CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-10-18
WASHINGTON LETTER.


w AoI lltNS yin LIE In
Especial Correspondence)
Washington, Oct 1.-From the
Washington point of view. everything
has been looking very much more en-
couraging for the Republican party the
last week than at any time during the
campaign. The hard work that the Re
publicaus have been doing is telling in
every direction. In the East the states
which the Democrats say are doubtful,
and which they think they can carry,
and must carry, in order to win, are
New York, Maryland, West Virginia
and Delaware. We win probably hear
of them claiming Connecticut and New
Jersey. but very few have the nerve to
make any such assertion. In all of the
Eastern states many things have been
looking up very much for the Repub-
licans. West Virginia and Delaware
are sure to vote the Republican ticket
There is no question about New York.
Maryland is still in doubt. bur the ap-
athy of the Republicans has disappear
| ed, and the business men and labOring
| men have begun to see that their inter
ests may be lmperiled by the election
of Bryan, and they are coming out
strongly in favor of Mckinley and
prosperity.
| There seems TO be no doubt about Nc
kinley's election. There seems to be
some doubt about the next House of
| Representatives. Ii Is pointed out,
however, that the presidency has al
ways carried the House with it, except
in the election of 1876, when Hayes had
a majority of one in the electoral col
lege, while Tilden had n very large plu-
rality Of the popular vote. OF course
the House might be carried along with
the presidency il the trend towards Re
publicanism is very large. But a great
many districts may send Democratic
congressmen, although voting the Re
publican ticket. The South. of course
| is a handicap of III votes = start with,
and the Democrats have 10 carry only
eighty-two northern districts. East and
| West to secure the House. If any Of
| the big states are at all close on the
| presidential ticket. Ii would not be sur
| prising to see that number of Demo
crats elected in northern states Still.
the House is not lost. and il must be
fought for.
We have been hearing great deal
| from the anti-expansionists about i'm
1 perialism. man making some inves-
| legations recently dug up speech OF
| Alien g. Thurman. delivered i'll lSis. in
which he denounced everybosy gener-
ally as traitors who were opposed 10 the
| annexation of the territory acquired
from Mexico after :he war with that
| country. In the halls of Congress,
about $50. Stephen A. Douglas called
Columbus Delano a traitor because the
latter criticised the conquest of the ter
1 ritory from Mexico. Thurman and
| Douglas We're leading Democrats Of
their time. They Were eSpansionIsts-
| what the Democrats of to-day try to
call 'imperialists."
W. 4. Clark. who was forced TO re-
sign his seat in the Senate from Mon
| tana. and who was a candidate for re-
election. Is quoted in n recent Interview
as saying that both the Dakotas. wyo-
| ming and the entire Pacific coast will
Iyete for the Republican ticket. because
Vhe prosperity that has come to that
sSction. Clark might include Montana.
Idaho and Utah. although he claims
they will go for Bryan. as they have
enjoyed as much prosperity as the 9TH
er states
Speaking of Clark reminds me tlrat
| Senator Carter is putting up a very
game fight in Montana and is very like
1 " 10 WI one bI
ablesi men in the United States Senate.
and his popularity in his own state is
greater than that of any other man.
The Clark DAILY fight is assisting Car
ter. II would not he surprising II two
| Republican senators were returned
from the big mountain STATE. us a result
Of the coming election.
Bryan. in supporting the anti-injunc-
ton policy of the Democracy. says that
injuDctions are unnecessary because
the things they stop are either Illegal
or legal. and. If they are Illegal. the per-
son doing an Illegal act can be punish
ed. That Is beautifully Bryanesque. 1t
is a part OF the Bryanocracy of the
Democratic party. Suppose a mob was
destroying property. Suppose n rail-
road company proposed to destroy a
mans property and run its road
through his house. The mob. IL indi-
vidual members could be found. and
some persons connected with the rail-
,, road company might bc punished: but
what good would that do to the man
| whose property was destroyed An in
| junction saves property. and II is then
determined whether the proposed act is
legal or Illegal. II is also good thing
| for the people whom the injunction re
| strains. because II saves them from
punishment by fine or imprisonment II
il is found that they Were ging TO per
petrate an Illegal act. II is another
case of where Bryan thinks the Ameri-
can people are fools.
Some one asked Bryan. when he was
discussing colonial policies of the gov
| ernnent. how about North Carolina
and the race question OF that state.
Bryan avoided the question, saying that
he wanted them to read the Sulu treaty
and said the voters would blush until