Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-09-08
Political Chat About the State of the Cam
paiSn.

| Ex-Congressman BILLY" Mason of Illinois
has made quite a record for himself in the cam
paign work that he has been doing here. He
was making speeches every night in his inter
estlng vein and never failed to draw q crowd or
| hold the attention of his hearers As q cam
| peigner Mason is great success. He WAS in
constant demand, and will not have day Of
rest probably between this and the election. He
had intended remaining here for some time,
| because OF the demand for his services but he
was unexpectedly hustled of to Connecticut to
take the place Of Gov Mckinley, who had been
billed for speech in that state. The governor
was suddenly called home on some important
business, and as it was necessary to fill his place
Mason was hunted up and hustled out on an
early train in time to reach New Haven by /
O'Clock in the afternoon and fill McKinley's ap-
| pointment for him.
NOT CAMPAIGN OF FLAGS
| Col. A. NJ. Jones Of Illinois, who is just here
| from Washington, reports one popularity in the
| condition throughout the country, which has
been referred to in regard to New York city,
and that is the absence OF campaign demonstra-
| tons in the way of flags and banners. 81 have
not seen since left Milwaukee," said he, ''any-
thing in the shape Of banner or a streamer
for either of the candidates. 1t is not a cam
paign Of flags. 1t is a campaign of thought. i
have seen nothing like il in my thirty years of
| campaign experience. 1t reminds me of the
campaign of 1864. Men are thinking not talk
ing.
MICHIGAN DEMOCRATS VIEW.
Congressman Whiting of Michigan. who is q
candidate for reelection. ia here. Mr. Whiting
is merchant and comes to New York two or
three times a year TO make his purchases. He
says the business men of the country, at least
those outside Of the great cities are not satisfied
| with the tariff.
During the past few days." said he. 81 have
met good many retail merchants from various
western states who are, like myself, here buy
ing their fall and winter stocks"
And how do you find them talking Mr.
| Whiting?"
They feel that they are working at a great
disadvantage. They see that they are obliged
| to buy goods made high in price by the tariff
and sell them for products made iow-priced by
the same law. Only the very closest application
to business enables them to make any profit out
of this kind of business Transaction
Then you don't agree with the claim that
goods are lower than they were before the pas
sage OF the Mckinley law?'
"No. The jobbers here like to make the
buyers believe that, but people who are accus-
toned to buying know better. New and do
sirab1e goods. find, are very scarce in the
market and the prices very high. The only
low priced goods are those ont Of style and
therefore unstable. Even the lower-priced
qualities have been unfavorably affected by
the high rate of duty established by the Nc
Kinley law
The mercantile community then will not
be found very friendly to the present tariff,
will it?''
Not the retail merchants, at least. Ger
tain1y in my section of the country they will
not, and the cause Of protection will have to
fall
"You1ook for democratic success in Michi-
gan then, do you?"
''Yes. believe we shall cast more demo-
cratic votes III Michigan this time than ever
before. The democrats very active
Tariff reform clubs are being organized In
towns where democratic effort has never been
made before"
Are the democrats here contributing to sue
cess in that state?
mo; we are fighting our own battles. 1t is a
matter OF seif-interest to us. Instead of the
cry of America for Americans our cry is Mich
igan for Michiganders. We prefer to buy goods
made anywhere in the world without any more
restrictions than the requirements of an eco
nomically administered government require
We would rather have Englishmen make the
goods In England at low price than to have
them come over here and buy UP our manu-
featuring plants and charge a high price for
their productions.
ADvIcEs FROM MAINE.
Adv1ces from Maine are very satisfactory to
the republican,. Mr.. James E. Burke organizer
of the college league of clubs, who has returned
from a visit there. reports that the republican
majority is expected to be about 1900 in the
state. The Australian ballot, he SAYS. is likely
to keep good many people away from the
polls. as many voters seem to doubt their ability
to comprehend its workings. 1t is believed that
this viii have a greater effect on the democratic
side than on the republican. He reports n re-
markable boom in the manufacturing interests
of that state and the construction of number
Of new WOODEN mills. while other manufacturing
,.,@1 TN Il
general signs OF prosperity. This fact, the re-
publicans believe, is likely to strengthen their
chances.
DEMOCRATIC NEWS FROM THE WEST.
On the other hand the democrats have cheer
ing news from the west. Don Dickinson has
returned from the breezes of the lake city. He
does not agree with the New York Sun that the
western campaign is a rainbow chase.
''On the contrary" said he. talking of the
matter, II think our chances of success in sew
eral OF the western states are very good. Mr.
Cable. Mr.. Wall and myself entered into a very
| minute and searching examination, in which
we took nothing for granted, cross-examined
our informants and tes'ed by comparison
with oral statements the information conveyed
by correspondence. Our object was not to oh
tain rosy view of the western political field,
but to get down to the bedrock facts on which
to base our calculations and efforts. Among
the distinguished democrats OF Illinois. for cx-
ample, who consulted with US were Commits
sioner VIM. r. Morrison, Judge Cloudy and
Mr.. Hessing, and from Wisconsin, Minnesota
Michigan, Iowa and the Dakotas we had the
observation and experience of those most ex-
pert and Trustworthy"
And the resuit?'
1.-The result of the careful inquiry is in every
way gratifying There has already been a very
satisfactory preliminary poll taken Of Mime
sofa, Wisconsin, Iowa and Michigan and what
Is better sign than anything else is that the
work essential to bringing out the full vote has
been undertaken promptly and that measures
to that end have been Systematically prosecuted
before the opening Of the speaking campaign"
DO you still think the establishment of
western headquarters wiser"
Yes; the establishment Of the Chicago head
quarters has in itself given the party great en-
ersy and put new energy into the fights in the
western division. This is, perhaps, particu-
iarly true of Illinois. The state committee of
ILLINOIS shows great life and vigor. and is work
ing with renewed energy because Of the dispo-
sition OF the national committee to uphold
their hands. The western headquarters are as
commodious and convenient and perhaps even
in New York"
How is Mr.. Cable getting on with his work
thereY'
MIR. Cable, who is in personal charge. is
working with great force and energy and doing
all possible to promote success that indefatigs-
bic and Well-directod afforf cop o,o,r,,,l;Sh