The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-04-17
BRYAN AND
ADMIRAL DEWEY.
With w. j. Bryan and Dewey As
The Candidates
DEMOCRATS WOULD SWEEP
The Countrywide Dewey Boom For TIE
Vice Presidency with w. j. Bryan
Continues to spread-The
ship-Subsidy steal.

VICE frestueDcy WIN w. Js bryan
Continues to spread-The
ship-subsidy steal.
Special to News Democrat.
Washington, April 1.-THE talk of
New York going for Dewey in conse-
quence of the announced support of the
admiral by Perry Belmont, is said by
those who ought to know, to be ridicu
lous in the extreme. In the first place,
such a belief, 1t is said, could only have
arisen from confusion as to the identity
of Perry Belmont. Although he Is a
member of Tammany hall he has not
been in harmony with the organization
for some time. His brother, the Hon.
oliver Hazard Perry Belmont, is q
candidate for second place on the ticket
with Mr.. Bryan, and Is the statesman
of the Belmont family. Besides the last
named Belmont is the owner of news
paper that has had much to do with
holding the organization in New York
in line for Bryan. and even If he were
inclined to do so, 1t Is not believed he
could now switch Tammany off of the
Bryan trolley. Mr.. Croker is pledged
to Bryan and Is reasonably likely to
stay pledged, although the admiral says
that he is a good man and would be
absolved from his promises by the
changed conditions that have arisen
from the unexpected appearance Of a
new candidate. Now that these facts
have been realized, the effort to make
a sensation out of the Mclean dinner,
Immediately after which Mr.. Belmont
declared for Dewey, has ceased and 1t is
generally recognized that there is moth
ing in 1t. But the Dewey boom for
the vice-presidency with Col Bryan
continues to spread.
1t cannot be denied that the feeling
in congress in favor of minimizing sill
yer in the national platform is in
creasing now that the chances for
Democratic victory are growing
brighter day by day.
The eastern Democratic members say
that If the convention will content it
self with a simple re-affirmation Of the
Chicago platform, without laying undue
stress on silver, the party will carry
nearly everything in the east, otherwise,
they may lose heavily. At the recent
session of the Democratic congressional
campaign committee, Messrs Daley, of
New Jersey; Rupert, of New York, and
Fitzgerald, Of Massachusetts, unbosom-
ed themselves very freely, intimating
that IL the silver Democrats emphasize
16 to 1 too strongly in the platform 1t
would render every congressional dis
trict in the east doubtful.
There must be no more talk Of sure
Democratic districts in the East" said
Mr. DAILY, If a radical 16-to-1 platform
is adopted. Such action will render
every district doubtful" Eastern men
believed" he said, that the Democrats
should carry the next house and had an
excellent chance to do so, but IL they
made their campaign on the silver is
sue they would lose the eastern states.
The southern and western Democrats
must not dictate the policy OF the party
regardless of the wishes of the east
They could do as they pleased in their
own districts, but he objected to such
a national handicap as this. Mr.. Days
words were echoed by Mr.. Fitzgerald
and Mr.. Rupert, who warned their
colleagues on the committee in the same
language. This talk impressed the COM
mittee so much that when the executive
committee was formed, three eastern
men who are opposed to making silver
an issue were placed on it-Messrs
Rupert, Fitzgerald and Turner of Ken
lucky.
There is something very mysterious
going on in congress in regard to the
Nicaraguan canal. The Republicans
claim to be in favor of it, and the pres
ident has urged Admiral Walker to
make preliminary repor. at once, SO
that congress may act upon 1t at this
session. Yet within the past day or
two the Republican senators have voted
down Senator Morgan's motion to take
up the canal bill, and Representative
Burton Republican, of Ohio-from
Hanna's home-has objected to the TAX
ing up of the bill in the house, when the
unanimous consent to do so was asked
by Representative Hepburn, chairman
Of the house commerce committee hav-
ing charge Of the bill. This, taken in
| conjunction with the fact that Mr.
Hanna has driven the commerce COM
mittee Of the senate to defy the Repub-
lican caucus by again attempting to
force the ship subsidy bill to action
leads to the belief that there is unwill-
ingness among I;epublicans to spend al
the money needed for both schemes and
| that they prefer to pass the ship sub
sidy steal, which will bring them gol,
den returns In the way of campaign
funds to adopting the Nicaraguan ca
| nal bill. which would only aid in the
general prosperity Of the country"
"CRITTENDEN MARRIOTT.