party upon d conservative platform by
such festations of hostility as the vote
In the Pennsylvania state committee yes
terday."
-tttffUde OF the National
Committee.
Senator Lindsay expressed the opinion
that the state committee has no authority
to make a vacancy in the national commit
tee. and lie said the committee would prob
ably pay no attention TO the vote of the
state committee Senator Lindsay will
TAX an active part in the coming cam
pal=u IN Kentucky. He said today he ex-
pecied the gold democrats would poll 1900
votes in the election.