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The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-07-17

70 say humiliating. to many OF the dele
gates. but Il constituted the controlling
factor OF the situation. To keep faith
with Democracy's allies and TO show
decent regard ior his own consistency. Mr..
Bryan issued his ultimatum. To have re-
iected that would have involved violation
Of instructions by about one-third OF the
delegates II would, also. have been the
rejection OF Bryan, the dissolution Of the
alliance. and utter Generalization OF the
Democratic party.
II Is the opinion 81 tbeFree Press that the
adoption Of the silver plank has placed
an invin.ible weapon in the hands OF tho
Republican forces" Il says that both
party platforms condemn the objection
able features OF the trusts" As TO the
policy OF the administration in dealing
with the situation growing out OF the
Spanish war, our contemporary says:
There Is much In this asalhs, which criticism
may be urged, but its most exciting ssd absorb
ing features are In the nature Of history. They
have been accomplished and are irrsvoeable. Pop
ular opinion may condemn. but what can II gain
ualess It bs revenge, In which there Is little sub
stantisl satisfaction"
Getting back 10 TIE main point. the
trap in which the Free Press thinks the
Bryan combine has caught itself IL says:
'The currency question. on the other hand, ap-
peals directly to the American poeket-book. Amer
lean integrity and the American desire for general
prosperity. The very fact that free silver could
not be established during the next Presidential
term creates a Fuspicon that its friends are act
ing with an Interior motive that aims to fortify
themselves nov that they nay be in a position to
carry out their pet scheme as early In the future
as possible. Such an aim stimulates the winning
opposition of 1895, and the same impressive story
viii be told at the polls"
We have stated our Detroit contempt
rary's position aud conclusion because OF
| their general interest. They show how
some of the boiling Democrats feel and
how they will act in the pending conflict.
But The Post is by no means convinced
that the silver Issue is really alive again,
that the corpse over which Senator VOL
colt. at tie Philadelphia convention. de-
Z ANNANN 1h NlpAGNA4N AbhNioi AoRaOAA, 10
out Of its grave and up and at US once
more.
Ana The Post feels confident that IL the
Gold Democrats would give careful study
to the conditions which confronted the De-
mocracy at Kansas City. they would be
compelled to admit that Bryan's candi-
dacy logically demanded the adoption of
the plank which he dictated. The future
may hold a day On which the Democratic
rarity, the party Of Jefferson and Jackson,
will be in condition to issue a declaration
of independence and cut loose from en-
tangling alliances with Populists. But
that day had surely not come when the
Kansas City convention assembled under
| instructions TO nominate the Presidential
nominee of the Populist National Conven-
ton. The Free Press ignores instead Of
sduarely facing the facts
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-07-17
CAMPAIGN SERVICES, $4,000
North Carolina democrats Spring a
Sensational Affidavit.
Charges that Senator Pritehard ana other
Republicans Lenders Hired the Ashe-
vile Gazette 20 Oppose the
suffrage Amendment.
TO Tbs Washington Post

Special 10 Ths washington Post
Raleigh y. c, July I5.-The Democrats
srrarg the biggest political sensation OF
the campaign to-day. state Chairman
simmons received the following anldaVl1
from philadelphia:
~ Walter Roy Somerville. make this
affidavit. believing il a duty l eve the
Democratic party of North Carolina Ohtll
June OF last year was a minority STOCK
holder in the Gazette Publishing Com
nanv. publishing the Asheville Weekly
Gazette. The majority stockholders were
James E. Norton and members OF his
family.
About last April Norton, as president,
editor and director Of the company, Pro-
posed and entered into an agreement with
Senator Pritchard, Collector darkins, '.
:. I.usk. District Attorney Hoiton, and
others, as representatives of the Rcpub-
Ican party, TO oppose the constitutional
amendment and the election law drafted
by the Democratic legislature OF lS's.
The editorial columns of the aforemen-
toned publication were also to be used
on divers other occasions and events,
verbally agreed upon. Regularly written
agreement to this effect was presented
to Norton by representatives of the Re-
publican party. and signed by him as
president of the company.
1.-The terms in the agreement for these
services on the part of Norton were $500,
TO be paid by the Republican party in in
stallments of sl000. the first on the sign
ing of the agreement, the last by April OF
this year. These amounts were to be
paid to Norton personally. and in CONVEX
sation with Norton and his sister LAST
February. / was informed that three in
stallments had been paid, though no rsc-
ord was made on the books CT the pub
fishing company.
I'm repeated conversations between
Norton and myself. Norton said mis- only
motives In opposing the constitutional
amendment and election law was the
$500 paid by the Republican party
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-07-17
1.-THE -cuttie Policy"

