| Show our letter i ow ioui our regul ir correspondent washington ton an aug 1896 1596 i mr brians speech accepting the democratic nomination for president which will be delivered this week at the tha monster notification meeting to be held in madi son eon square gardens new york city is 13 just at present the most discussed political topic that speech will be the foundation stone for the entire silver campaign besides being an important factor in influencing the tha minds of many democrats who have not full fully y decided whether they will support the ticket or bolt mr bryan s ie reputation asan as an orator is already made but the way in which he interprets the calica chicago p platform in his speech of acceptance will fix in the minds of thousands opponents as well as supporters the round of the ladder of statesmanship upon which he be is entitled to stand no fears are entertained by those democrats who know mr bryan about that speech they are confident that he will nill mike make no mistake the silver democrats Democrat sare are is some instances not claiming as much aa some of their opponents are willing to concede them A prominent democratic ex congressman who is opposing osing bryan says he is certain that more democrats will vote for bryan this year than voted for cleveland in 1892 yet he be claims to believe that bryan will be defeated every student of election figures knows that it was the falling T off in the republican votes and not the increase in the democratic votes that elected cleveland the last time but all the same if bryan gets as many democratic votes as cleveland got in addition to the republican and populist votes he be will get his election will be certain senator jones thus disposes of the earl early y cargain liars effort to show that hard feeling existed between himself and gov alt altgeld eld as the result of an exchange of communications 1 I have not had a word of telegraphic or mail correspondence pon dence with gov altgeld since the chicago convention I 1 had never met the gov until we came tog together etheron on the silver committee it at chicago and I 1 am frank to say that my relations with him were not only extremely pleasant ant they gave me tho the opportunity of discovering that he was a man of fine judgment jud mo ent humane fee linand much worth when we parted after the convention I 1 had every rea son to think that hat th tb favorable impress impression lon that he made upon me ine was reciprocated the stor story y is ia r imply a camp campaign aion fabrication virginia is said to be more enthusiastic thusia for bryan and sawall than it has been for a national ticket for a long iong time mr flood of appomattox who will be elected to the next house in place of il representative ep turner says of the situation and prospects in the state we ve will carry the old dominion for bryan by majority thre never was a candidate or platform more to the liking of the people in my district the enthusiasm among democrats grows daily in intensity and I 1 think that the voters will break all records in november it is pretty certain that virinia virginia 0 will send a solid democratic delegation to the next congress and every man of them will bo be for free silver senator mal mai tin takes the same view of the virginia outlook and said of the cou country at lar large lare e 1 I think it is reasonable to conclude that the great popular wave in favor of the democratic no nominees will not subside there are no causes in sight to create a reaction senator martin is one of the democrats who hopes that the tha call of the voting gold 0 old democrats for a national convention Coven tion to meet at indianapolis sept 2 will result in tho nomination of a 0 gold old democratic ticket not because he wishes to support it but because he believes that it would be of great benefit to bryan by cat catching ebing 0 votes that would otherwise be cast for mckinley while it would not take a single I 1 vote away from bryan the average democrat echoes the words of senator faulkner who when he be was told that a minor minor official in one of the government departments had bolted bryan and sewall quietly said that is his right but did he be resign the office which lie he owes to the democratic party before bolting og the regular democratic ticket it d does des seem a little queer that some men should be willing to go on drawing a democratic salary after having bolted the nominees nominee s of the democratic party |
