The border vidette. (Nogales, Ariz.) 1894-1934, 1900-10-20
FROM The CAPITAL
Says mckinley and Appears
to Like it,
The Coersion Republican Tactics of
go Are Being Repeated Upon a
More Extensive Scale Than Ever
Before.

WASHINGTON, October II. 1900. -
Those whose votes cannot be bought
must be coerced into voting for Nc
Dinley. That is the motto under which
the Repu blican managers are working
now. How it works in some cases may
be judged by what a prominent drum
mer said to a Washington friend
Ninety five percent of the CONNER
cial travellers in the United States and
about 100 percent of those who were
commercial travellers until the on-rush
of trusts drove them from the road,
will vote for Bryan and Stevenson.
This is in confidence, so far as my name
is concerned. [ have to appear as u
Mckinley man. [ am one of the few
of the once large army of travelling
statesmen whose services were consider
ed valuable enough to be retained by
the asslmilating combine that wiped
out our cid firm. And 1 have a
wife and Dabies to support l want to
hold my job. So 1 say Mckinley and
appear To like it before the trust spies.
But wait until get into the voting
booth. Wait until the thousands of
has been commercial travellers and
| the hundreds of those who still are get
behind the curtain in the voting places.
Won't we swat them at the polls. The
secret ballot makes 1t possible for the
coersion scheme to prove boomerang
to the republican managers, and it may
do SO. There are probably many who
are like this drummer.
Mr.. Mckinley has given himself up
almost entirely to politics since his re-
turn to W ashIngton, just rs he has been
| doing in Canton, although the news
! paper men who go to the w mite House
are told that he and the members of
the cabinet have been very busy study
ing the French proposals that required
a half hours consideration as to what
the reply of this country should be.
| MIR. Mckinley and his advisers are and
haye been studying up schemes 10 save
MIN from the defeat which he breads
and fears because of his knowledge
that lie has done things to deserve IL.
Tne McKinleyites are finding it ne
|
gram to The extent of preparing the
country for the establis hment of militar-
ism through legislation by the Repub-
lican congress for IL large increase IN the
standing army. The war department
made public this week the annual re-
port of Majo General John r. Brooke,
commander OF the department of the
bIch the -
regular army To enable this nation to
main tain the position in which it now
tiuds itself placed The idea is to in
form the people that the proposed in
crease i'll The army 5 to meet the de-
mands of the general officers of the
army. 1t is perfectly natural that army
officers should favor an increase of the
army, it means to them speedier pro-
motion and more opportunities to win
glory; but the facJ remains that the
real reason for increasing the army Is
to maintain the Imperialism into which
the country is being carried by the
plans Of The administration.
Our army and ravy, according to
official estimates for congressional ap-
preparations is going to cost $500, 00O,-
900 dollars for The next fiscal year.
What would the voters of the era of
Jetfersonian simplicity have thought of
spending that much money in time of
peace on the war making branches of
our government.
The coersion- Republican tactics of
'96 are being repested upon an even
more extensive scale this year. In ad-
dition to the big trusts, banks and cor
porations, the officers of saving banks,
life insurance companies and building
and loan associations are having pres
sure put upon them not only to use
their personal Influence to make room
for Mckinley bat to use the influence
of their companies or organization to
compel their patrons to vote for him.
The prediction hat no case involving
the constitutionalty of the republican
Porto Rican taritfbill would be heard
by the q. S. supreme court before cleo
ton was verified when Solicitor Gene
raj Richards asked for the advancement
of the case on the docket of the court
without even naming a date for the
hearing of argumnts. In asking that
the Neelv case be advanced and argued
on November 10, Solicitor General