The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-05
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morning that in his office there are employ
ed seventy Republican voters and three
Democrats. OF the Republicans, forty five
who vote in doubtful States have left the
city. Several others who vote in certain
| Republican States have also gone. Not
oRe OF the Democrats has gone because
the understanding is that If they should
and Mckinley be reelected, they would
be dismissed
Mississippi appears to be determined
, that she shall be in part represented in
| the House of; Representatives by a Patrick
Henry The member Of that name, who
f. comes from the Seventh district was de-
feated fer denomination by Charles E.
Hooker, of Jackson Mr. Henry's nephew
Patrick Henry. of vieksburg. was rominat-
ed for Congress in the Third district and
mas no opponent.
| The attitude of President Cowen cf the
| Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in the mat
! ter of the attempt to coerce the employees
of that railroad company to vote for Nc
| Kinley and Roosevelt has caused it was
| said at Democratic headquarters this
morning, the diversion of many passen-
! gers from that to competing lines. It S
] said that men applying at Democratic
| headquarters for voters certificates were
/ advised If they could reach their home S
by any other line than the Baltimore and
! Ohio. to do SO. The advice. it was also
said. vas in every instance taken.
One of the officers of the Republican
! Congressioal Committee said to a Times
man this morning that he believes ali the
Michigan Smiths win be returned to the
| House iii the Fifty-seventh Congress
F., They are Henry c. Smith. OF Adrian in
! the Second district; William Alden Smith.
/ OF Grand Rapids. in the Fifth district,
! and Samuel w. Smith, OF Pontiac. in the
Sixth district
Near Dolan's, Winchester county. Va,
is perhaps enc of the most remarkable
families in that State, If not elsewhere
1t consists of solid phalanx of Demo-
Gratis, numbering twenty-five MIR. Elijah
Dick is the head and then comes six sons
| five sons-in-law, and ten grandsons, all Of
whom viii vote for Bryan.
L. c. Moore. a colored Mississippian,
| Temporarily residing in Washington, has
issued an appeal to coIored voters Il at
they vote for Bryan and Stevenson. He
( prefaces his appeal by saying: When
Noah was building the Ark he WIS called
foolish man until the food was at land.
/ When JOAN the Baptist appealed to the
people telling them 10 repent. many S2iI-
ed TO hear and believe. Therefore ! 90
not believe that all of you who v1te on
Tuesday will take heed of what an hum
. bic member of the race may say" Dir
Moore. continuing, says: We nave been
taken out Of human slavery and iILnlefi-
ateiy ushered into political slavery ard
, Instructed by our masters who live miles
from our homes 10 distrust the white peo-
pie We live hand TO hand with every cay.
In distress we call them and they come:
in sickness and death they help US
A favorite plan of the Republicans on
the eve of the election has been the dis
tFibution OF countless copies of the parti-
san Republican newspapers. Maryland has
been covered with many thousands Of cop
les of The Baltimore American" during
tbs past few days. They are marked
sample copy" and are distributed free 10
Democrats throughout the country dis
tricts by the Republican pustmasters and
in other ways This outflow OF RepdbII-
can literature must have cost the campaign
committee an immense sum Of money. the
New SoTN Commercial IS being iistci-
| huted gratis by the thousands and perhaps
hundreds Of thousands e copies among the
| business men OF New York and other clti.s
Many brokers and others in Washington
have been receiving the Commercial"
regularly during the past two weeks It
is flied with sound money arguments
and talk Of the great commercial value
Of the Philippine Islands
Wall Street Republicans this morning
went to work with a will to boost tie
prices of stocks. All the easily manipu-
lated securities were advanced from =
point to two points above the level of
Saturdays close. Sugar manipulated BY
| the HaEemcyer crowd; Federal Ste /,
manipulated by the Flower crowd. and
Brooklyn Rapid Transit. manipulated by
The Standard Oil people aad the p3cfss-
SIGNALS generally, were all boone d Hav-
ing lacked up prices to show confidence
in Mckinley'S election these various
ciiQues all made their assar iGns. ard all
the Wall Street news" agencies echoed
them. Such manipulation might est a
few hundred thousand dollars, except tai
these same cltQues are at present the
holders of sufficient bl-clls Of these st cks
10 control them. virtually. no matter
which way the election may 60 Careful
market people, who tell the truth to tn. ir
customers are mostly advising them TO
sell out on the day after election. If Ne
Kinley is elected. They say that the
cliques viii do this heavily, and that
there may be slump of some Importance
late in the week
Marshall Field. of Chicago. who has just
returned from tour of Europe. has re-
ported to the Republican campaign com
mittee. This body has graveIy announced
that while Mr. Field was in Europe he
studied the situation thoroughly and is
certain that Mr., Mckinley will be re-
elected
The Western Republican organs are
whooping it UP with the announcement
that the Democrats cannot blow about
things Strenuous now, since Mayor
Harrison, of Chicago, can be quoted. It
is alleged that that fearless Democratic
official, while making q speech in the
Windy City was asked INV about the full
dinner pail and replied as fellows: If
| were a mechanic or a workman and
anyone mentioned the full dinner pail
argument to me, I would be tempted to
hit him good punch in the face The
Democratic papsIs do not deny the state
ment, but claim that there is more truth
than poetry in what was said.
1t was very quiet yesterday at the head
quarters OF the Democratic Congressional
and the Republican Congressional Com
mittees, The work of both committees
practically came TO all end Saturday The
only work now being done ST eitbar hood