The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-09


publicans are as responsible for not sup
pressing it as Tammany is The Repub-
lican organization has two of the foul
members Of the police board. Why ISM
Mr.. Plat, as well as myself, asked to CO.
! operate in looking for places which violate
I the law? l do not know whether the Char
| ter Revision Committee will report ar
amendment making a single head for the
police department, but l should favor sucf
| plan.
Although the New Jersey State Demo
cratic Committee is running the present
| campaign with probably the smallest
/ amount of cash ever before used &c
''whoop things up" they are having nc
! trouble to secure good speakers or to in
terest the people in the coming national
election. The speakers sent out by the
committee are receiving no pay whatever
and in almost every case are paying their
own railroad fares and hotel expenses
This shows how the wind is blowing in
! Jersey, and with the present enthusiasm
growing apace as the time draws near to
cast the votes campaign managers are
| confident the Trust State" will again
take her proper place in the Democratic
column on election day.
The State Committee says 1t does not
need money except for the proper sending
out of campaign literature, as the volun-
teer speakers are doing better work for
the party than those who received big
money in the past for like services. This
fact is becoming generally known, and
their talks throughout the State are hav-
ing a much greater effect on the voters,
Nyh hot bau L. inc for
principle and not for profit.
From Philadelphia comes the story that
the sporting men are betting that Bryan
will be elected. banking their belief on
| superstition. A great many of these men
loiter around the corner of Chestnut and
Broad Streets.
On an Office building at the junction of
| these leading Streets are immense por-
traits of Mckinley and Bryan. painted side
by side on the same strip of canvas. Dur
| ing a recent storm both pictures were ex-
posed to the rain and wind.
! The face of the Republican candidate is
| torn and battered into a daub of unrecog-
! nizable shape and color Bryan. however,
die not even lose his smile. True, there
| is small tear in his left cheek. but he is
the only one in the ring. Upon this incl
dent the sports are betting their money.
From Salinas. Cal. comes the unique bet
that the loser must with the aid Of a
wooden toothpick. roll peanut kernel the
entire length OF the paved portion of Main
Street Each man has put up forfeit of
coin and also signed an agreement to either
carry out the terms of the bet or lose the
money. One of the bettors is six feet
tall and slender. while the other is very
short and stout. The tall man believes
that he can reach the goal In four hours.
but his opponent says he will make fire.
quent stops If he loses and spend day at
the task. The route is loco yards long
and all uphill.
Active claiming is being done in Kan
sas. Morton Albaugh, Chairman of the
Republican State Committee, says: THE
Republicans will carry Kansas by not
less than twenty-five thousand majority.
Kansas has always been a Republican
State, except on the free silver question,
and that is no longer an issue. Seventy
five million bushess of wheat sold at a
fair price; more hogs and cattle than ever
produced before, bringing richer returns;
increased trade FIR all business men. In
creased output from the mines and work
shops, all leading to greater demand
for labor; the general prosperity that
prevails throughout the State and an al
most universal approval of President
McKinley's course in the Philippine war
and in the Orient makes Kansas safely
Republican this year"
Webb McNall. Chairman of the Silver
Republican State Committee. says: Il
find tina, while there have been changes
from Bryan to Mckinley there are double
the number of former Mckinley voters
who will this year support Bryan Far
mers are not fools. They know that
through the manipulation Df the trusts
they are paying from 80 to 40 ger cent
advance on nearly every article tEey buy.
They know that the Republican party fos-
tiers this condition End will vote for Bry-
an. Kansas viii cast her electoral vote for
Bryan"
]. Macke Love, Chairman of the Demo-
cratic State Committee, says: The Re
publicans have not carried Kansas in a
Presidential election since 1883. The po-
litical conditions this year are more IA
yorable 10 Democratic success than at
any time since 1890. The present pros
petty in Kansas. caused by the &
wheat crop, has no effect on present
| conditions, because the farmers realize
that Mckinley is not responsible for Zig
crops
E. R. Ridgely, Chairman OF the Pop
ulist State Committee, says: Bryan will
| carry Kansas by an increased majority
The Kansas farmer is a thinker. He is
not deceived by this prosperity talk. He
knows it is caused by big crops and that
Mckinley has nothing TO do with it. The
Kansas farmer is not in favor of mill
tarism or Imperialism. Neither is he in
favor of the way the trusts are being
treated by the present national Admin s.
tration The Kansas farmer realizes he
is paying higher prices for everything
that he buys han ever before, and he is
discerning enough to place the blame
where IT belongs-the policy of the Nc
Kinley Administration"
The new Governor of Vermont wants to
have the date Of the State election
changed to the day OF the national cleo
ton in November. and he also recon-
| mends that the Legislature shall meet in
! January instead of in October.
Clinton Rogers Woodruff, seer AIRY OF
the Pennsylvania Ballot Reform Associa-
/ ton, has this to say about the ballot re-
form speech of Mr.. Quay at West Chester:
''Mr. Quay's West Chester speech sounds
all very we'll, but when we come to ex-
anime the facts we are at once convinced
of its entire lack of sincerity. He is in en-
| tire error when he says the gentlemen
who are agitating ballot reform as their
specially have not presented their propo-
| sition by bill or otherwise to the public
| The first ballot reform bill was intro
duced In the session of 1889. II embodied
the Massachusetts law, with only such
changes as were required by our Constitu-
[ ton and laws. The Legislature OF 1889.