Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-11-01

cratic organization, and caused question
as to the genuineness of their campaign
against the plutocrats of the east. lie was
even threatened and told that II ne dld not
promptly turn over to the national commit
tee a liberal sum of mOnej that he would
allowed to hoe his own row in his sena-
toriaI battles in the future. All in VAIN.
Mr. Clark promptly told the committee tnat
he would not give one cent to be expended
outside his own state, and that what money
he expended within the state of Montana
would be devoted to maintaining MS hoIu
Upon the democratic organization thsre.
II is understood here, however, that Mr.
C1,r, X sending considera bic money 10
New Hampshire with the hope and expscta-
ton Of defeating Senator Chandler thele:
This however, it is SAID. resolves ltseii
into merely a republican Quarre! IN a re
ruhIican state and though Mr.. Clark Should
e.nend a million dollars i'll New Hampshire
il would not swing that state INTO the
Bryan column.
The Paramount issue
The free silver men have never been quite
reconciled to the plank in the Kansas NitS
nlatform which makes imperialism 'ne
paramount issue" They say that the anu
irnnerialist plank in the platform mas cos'
the democratic party more votes thah l.
has won for Mr.. Bryan 1hey assert 'ii@'t
the people of the south and the people VI
Tho west especialy those residing on the
Pacific slope, are III lawn "a i'O''''
phflippine Islands. and that there is not the
r;obtast chance that MIR. Bryan will be
able to carry single PACING coast state
~, tho plauk which the platform has tired
TO make the supreme question OF the nour.
The claim is made that the antl-hllps idi'S.
issue has proved an absolute iailure pot i AZ ~
IT'S yote-getting qualities ana us power ~
enlist influential newspapers ana wealthy
business men in this feature OF the caH-
paign. ,... .r,, o,s+
Though the feeling is bitter among east
arr democrats because the free silver men
OF the west have not contributed their iai!
quota to the expenses Oh the caE,paiSH, -
is said 10 be probably not one-hal1 as pit-
- as tho feeling which now obtains in the
west against the So-cailed anu-lmperlailStS
who it was supposed would any theni-
selves with the Bryan movement thls year
and bring to the democratic organization
10th votes and capital. 1t was supposed.
for instance, that Andrew Carnegie, who Is
on record as of the greatest antl-lm-
perialists of the age, would sena iip ,ta
check to the democratic national organlza-
tion These hopes were dashed 10 the
ground by the announcement mace by MI
Carnegie that he was IN faVor OF -the eiec
tinn of William Mckinley as President OF
the United States. o. II. +. Belmont, II
was announced early in the campaign, IN
tended to give a check to the national COM
mittee of So. 600 or more. But chairman
Homes and Vice Chairman Stone are still
looking for the letter that never came from
Mr.. Belmont. and they do not hesitate 10
saw that ollie mas SuCCeeueu III Seiiifi5
them "a gold brick" and getting con-
gressonal nomination without putting up
the $4,000. Hence they are not taking any
interest in Mr.. Belmonts campaign and
secretly hope that he will be defeated In
his race for Congress.
But the feeling against Carnegie, Belmont
ct al is as nothing compared with the feel
ing which exists in democratic circles to-
day because of the failure of the editor
and proprietor of the most influential Ger
man newspaper in this country to swing
his paper and his influence in line for Mr..
Bryan and anti-imDerialism, which they
seemed to think he should have done. On
the other hand. however, the Stats Zeit-
ung, the paper in question. is doing hercu-
lean work for Mr.. Mckinley and the repub-
lican organization. Probably Mr.. Bryan has
scarcely one chance in hundred of carry
ing New York state. although without the
influence of the Stats Zeitung among the
German voters Of New York city and New
York state. there is doubt that many
thousands of persons Of Teutonic origin
would have voted the democratic ticket
The papers work in preventing the Bryan
izing and the TammanyiZing of New York
state is thoroughly understood and appre-
ciated by republican leaders here