The Lamar register., 1900-10-17
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Especial Corrcspondence.)

anu WHICH tney lnlllk tnty caI carry, |
and must carry. in order to win, are
New York. Maryland, West Virginia |
and Delaware. We will probably hear |
of them claiming Connecticut and New |
Jersey. but very few have the nerve to
make any such assertion. In all of the |
Eastern states many things have been |
looking up very much for the Repub- |
licans. West Virginia and Delaware |
are sure to vote the Republican ticket. |
There is no question about New York. |
Maryland is still in doubt. but the ap- |
athy of the Republicans has disappear
ed and the business men and laborng |
men have begun to gee that their inter
ests may be impcrlcd by the election |
of Bryan, and they are coming out |
strongly in favor of Mckinley and
prosperity.
There seems to be no doubt about Nc
Ninley's election. There seems to be
some doubt about the next House of
Representatives 1t is pointed out,
however. that the presidency has al
ways carried the House with it, except
in the election of 1876, when Hayes had
IL majority of one in the electoral col
legc, whilc'Tilden had "A very large plu-
rality of the popular vote. OF course,
the House might he carried along with
the presidency If the trend towards Re-
publicanism is very large. But great
many districts may send Democratic
congressman. although voting the Re
publican ticket. The South. Of course
is n handicap of III votes !" start with
and the Democrats have to carry only
ciglty-two northern districts, East and
West. to secure the House. If any of
the big states are at all close ON the
presidential ticket. 1t would not he sur
.is,t,, tn, hut tlnr f,f
Gratis elected in northern states. Still,
The House is not lost, and 1t must be
fought for.
We have been hearing II great deal
from the anii-eNpansionists about i'm
perialism. A man making some inves-
legations recently dug up II speech OF
Allen G. Thurman. delivered i'll 1878, in
which he dcpounccd cveryhcSy g"ner-
ally aS iraitOls who were opposed to the
annexation of the territory acquired
from Mexico after the war with that
country. In the halls of Congress,
about 1850 Stephen \. Douglas called
Columbus Dclano II traitor because the
latter criticised the conquest of the ter
ritory from Mexico. Thurman and
Douglas We're leading Democrats of
their time. They were cNpnnsionists-
what the Democrats of to-day Try to
call "impcrialists."
w. A. Clark. who was forced to re-
sign his seat in the Senate from Mon
tana. and wlxa>lvas Il candidate for re-
election. is q Il in II recent Interview
as saying that both the Dnkotas. Wyo-
ming and the entire Pacific coast will
vote for the hliublican ticket. because
of the prospt that has come TO that
section. Clark might include Montana,
Idaho and Utah, although he claims
they will 90 for Bryan. as they have
enjoyed as much prosperity as the 9th
cr states.
Speaking of Clark reminds me that
senator Carter is putting up very
game fight in Montana and is very like
ly to win out. Carter is one of the
ablest men In the United States Senate.
and his popularity in his own state is
greater than that of any other man.
The Clark-Daly fight is assisting Car
ter. 1t would not he surprising if two
Republican senators We're returned
from the big mountain state, as Il result
of the coming election.
Bryan. in supporting the anti-injunc-
tion policy of the Democracy. says that
injunctions are unnecessary because
the things they stop are either Illegal
or legal. and. if they are Illegal the per-
son doing an Illegal act can be punish
ed. That is beautifully Bryanesque IT
is n part of the Bryanocracy of the
Democratic party. Suppose a mob was
destroying property. Suppose n rail
road company proposed to destroy Il
mans property and run its road
through his house. The mob. If indi-
vidual members could be found. and
some persons connected with the rail |
road company might he punished: but
what good would that do to the man
whose property was destroyed An in
junction saves property, and it is then
determined whether the proposed act is
legal or Illegal. 1t is also good thing !
for the people whom the injunction re- |
strains. because it saves them from |
punishment by fine or Imprisonment if |
it is found that they were ging to per-
petrate an Illegal act. 1t is another |
case of where Bryan thinks the Ameri-
can people are fools.
Some one asked Bryan. when lie was |
discussing colonial policies of the gov |
ernment. how about North Carolina
and the race question of that state. |
Bryan avoided tie question. saying that |
he wanted them to read the Suln treaty |
and said the voters would blush until |
election time and never mention North |
Carolina. Now. as TO the Sulu treaty. |
The President distinctly said that he
would not approve any treaty or any
arrangement recognizing the slavery
which has heretofore existed. or any
thing else in conflict with the constitu-
ton of the United States. Bryan is not
only unfair. but he is untruthful.
.The administration should have or
dered Dewey to leave Manila Bay i'm
mediately after the destruction of the
Spanish fleet is the asesration often
made by Democratic orators. The an
swer to this is plain. In one question.
what would the United States have
done in the Chinese crisis had it not