West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1900-09-27

'"c ehittu states the appointment OF the goN.
etners OF the various states. who were TO
have veto on all state legislation. These nrovi.
sions. as may be seen az glance. Involved the
essential character ot the government. and. al.
,soSsh purely republican. oaine much nearer to
the British model than any other hy their rcccg.
milton ot classes aud OF the political rights of
property. whilc. hy tho treatment of the states
highly centralized national government wa. to
s1Pcrsede ent'',ly the confederate torn.
\ careful pcrucal OF this excerpt VIII
convince a great many Republicans
that their proper place * not In the
Republican party but I'm the Demo.
cratic party. where the friends OF free.
dom are battling FOR the republic. Some
time ago Senator George Graham Vest
said In an Interview:
Our people must understand that this IA IN.
most important fight that has ever faced the par.
~ There must be an awakening TO the fact that
the cry "Rcpubtc against empire" Is not a mere
campaign slogan. The phrase Is all truthful
Plans At Washington. very definitely laid out
mean To override the constitution. Tho Rcpubiic-
an leaders believe In the teachings Of Alexander
Hamilton who said that the government Of Great
Britain was the nearest model u all the govern.
ments devised ly the brain Of man The
Hamilton idea lives az Washington TO-DAY. Nc.
hinley and iiay believe In il. The secret plans
OF the Republican leaders are "a strong govern.
ment without constitutional limitations" This
Il the hght. The lines src drawn There can be
no 9ubbling. IL Is the constitution OF our fathers
against Imperialism.
At the time these words were utter
cd many considered them radical and
not Justified 10y thc facts OF the sltua.
tion. but undertake. TO say that Hen
derson's speech nj Chicago AMI Roose.
velts speech ut st. Paul justify every
syllable OF Senator Vests interview.
Notable Convert.
The latest notable convert to Bryan.
Ism In the east is the venerable author.
soldier and littcrateur. Colonel Thomas
Wentworth IIigglnson. lie was n dis.
tinguished soldier during thc civil war.
he was member OF that famous liter.
airy coterle composed OF Emerson.
Longfcliow, Lowell. Oliver Wendell
Holmes and other worthless who shed
impefishable luster on Boston and the
human race. The disposition TO rat
from Mckinley does not seem TO bo
confined 10 amy condition or class OF
people or any profession known among
men. IL seems to bc universal extend
Ing from the huinblcst citizen OF the
republic 10 the most influential In the
land.
DoiIiver aud Lnndin.
This summer I have had Joint dis
cussions with the Hon. j. T.. DolIiyor.
now senator from Iowa. and with Hon.
Z. IL. Lands. representative from In
diana: with General Charles III. Gros.
venor and with Colonel Davidson OF
Chicago. whom the national commit.
tee sent TO Lancaster. o.. as n substl.
tute for senator Dolllver These lee
lures extended more or less over ten
Inherent states. from Boulder, Colo,
on the west. TO Mountain Lake Park.
Md. Oh the east and from Sprlngade.
Ark. In the south 10 Madison, Wis. I'm
the north. | have made careful inuui-
ries OF all sorts of men to ascertain
the real political status, and Il is my
well matured opinion, given for what
" Is worth. that III the election were
held now Bryan would receive from %
10 90 majority In the electoral college
and that the next house OF representa-.
tives would be Democratic by from 80
TO 100. Whether the Intervening two
months viii help the Democrats or Re.
publIcans Is matter about which no
man can definitely prophesy. For the
last six months things have been COM
Ing our way with great rapIdity. Two
months more OF the same trend of af.
fairs and onr victory will take on tho
proportions OF landslide.
Everybody ] saw In Maryland ad-
mits that the state VIII go from 10000
TO $1,000 Democratic. Senator yelling.
ton gives the latter figure. This means
gain OF three or four members I'm the
mouse. which In close contest would
mean the election of speaker and all
the good results to follow. In Kansas
there VIII be gain Of from four to
SIX congressman. In all human prob
ability they Will also replace Senator
Baker with fusionist We Will likely
have solid delegation OF Democrats
In the house from North Carolina. The
way the Evans and Brownlow factions
are lighting I'm Tennessee, II looks like
that state for the first time I'm many
years VIII have IA solid Democratic del.
egatlon There can scarcely lie doubt
that we VIII gain two or three repre-.
sentatives I'm Iowa and that Hawley OF
Texas will be replaced by n Democrat
and that Major Pcarce Of ST. Louis will
be succeeded by Butler. n Democrat.
All signs indicate q gain OF seycral
members I'm Illinois. so that the pros
poets are decidedly In favor OF the
proposition that we will have n Demo.
cratic house.