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WASHINGTON LETTER. { From our regular Correspondent.) VV ABHINOTON, Rkpt. 18, 1896. Several important démocratie con ferences were held in Washington and vicinity during the present week, and the precautions taken to keep the subjects talked about at tliese confer ences out of the newspapers have been successful. Among those taking part in these conferences were Senator Jones, chairman of the democratic National Committee ; Senator Faulk ner, Chairman of the Congressional Committee ; Senator Butler, Chair man, of the populist committee, and Senators Gonnnn, Teller and Dubois, and National committeeman Scott, of the democratic advisory committee. It is enough for those who desire the election of Bryan and the triumph of silver to know that the object of tliese conferences was to add to the certain ty of that result, and that they were in every way satisfactory to those who participated in thorn. More could not be told without a violation of confi dence, and without furnishing infor mation which might enable the Mc Kinley crowd to throw obstacles in the way of certain plans. Suffice it to say that every man who participated in these conferences is certain that Bryan will be elected. Democrats are unsparing in their criticism of Secretary Carlisle, who, by the way, is going to take the stump in Kentucky for Palmer & Brickner, for having written a letter saying in effect tiiat lie would redeem silver dollars in gold, if the demand was msde. Senator Faulkner declares tliis to bean invitation to the money sharks to raid the gold reserve of the Treasury and force the Issue of more bonds, and expresses the opinion that it wi|i he worth thousands of votes to Bryan and silver, by convincing people of the Intention of the gold men to go still Inrther than they have yet gone towards turning onr financial interests over to lislf a dozen bankers in Europe and New Yoik. He says this "emphasizes the necessity as well as the doty of those who believe in American 'financial independence to snpport the American policy repre resented by the democratic ticket." Hon. E. P. Baldwin, Auditor of the Treasury, continues to make Bryan and silver speeches just as though lie he had never beard any thing aboot President Cleveland's intention to remove every office bolder who takes the stomp for Bryan. Mr. Baldwin made a speech before the East Wash ington Democratic Clun this week especially devoted to the financial question. After stating in detail how the money power had dictated the financial legislation of the country until present unsatisfactory conditions -had been reached, and placing the fault for the present system upon the republicans, Mr. Baldwin said : "How " does McKinley propose to stop the •ale of bonds if ho is electedt He can't get gold in any other way than Mr. Cleveland did, by the sale of bouda. This administration bad to sell bonds to keep the reserve intact and had to do so a second and a third time. How will this condition be remedied by McKinley f It was either iasoe bonds or pay in silver, and if the Utter had been done the bankers would have cried repudiation. Bonds had to be sold from #1.04 to #1.17, the financiers making this great profit, and this state of things would continue under Mr. McKinley If Mr. Brysn is elected democratic House will be elected. We have the Senate, and a hill will be paBse«, which Mr. Bryan will sign and the law will be enforced and these hard times will disappear." A well advertised public meeting of the "Sound Money League," of Wash ington, was attended by just seven people and three ef them were newspaper reporters. Representative McMillin, of|Teno cs«ee, who has come off the stump long enough to finish preparing the democratic Campaign Book says of the present situation : "From the begin ning of the fight those well posted have known that the republicans had everything esst of New York; that the democracy had everything south of the Potomac and Ohio rivers, and everything west of the Missouri river, and that it has got such a hold in the Northern states of the eastern portion of the Mississippi valley that the entire Maine election or the Ver mont election have been insufficient to make even McKinley and Hanna feel secure. The democratic party, with all the handicaps that have been placed upon it, is in a better position to win a victory to-day than it haa been at this stage of the campaign in aoy contest in the last twenty rears. We are going to win this fight. Maine and Vermont prove that the republi cans were correct in their estimate of New England, just as Arkansas and Alabama proved that the democrats were correct in their estimates as to the situations in the South and West." Capt. D. F. Allen, a member of the States Board of Tax Commissioners ot Indiana asys of - his state : "I think that Indiana is almost certain to give its electoral votes to Bryan. There is no weakening on the* part of his adherents out our way ; on the coo trarv. the cause is gaining force all the time. If a vote were taken now he would win by 35,000 majority, and them is every reason to think he will ! defeat McKinley by those figures, or ' Bveti more. The farmer's vote is for JiTvcr and no argument or persuasion oftli- gold crowd can change the biûmU of the men who feeds the Nation. STRENGTH OF THE GOLDBUGS. Here ia a significant straw from Wisconsin which well illustrates the weakness of the goldbng Democrats. Wisconsin has the reputation of being the State where tliete ia the largest number of goldbng Democrats. It is the home ot that venerable irreconcil able Gen. Bragg. It bad an anti-silver delegation in the Chicago convention, and it was expected to keep up the fight. The election law of Wisconsin, like that of Louisiana, requires 1000 sig natures to enable the goldbng Démo cratie ticket to be put on the official ballot. The goldbugs have been work ing on a list for weeks, but have been unable to get the 1000 signatures. They could not get over 600. and were in despair, and finally turned the list over to Chairman Usher, of the Repub lican State Central Coitmittee. "What!" tie exclaimed, so says that stalwart goldbug paper, the Chicago Record, "are these all the names you can getf" He was informed that it was very hard work to get Democrats to sign, that the State had been canvass ed, and it seemed impossible to get more signatures. "Every Republican can aign that," replied the ohairman. "Hustle and get some Republican signatures. They will do as well." It is probable that the Wisconsin goldbugs will get enough signatures to place their ticket on the official ballot, bat it will only lie with Repub lican assistance. It allows that the goldbug Democrat depend mainly on the Republicans for strength, that they are merely a Republican side show, and a very weak one ft that, when after weeks of work in the great What is CAST0RIA Castoria is Dr. Samuel Pitcher's prescription Her Isfisfil and Children. It contains neither Opium, Morphine sor oilier Narcotic substance. It is a harmless ■iihilliiiti for Paregoric, Drops, Soothing Syrups, and Castor OH. It is Pleasant. Its guarantee is thirty ye ar s' use If Millions of Mothers. Castoria is the Children's Nhum# ""t he Mother's Friend, Castoria. iii n to ■ »I— m /Ca/ftorfalMo well adapted tochildren that Irseo wnn en d ttaa i u ri i nr tosnyi wMrH i^i ffi known to me." H. 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