West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1900-11-15
WAsHiNGToNLETTER.
The Democratic Party undismayoi
By the Recent Defeat.
Several Changes TO be Made In Me-
kinley's Cabinet.
From our Regular corresponden,.

NSAON, NOV. 10, 1900. ---
Because Hanna and the trusts have
by the use of like methods secured
the same result as in iSoo-ihe de
feat of the will of the peoples no
reason for the Democratic party to
change or abandon a single one of
Its vital principles. On the con B.
trary, it furnishes a strong reason
for the continued agitation of Dem
ocratic principles. If the power of
the corporate rings and trusts which
now dominate this government is
ever to be broken and our govern
ment again be put back upon the
constitutional foundation laid by
our wise forefathers, it must be
done by the Democratic party. the
only party which recognizes the
limits set by our Constitution. 1t
Is the Democratic party to which
that portion of the misguided
masses which have, for sordid
reasons, joined in riveting the in
dustrial yoke upon their own
shoulders will turn for relief when
experience shall have taught them
as it will-the greivous mistake
they have made. Let every Demo
crat see that the party is kept in
condition to respond when that
appeal for help is made.
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Most Democrats are rather glad
than otherwise that the Republicans
secured the control of the House
along with the Presidency. AS
Tom Reed remarked when the
Democrats met with similar sue
cess, "Let the tail go along with
the hide" IL the Demo Gratis had
elected majority of the next
House, the Republicans would have
made use of that control to sneak
out of responsibility for everything
that was done or left undone during
the first two years OF Mr.. Nc
Kinley's second term. With the
President, the Senate and the
House, they must accept full re-
sponsibility both for wha, is done
and what is left undone, which can
not fail to be beneficial to the
Democratic party in the end.
Watchfulness. and aggressiveness
should be the Democratic watch
words from this time on, until the
people again place it in control of
the government.
It'll
Hon. A. S. Dulin, of New Jersey,
who was visitor at Democratic
Congressional headquarters since
the election, says the Republicans
carried that State by the infamous
Dudley blocks of five system by
which Indiana was carried for
Harrison the year he was elected,
only they arranged the voters in
blocks Of ten. Mr.. Dulin called
attention to the fact that the Demo-
Gratis held their own in the Congress
sional districts of New Jersey.
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One of the first official acts of the
administration after it was known
that Mr.. Mckinley was reelected
was to ask Great Britain, through
the Department of State, to drive
the Filipino junta out of Hong
Kong, which is British territory.
There is no doubt that the request
will be complied with, as was a
similar request concerning the Span
ish officer who went from Washing
ton to Canada at the opening of the
war with Spain, and sought to con-
duct Spanish secret information
bureau there. 1t is evident that
this thing had all been fixed up be-
fore the election, but for some
reason Mr.. Mckinley was afraid to
have it known before the voting.
As the request is perfectly natural
one, the only reason for any con.
cealment in connection Herewith
seems to lie in the adage "con-
science makes towards" etc.
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Representative Sharp, of Mis-
sissippi, who is now in Washington.
calls attention TO the fact that II the
gains made by Mr.. Bryan in the
East could have been transferred to
some of the close States the results
would have been different. The
more the popular vote is studied the
palmer il becomes that there is no
reason for Democrats to become
discouraged over the future.
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As soon as they were sure that
Mr. Mckinley was re elected the
Republicans began the souabble