From the New York Tribune.
But supposing for 2 moment that the
scuttle policy Is sincerely advocated by a
few, IL is none the less false and evil
The fallacy OF Il lies IN the impossible as
sumption that II is within the power Of
a government completely 10 scuttle, and
TO leave everything as il was before ghIT
can never be cone in any mortal affair
The moving finger writes snd hzvlng VII
Moves on; nor all yolr 2isty l0r slt
Shall lure IL back 70 cancel hzlg line
Nor all your tears wash 51t & Eord o. t.
we could not II We would restore the
Philippines to the condition they Wcro in
before We entered them. any more than
We could turn back the procession Of the
equinOxes. And since E- could not and
cannot, what worse than w!ckedness Is Il
10 say that al some point In our inter-
ventiOn We shall halt and scuttle and
leave behind us only the mischief W have
wrought-for unfinished work Is mischief
How Tar We may 50 sud what we may %
are matters that only the future as Il IN
folds can determine The one tangible.
fixed principle OF the present. speaking
hope and high premise SJr all The future.
is that Ne shall not sneak away from the
task we have undertaken, We shan n0l
shirk the responsiblilties We have assam
ID. We shall not deny the duties laid upon
Us. There must De no EcutI.e policy
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-07-17
II. u. JOHNSON As DEMOCRAT.
Former Indiana Representative Is En-
phaIic in His Attitude.

A letter from ex-Representative Henry
L. johnson, of Indiana, who has been
practicing law in st. Louis since he re-
tired from the Fifty-fifth Congress. has
been received by one of his friends in this
city Mr.. johnson makes e plain that he
will take 10 uncertain ground in this
campaign. and that he will support Mr..
Bryan out and out. The dispatches have
indicated that he might prefer simply TO
denounCe the policy Of President Nckin-
ley'S administration and no. squarely a.
yocate the election Of Ar Bryan
For nearly two months Mr. Johnson has
been in a St Louis hospital suffering
from a nervous trouble. and il is probable
that he will be forced to remain there for
q month or two 10 come. He was in
rather poor health when he ief- Wash ng-
ton. but had hardly made Z good start in
his profession at 81. LOUIS before his
physician commanded absolute .eSL and
treatment for three Or four months. The
climate Of ~. Louis does not agree With
him. and that has added 10 has physical
weakness. Accordingly. rs soon as he
has recovered he viii return to Richmond,
Ind, his former home.
As soon as his health permits he expects
10 lake the stump IN Indiana and else
where Mr. Johnson was regarded as one
of the ablest and most fearless men n
the last Congress Re opposed the Span
ish war stTenuoGsly, and commanded the
resuect Of all men IN Congress save ou.y
Republicans Of extreme partisanshiD. AZ
a representative Of the old Burnt district
he vas one Of long line Of dlstinguis ned
men who have attained prominence ~
thA pub!Ie service.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-07-17
An Argument in FuStian.

These are times when antics and high
links Of great variety must be tolerated
in the name of politics. It's a part OF
The game TO obscure or to emphasize is
sues, TO interpret in ex parte fashion for
the confusion Of opponents, and TO be-
little the other fellows talk. If Il fools
voters and contributes to a successful
climax, according 90 campaign philosophy,
Democratic and Republican, the end justi-
fies the action.
It was certainly logical for Republicans
TO raise hilarious din over imperialism.
The very declaration at Kansas City that
it was the paramount issue warranted
= cry Of derision all long the line from
Chairman Hanna's legions. But while
it may be good Republican policy TO
shout that such a pronunciamento IS pre-
Iosterous, and that 16 TO /, as a Demo
cratic slogan, is the real and only thing,
some of Mr.. Hanna's enthusiasts, in
searching for a multitude Of arguments
and examples against imperialism. are
resorting to strange tactics and expedi-
ents.
Although the connection is difficult TO
comprehend. the existence of martial law
at Cape Nome is being made to do ardu-
Gus duty al present, to confound the op-
ponents Of imperialism. The New York
Tribune hops into the arena with a sar-
castle scribble. which fills half column
OF double-leaded matter, written around
n cH- pf
itself with the argument that Col. Bryan
and Representative Richardson have
really overlooked a chance for advantage
in not pressing home ''the latest exhibit
ton of the way the militarism of the i'm
perial Mckinley increases by leaps and
bounds" The editorial also rings with
merry hat hal because zone Of the tyrant' 5
satraps has just put a thriving town of
l6,oO0 people under the yoke of military
authority, and rules them arbitrarily, re-
CARELESS of the constitutional guarantees,
according 10 his despotic will, under the
guise of martial law"
There may be a few people, they are
probably very few, who would view with
any alarm Gen. RandalPs rule at Cape
Nome. 1t does not smack of imperialism.
The presence of troops there is just as
urgent as their presence for many years
on the frontier TO quell troublesome red
men and other disorderly elements. No
ranting about tyrants or of "McKinley's
Alaska minions," such as the Tribune
INDUCES in after a mock heroic fashion,
will fool anybody on that score. But in
the pirOuetting of Republican ZealOts, 1t
cannot be overlooked that a great mass
Of people, who DO not allow political or
gans to do their thinking for them, have
serious objections TO certain phases Of
our government of colonial possessions.
Expansion, OF course, has been accom-
plished; imperialism, perhaps as a cam
paign issue, may be forced to the back
ground. But If imperialism is not para
mount in campaign discussions, it will
not be because OF far-fetched argument
| and forced gayety in sarcastic vein on
| topics that are not pertinent. Temperate
| discussion OF departures in methods Of
administration is most timely during a
| Presidential campaign. Levity in trying
10 divert it or rijicule Il will surely react
upon the heads Of the perpetrators.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-07-17
DAVIS As CENSER-SWlNGER.
His Aaornt ion Of Bryan IL Far Ahead OF
hi. GIeriicntisu of Mckinley.

