The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-01
POLITICAL GOSSIP.

POLITICAL GOSSIP.
Blair Lee came to this city from Balti-
mere last night bringing news of new de-
velopments in the peculiar Cowen cam
paign in the interests of Mckinley. THE
| President of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
way, whose threat to cancel improvements
in his railway service unless Mckinley is
| elected, said he, nov has another
/ scheme, which is q hardly less bold at
tempt TO coerce the laboring men OF Mary
| land. He has issued call to the manu-
facturers Of Baltimore, requesting them
to give their employees a holiday on Sat
urday afternoon, SO that the work-people
can take part in the sound money parade
in which Mr.. Cowen is interested. The
proposal has created intense Indignation
among the Democrats OF the city. They
| declare that 1t is brazen and unconcealed
attempt to make the employees turn out
| in the parade. regardless of their political
affiliations. The Democrats have adopted
measures which they think will check
that sort of coercion. They have issued a
manifesto which will be published in the
Baltimore papers calling for the name
and address Of every manufacturer who,
under the guise of giving holiday, at
tempts to force his men into the sound
money parade. There are about $4,000
| members of Democratic clubs in the State
and the name Of every such manufacturer,
together with the name Of the goods he
| produces, will be circulated among these
clubs. 1t is expected that knowledge of
1 yIhn ra.vkn
| Ing to carry forward that sort of oppres
| sion will be used by loyal Democrats when
1t comes time for them to make pur-
| chases."
THE Coal Trust is again at work mining
its product since the strike is settled"
said James r. Biddle, of Philadelphia,
caller at the Democratic Congressional
Committee headquarters last night.
But" he continued, 1.-The people who have
been delaying their purchases for the win
| ter need not look forward to a cut in the
price Of the product. The trust will use
! the strike. just as 1t uses every other in
strument, as means for foisting upward
the price OF its commodities. Already the
people have grown partly accustomed to
paying 20 cents per ton more for coal than
they did before the strike. That additional
profit will be kept on. The barons will use
as pretext the claim thai the 10 per cent
| increase paid the miners c,mpels them to
raise the price of the product. That is all
bosh. The increase in wages does not call
for an increase Of 10 cents per ton In the
market price of the fuel. But we shall
have to pay an addition of 70 cents Just
the same. The trust has decided on that"
IN uicfo -
the Treasury, has returned to Washing
ton after campaigning trip through
Indiana. The Treasury campaigners. un-
der the direction of Secretary Gage, have
been giving their hardest and closest at
tention to that State Assistant Score.
tary Vanderlip and immigration Commits
sioner Powderly have also been dealing
with the Hoosiers, urging them to vote
for Mr.. Mckinley. They are not over
sanguine as to the results. All of them
discount the claims which the Republic
can State leaders are making and pri-
vately admit that there is very close
fight In the Commonwealth. The speech
of Senator Scott extolling the Standard
Oil Trust has done particular damage in
the northern part of the State. where
the oil and gas wells are thickest the
people of that district have had plenty
OF experience with the Standard Oil
crowd. and 1t is believed they do not love
the trust. The public approval Of it and
its methods by a Republican leader like
Senator Scott has cost the party a good
many votes in that section.
II have an idea why the Republican
leaders are SO busy accusing Webster
Davis Of having accepted a big bribe to
support the Boer cause" said r. L. Brum-
baugh, of st. Paul. Mimi. a guest at the
Ebbitt House, last night. at is utterly
inexplicable to a Republican that any
man should advocate any cause unless
well paid for 1t. AT the same time the
German vote in the Northwest is solid
for the men who stood for the struggling
burghers, and If you hear anything about
landslide for Bryan in Wisconsin. Min
nesota. Illinois, and Iowa you can thank
Mr.. Mckinley for it,
Apparently Senator Burrows of Michi-
gan is not SO confident that Mr. Hanna
will carry Illinois. and Illinois is admit
ted to be pivotal State. In an interview
with newspaper man the other day Mr. |
Burrows was asked what he thought of
things in Chicago. Here Mr.. Burrows
made one of the Scott breaks, known as |
a slip in private conversation and re-
piled, Il am perfectly confident that We |
will win. ] am Just as confident as l was |
in 1892" He has been trying to explain
it ever since, but there are many who be- /
lieve him a true prophet and have faith |
in his words.
The Peoria, ILL.,. Herald Transcript"
believes that the people of the Danish |
West Indies are very sensible in refusing !
to be annexed to the United States during |
the Mckinley Administration. 1t is point |
ed out that there are many brighter |
futures in store for a people tnan a 10 |
per cent tariff and benevolent assimilia-
ton.
Bettors on the election around the Wash
ington hotels do not appear to be doing
much business. Republican money is OF |
the vanishing quality. 1t casts a great
shadow for SO little substance. ana talk ,
appears to be cheap. A decided drop in
the posted odds in favor of the Republic
can Presidential candidate was noted yes
terday. The drop yesterday was from
2 1-2 to 1 to to !. There are many Re-
publicans who have had money to place,
but ii appears that it has either all been
placed or the matter is postponed until
the money can be got. Democratic sports
who have heard of the alleged enormous
odds offered in hopes of influencing the
conditions. have hankering to make
some money in the easy way thus pro-
yIded. 1t cannot be laced at the posted
odds Two even-money bets were made
yesterday at the National Hotel between
travelling men. on the national result.
This seems to be the only terms at which
Republican money is to be had at the |