The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-10-06

Carolina Ex-Governor Merriam, of
Mtnnesota: Representative Cannon,
5f Illinois. and Hepburn OF Iowa. and
Mr. a. E. Holton, chairman of the
BepubliesnState Committee Of North
Carolina. The general tenorof all the
information given the President is
that the republicans have nothing to
fear except the existing over conf
dence, which makes it difficult to con
vince republican voters that their
votes will be needed this year
Since the war investigation commits
sion began inviting editors Of yellow
journals to furnish the names Of wit
nesses to prove sensational charges
made by them in their papers, there
has been a marked falling of in the
number of such publications, but up
TO this time none of the yellow editors
have attempted to furnish the evil
dence asked for, The commission has
p It's work pretty well mapped out, now,
and this week viii begin the taking
Of testimony The President and
Secretary Alger are both aiding the
commission in every way possible.
The War Department gave Col
BEyau and GOV Hoicomb more than
they expected when il requested the
Latter 90 decide whether the regiment
OF Nebraska Volunteers. now at Ma
njias or that commanded bv Col Bryan
shall be mustered out OF The service.
It was a clear case Of beating these
two very cute politicians ~ their own
game. They expected the War De
par5menr to name the regiment TO be
mustered out as it IS known that ne
viii dictate GOV Holeombs decision.
From almost every foreign country,
comes an increased demand for Amer
lean gooGs-we are actually selling
silks n France. The following report
from the United States Consul at
Athens. trreece. when has just reach
ed the Department of State, speaks
for itself There cannot be the least
doDht of 5he necessity of direct line
Of steamships between the L. S. and
mediterranean ports. There is wide
field and large profits for well man
aged line, and it should be an Ameri-
can one, flying the stars and stripes,
if possible. Many of the stores of
Athens-all those that keep the i'm
ported articles-exhibit American
goods us English goods, they having
been imported from England. Nearly
every mail brings letters of inquiry
to this consulate from merchants and
manufacturers of the United States,
all anxious to find market here for
their products; for it is becoming gen
orally known that Greece imports
nearly all kinds of goods and machin-
cry. The English, German and French
transportation companies that call
here are doing Il very good business;
but the Greek importers want
chance to get imports directly from
America, and thus save the profits of
the middlemen."
There is much gossip in political
circles concerning the comparative
ease with which Boss Croker downed
ex-senator Hill, at the New York
Democratic Convention, and com
PEELED Hill to accept Judge Van
Wyck as the party candidate for
Governor after he had declared most
positively that he would not support
any man from New York City or
Brooklyn for the nomination. 1t is
said that there was treachery among
those whom Hill had counted upon to
stand by him. No matter how he ac-
complished his purpose, there is no
doubt that Croker named the whole
state ticket and that he is now the
boss of the whole democratic state
outfit as well as of Tammany. Neither
is there any doubt that Cookers tri-
umph has added to the certainty of
Col. Roosevelt's election to the Gov.
efnOfSulp.
Senator Hanna, who is now in
Washington, says that he doesn't
know what the instructions given to
the American Peace Commissioners,
now at Paris, were, but that he re-
CARDS American possession of the en-
tire Philippine group as an inevitable
result of the meeting of the Peace
Commission, and expects that we will
have to maintain about the same sort
of government over them as will be
maintained in Cuba, until Congress
decides what shall be done with them.
He says he bases his opinion upon the
idea that he finds prevalent every
where that we cannot allow Spanish
rule to continue on any of the is
lands. whether we desire to keep
them ourselves or not.
A Clever Trick.
1t certainly looks like it, but there
is really no trick about it, Anybody
can trv il who has Lame Back and