The Winslow mail., 1900-11-01
Items of Information Concerning
Political Affairs at the
Capital.
THE REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN TAGGING
Present State of the Philippine Cam
paign The Coal Miners Strike
and the InstrumentaIity of Hanna
democratic Outlook in the East
bryan Gaining.
Especial Correspondence

campaign needs something to give it
| life and energy. President Mckinley
and his advisers are not likely to
| change the adverse drift of popular
sentiment. They have several cam
paign lies to be sprung the last mo-
ment.
One will be that the Philippine in
surrection is over and that civil gov
ernment has been established
This might do if it hadn't been
worn thredbare so many times be-
fore. 1t is even limited that the an
nouncement will be made that Agui-
naldo and the other insurgent leaders
have surrendered. Well, that also has
been used before.
No announcement of the termina-
tion of the Philippine campaign will
be believed unless accompanied by an
order for the return of at least $4,000
troops. This is the test. 1t will be
found that the republicans cannot
meet il. Talk is cheap, but the
troops are not going to return until
the insurrection is over. Those whose
term of enlistment is out will be
replaced by others, if the next ad-
min; stra tion is republican.
Hanna and the Coal Trust.
The coal miners strike becomes a
matter of national Importance. The
coal operators are responsible for the
strike itself and for any consequences
which grow out of it.
The men put up with starvation
wages until body and soul could no
longer be held together. Think OF
supporting a family on 90 cents day
and having four days work week
1t is crime against civilization that
combine should have the power to
| dictate. such terms to workingmen
The men offered to arbitrate and the
operators scorned their pitiful appeal
The sympathy of the country will &c
out to these starving miners in their
struggle for living wages.
1t is to be hoped that the men will
be patient even under the provocation
that is sure to be offered by the
operators. They are accustomed to
starving, as one of the mine workers
executive board said recently: "We
might as well starve IDLE as working
1t is starvation anyway"
What becomes of the republican
assumption of prosperity and the
"full dinner pail" in the face of this
strike of 5000 men for wages to
support bare existence? 1t is many
a month since the miners have had a
full dinner pail, and they never ex-
pect to have prosperity as long as a
trust controls the output of the
worlds supply of anthracite coal.
The public is directly interested in
threatening an advance of one dol
lar a ton for coal. Not because there
is any scarcity, but because cold
weather is coming and they have the
power to squeeze the consumer as
we'll as the workman.
Never was there a greater output
of anthracite coal than this year, and
never have the operators enjoyed
more prosperity, yet they begrudge
their men decent wages out of the
millions made from the industry.
Hanna would have been glad to
avert, or at least postpone, the strike,
but the operators let him know that
he is their servant, not their master.
When they want antitrust legislation
killed it is Hanna's business to see
that it is done. When Hanna wants
the operators to concede the demands
of the miners because a strike will
have bad effect on the republican
campaign, the operators tell him to
attend to his business of managing
the campaign and they will attend
to theirs. Hanna is chagrined, but
he is like the man in the Arabian
Nights who let the genii out of the
box and couldn't get them back.
Bryan Gaining.
Chairman Jones, of the democratic
national committee, has been spend
ing a few days in the east. He is
very much pleased over the demo
cratic outlook. New York state is
putting up a splendid campaign and
the republicans are much disorgan-
lied there. The democratic state
committees have good active organi-
cations in the middle western states.
The precinct organizations and demo
cratic clubs are making great head
way. The democrats propose to see
to it this year that every man who
wants to vote for Bryan has the op-
portunity and that every vote cast for
him is counted. There is no objection
to Hanna getting out as big a repub-
lican vote as he can. but the republic
ans will not be permitted to count
any votes except those actually cast
for their candidate.
Every week brings new accession
to Bryan from the republican ranks
and every week shows plainly that
there is going to be big stay-at-
home republican vote this year. The
administration IS decidedly unpopular
with its own party.
Bryan by his own speeches is max
ing thousands of votes. He speaks
as the plain man of the PEOPLE. He
has the compassion and understand
ing for humanity in MS heart. He is
frank and courageous. He tells the
people exactly where he stands on al
the great issues. His Labor day
speech in Chicago put him in sympa-
thy with the working people all over
the country. He discussed their cause
with understanding and sympathy. as
if he were one of them. Not SO with
Roosevelt. lie was pelted with ieerS
and hard questions by the working
men of Chicago on Labor day. They
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