The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-03
Last Efforts,

There is mountain of cumulative evil
dence that the Republican campaign
managers are convinced CT the over
wheIming defeat of the trust candidate
unless through bribery. corruption. in
timidation, and fraud the tide can be
turned in his favor. Among themselves
it is positively known that these politi-
cal manipulators admit the fact Of a
sweeping majority for Mr.. Bryan, based
on a fair election and an honest count
They are desperate in consequence, and
ready to resort TO desperate means. Be
tween now and Tuesday morning we may
confidently lock for some sensational at
tempt to break Mr. Bryans LincoInesqu1
hold on the people by the use Of perjury
or forgery. such as was contemplated in
the Aguinaldo letter plot, recently dis
covered and exposed by the Democratic
National Committee.
The history of that affair is an apt il
lUstration of a criminal method OF affect
ing public sentiment on the eve of cleo
tons II is an old Republican trick. and
sometimes, as in the case of the Lord
Sackviile incident. it has been worked sue
cessfully. Whether or not popular knowl-
edge on the subject is widespread enough
now to defeat such devices, in the dis
credit Of election day sensations we are
not prepared TO say; but. even If the forg-
ed AguinaldC letter had been undiscovered
AMI had been sprung in due course, it is to
b. doubted that it would have injured Mr..
Bryan Its purpose is too evident and its
contents too obviously fabricated out Of
whole cloth.
It appears that this forgery was the
work of an Administration official ia aa-
Mia. II consisted OF a communication pUr-
porting to be addressed 10 Mr.. Bryan by
Emilio Aguinaldo, in which the later ex-
presses confidence in Democratic victory
and thanks the candidate of the pc, pie fer
a contribution to the Tagal cause. Senator
Jones says:
The letter is an adroit ard cunning forgery.
written Manila by former resident OF Ill
Rois who is now in the Government service IN
the Philippines. The letter was stamped with
postnarks at Manila 10 give IL an apptaInCe of
having been mailed there and forwarded u an ae-
comp.iCe OF the writer II OdelI. Ill The whole
infamous act was executed and conuived at By
Government officials IL Manila and is being Helped
along b. prominent officials in this country now.
The forgery was taken to Washington by one Of
the conspirators in this country The finishing
touches are being put on the inflmy IL HaSn-
iDgton now, and the expectation Is 10
sp-ing it on the people Monday
AS the conspiracy has been detected ami
exposed, it is probable that the trust
managers may now decide to suppress the
forged document. But we have no idea
that their resources in this line will there
by be exhausted. We are rather looking
For .,1+Lar Foraary- 4asier,ed tn snara
sound money German-Americans. It VIII
probably take the form of an alleged let
ter from Mr.. Bryan to somebody or other,
promising to violate the Currency law and
put the Treasury on a silver basis. AS
all the expert forgers in the United States
are az the command of the trust corrup-
tion fund. it would be easy to concoct
something resembling Mr.. Bryan's easily
initiated handwriting and print it in fac
smile. The trusts and their political
agents are in mortal terror and raging
mad. They will stop at nothing to defeat
the will of the people, not even at forgery
or greater crimes.
The situation in New York is SINS
ter indication of Republican determiEa
ton 10 carry that city and State by the
coercion of labor. At Democratic head
quarters and at the offices CT Democratic
papers, hundreds of letters have b en-
received daily for several days, written
by employees of manufacturing, mercan-
tile, or financial concerns. whose pro-
prietors or managers have notified all of
the men employed by them that they
must parade today and vote the trust
ticket next Tuesday or be discharged.
In many large establishments employees
have been ordered to sign an agreement
to support the Mckinley ticket or lose
their employment OF course his sort
of bulldozing policy is a double-edged
sword. 1t is as likely to cut those who
WELD it as it is their Intended victims
We shall be able three days hence TO see
how effective the effort to terrorize New
York wage-earners has been