The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-10-12
Washington Letter

FROM our regular correspondent.
WASHINGTON. October 8. IeOo.-Mr. McKiu-
ley's return to Washington this week is to be
followed by increased activity of the admins
tior In the campaign. He and his party mana
gers are desperate. and every scheme that will
get out votes is likely to be In full swing these
last weeks of the campaign. Voters in States
which the Republican managers consider
doubtful. who are employed in the government
departments in Washington. have all been
to understand very plainly that they must go
home and vote or take the consequences.
What States the Republican managers consider
close or doubtful may he judged from the fact
that this notice has been given voters from
New York, New Jersey. Connecticut. W. st
Virginia, Maryland, Kentucky. "hio. Indians,
Illinois and Michigan. That they have no ex-
pectation of carrying Kansas or Nebraska or
any of inter fountain States of the far West,
may b. Judged from their having left the voI-
ers from these States free TO use their own dis
erection about going home to vote.
MIR. Mckinley is counted upon by the party
bosses to do something official to try to raisc
hurrah between this and election. Just what
this will h. has not leaked out. although the
expectation has. II will be well for the Demo-
Gratis TO be On the lookout for any sort of move
on the part of the administration that may he
calculst ted to catch and enthuse those who do
not look below the surface of things and to he
prepared to counreract the effect of any such
move. Az statesman. history may not give
MIR. Mckinley a very high rank, but as a slick
politician. up to all the tricks OF the trade and
having the ability 70 originate some of his own,
Mr.. Mckinley is a top liner, and will bear close
watching.
Republicans are now privately admitting
that Bryan and Stevenson will carry Illinois,
although they are publicly claiming that they
will get majority in the rest of the State to
wipe out the Bryan majority they concede
Chicago will give. To concede Chicago is to
concede the State, as the returns in 90 when
the State was carried by Cleveland, and in go,
when it was carrie by Mckinley, show that rs
goes Chicago, so goes the State.
The Chinese trouble is now put forward rs
an excuse for the failure of the administration
to do something towards compelling the Sultan
OF Turkey to pay those long-standinR Ameri-
can Missionary claims. 1t will not be surpris-
ing if big bluff is made just before election of
using force to compel the Sultan to settle up.
Hints have been dropped OF such an intention
on the part of Mr. Mckinley for the purpose of
injecting little spread eagleism into the clos
ing days of the campaign, to try to head Off the
stampede towards Bryan in number of
States. T..
Representative Livingston. of Georgia, who
has been campaigning In New Jersey, where he
Is well-known. and popular, said of his observa-
sions In that State: Nobody has ever eccus-
% me OF being a rainbow chaser. Usually 1
I'm charged by my friends with being too con-
Sentative in matters like this. After years of
experience 7 think l am prepared to speak
with some feeling of confidence regarding the
drift of public sentiment. l have campaigned
in New Jersey before this year, and I know
something about that State. Heretofore, 1
have felt that we stood no show in New Jersey,
and in previous campaigns have very frankly
| told the party managers that we were going to
lose that State. Results then showed that my
| judgment was correct, and confidentially be-
| leve that the result next month will show that
my judgment was right when declare, as do
| now, that Bryan will get the ten electoral
votes of New Jersey. The State is naturally
Democratic anyhow, which gives big advan.
| tage to start with. Four years ago the people
there were stampeded away from us by the
Republican cutlery against silver. That ques-
| ton is not an issue in New Jersey at present.
Indeed, you very seldom hear it mentioned.
Inc JerseylteS are thinking ana taking ABOUT
| nothing but the trusts and imperi ism. These
| Issues have aroused the Old Demo ratio spirit
| in NJ W Jersey, and verify believe the Democ-
racy is stronger there today than ever before
| I have been speaking to the biggest crowds in
| that State that have been assembled in many
| years, and am sure that when Mr.. Bryan goes
| there he will he greeted by the largest aid
| most enthusiastic outpouring of the population
| that has ever honored any man in that part OF
| the country. If New York. in my judg nent
| were as safe for Bryan Ms New Jersey s, we
| could ell begin to pre- for the good tim,
coming when Bryan is in the White House an6
| Adlai Stevenson is again the presiding officer
| of the Senate"
| The admiEis. ration seems disposed to make
| the defeat of Senator Pettigrew the psramou OF
\ issue in South Dakota. Postmaster Genera
Smith has gonn to join Boss Hanna, Senator
! Frye and other Republican big guns in stump
| ing that State and in trying to down Pettigrew
| and incidentally, of course, to capture the
electoral votes of the State for Mr.. Mckinley
Reports from the State say that the campaign
| IL red hot and that the Democrats are confiden
| of winning.