The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-16
If He Goes In Things Will Be
Very Lively in Ohio.
HOW 1T WILL BE IN 1900
Gossip in Regard to the Ohio Man and
the Bryan Ticket-Minor Mat
tiers From the Capt.
tai City.
Washington Bureau of the Standard, !
No. 1145 G. Street N. w. \

politicians who have been indulging in
day dreams of defeating the nominal
ton of William j. Bryan and of secur-
ing surcease Of silver in the democratic
platform next year, have had a very
bad fortnight. Governor Hogg of Texas
did the bushes with his Tammany
speech, which not only expressed the
sentiments of the national democracy,
but betrayed the fact that the great
New York organization is itself honey
coined with Bryan and Chicago plat
form enthusiasm. 1t was the more i'm
presSive in view of the certainty that
the Tammany celebration was carefully
planned to be presentation of Judge
Augustus Van Wyck as a candidate
for president.
There are other thing which have
aided to confound the anti-Bryan cabal.
Among them is the Kentucky situation,
where Bryan and free coinage cam
didate is running for governor on a
platform which is an outspoken reiter-
alton of the Chicago declaration. The
permanent passing of the gold democ-
racy is plainly indicated by the atti-
tude of Henry Watterson's Courier
Journal, which is strongly supporting
the ticket. The Washington corre-
spondent of the Courer-J Journal tells
me that there is not shadow of doubt
that Kentucky will go democratic by
10000 this year.
But far more important than the sit
uation in Kentucky is the announce
ment formally made here that John
H. Mclean is a candidate for the demo-
cratic nomination for governor of Ohio.
He Is looked upon as sure winner,
and here again silver comes to the front
with strong champion. In the silver
movement he was a pioneer and was
from the first practically the leader of
in TT,Ii ~
lucky, through the instrumentality Of
his paper, the Cincinnati Enquirer. In
1886 he strongly advocated single
plank relating to silver as the Ohio
democratic platform in order to con-
centrate the fight upon that issue He
was also instrumental in having the
unit rule adopted for the delegation to
the Chicago convention, believing that
by this course the power of the Ohio
delegation would be made more effect
i've, and himself headed the delegation.
McLean's candidacy is sufficient evil
dence that the situation in Ohio is re-
garded as very hopeful for democracy.
He has always been uncommonly strong
in Hamilton county, which he carried
in 1897 as a candidate for United States
senator He is a man of fine executive
ability and a splendid organizer and
will make a spirited race. Ohio demo-
Gratis regard the republican factional
fight which preceded the Columbus con-
vention and has not yet been entirely
dissipated, as opening the way to demo-
cratic success, and have placed the
date of their convention at a late day
in order to take advantage of the re-
publican situation. Mr.. Mclean spends
most of his time in this city and is very
popular with the local democracy of
the capital city, which is intensely pro-
Chicago platform. He received the
votes of the delegates from this dis
trict for president at Chicago in 1886
Sufficient evidence that the report
that Mr.. Mclean is contemplating be-
ing a candidate for the presidential
nomination is not well founded upon
facts is afforded by the fact that
every aspirant for delegate from this
district next year is for Bryan. 1t is
significant that the very day McLean's
candidacy for governor was announced
Edwin A. Newman announces himself
a candidate for delegate from the dis
trict In card, saying: II aspire to be
delegate from the District of Colum>
bia to the democratic national conven-
ton next year. If I am sent as a dele
gate will do my utmost to secure the
re-adoption of the platform of 1896, with
additional planks condemning imperial
ISM militarsm and those despotisms
known in industry as trusts; also that
! will put forth my utmost endeavors
10 secure the denomination of our gal
liant leader, William ]. Bryan"
The Eastern correspondents, having
nothing else to write about, are indulg-
Ing in great deal of speculat ton to the
effect that Candidate Mclean is in a
combination" with Croker, German ct
al. to defeat Bryans denomination.
For some time" says one of the news
paper men who claim to have discoy
cred the alliance, Mclean has been
looked on as a party to the German |
Croker plans for Bryan's undoing or
likely to become so. 1t has been |
thought by some that If Mclean should |
run for governor it would be an evil |
dence of his determination to further
the German interests, the belief being |
that ne could have no other motive in |
running for governor than to get con- |
troll OF the Ohio state delegation. 3.
me 1act that there is no sufficient |
evidence OF McLean's hostility to BRYAN |
and the Chicago platform renders the |
SITUATION very embarrassing to the |
Bryan people. They are not warranted |
IN declaring war on him, and yet they |
are AFRAID to trust to him the control |
OF the state organization"
All this is more amusing than inter-
esting. 1t Is well known that Mr.. Nc
Lean and his friends are already in
1uii control OF the democratic organi-
cation in Ohio, and have been since
1896, when he was made Ohio member
of the democratic national COMMITTEES
There is little or no doubt that the verI,
convention that dominates Mclean cor
governor will declare for Bryan IN
1900. al
The same correspondents are endeav-
oring to show that there is strong
probability that some of the Southern
states will be carried by the diaphan-
Gus accommodation combine
ton. 1t is not possible to find a single
Southern democratic congressman now
in the city who will admit that there is
the slightest doubt of the delegations
from their states being solid for Bryan
and the old platform.
Representative Henry D. Clayton of
Georgia, who was chairman of the Gre
dentials committee at Chicago, says
his state will elect a solid delegation for
Bryan. instructed and under the unit
rule. John s, Rhea of Kentucky makes
the same declaration, and three con-
gressmen from Georgia, who are now