The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-03-29
Washington Letter.

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versation among Democrats since it
was made public. All soi's of opln-
ions are expressed concerning its ef-
feet upon the party in next years
campaign, but the general tendency
is that Col. Bryan only did what any
other man Of spiut would have done,
in striking back at those who have
been biting at him for months, and
that the fight which the correspond
ence has precipitated had to come
anyway and that it is better to have
it now than next year 1t is an open
secret that the element of the party
represented by NIr, Belmont, which
bolted the regular party platform and
ticket in '96 has been working to
down COL Bryan and to,get control
of the next national convention Of the
party. Col. Bryan's friends have con-
tended that men who holted in '96
and who openly threatened to bolt
again IN 1900 ii the same platform is
adopted, have no right in reason to
dictate to the Democratic party that
these rule or RUN men have not a SIN
gle electoral vote that they can prom
ise with reasonable degree Of GER
tainty, even if they were allowed to
dictate both candidate and platform,
and consequently that their detection
will not reduce the electoral vote OF
the Democratic party by a single
vote; also that the party in every
State that went Democratic in '96 is
overwhelmingly in favor of q readop-
ton of the principal plapks of the
Chicago platform next year. The
discussion of this correspondence will
have a tendency to show whether
these claims are correct or not; also
to cause tie rank and file Of the party
to make sure that they are properly
represented in the next national con
yention. A movement has already
been started to make every delegate
admitted to that convention pledge
himself to support the ticket nomi-
mated and the platform adopted.
When they have no power to be
otherwise Republicans are always
fair. .A case in point is the distribu
ton of the Senate patronage. When
the Republicans were in the minority
they thought the plan of dividing the
patronage of the Senate among Dem
ocrats, Republicans and Populists in
proportion to the strength OF each in
the Senate as just right as it unques-
tionably was. But now, having a
! majority of the Senate, they have un-
dergone change of mind and are
advocating a change that will give
them entire control of the Senate pat
ronage, and without waiting for
change to be formally adopted Dem
ocratic employees are being dismissed
to make places for Republicans
There are some men in the Alger
party, now on the way to Cuba, that
are ashamed of being with him, or
else he has some along that be is ash
amed of, as particular pains were TAX
en- to prevent a complete list Of the
eight or ten men getting published.
Secretary Hay had bad spell when
it was learned that the report of ex-
Secretary Sherman's death was false.
He had caused copies Of an article
highly eulogizing the public career.
of Sherman to be sent to number
of the big newspapers. He isn't much
of a politician, but be knew that with
Sherman alive and his attitude in
Ohio politics uncertain, neither Han
ma nor Mckinley would wish the ad-
ministration to stand sponsor for auy
praise of the man they had forced out
of the Senate and out of the Cabinet.
kilograms were sent requesting that
the euloyy be suppressed.
Military officers WHO have closely
followed the testimony taken by the
Court Of Inquiry say the verdict is
bound to support the charges made
by Gen. Miles. One prominent Of
fcer said: "I don't see how the court
eau do anything else but report that
every charge made by Gen. Miles was
justified, and 1 expect 1t to 60 further
and fix the responsibility upon Alger
and Eagan. I know that great pres
sure will be brought to bear to pre-
vent such a straightforward report as
the evidence calls for and 10 get some
word Juggling done than can be made
to mean anything or nothing, accord
ing to the wishes of the reader; but
there are men on that court who are
not in the habit of snpprcsslng their
conscientious opinions"
Another blessing annexation has
Just been officially uncovered. When
it was stated in Congress that the an
nexation OF the sugar producing Is
lands would mean speedy end OF
tae sugar industry in the Z. S, the
rabid annexationists hooted at the
idea Now, an agent of the Agricul-
tural Department, sent to Porto ';ico
to carefully investigate the subject,
makes an official report saying that
the sugar industry in the U. S. is
doomed, If Porto Rico, Cuba, and the
Philippines are allowed to send US
their sugar free of duty. He says the
tle same grade of sugar that costs
3 ! ( cents Il poanl to produce IN the
U. s cos: on; 2 cents a pound 10 pro
duce in those islands. This will be
Il bard nut for the next Congress to
crack
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