From the Kansas CITY star.
Webster Davis Is already swinging his
censor with ardent devotion at the shrine
OF william Jennings Bryan and is sending
Up wave OF incense which invelops the
apostle OF free silver In a cloud OF sweet
fragrance.
In an etulsent burst OF eloquence at
Lincoln, Davis exclaimed: Let US hope
that the future American historian VIII
be able TO record on a gilded page the
pleasant story that in the year 1870
young giant came ont OF the West Is the
champion OF the people and grappled with
the ugly monster trusts. and after a strus-
gle so fierce and terrible that made the
whole world stare he overthrow that mon
ster. Then the joyous shouts Of approval
from the masses OF his couGtrymen filed
all the land and future generations bless
ed the champion Of the peOple-William
Jennings Bryan"
1t will be gratifying, OF course. TO Mr..
Bryan TO be characterized b. 4 man with
the forensic celebrity OF Davis as a youth
full and sturdy giant, pursuing 20 their
guilty ard bloOd-s.4ined LARS the Octopus
and the Troglodyte. It VIII be fattering
10 the Great EmancipaJor at Lincoln 70
be accredited with a degree OF dauntless
heroism that will dwarf the feats Of Her
cules. What. indeed was the strangling
of the Nemean lion; the killing of the Ler-
mean hydra; the capture OF the Ceryneian
stag and OF the Erymanthian boar; the
cleaning Of the Augean stables; the
slaughter Of the Stymphalian birds: the
capture Of the CTetan bull: the subjuga-
ton Of the man-eating mares OF Diomedes,
as compared with the struggle Of William
Jennings Bryan with that hideOus imper-
sonation Of evil-the money o,igarchy.
which has inherited the greed and the
implacabIe rapacity of all the centuries.
since men first began TO worship gold?
Davis hath found a nobler strain of praise
for Bryan than Tennyson for Eustace.
The new couplet will be
M Bryan might have sat for Hercules,
So muscular he spread, so broad OF chest.
Let not the joy Of Mr.. Bryan over the
encomiums of Davis be modified one jot
or title by the euiosles which his new dis
ciple was wont to heap upon Mckinley.
At the very best, the President was never
pronounced by Davis to be anything more
than sweet and "g0d-like" The Amer
lean people prefer the rugged qualities of
a sterling manhood to the attributes of an
angel or a saint. Mr.. Bryan has still the
OtSl VI IL with LAWS, anu MI hChiHASS
will now feel that Davis damned him with
faint praise.
The hero whom the people adore is he
who wrestles against principalities,
against powers, against the rulers of the
darkness of this world, against spiritual
wickedness in high places. In the pres
ence OF such intrepidity the saccharine
qualities of Mckinley, which were wont
to stir the eloquence of Davis in former
days, fade into insignlficance. Let Mr..
Bryan revel in the adulation of Davis and
take the goods the gods provide.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-07-17
Our Right 10 Re in China

From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
There are persons among the Bryanites
who are denouncing the President and
asking what right We have 10 land troops
in China?
What right? The right Of humanity. the
right Of self-proteetion. That is what
right.
Stop just a moment and picture the sit
uation. In the Chinese capital are-Or
were-the official representatives of the
nations of the earth with their families.
including wives and daughters.
Think Of these wives and daughters tor
tured and slaughtered and our own Amer
lean Minister put to death, and then ask
what right We have IN China if you cant
Let the most yirulent opponent Of the
President imagine his own wife, his own
daughter either m2ssacred or living In
daily fear Of violence. and then let him
ask himself II he would not demand Of Jhe
government every protection possible II
he would not he would be worse than a
brute.
This is no time for Bryanistic denuncia-
tons and yelps about Imperialism" and
empire" There are human lives TO be
saved. or punishments TO be inflicted. On
TO Pekin!
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-07-17
BRYAN as an Issue. q

