The age-herald., 1898-02-01
SIDNEY YOUNG'S
 POLITICAL TALK

t1on Jonn M. Toml1nsOn mas returned from brief visit to Washington. He waa there during the stirring fight in the sens ate over the Teller resolution and was q guest at the annual banquet of the Grid Iron club Saturday night at the Arlingtons
 Tt is one of the rules of this organiza~ tion.' said MT. Tomllnson. that whaf transpires at one of these dinners shall not be reported. There Is always lot of good natured roasting that would not look we'll in print. l could tell many funny things that happened there and just must tell one. It is too good to keep. Mark Hanna was guest, and of course, had place on the programme to speak. When he got up he got roasted and it is probable that if Marks wishes had been consulted ha would have resumed his seat. Looking around rather nonplussed, he asked, what have done3' The crowd roared as though the roof was going off when some wit quickly responded, you've done every's body The Chinese minister, who was also a guest, wanted Hanna pointed out to him just as he arrived. Mark canI stand any amount of roasting. He seema to be the biggest in Washington.
 "Of course political talk is all the taut at the capital and the democrats are jubi% lant over the majority of 15 in the senate for the Teller resolution. It is considered a great victory for the silver forces. This makes me think of another amusing ocs currence at the banquet. One man keph saying he didn't like the soup. This was kept up for some time. when the caldron of soup was brought in and from 1t pulled the platform formulated at the recen6 monetary conference Among lot of oths things the press boy consider very deept ly submerged in the proverbial soup Tho Teller resolution and McKinley's New York dinner speech have marked out th9 lines on which the congressional electionS will be fought this fall The debates i1 the house of representatives Saturday pointed this way The democrats were good humored and aggressive while the republicans were in bad temper and en1 tirely on the defensive. am not surprised that the Teller resolution was voted dowH in the house, but that vote will be the club that will kill many a representative thiS fall.
 'I had quite lengthy conversation with Chairman Jones'. continued MT. Tomlins son. 'He said that systematic work was being quietly but effectively done all oveg the country in preparation for the great contest in 1900. He declared there must be no wavering in Alabama any other state, and to prevent this the people should be very careful and select the right men to go to the county conventions and state conventions and that the executive committees are made up of the right material.
 What is the sentiment regarding Mr. Bryan?' and before continuing MT. TomA lnson repeated the question. "The cons cludng paragraph in editorial of tho Washington Post Sunday expresses tha almost universal opinion in Washington, when it says: Mir. Bryan is the acknowis edged leader of his party, and is daily be. coming more securely entrenched in tho confidence and affections of the democratiq masses
 "There is some talk of the attempt of the New York clique to spring a new nominee, but it is not generally credited A democratic senator when I asked him about it replied T want to make a prophs esy and I want you to remember it. The New York delegation will come to the next national convention ostensibly foR the reaffirmation of the Chicago platform, but they will make it condition that they be allowed to name the candidate. Judging from the past it makes little diff. ference what the platform is, so they get the man. Democracy, however, will not go to New York next time to get can> didate. MT. Bryan Is already the homie nee. Whatever others might do, the peo. pie know that, when elected, he will carry out the platform, and that Is the kind of a man they want !"
 A prominent democrat said to me that he was glad the Teller resolution did not pass the house. For" said he, Eff it should it would place the republicans in our position. It would in my opinion rec suit in great injury to the cause of democ- racy and free silver. We must stay close to the line and we don't want other fel- lows to steal our ammunition. When tho state organization went off the track I went with Kolb and they called me a pop. ulist. Just as soon as the Chicago pats form was promulgated I got on it."
 Political works run as slick as a new clock sometimes. And again there are some very peculiar workings. I have been told that Col. w. H. Denson wants to go on the plan of''toting his own skillet" again in the Seventh. thought the colonel had enough of this and I'll wager that almost every one else has been and is of the sams opinion. According to my information he does not want to be nominated, but ens dorsed This, 1t is said, originates from the old war horses desire to wade into Representative Howard good and strong It appears to me that clean cut, square out nomination would be the best thina for the colonel.
 It is not long before the state executive committee meets and then the county meeting. Yet there is @ good long space for the fight over the convention and pris mary plan. It looks now like a foregon1