The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1900-10-19
Washington Letter.



Republican apathy Is now al
dream of the past. The campaign
is in full swing all over the country,
and from almost every state comes
the same story--republican activity
and determination to win by a.
larger majority in the electoral
college than in 1895, and to elect a
majority of the House. With the
coming of republican activity the
doubt about Congress-there- has
never peen any doubt the election
of Mckinley aud Roosevelt--dis-
Appeared like frost in the morning
sun shine. AS in 1896, the business
elerient of the country is with the
republicans, and no candidate
solidly supported by that element
has ever been defeated. 1t was be-
cause this element refused to rec
ognize the danger that there was a
doubt about Congress, but it is
now thoroughly aroused and work.
ing harder every day, and assured
victory is in the air. The republic
can majority in the present House
is 10 and several republicans from
the South are certain to be succeed
ed by democrats, owing to peculiar
conditions and laws, but for every
seat lost in the South, the repubii-
cans will gain two elsewhere, and
their majority in the next House
will be larger than in the present
House.
|. Mr.. John w. Langley, Of KY,
Appointment clerk of the Census
Bureau, is in demand as a speaker
! at political meetings in Washing
! ton and nearby places. In one OF
his recent speeches, Mr.. Langley
I said: Kentucky vas the first state
( to win a victory squarely on the
1 sound money issue. With the aid
5 Of democrats, mon loyal and true
but men who put principle abov'
Slparty, Kentucky was swung int
>llinc for President Mckinley. It wa
$lthis issue that carried the static !
5 fao8s. Il is this issue, still par
= mount in spite Of the bugaboos al
of straw men, the followers of Bryi
O. are showing to the front, that wi
IS carry the state for Mckinley agai
8 this time. There is a biblical In
t. junction against false prophets.
few extracts from Bryan's speech
= es during the last campaign wi
IT conclusively prove him a falls
prophet. This fact will lose hin
> votes in Kentuskey, and the cleo
l. torial vote of the state will be he'll
d by a safe majority for McKinle,
and prosperity"
: Hon. Henry A. Castle, who pre-
diets that Mr.. Bryan will not get
I, single electoral vote from the Mis-
s. sissippi river to the Pacific coast
5 north of Missouri, thus condense'
the political issues: "There is on
NJ paramount issue and only one.
l. is sound money, and it is futile TO
the democratic party 10 try to be
little or becloud it. 1t is prosperity
Oh and all that that means, and LAY
" and order, against untried, unproy
ID en-, and fallacious belief. The sill
yer question was settled four year
X ago, but Bryan was obliged to fore
it forward again or lose the populis
"a tic vote and he would paramour
it Immediately if lac yer elected.
Postmaster General Smith oper
ed a speaking tourin South Dakot
to-day which will take in prrts
nj Kansas and Nebraska, and wi
IN last about two weeks.
The betting odds have advance
: from two and one half to one
three to one on Mckinley, both
Washington and New York, but a
~ the Bryan money seems so hay
=, been exhausted when Boss Crok'
made his bets for effect, sever
weeks ago. Ii the news from a
over the country continues to IL
crease lie favor of the republican
the odds are likely to be eve
greater before election day.
IS The business of the Postofi'
Department show unfailingly Il
condition of the business OF Il
country. The figures for the hso
he year ending June 80, just compile
H. ed, show that the business for Il
zee year was $50 1000, 900, or 80 i-S p
M cent more than that for the Ia
he fiscal year under democratic rul
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