The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-09
The Ex-Representative Confident
of Bryan'S Success.
Declares That Mckinley VIII lie De-
Notes.-The Chinese Question a.
Burning One ON the Pacific Coast
-one of the Objects of the Trusts.

until he had explained. 81 started for
Washington City, you see, to appear be-
fore the Supreme Court, but the Demo
cratic National Committee asked me to
go on the road to make some speeches.
Since then / have been a mighty busy
man. l have spoken all over the North
west talked at Indianapolis, and since
then l have been in West Virginia. 50
you see that l worked my way.
Bryan will carry the country with
plurality of twenty-one votes in the
electoral college" declared Mr.. Lewis.
His success is as certain as the vicissi-
tades of politics will permit anything to
be. His chances now are four out of
seven. and they are getting better all
the time.
He will carry Washington, Idaho. and
Montana, Utah, Neyada, Colorado, Ne
braska, South Dakota, Indiana, Mary
land, and Kentucky to a certainty. He
will win in Kansas and West Virginia,
although there is a fight in each State.
He will lose Wyoming, but that loss Will
be Offset by Delaware. He will also
be defeated in Illinois, Michigan, and
Wisconsin. California and oregon are
claimed confidently by the Republicans.
Let me tell you that there is fight in
each Of those States, and the Chinese
question is losing Mckinley many votes.
We have good chance of carrying both
California and oregon. Mckinley will
carry New York by 5O.oe0 down TO the
Harlem, but Bryan is sure of a 5000
majority in the metropolis. That means
a Democratic success by 5000 in New
York State.
I'VE don't need New York, however. il
we carry the whole Pacific coast, as ap-
pears probable. Or by carrying Neg
York we can afford to lose Kansas and
Washington, or Kansas and West lir-
ginia. In either event Democracy VIII
triumph. Maryland and Kentucky, which
the Republicans carried the last time, are
certain to go for Bryan now. and they
will make up for the possibility that Nc
Kinley may get Kansas and Washington
this year. In order to win, the Repub
licans must carry Nebraska. South Da-
kota, and Indiana.
The gains in this election are all on
the Democratic side. Where enc DINO
crat leaves his party. from twenty-five
to fifty of our former antagonists 10 n
us. What We need is to watch against
colonization of Legitimate voters by
the Republicans, particularly in West
Virginia.
Il have been making many speeches
throughout the Northwest. l know that
strong antagonism to the Republican
party is constantly growing over the Pa
cifc Coast, on account of the Admins ira
tons policy in the Orient. The Philip
pine policy adopted by President Mekin-
ley means an influx of pauper labor firm
China AID the Philippine Archipelago.
And that would be a calamity Of which
Western people know the full meaning.
For two reasons it would be fatal for
this country to attempt to govern the
Orient. IN the first place. we cannot hope
TO force our citizens and our institutions
upon the East without opening the doors
of America in turn to the people of those
countries. Already We have found out
the truth of that. A year ago the Presi-
dent of the United States ordered General
Otis to exclude Chinese from the Philip
pines. Immediately Minister WI, here
in Washington, had a conference with
the Russian Minister. Subsequently WI
informed the President that any attempt
to enforce Chinese exclusion laws in the
Philippines would be resented by Russia
and China as an attempt to enforce in
Asia a doctrine that applied only to the
integral part of this Continent. He gave
warning that any attempt by General Otis
to continue the enforcement of the order
would be resented and would end in dis
aster. After consideration, President Nc
KinIey authorized General Otis TO with
draw the ruling. Since then 10000 Chi
nese have been crowding into the Phil
ippines every month. They mean to make
it a base for gaining admission into the
United States, from which they are now
excluded. Furthermore, when the new
Chinese Consul reached San Francisco
short time ago he gave an interview
through the newspapers in which he de-
clared that ne was satisfied that this Adj
ministration would give his eountrymen
fair opportunities to compete in this land
against the labor of other nations. And
il must be remembered that he was in
full touch with Chinese official sentiment.
for he had left China only short time
after the Otis order was revoked.
I'm the second place. this country can
not afford to attempt government in the
Orient. since it would be futile to attempt
the passage of laws restricting the inmi-
grafton OF Chinese or the importation OF
their products. Such an attempt would be
followed by retaliatory legislation against
the United States, not only by China, but
also by England France. Germany, and
Russia. which either own land or control
spheres Of influence in the Orient. They
have a right to expect that the same priv
ileges shall be granted them, their peoples.
and their products here as are demanded
by US for our citizens and our manufac
lures abroad.
THE American demand for the open
door calls for the concession By us OF the
open gate. ANY attempt we might make to
keep out the people or the products Of the
Orient would mean war. in which The
countries OF Europe would stand behind
China: and the result would be great dis
advantage. possible defeat TO US. to say
nothing of the loss in lives and treasure
THE war Of 1872 was fought because
England Disseminated against us. Ger
many barred our pork because We barred
her barley. Such resentmen. is human ma
ture
The people of ;he Pacific Coast and the
West are beginning TO see that the gist
Of ell this is that the trusts and the syn
dicates that dominate the Administration
In its course OF conquest desire the cheap
est possible labor. They want TO break
up labor organizations. so that they can
sell the cheapest manufactures AT the
highest possible trust prices.
The prospect Of such a yellow inYasion
has resulted in banding together the middle