West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1899-09-21
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Democratic Success In Ohio This
Year Means Republican Defeat
Next Year.
BRYAN LIKELY TO GET A SOLID
DELEGATION FROM INV YORK
STATE AFTER ALL.
Trouble In the War Department Be
cause Secretary Root Wants Miles
Sent to the Philippines.

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Democratic success in the Ohio
campaign will spell defeat Tor the
Republicans in tho National cam
prign. That much is plainly APP
parent. young as the campaign is.
The advantages of this situation
are altogether ON the side of
Dcmocr 'cy. Mr.. McKinl knows
that his chances for next year will
vanish If he fails Ia hold Ohio this
yeur; also, that carrying Ohio this
year will add practically nothing
to Republican chances of success
next year. That is why tie situa-
ton Is so advantageous to Dem
Gratis. IL they can carry Ohio it
will practically settle the Presi-
Dental election a year ahead. and
II they fail to carry it, the failure
will not injure the pnrty's pros
poets. 1t isn't only from Demo
cratic party leaders that good news
from Ohio comes. 1t comes also
from long headed business men.
such as Mr.. IL. Krucken, of
Cincinnati, who said, while IN
Washington "The Democracy Of
Ohio has a golden opportunity, in
my opinion, to elect its candidates
in the coming. election. john r.
Mclean has many elements of
strength, but his greatest hope is
in the intense dissatisfaction that
has grown up against the leaders
and policies of the Republicans.
The chief hostility is agains'
Senator Hanna and many and
keen are the knives that will be
welded against HIM. In fact, the
discomfort is growing stronger each
day, and If ii political revolution is
not brewing, L am greatly
deceived"
!
Every Republican official in
Washington who has the slightest
reputation as q stump speaker,
from Mr.. Mckinley down, has
been lnvited-in reality ordered
to hep out the Hannaites. Mr..
Mckinley will lot go so far as TO
take the stump, unless Hanna,
after he returns and looks over the
field. tells him he must. 1t is not
surprising that he should shrink
from making such an exhibition of
his high Office.
TIT
1t was only the shrewd m%nnipu-
lations OF Mr.. Mckinley, while he
was in Philadelphia, that the ad-
ministration escaped IA severe
raking over because Of the methods
followed by the Pension Bureau.
Knowing that an attack by the
Il. a. X. encampment on CommIs-
sloner Evans would be generally
recognized as an attack upon him
and his entire al ADMINISTRATION, Mr..
Mckinley went to the encampment
TO head the attack off, and he sue
ceeded, so far as "a formal resolu.
ton Of attack was concerned.
III
Judging from the talk Of New
York Democrats who come TO
Washington, Col. Bryan is likely
to come very near to getting "A
solid delegation to the National
Convention from that State, not
outstanding the scheming against
him by q few individuals. One
New Yorker SAID Bryan clubs are
being organized in every election
precinct IN Kings County, which
shows that the rank and file Of the
party in that county are for the
NebTaskian, just rs the mass Of
Democrats all over New York
State are for him. lie is stronger
IN New York by far than he was
in 1896, aud that he will get the
ELECTORAL votes Of The State i'm
in 1900 ! have not the slightest
doubt"
1T
There was no truth in the state
ment that an agreement has been
reached on the Alaskan boundary
line. Negotiations arc still pend
ing, aud an agreement is no nearer
than 1t has been several times be-
fore, when some new proposal up
sot all that bad previously been
done.
III
The Industrial Commission
created by the last Congress. il