The Delawarean., 1900-07-25
A TYPICAL REPUBLICAN LIT
ERARY BUREAU.

ERARY BUREAU.
Marcus Au1,elius Hanna and his
conferees on the National Republican
Campaign Committee recognize the
Eact, without being told of it by any
outsider, that their cause is in desperate
straits, and they are therefore proceed
Sng ITO adopt desperate measures in
their endeavor to eounteract the in
duences which are working against
them. These influences are many and
varied. They have been engendered
for the most part by the miserable
blunders of the Administration of
which their candidate for the Presi-
hency is the head and front, and in the
councils of which Mr.. Hanna and his
present campaign managers have been
potent advisory factors
AS these men have made record for
incapacity and high-handed contempt
for the laws and traditions OF our
Republic in their administration of the
affairs of government, so in their des-
peration they are starting out in their
campaign work as though they were
determined that the record already
made should not be broken. News
comes from Washington which must
force this opinion on the public. Ii
appears that the astute committee de-
lcided last week to open up a literary
bureau and try the campaign of edu-
cation" plan before they inaugurated
the distribution of the shekels which
the trusts have placed al their disposal
in response to the levy recently mad,
in that direction. But in their eouca-
Eional efforts the committee have. like
the famed Chinee, resorted TO ways
that are dark and tricks that are vain,
that are likely to ra.ull to plague
them when once the general public
have had opportunity to properly
grasp the object and the methods en-
ployed to attain it.
1t is we'll known that the middle and
western States contain a large German
population, and the vote from this
source in several States is very heavy.
These Germans are as rule, thrifty,
industrious and intelligent class of
citizens, deeply interested in the we'll
fare of this country of their adoption
and patriotic 10 degree, but never
theless, and only naturally, they retain
in their hearts lingering love and at
fection for the Fatherland, and lively
interest in the affairs of their brethren
no matter in what quarter of the globe
they may be- This being the case it
ds only natural also, that these Ger
man-Americans should be deeply in
terested in the struggle the German
South African Republics are making
to retain their independence, and it is
further but natural that their sym
pathies should be entirely and inter-
estedly given to the German Beers.
Every movement made by the officials
of these struggling Republics has been
therefore watched with the keenest
interest by these German American
citizens and voters of our.
When the Boer ENJOYS visited Wash
dngton some time ago and were re-
ceived by President Mckinley and his
Cabinet in a manner that chilled their
very marrow. the fact was noticed by
the Germans of this country, and when
the score Of incidents showing that the
sympathies of this Republican Admin
6stration were plainly with England in
it's war of coercion, would crop Ito the
surface, they were also noted and pack
ed away for future use. To a knowl-
edge ot these facts the National Re