Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-27
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
General John M. Palmer Sees
Presid ent Mckinley.
BE PREDICTS BRYAN'S NOMINATION
Mr. Oyerstreet Says There VIII
Be No Gold Democratic Ticket.
ADMIRAL DEWEY CALLS

ADMIRAL DEWEY CALLS
Two national figures in the presidential
campaign Of 1896 were at the White House
today. They were ex-senator John NJ.
| Palmer and ex-Representative Josiah PAT
terson of Tennessee. They were not to-
| gether and saw the President separately.
| Each said that his visit was purely per-
| sonal Gen. Palmer has not been to the
| White House in two years. the last time he
| was there being for the purpose of asking
| that certain man in his home town be
| appointed postmaster. With this excep-
| ton it is said that the gold democratic
| leader has asked few, If any. favors at the
| White House, although President Mckinley
stood ready to grant what might be re-
Quested. When asked for his political views
Gen. Palmer said:
Democratic Party in Bad Shape.
| THE democratic party is in bad shape
but think it will get all right before long.
| No, I do not believe the gold and silver
| democrats will get together next year.
Bryan will be nominated by the silver DEM
| ocrats and weswon't vote for him. That is
| the way I see It now. The democrats ought
| 10 nominate dUOtHeT dCCtptdDt 10 All
| concerned, but 1 haven't idea they will
| do so.'
| General Palmer did not care to predict
| whether the gold democrats would put up a
| presidential ticket next year. 1t would be
| difficult to say now.
| Predicts Bryan's Nomination.
| When General Palmer predicted the nomi-
| nation of Bryan, and said the gold demo-
| Gratis would not vote for him, he was
asked if this would be the attitude of the
| gold democrats In case free silver was not
| the paramount issue next year; in case
| that question was relegated to a less prom
inent place. General Palmer shrugged his
| shoulders and asserted that the platform
would make little difference. organs
name and his history would be sufficient to
J emphasize free silver" he said.
| No Possibility of Bryan's Election.
few days ago Gen. Palmer was quoted
| as saying that, on account of the anti-im-
perialsm sentiment, the trusts, etc, he
| thought Bryan was sure of nomination and
election in 1900.
Mr.. Palmer said today that he had evil
| IDENTIFY been misunderstood. He had said
| that Bryan was sure of the nomination, but
| had not suggested the possibility that he
might be elected.
Nothing that can come up" he said,
can obscure the real issue of the cam
| pafgn with Bryan as the democratic candi
| date. The people cannot be blinded to the
real ISSUE which is silver 16 to /, and do
not think there is any possibility of Bry
ans election
| General Palmer looked to be in splendid
| health. So did Josiah Patterson.
Mr.. Patterson Out of Politics.
Mr.. Patterson might have been in the
| House now but for his financial views He
was punished by the democrats of Mem
phis for being in the minority, and, in his
own language, is out of politics. despite
| the fact that he was a useful man and had
| taken a high position in the House. I'm
| still goldbug,' he said to a Star repre-
sentative, but I'm practicing law and am
out of politics.
1t is said that when Mr.. Patterson as
serted that he was out of politics he re-
ferred merely to the fact that he was not
publicly engaged in political engineering.
Mr. Patterson has scheme for next year,
however, and outlined it to the President
this morning. The scheme provides that
there shall be ticket of the gold demo-
| Gratis next year, but that an executive COM
| mittee shall be appointed which shall look
| after congressional candidates in districts
| where 1t is thought advisable to put them
| in the field
Mr.. Patterson Is candidate for member
ship on the Shiloh Park commission. which
| field of Shiloh. There are numerous other
| candidates from Tennessee. Among these
| are Gen. Marcus ]. Wright, Col. Harvey
| Mathes and Gen. D. C. Govan. Mr.. Pat
| terson was a confederate soldier and thinks
| that he stands a good chance of selection.
No Gold Democratic Ticket.
Representative Overstreet of Indianapolis
visited the President this morning to thank
| him for tie appointment Of Mr.. Bynum as
| a member of the board of general apprais-
| ers at New York. Mr.. Overstreet asked
| the appointment Of the man who conducted
the campaign of the gold democrats In 1896
| Mr.. Overstreet knows Mr.: Bynum intimate
ly. and when asked this morning II he
thought the gold democrats would put up a
presidential ticket next year, said:
No, do not think Congress will en-
act legislation at the coming session which
will make the gold standard permanent by
| law. This will please the gold democrats
| as the appointment of Mr.. Bynum pleased
them. They will that we are keeping
| faith with them, and instead of putting out
a ticket will vote the republican ticket
straight. That is how many Of them talk
| to me-"
Admiral Dewey a Caller.
Admiral Dewey was with President Nc
Kinley some time this morning. 1t is said
that the President talked to him about the
Philippine portion of the message which
| will soon go to Congress. The admiral HIM
| self did not care to discuss his business at
| the Executive Mansion. I'm still in the
house, he said. in a good-humored way
mo, I won't talk. l talk too much, any
way" The admiral smiled and went on.
Some of the Other Callers.
Attorney General Grggs returned from
Paterson, N J., this morning, and went to
| the White House to give the President a
| message from Mrs. Hobart, who is bearing
up we'll under her affliction.
Mr.. Hope Darneille, the disbursing officer
of the District, was at the White House to
| secure the name of the officer of the Sd In
| fantry who was killed in the Philippines a
few days ago. Commissioner Ross feared
| that his son, Lieut.. Tenny Ross, might
| have been the officer whose life was lost.
At the White House it was learned that the
| dead officer was Lieut.. Maxwell Keys of
| Company l.. Lieut.. Ross company. Lieut..
| Keys graduated from West Point in June
| last.
Cannot Attend the Fair.
Charles w. Otis, representing the COM
mittee in charge of the Typographical Tenn
| pie fair, saw the President today to again
urge him to attend the fair, which opens
tonight in Typographical Temple. The
! President expressed his sincere regrets. and
| said that owing to the death of Vice Pres
| idept ri he al pap