Evening star., 1898-03-21
COMBINES ALLEGED BREAK
Reported Hitch in the Coalition sfs4l,s siivsr
Msn.
Renewed Hopefulness Of Carrying
Raised Among the Republicans.

While the public mind has been engrossed
with the Cuban situation, politics being
forgotten, there have been some political
developments entirely on the outside of in
ternational questions which have apparent
~ greatly encouraged the republicans and
revived in them confidence that they are
going to carry the elections next fall and
tave the control of both the House and
Senate during the last two years Of Pres
ident McKinley's administration. This
hopefulness is based on the declaration
that the cooperation of the silver forces
democrats silver republicans and populists
which has been SO much talked of, and
which was supposed to have been assured at
conferences held between representatives of
these parties some time ago, Is about to
fail. Il Is not made quite clear upon what
this assumption is grounded, but apparent
ly they are satisfied with their information
and are pleased with the situation that ha $
developed. 1t is asserted that the populists
and silver republicans are about to break
with the democrats on account of a dis
covery that the latter are not willing to
tote fair with them. 1t was announced
Some time ago that an agreement had been
reached between the three silver parties
that neither would try to take from the
other seats held by it in the present Con-
gIess, and that in the contest for the next
Congress local conditions should determine
which party was entitled to the candidate
in. districts not now-held by either of the
silver parties, and that the national organ
iZatiOns should not sanction the presence of
two silver candidates in the field. The in
formation Of republicans is that the DEM
ocrats are charged by their allies with
trying q hocCs-pocus game at the very
outset, aiming to get from the silver repub-
licans and pOpulists as many as possible of
the seats now held by those two parties in
the House ard Senate. 1t Is asserted that
o ,fc I.r n1~ 1xy1 1<1 f, 1fre1 fsnr,
of the alliance, 1t is sure to do so, and that
the populists and silver republicans will
Cooperate without the democrats. If this
Is true, 1t Is regarded as assuring republ-
can success both at the next congressional
election and at the presidential election in
1900.
1t is said that the democrats, while agree
ing In their national organization to a
thorough cooperation. either encourage
or at least do not interfere to prevent
democrats in districts or states where
the allies are entitled to representatives
or senators from putting up candidates
against their allies, and thus dividing the
vote 20 the detriment of both. In other
words, having got their allies into camp,
the democrats are bent upon stripping
them of their fine rairlent and turning
them into naked camp followers. to draw
water and haul wood. This is expected to
which will be mutually destructive and
insure republican success all along the
line. The republicans do not believe that
the populist and silver republican leaders
will submit to this sort of treatment, but
even If they do they cannot make their
followers ally themselves with a party
which has not been able to protect the
leaders. and the republicans are confident
of success. no matter how submissive the
leaders Of the allies may prove. What is
expected. however, is that the silver repub-
licans and pcpulists will cooperate, leav-
ing the democrats to get along the best
they can without their assistance The
situation is regarded as the most serious
the democrats have had to deal with.
"A Star reporter. asked a prominent DEM
ocrat OF the House today If the statement
was true that there was such a difference
between the allies, and his reply was con-
hrmatory, though he defended the course
of the democrats