The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-30
POLITICAL GOSSIP.

western newspapers are credting HoI
Charles A. Towne with 1.-THE most felici
tious expression in the campaign" TIL
, statement which has caused this outburs
is sentence from recent speech. i
which the orator exclaimed: THE cam
paign of 1900 is the campaign of 1896 I'm
DER the head Of unfinished business" TIL
Republican partisan organs are maxim
much Of the matter, and protest that ref
erence Is had to the silver question. which
they state will be settled in the pres
ent campaign
W. c. Van Herndon. a prominent manu-
facturer OF Cincinnati, Ohio. who is at thu
Raleigh for few days. is not SO certain
that Mr.. Mckinley is going to carry hi.
home State.
Il am Republican said he last night
and have voted the good old ticket fol
many years. but II am afraid that we Dc
not stand much chance this trip. 1 LOST
S5,Goo on Harrison during the last land
slide. and am afraid that things are going
Democratic. I was much interested in a
straw vote on tn. train on the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad on my way here, and
watched the outcome with anxiety. There
were twenty-seven persons in the smok-
ing car, and would you believe 1t, mine
was the only Republican vote cast out Of
the entire number. Even the conductor
voted for w. j.. Bryan. or course, you
can't gauge the whole State by one train,
but am willing to admit that We haven
a sure thing this year. feel pretty GER
tain that Nebraska will go for Bryan by
about S.CoO and that the Republicans will
capture Illinois by 100000 and Kansas by
15,GC0.'
THE period of the pamphlet has been
passed in this campaign. and the SPELL
binder will have the stage to himself till
election day." said Assistant Secretary
| Jesse at Democratic headquarters last
night THE amount of political litera-
ture which has been spread throughout
the country during the last three months
has been immense. In the matter of lit
crature alone this campaign has been a
record breaker. Nothing like it has ever
before been attempted by the great To-
| litical parties. 1 do not know that the
| figures will ever be collected and rub
| lished. but they would be astounding. The
, postal officials, after while, may throw
| some light on this subject. The mails
have groaned under the weight Of printed
matter on political subjects and the
franking privilege has been worked to the
| utmost"
In view of the violence of Republican
claims there is a solemnity and stiffness
at the headquarters of the Republican Ma
tional and Congressional Committees
which is oppressive. The interviews which
are inspired at these places for publica-
tion in party organs and the confidential
utterances of the partisan workers there
widely differ in tone and volume. One of
the officers said: Senator SCOTS after
dinner speech would have been better il
1t had not been made" And then he
sighed.
Confidential reports from Indiana" said
one of the officers of the Democratic Con-
gressional Committee last night, bear out
the accuracy Of the poll which earlier in
this campaign showed that Indiana was
lost to the Republicans. Our friends, the
enemy, admit that the labor vote appears
to be setting in one direction and the
farmer vote in the other. By this they
say that the labor vote is setting toward
Bryan. That is true. This is one of the
leading factors which is making for Dem
ocratic success. This is what is putting
Indiana in the Democratic column. The
Republicans are trying to solace them |
selves with the delusion that the Debs |
vote will reduce that for Bryan. The Debs |
movement ceased long ago to be factor |
In this fight. The Republicans say the In |
diana farmers who voted for Bryan four |
years ago will vote against him this time. |
We do not believe this. Our reports are |
that gains are made by the Democrats |
among this class of citizens"
Before leaving for his Ohio home last
night Col. Ike Hill, Assistant Sergeant-at-
Arms Of the House of Representatives. told
a Times reporter that in his opinion the
Buckeye State will this time line up in !
the Democratic column. II am satisfied"
said he, that. Ohio Will cast her vote TO.
Bryan and Stevenson. The conditions in |
the State are most favorable for Demo-
cratic success. we have the labor eIe-
ment with us this time. and the issue of
miiitarism and Imperialism ensures to us
The German vote. We have the Repub-
leans scared out OF their boots. We have
them whipped and they know it,
Hon. B. H. Oxley, Of Charleston. W. Va.
aid last night, at the Metropolitan Hotel.
hat reports he had received from all over
he State satisfied him that the Democrats
would elect their State ticket. and the
states electoral vote would be cast for
Bryan. He said:
The statement made by Senator Scott
n New York at the Roosevelt dinner that
he prosperity Of the State is due to the
standard Oil Trust. has thrown consterna-
ion into the ranks of the Republicans In | ,
vest virginia The Democrats are send
ng Senator Scott's statement broadcast
During the past ten days l have received (
etters from prominent Republicans in /
very county of the State. telling me that u,
hey are working for Bryan, and that they =,
now of other Republicans In the county |
Tho will vote against Mckinley. It is this i
act that convinces me that Bryan will t
AIRY the State. The Republicans realize I
hat the situation Is desperate Senator S
.lkins is putting large sums of money in t
ach county in an effort to carry the Leg I
stature. / have letter from friend. who t
rites that in one Of the small counties C
he Republicans have placed 1880 for \
lection purposes. We have secured a list il
the colonized colored voters, and intend a
, see to it that they are not allowed to a
ote." "
1.-THE pot called the kettle black when le
lie Republicans attempted to make pollt-
al capital out of the Ice Trust In New II.
ork." said Charles A. Hayward. of Man d.
attain. who is spending few days at the n
Ellington. Mayor Van Wyck's answer 8
as a settler and that he indicted the Re- I,
iblican bosses for being in the deal was 81
,ly proper. since they were bowling for NJ
IS removal. don't think Governor Roose- al
lit will pay any attention to the trust cl
is year. He doesn't dare to- Repub
can interest In the Ice Trust in New n
ork has gone down to zero and will re- r
ain there
Riding Two Horses,
(From the Baltimore Sim 4,