The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-10-18
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct. Is, 1900.

pleased with the political news he is
getting, which indicates his own tri-
umphal reelection and the election of
the Republican majority of the House.
This news has been growing more
and more convincing since the regis
tration in number of states has
been under way. Instead of the light
registration which was feared on ac-
count of over-confidence on the part
of the Republicans, there has so far
been registration which makes it
look as though the popular vote
would exceed that cast four years ago,
which was unusually heavy, and that
makes Republican victory as near
certain as anything not yet actually
accomplished can possibly be. Shrewd
political observers are now predicting
an absolute collapse of the Bryan
campaign before election day and a
Republican tidal wave. Whether it
will go that far is, of course, a ques-
ton, but there are certainly signs in
plenty to justify those predictions.
Third Assistant Postmaster Madden
takes more than an official interest
in the series of memorial postage
stamps that will be issued in connec-
ton with the Pan-American EXPOSE
ton at Buffalo, being a citizen of
Nnrly an6 fhnrafnra 1lxy
interested in anything that will help
along the Buffalo show. He has been
comforting with the head of the Blu
reau of Engraving and Printing and
one of the results is the announce
ment that the Buffalo stamp will be
printed in two colors, which will be
something entirely new, and would
not have been possible before the in
crease in the facilities of the Bureau,
made under the present administra-
ton. The law prescribes the distinc-
tive color of stamps of each denomi-
nation, but the Buffalo stamps will
be given a handsome border in a con-
trasting color.
Mrs. Hobart and Garret A. Hobart,
Jr., are guests of the President and
Mrs. Mckinley at the White House.
The desperation of the Bryanites is
evidenced by the fact that both Mr..
Bryan and Mr.. Stevenson are attrib-
uting things to Abraham Lincoln
that he never said. Secretary Hay,
who was Lincoln's private secretary
and and who, assisted by John Nico-
lay, wrote the most complete life of
Lincoln ever published, after years of
study, have access to all the writings
of the martyr President, declares the
Lincoln quotation used by Mr.. Stew
enson in recent speerh-a predic
ton that a combination of corporate
wealth would destroy the republic
to be a forgery and said of it: 1.-THE
passage does not appear in any of the
standard collections of Lincoln's
writings. Its style and manner are
entirely different from Lincoln. 1t is
generally reported in the West that
it is the invention of. a spiritualistlc
medium, made several years after
Mr.. Lincoln died" If it were only
some obscure member of party that
made use of such forgeries, it might
be excused on the ground of ignor-
will hn fnr tho
candidates for President and Vice
President of a political party. When
such men resort to such methods it is
usually with wilful intent to deceive
their hearers, and no man who tries
to deceive the people is worthy of be-
ing elected to the high offices to which
these men aspire.
Senator Chauncey M. Depew, who
has been on the stump in the West
and in his own State, and has had an
excellent opportunity to feel the pub
lie pulse, says the tide has turned
strongly against Bryan, and that the
silent vote and the vote of the big
business man, the wage-earner, the
salaried man and the farmer and the
small business man is going to be
enormous, and will practically all go
to Mckinley and Roosevelt.
Senator Chandler, who isn't so busy
conducting his own fight for reelec-
ton, that he neglects to keep posted
on the condition of national politics,
thinks that the election of Mckinley
and Roosevelt is already assured, al
though he thinks an effort will be
made while Bryan is i'll the East to
create Bryan hurrah for the pur-
pose of enabling some of those who
have bet big money to hedge. He
thinks that Mr.. Bryan's arguments
are threadbare and that he has talked
himself out, and cites his recent ig-
noring or distorting of Republican
arguments as proof that he is begin
ming to realize the weakness of his
position.
Hon. John G. Carlisle, ex-Represen-
tative, ex-Speaker and ex-senator,
told Washington friend that he had
not a doubt of the reelection of Pres