The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-08-24
~POLITfCKS.

Mr.. Cleveland was waited upon by the
anti-Imperialists for their candidate
for president, but he declined the
the certainty of being a defeated an
didate again. ,
Mr.. Bourke Cochran worte a strong
letter to the anti-Imperialist congress
at Indianapolis. By the way, We be-
lieve only some 300 attended. In one Of
his impressive paragraphs Mr.. Cochran
INDUCED this very sensible view:
Nothing "a be accomplished by the
nomination of a third candidate that
cannot be accomplished equally by alb
stention from the polls, except that the
citizen who remains at hon OIL cleo
ton day passes unnoticed, while he
who votes g. third ticket attracts at
tention. The difference between a 81
lent NJ a vociferous refusal to exercise
the suffrage is not worth discussion,
since abstention from civic duty is
never commendable. When the repub-
lie is in danger the only place for the
patriot is in the ranks of its active de-
tenders. Absence from the field of con-
test or shooting in the air can never be
justified"
He fought against Bryan in 1896, but
will fight for him now. Ex-Governor
Boutwell,, is one of the strong old men
in Massachusetts. He is a republican
Bryan and giving little Mckinley par
ticular and individual fits. In his adj
dress to the congress, as the perma-
nent chairman, he aid this with ring
ing emphasis:
Il charge that the policy upon which
this administration has entered will
mean the abandonment of the princi-
Piles. upon which our government was
founded: that it will change the repub-
lie to an empire. The first of the means
before US for the preservation of the
union, if our allegation is true, is the
overthrow of the administration"
The miserable partisan, lying repub-
lican press is ubiquitous and many
sided. A little while 6 it was furious
ly Smelling Bryan for his daring to
make silver a public question at this
late day. But behold when Bryan con-
fined himself to but one great
paramount Observation-Disclosures
drove their man Mckinley, to the wall.
they whipped about and began to curse
and abuse him as a mean rascal for not
keeping up his discussion of silver
and 16 TO 1.
There are many pleasing signs that
the great German vote will be least
divided this year. The excellent Wash
ington correspondent of the Houston
(Texas) Post, Mr.. c. A. Edwards, in one
of his recent staff-specials said this:
1.-The German vote is causing the re-
publican leaders to experience a bad
case of insomnia these days and it
promises to get worse = stead of better.
There are about six hundred German
newspapers, daily, weekly, semi-week-
ly, and monthly in the United States.
They reach about 5000, 900 readers and
of that number there are about 1,000,-
900 voters. In the past the managers Of
the republican party have never had TO
trouble themselves about these papers.
They were all in line for the republican
national ticket and all of them gladly
accepted and printed all the republican
campaign literature sent to them.
After a careful investigation of the
matter, made by a gentleman in this
city who possesses the necessary re-
sources, it is found that a vast major
ity of the German press in this couE-
try is vigorously opposing the re-elec-
ton of Mckinley and all working as
hard for the election of Bryan. They
have followed the lead of Mr.. Haber-
com n have accepted the issue of i'm
p~erialism as the paramount issue of the
campaign.
This means much for the democrats
for there are thousands OF voters in
the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois.
Minnesota and Michigan who read
nothing but German papers and are
therefore confined to them for their
political pabulum. Tt is obvious that
the democrats have the republicans on
the run so far as the Germans are con-
cerned."
But even the great state of New
York may be a little shaky. 1t is re-
ported that Hanna is rather uneasy
and is putting in work there. You
must always get the right inside view
of a states canvass and political situa-
ton t. understand the probabilities in
elections. Mr.. Edwards says of New
York:
THE evident intention of Plat to
nominate his henchman Odell for gov
ernor of New York On the republican
ticket has thrown a scare into Hanna
as big Is an low barn. 1t is well
known that Odell has been for years
the chief lobbyist for Plat at Albany
and his record as such is so rotten that
it will cost the republican state ticket
thousands of votes and thus add to the
danger of Mckinley.
Plat knows this as we'll as any man
and it is believed here that he is play
ing a game to compel Mckinley, from
whom he a expect no favors after he
is reelected, to come to terms"
But all is not we'll with the democ-
racy. The two leaders-Hil and Crok-
err appear to be antagonizing, and in
spite of Chairman Jones's efforts to
pacify and unite.
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