Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-11-03
Those of Mr.. Hanna and MIR. BRYAN
Contrasted.
And SCATTERED FORCES
Workingmen Influenced by Their
Wives and Daughters.
L IN E S S H r PLY DRAWN

| test which will be settled next Tuesday
Mr.. Hanna, who beyond all question is
a great general. has in his COM
mand all the forces in which he has con-
| fidence and the weapons in which he places
most trust. He may check off all those
things in which he has faith as, combined
forming controlling force, and they are
all with him in this campaign Never in
a presidential campaign was the line more
| sharply drawn between the two opposing
| theories.of campaigning, of policies and of
government than it is in this. Bryan, who
| is actually in command on the other side,
in making his choice of forces has left for
Hanna all those whom Hanna would him
| self have chosen. Many who would not
have enlisted under the republican banner
have been driven there by Bryan himself.
| Having light equipment and little COM
| missary Bryan has taken his recruits from
| among those who are used to short ra-
| tions. and the forces with him as distinctly
| represent his theory of campaigning, of
policy and of government as do the re-
publican forces represent that of Hanna.
Each has the surroundings of his
choosing, fair and complete. Each Is strong
In his own faith. 1t should prove a fair
test of the two theories and determine what
are the controlling forces in American pol
| itics.
| The Two Plans COntrasted.
Hanna believes that the business, the
wealth and the enterprise of the country
| are and should be the controlling force In
| government. He has them all with him.
He believes in thorough organization un-
| der business methods, with most liberal
provision for expenses. Such organi-
cation he has-perhaps the most thorough
and systematic employed in a cam
| paign- The elements and instruments in
which he has faith are all at his COM
mand.
Bryan has faith in the power of the un-
| organized masses. He believes in the de-
| velopment of character by adversely. He
| has faith in numbers above quality and in
| lect for his army the few soldiers who,
| dropping on one knee, drank from their
helmets, but would choose, rather, the
famished multitude who, lying fiat upon
their bellies, buried their faces in the
stream. He would reverse this lesson of
| ancient history. Hanna, after selecting
those whom .s he regards as ts skilled t SOL SOL
| rest, and he has taken them abandoning
| all besides.
Therefore, on the one hand. is well
| equipped. cool, deliberate and drilled army,
commanded by trained officers. On the
other, there is a multitudinous throng.
| hungry and eager and illy-armed earnest
ness taking the place of discipline and
| equipment.
| 1t is a battle between volunteers and reg
| ulars, the musket against the Mauser, paw
| ing stones against gatling guns, the organ
| lied against the unorganized.
Hnnna's Success So Far.
| Mr.. Hanna does not seem to have failed
! in any one thing he has undertaken, and
if he fails to win the battle it will prove
simply that he was mistaken in his calcu-
lation of the power of the elements which
| he sought to bring together. He has Or
! ganized the campaign on the principle of
! combination of the strongest All those
qualities which would be taken into ac-
| count in measuring the strength OF great
| business concern are combined IN this or
| ganlzatfon.
| The great business combinations, the
strongest newspapers, the most influential
| men, form the center Of the organ Zatlon
| Radiating from this center the organization
reaches down to the most successful In
| every line of enterprise. Success Is taken
| as the measure of merit.
| Whether he be a merchant or peanut
| vendor, he who is most successful in his
| line is the one whose active interest Is de-
| sired. If Of group of laboring men, one is
| sought to work for the cause of prosperity:
| he who is most prosperous, the strongest
| of his class, is chosen. Thus through all
| its parts the organization Is made strong.
The NfEhtcap Campaign.
| Hanna is a masterful genius in his way.
| Having the powerful united about him he
| assails the weak at their most vulnerable
| point 1t is useless to talk with the work.
come prejudices which are deep seated, but
| there is one argument that is constantly
impressing itself upon the man who has
| family to support-that is the conservatism
| of family influence. 1t is believed that the
| wives Of the workingmen will take care Of
the labor vote better than the republican
| organization could take care of 1t for them
selves. Mr.. Hanna has left the working
| man to argue it out with his wife. and he
| believes that If the workingman's wife has
| more comforts about her little home now
| than she had before Mckinley prosperity
set in her conservatism will conquer any
| radcalism that may rankle in the spirit or
her husband and that the ''nfghtcap' cam
| paign will bring the workingman around
| To aid in this women are engaged here and
elsewhere in visiting the homes OF the Ia
boring classes and talking earnestly to the
wives and daughters about the danger OF
hard times coming from change of admin
| istration. 1t is calculated that the house
| wife may be counted on ninety-nine times
| out OF a hundred to take the conservative
| side OF an argument affecting the source OF
| supply for the larder and the wardrobe.
Most good men are restrained in venture
someness by the influence Of their wives.
Delaware Probabilities.
The most reliable Information 1 get from
Delaware is that the republicans will carry
the state for Mckinley and will elect tho
representative in Congress. but will lose the
legislature. This would mean two senators
from that state for the democrats, and the
loss by them of the electoral vote and one
member Of the House, both of which are
worth more than United States senators In
this emergency. One of the republican
county committeeman says that he thinks
this result will almost certainly follow, on
account of the Addicks irritations. Some
| democrats familiar with the state tell me
| that all they have much hope Of Is getting
| the legislature.
Disorder in New York.
There is liable to be great deal OF
| trouble in New York on election day, on ac-
count of the inadequacy Of the voting
| booths to accommodate the largely in
creased numbers Of voters. This will prob
| ably lead to the way being blocked by one
set of partisans or the other getting in line
| first and may lead to much disorder and the
loss of many votes. j. +. M.