Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-10-30
Special to the Leader.

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Special to the Leader.
h Washington, .. g. Oct. )294-The bot
tom has dropped out of the Bryan
campaign The election of Mckinley
and Ropseyelt,is now absolutely asslir-
ed, and If the stampede grows as fast
during the coming ten days as. 1t has
during the past ten days. Bryan will
be one of the worst defeated men that
was ever candidate for the Presi-
dency. Mr.. Bryan himself has been
largely responsible for the stampede.
He has seemingly lost his head entire
Fly and hardly makes a speech which
does not contain something that helps
along the stampede. Democrats VINO
had made up their minds to vote the
party ticket have declared after hear
ing Mr. Bryan talk that they were
afraid of him; that they knew what to
expect of Mr. Mckinley after his re-
election, while no one on earth would
know what to expect of Mr.. Bryan If
he were elected. f'i--l i--..H ~-
1t has been clear for some time that
the Republicans woulI retain control
of the House, but it was until this
week feared that it would be by a
smaller majority than that in the pres
ent House Now the Republicans are
. H.
confident that the Mckinley and
Roosevelt wave will add to the Repub
lcan Representatives elected and that
the majority in the next House will be
larger than in the present.
So many Misrepresentation have
been made concerning the status of the
applications for pension on account of
the war with Spain that Commissioners
Evans has made public a statement on
the subject, showing that $4,000 claims
hav been filed; ;3that calls for evidence
in 33,424 of these claims have been is
sued, and, medical examinations order
ed in 2S,324 of them and that 4,237 of
these claims have already been adjust
ed. From the establishment of the di-
vision to pass upon these claims,
claims of widows and claims for gun
shot wounds and severe disabilities
have had the right of way, the policy
of the jury being 10 adjudicate such
cases as speedily as possible.
Representative Joseph Cannon, of IL
linois, who has been constantly on the
stump since the opening of the cam
paign and expects to Keep it UP until
the close, was in Washington this
week to look after some matters for
his constituents, He says an old time
Republican victory is in sight; that
the last vestige OF doubt disappeared
when it became evident that the Re-
publicans would get out a full vote.
"Uncle Joe" says. Illinois and Indiana
are absolutely sure for Mckinley and
Roosevelt.
The Department Of State has official
ly denied that negotiations for the pur7
chase of the Danish West India Is.
lands have been brought to close
with Denmark. AS matter of fact,
there has been no recent negotiations
connected with the purchase of those
islands.
The War Department has declined
two private steamship lines to do the
work that is now done by government
transports between Cuba and Porto
Rico and this country, because the
price charged is no cheaper than the
government can do the work in its
onw transports, and 1t is considered
more advantageous on the whole that
the government should continue as it
has been doing. '"' ,.'- ". ~
a. About the middle of November the
volunteers now in the Philippines will
begin returning to the United States,
preparatory to being mustered out of
service. There are about 33.500 VOL
5unters over there and it will be a big
job, requiring several months, to bring
them all home, but Uncle Sam has un-i
ill the Goth of next June to competent,
as that is the date their enlistment ex9
pires. -7" t+.'- -" Aa. "1Jii
Secretary Hay is entirely satisfied
with the outlook Of things in China, so
far as American interests are concern
ed, and the statement of the German
charge de affairs at Washington, that
there We're no secrets attached or Sc
cret pockets concealed in the agree
ment between England and Germany,a
which has been acquiesced in by this
government, was not made because of
the official attitude of this govern
ment, but to try to put stop to the
mischievous stories published in the
yellow journals before they result in
making mischief among the powers.
The latest cadyices from Indiana
leave no doubt of the result. Mr.. H. S.
overstreet, brother of Representa-