The Philadelphia Public Ledger. an in
dependent newspaper, whose affection for
and admiration of President Cleveland
were not transferred 10 his successor, dis
,rsses Bryan as an Issue" 1t begins tie
discussion with the assertion that the
claim of Mr.. Bryan and his adherents that
the boiling Democrats of 1886 are every
where returning 10 the party Is every
where contradicted. In support Of this dec
laration the Ledger says that there has
been no growth of Populistic sentiment"
~ which phrase Il means Organism, in
the last four years. Maryland, it says, IS
the only State in which the Democrats
have made gains, and they were made on
q platform which utterly ignored the Chi
cago structure and with a candidate for
governor who was and is a pronounced
gold Democrat. The Ledger further as
serts that in every Western state cap
tured from the Republicans in 1896 the
fusion vote has been dwindiing, and Wash
incton. Wyoming. South Dakota, and
Kansas are now back in the Republican
column Also that all OF the Eastern
States that usually went Democratic are
overwhelmingly Republican. including
New York New Jersey. and Connecticut.
Nevertheless, II is a fact of everyday
observation that many OF the boilers have
gone back ana viii support Bryan despite
his Insistauce upon 10 10 l. There are few
Republicans so recklessly optimistic as 70
cherish much hope OF carrying Maryland
in that State, as elsewhere. numerous
gold Democrats regard the issue OF 1896 as
having been settled for all time. They be-
ueve that the burial OF is to l by the Re-
publicans OF the Fifty-sIXth Congress was
a thoroughly executed piece OF Work. The
it to in the platform OF 1850 is rot. IN
their estimation. the lG 10 ! OF 1876. That
was q live issue-this is only spook.
Referring TO the small contingent Of old
time Democrats who voted for Palmer and
Buckner In lsys. and asserting that the
Kansas City platform differs but slightly
from that OF the Populists, the Ledger
proceeds 10 tell how those o!d-tlmers felt
four years ago, and how they are feeling
new. In 1856 Il says they boited because
they could not accept The Chicago plat
form, with It's declarations for the free
coinage OF silver and its attack upon the
Federal courts" They were not 50 much
afraid Of Bryan as Of he socia!IsJic prin-
oip.es he advocated" And the Ledger
.dds:
They regarded him youss man Of Ardor.
inBu.fysness and sincerity who ia time vouls
al. 80 him
r-sy Dsfosiys that Bryan is equally a.. Il not
l5rr. dangerous thar bis platform. IL four yesrs
L- has become deEAstie and ectatoriai- AAere~
Jackson. vita al LIS vire personality. never eomi-
u.Isa 10 D<L---Isue party N4-- LIS iTon hand
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-07-17
100000 TO Be GIVEN AWAY.
Sample Copy of the Partisan Dream City
Free Tor Examination.

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The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-07-17
CROKER SPRINGS A NEW ISSUE.
Would Array TIE Young Voters Against
the Mckinley Administration.

New York. July Is--The executive COM
nirtee OF Tammany Hall met IN the wig
VAN tonight, Richard Croker presiding.
and took action relative 10 indorsing the
Democratic national .lcket. The general
committee OF SEQ members viii meet
July 2. when resolutions viii be adopted
and the ticket ratified This will be a big
demonstration. it is expected.
Mr.. Croker, speaking al the meeting to-
night, advised al speakers in this cam
paign 20 show thu interests Of the young
men as opposed 70 the administration Of
Mckinley. Eighty Per cent OF the
people OF the country, he said
were governed by twenty Per
cent. He pointed out that the chances
OF the young man for advancement fn lie
we're becoming Jess and less. and that 4
continuation u the policy Of the Republ!-
can party would cut or AL chance Aad
make things hopeless for the young men
OF this country. He said that II Was the
Young voter that the campaign speakers
should address themselves 10 this year
Thousands Of young meB would vote for
the first time. and - vas the duty =
Democracy 10 point out their real interest
Mr. Croker said ncr a word on imperial
Ism or silver.
No one al the Democratic State head
quarters or at mmany Hall to-day
could verify the repc-f hat Senator J0nes.
OF the Democratic national Committee
would BE- IN TIRE city some day this week
10 establish Eastern headquarters OF The
Denocrsue National COMMITTEES here.