Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-04-26
The Georgia Delegation May Not
Be for the Nebraskan.
THIS is DISTURBING HIS FRIENDS
Probable Plan of the Croker
lammany People.
A d E AL THAT FAILED

The suggestion that there is a possibility
Of the Georgia delegation to the next demo-
cratic national convention not being for
Bryan is somewhat disturbing to the BRYAN
people There are two things that might
be calculated to arouse some apprebension
among the ultra-Bryan people as TO the fix
edness Of that state in their column. one
Is that 1t is traditional that Tammany in
nucnce has for years been stronger in
Georgia than in any other state outside of
New York. Tammany has ALWAYS been
well thought of in Atlanta, and ii used TO
be- II Il is not now. that the element in
Georgia with which the Constitution Is
powerful held the Tammany chiefs and
Iammany politics In high regard There ia
a considerable gold clement in the state
though not controlling in influence. as rem
resented by Hoke Smith and the Atlanta
journal The Constitution and those who
stahu Wiih IT in politics advocate free sil-
yer nut the theory that dtma-r..t is a
democrat and that harmony is a yar., drs3r.
"'IS thIhS IN "A party at whatever cost rllr-
CHASED is understood to Oh tain Il a ,npsId-
erable extent in that circle. Under such
circumstances tn" possibility of th,. Georgia
delegation at thc democratic convention 10
ing IN favor of coursc crnciitatary to rho
element in New York which Eryan antac-
ohlzeS may easily bc conceived
MT HoHSClIs Course.
Another thing that has attracted soma
attention among the Bryan pesple is tho
course Of Evan p. Howell as a member
OF the board appointed to make a re,,ort
on the conduct of the war Mr. Howell
not only Joined in the report which is so
often referred TO as a ''vhiteuasb t,,t
he has since defended the War DeDart
ment beef contracts and all. ana s:and b,
lie administration, while Bryan has been
attacking ii. Among all the southern states
tne Croker-N hitn ay-Belmon t-Cforrnan COM
blnation might be led to select Georgia as
the most promising as a field for scatter
ing the seeds Of dscord in the BRYAN caun
IL is not supposed to the atteTnpt wouid
be made. if such a design were in mind. to
send to the convention a distinctly anti
Bryan delegation or a delegation that
would dlsavow silver, but il might be "A
delegation open to conviction and easily
Influenced by arguments in favor Of ''har-
mohy' even at some sacrifice. The south,
with the race question always uppermost
IN Its mind, has been in the habit Of lock-
ing to New York for political assistance
and has valued the friendship of Tammany.
.,I lnat 10 succeed Is a duty is adopted as a
true theory in politics when the southern
ers local interests are involved and an
eHort Will be made to convince them that
New York is necessary to success.
The Characterization Deal Failed.
The indications are that the movement
toward alliance between Croker and the
Harrison people in Illinois to turn down
Bryan has failed. There is & rivalry be-
tween New York and Illinois Mr. Harri-
son may be ambitious to make Illinois the
state o which the ''regeneratod" dernoc-
racy III look for success as Il looked
for ma ly years to New York Harrison's
friends think thar there is a great deal
more for him in standing by Bryan than in
paying second fiddle. Whatever his mo
tive may be, whether by conviction he is
a free silver man or is Influenced bv policy
he mas taken positive and an uneuuvocal
nd for free silver and Bryan His friends
quote him as saying that he cannot account
Ior doubt ever being entertained by any
one as TO his position, a he has never been
but free silver man. and IS as
radical as Teller or Bryan: and that he is
for Bryan independently Of silver and for
silver independently of Bryan His friends
say that the Illinois delegation will be
soldiy for free silver and for Bryan from
llrst to last, and will fight any sort of move
to either.
inroads to BE Made I'm the south.
This attitude Of Harrison's renders It the
more important to the Croker combination
that inroads should be made into the Bryan
reserve In the south, IL the plan to capture
more than a third of the convention. so as
to embarrass the Bryan people by the two
birds rule, is to succeed. 1t is essential TO
lhe success of this plan that in case of
here being contesting delegations from the
eastern states votes shall be had among
lhe accredited Bryan forces in favor of
recognizing the regularity OF delegations
sent by those who refused to accept the
Ihlcago platform or to vote for Bryan in
1886. Delegations from the south who viii
vote to recognize and admit Croker anti
8ryan delegations will be wanted though
hese southern delegations themselves vote
or Bryan and silver. They can be of serv-
ce to the ant-Bryan element without yio-
ating their obligation to vote for the 'g0
platform and for Bryan
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