The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-03
POLITICAL GOSSIP.

Inc declaration Of extra dividend o
one per cent. by the Pennsylvania Rail
way three or four days before election i
considered fine piece of politics. Th
company has had good record of earn
ings recently and Is abundantly able t.
pay the extra dividend, and much more i
1t sa" hit, but it has always been particu
larry conservative" In its distribution o
prohts to stockholders, preferring to pu
surplus INTO the property This advance
10 per cent. from the oldtime pei
cent rate was almost complete surprise
| some OF the insiders knew of it in ad'
| vance, out the street generally had beer
told that no extra was to be expected
| Political parades. where they are In
favor of the party in power" said an old
politician, speaking of the trust demon
stration scheduled to take place in New
YORK today, ARE in the majority of cases
a delusion and a snare They are not
what they are cracked up to be-" he de-
clared, but when the opposing organiza-
ton turns out it means that every man
who keeps step to the music of the band
means business. When men line up in
professions, under orders of their en-
ployers, there is volume of protest in
the ranks that If 1t could be allowed to
| manifest itself would outblare all the
horns and trumpets along the line OF
| march,"
Various paragraphs III the newspapers
| OF large cities indicate that these obser-
vltiOnS uv{f
sideration. 1t is not every man who
marches in a Hanna procession who in
tends to vote for Mckinley and Roosevelt.
while in Democratic procession it is re-
earded as pretty certain that every
parader will vote the Democratic ticket.
Philadelphia Democrats have organized
to prevent the usual Republican methods
of registering and voting dead men and
men yet unborn. A list of the illegal
names on the registry of voters has been
prepared in every ward in the city, and
each election board will be supplied with
record Of the bogus names registered
as voters. Notice has been served on the
election boards that they will accept
votes under these names at their peril.
Watchers at the polls will be armed with
quickly. For the first time in eight years
name must be made public for every
vote recorded.
Steve Elkins is making the fight of
his life in West Virginia." said L. NJ.
Hines, of Charlestown, at the Raleigh
last night. He has whipped his $1,000
employees into line, and any man who
dares to vote for Bryan and is found out
will be discharged Immediately. You see he
owns the West Virginia Central Railroad,
a number of coal mines. and about fifty
big lumber camps. The employees are ex-
pected to vote the Republican ticket or
do without work. The Elkins men ere
in charge of the polling booths and check
off the lists of employees with the way they
vote. 1t is miserable scheme, but it
goes. Even at that, l believe We will
carry West Virginia by from 10000 to
1900 majority" i-s'
The Chicago Republican press is gush
ing over the dinner given in that city to
$50 Englishmen. by Senator Hanna. 1t de-
veloped that she $50 subjects of Queen
Victoria would all be Republicans could
they but vote. Mr.. Hanna delivered a
speech. saying that 1t was absolutely
necessary for men to be in politics. IS lie
had done some political work himself
and cprofited" by it. The other address
of the evening was made by one Of the
Englishmen, and strangely enough, his |
subject was The Consent Of the Gov.
erned." 500 .
Ex-Governor Taylor, of Tennessee, was
at the Metropolitan Hotel yesterday. He |
has just completed a lecturing tour
through Ohio and Pennsylvania, and is |
on his way home to vote for Bryan and
Stevenson next Tuesday. Governor Tay-
lor says the outlook for Democratic sue
cess in the Buckeye State is NEST promis-
ing. The Ohio Democrats. he says, ex-
press the opinion that Bryan will carry
the State by a safe majority.
The very latest idea in campaign adver-
Using has been brought to the fore by
Julian c. Carr, of Raleigh, n. c., who is
making desperate fight to succeed Ma
ron Butler in the United States Senate.
Mr.. Carr has covered the State with fiow-
Try statements setting forth the praises of
himself. One of these is the fact that he is
Known as Julie" Carr, and as per docu-
nent mo man with a nickname is unpop-
llar." Mr.. Carr's great feat, however, is
he red sock brigade organized to vote
or him. Each of his followers has been
presented with a pair of brilliant red half .
lose, which are to be worn only on state
The socks are of the finest ma
erials, silk and Isle thread, and are ac-
eptable to almost any voter. One of Mr..
'arrs friends in this city has received a
air and is very proud of them.
There is at least one newspaper In
speaking out loud This is !,
he springfield Republican" which e
axes Theodore Roosevelt to task for cen +
rasting voting conditions in North Caro-
ina with those imposed upon the natives a
4 Porto Rico. MIR. Roosevelt. knows c
hat the vote given the Porto Ricans is a L
ollow mockery," says this newspaper c
The natives can only vote for members I
I lower legislative branch, and this n
ody is owned body and mind by the Ad- r
The forced resignation of
wo of the members who recently dared
ELL the truth is sample. Those who
ote in North Carolina control the State
government. The voters in Porto Rico 7
o through an empty form, exercising not
ven the shadow of authority. This is a
nperialistic freedom CT the ballot" v
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One Republicans Conclusions. 4
0 the Editor of The Times: v