The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-10
POLITICAL GOSSIP.
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him: How about the negr0?' THE negro
has bestowed Presidents on the Republic
can party and the Republican party has
| given the negro Partnerships in return"
Just now the Republican party is making
| ready to claim the vote Of the brown man
| in the Philippines.
| The presiding officer of Republican
ratification meeting at Buffalo said:
There are more Bryan pictures by two to
| one than there are of Mckinley in Erie
| County farm houses"
According to Susan Darling Stafford. in
| her book Of QUAINT Epitaphs," on tomb
stone in a churchyard at Wayland, Mass,
| is the following inscription:
| Here lies the body of Dr. Hayward,
| man who never voted.
| VI such is the kingdom OF heaven.
In his Nebraska speeches Governor
Roosevelt asserted that the Republican
| party had raised the price of wheat, corn,
and hogs and all other farm products
! Senator Hoar has said that Senator Han
ma has assured him that last winter he
spoke only twice to President Mckinley on
| political matters.
| Hoosfer Democrats who ACCOMPANIED
the Bryan special through Indiana are
very enthusiastic over the result. They
say they are now convinced the State is
Democratic beyond all doubt They point
out the fact that many of the places
| where Mr.. Bryan was not permitted to
| speak in 1895 gave him an enthusiastic
reception, and the audiences, although
composed largely Of Republicans, gave
the closest attention to his address
AT Noblesville. in 1896 the Republicans
made every effort possible to keep him
from speaking. and even went so far as
to parade bands across the stand while
he was doing so. This year they gave
the closest attention and cheered his ut
terances to the echo. 1t was the same in
| other places.
| AT Linton four year ago he was not
even given permission to speak, and this
| year crowd of at least 1000 people
| heard him and enthusiastically applaud
ed his remarks So
Chairman Martin. of the Democratic
| State Committee says he is certain the
State is Democratic. There are not less
than 10000 Democrats in Indiana banded
together in club organization" he said
1T has been conservatively estimat ed
that in the two days trip Mr.. Bryan ad-
dressed not fewer than 800, 600 people,
and l think the estimate is not too large
| This is something never heard of before
in the State of Indiana, and perhaps never
| will be again. The size of the crowds
| and the close attention given Mr.. Bryan
clearly demonst rate that the people are
greatly interested in the burning issues of
the campaign-trusts and Imperialism. II
1 ever had any doubt of Indiana going
Democratic the week Just passed would
remove it ALL"
Judge George H. Lambert Of Newark.
N. j., has opened a bureau OF the New
Jersey Democratic Society in the State
committee rooms. Hotel Washington, and
it will be kept busy during the balance
| of the campaign. Edward Fitzgibbors,
Of Massachusetts. who is a follower of
Patrick Eagan. formerly United States
Minister to Chile. has been assigned to
the State Committee to stump for Bry-
an. He will labor among IRISH Ameri
cans in Mr.. Bryan's behalf.
| Postmaster Devine and County Chair
man S. B. Cluin, of Atlantic City. called
upon the State committee yesterday and
asked that Mr.. Bryan be sent to Atlantic
City when he visits the State. They
were told that their request couldn't be
complied with. and they said the Atlantic
| City Democrats would run an excursion
to Camden on October %, when Bryan
| speaks there
| Dispatches from the Eastern Shore
Counties of Maryland. comprising the
| First Congressional district. show that
the Democrats figure upon carrying the
| district by from 1000 to 1900 plurality,
ensuring the election OF John p. Moore
for the full term. and Edwin Brown for
| the unexpired term in Congress Of Gov
ernor Smith.
In 1898 Smith carried the district by
900 plurality. Managers in Worcester.
| the home Of Candidate Moore; Somerset,
| Wicomicc. and Queen Annes, are posi-
lively sure of carrying these counties by
larger pluralities than two years ago.
| In Dorchester. Talbot, Kent, and Caro-
line. the contest will be close. but the
Democrats are confident of carrying all
these counties. in which the vote has
| been close for some years.
The result of the influence OF the i'm
perialistic doctrine among Republican ad-
herents was recently shown in a marked
manner in South Dakota few weeks
ago the British union jack was displayed
at q Republican convention in Brown
County At big Republican rally held
| in South Dakota on August % the only
dag shown was the union jack. with the
words Great Britain" printed on its mar
| gin. On this occasion 1t hung alone.
| There was no American flag to detract
| from its beauty or to dull the edge of
| Republican enthusiasm for it.
Some Democrats who happened to be
present expressed surprise and displayed
some anger because of the presence of
the English flag and the absence of the
| American flag. Postmaster Jumper who
| holds his office by the grace of the Me
| Kinley Administration. said sharply that
| the English flag is coed flag.
! Register Brown, of the United States
| Land Office. another Federal officeholder.
| also asked If the flag was not good one.
| and if it did not represent better Gov
| eminent than this.
The story reached the ears of W. f.
| Kidd. who last year was State Chairman
| of the Peoples Party. Mr.. Kidd went to
| the Republican hall, where the flag still
hung supreme. and pulled it down and car
| ried it away. Then he sent word to the
Republicans that he had their flag and
warmly invited them to call for it.
Mr.. Kidd waited patiently for the Re-
publicans to call. He was ready to give
them a warm reception. But the Nc
| kinley- Hanna workers in South Dakota
| wisely stayed away. Finally Mr. Kidd
packed the flag and expressed it to Sena-
| tor Pettigrew at Sioux Falls. In letter
accompanying the flag Mr. Kidd said that
he found 1.-The flag was in position on the
rostrum. 1t was a large flag, feet l
| inch lY 9 feet Z inches with the Cross of