Notes from the Capital.

This article focuses on the political life history of Charles Arnette Towne and his contributions in the U.S. politics. By degrees, through silverism and Bryanism, Towne worked his way around into the Democratic party. In 1900 he was nominated by both the Silver Republicans and the Populists for Vice-President, but he declined. He had set his heart on being named for that office by the Democrats. Towne was too good a sportsman to sulk. He swallowed his disappointment without a vicious word, and did all he could to save the ticket from disaster.