The age-herald., 1898-01-18
POLITICAL GOSSIP
 FROM WASHINGTON
Special to The Age-Herald.

Washington, Jan. 16.-The silver men arc going to make "a fight to name the chair man of the democratic committee. They will not countenance the appointment of any save a lifelong silver man as chair man, and will resist to the utmost any at- tempt of the more conservative wing of the party to put in control man like Senator Faulkner. They say that a chairman of their committee must be man who voted against the unconditional repeal of the Sherman law in 1893. For this reason they will not hear of the selection of either Sem ator German, Senator Mitchell or Senator Faulkner. While they do not question the democracy of these men, the sentiment seems to be as they 'fopped' once they are very liable to do so again. If they want to be democrats, say the silver lead CTS, they must be willing to march at the foot of the line. There is no room for them at the head.
 The strongest candidate for the position of chairman now seems to be Representa- tive MacRea of Arkansas. That gentleman voted against the repeal of the purchasing clause of the Sherman law, and has been a lifelong silver man. He has served in the house twenty years, and Is as well qualified as any man mentioned. The dem- ocrats are very anxious to have Senator Money for chairman, but as he was not selected by the steering committee of the senate to represent that body on the con- mittee he is naturally out of the race. The democrats in the house say that he was left off at the request of some of the radical n1d yI,p ant fo n1,c nc;x issue, but Senator German, who is chair man of the steering committee, said that he was not named because he was too young senator, having served only few weeks.
 Whatever the outcome of this fight will be, one thing has been shown. That is, that the gold men of the east, backed by Crolker and Whitney, will try to gain con- trol of the party this year. In view of this fact, democrats especially pleased at the announcement made by ex-Senator Hill last week that he is still a democrat and that he voted for Bryan in 1896. Hill, they say, is the only man who can redeem New York from the control of Crol1er, and as it now seems if Croker was prepared to turn the machinery over to the goldbugs, it is a great advantage to the silver men to have on their side man like David B. Hill
 Hills following in the state of New York is tremendously strong, and if any man can put the state back in the democratic ranks it is MT. Hill. He is the only democrat of any prominence in the east who can give Croker any kind of fight, but it is be- lieved here in spite of the sensational ru- mors from New York, that. Hill and Croker will be found in harmony at the next dem- ocratic convention.
 It is believed that Croker favors Senator Faukner's reelection as chairman of the congressional campaign committee. Croker believes that by getting conservative men at the head of the organization that the eastern and southern democracy can be kept together for the next presidential cam- paign. The ultra silver men, however, say they have made their fight and won, and that they do not expect to lose control of any part of the organization or turn it over to any one who does not make the silver issue paramount to all others. MacRea's friends overlook the fact that Jones is at the head of the national committee and that the east does not want these two chairmanships to go to Arkansas. MacReas friends deny the right of the eastern dem-