New-York tribune., 1900-08-22
NOTES OF THE CAMPAIGN.

AN ALABAMA WAY OF LOOKING AT IT
Congressman Clayton. OF Alabama. and many other
Southern men. thinks because the communities in
which they live countensnce ballot box stufing
and the suppression of the votes which they can
control that therefore Northern communities
addicted the practices. He was dis
cCssing newspaper tabulation in Washington the
other day which sought TO snow that Mckinley
stood a far better chance TO carry his own State
than Bryan carry his. He said:
totally disagree Democrats feel that with
Zones anS & pulling Ss%1y SRG avn Tln state m
in great danger of being lost the Republicans.
Still / think they have the counting mashneTS'
Kinley anyhow.
And this presumably intelligent Alabama Con
gresham believed. too. every word he said
oUARRELLING OVER THE BooTY.-There is
great heat already developing in the ranks of the
North Carolina Democracy. Many Of the victories
in the last campaign were for Gold Standard men
who also favor expansion. They oppose was-
ing the Presidential campaign the issue of color,
which the recent contest turned. Such intiu-
entail newspapers The Charlotte Observer.
he Raleigh Morning Pos1 and The MSw89n 6s1
ter has been settled for all, and must not be
News and obserVef. retort that as the constitu-
tional amendment taking away suffrage from Ill
negro question is stiil .'paramo Thus there
iss5les-impeTaiism 1ng1ii and the Red shirt
WEII.lN6TION
Wellington. Of Maryland will probably deliver an
address in Baltimore in October. under the auspices
OF the Anti-Imperialistic League OF America. AL
though he will severely denounce President Nc
Kinley and his Administration, il is not expected
that he will come out sQuarely in advocacy OF Mr..
Bryan's election. The Democrats. of course. rec
ognize that the speech, if delivered will practically
amount support Of Mr.. Bryan and some say
that il will more effectual If devoted simply to
scoring the Republicans than if directly favoring
Il
sentative Wachter of Baltimore. is printed in Sat
urday's issue Of The News, in which he says:
weIlinetons threat to turn the German American
fHnF Tols rF4 fo move mountain think he is an OBJ
ject Of sympathy, the pititu example OF a man man
ment of fear that Imperialism is in sight but
spy ms ed heaG to sil t m handle the
finances Of the State Central Committee.
WHY SPOIL A GOOD COOK?-John Holt. the
Democrats nominee for Governor in West Virginia
is nothing If unique in his method of cam
paisning Il only few days since he was
playing old time jig a fiddle for back
county audience and he has been found in the
kitchen Of a farmhouse making blackberry dump
nngs Holt had stopped at the house for dinner.
and seeing some newly gathered blackberTies re
particularIy fond Of blackberry dumpings She
said she could make them. and the nominee
West " I virginia STUCK his hands into the -four bar
re-. and with as much ease as ne would step ont
steaming dish OF delicious dumplinss. The
had been cooking dumplings in her kitchen.
BALLOT REFORM IN PENNSYLVANIA.-The
Republican State Committee of Pennsylvania Is
shout TO meet Philadelphia discuss plans for
the campaign. It highly probable that the ques
tion Of ballot reform will be taken and seriously
considered. There were propositions before the
which would cost the State at least 100000 The
other looked 10 the beginning Of personal registra-
pear personally at certain periods and register his
name voter.
SEPTEMBER ELECTIONS IN MAINE.-On Sep
ternber 10 Maine Will elect Governor and Legislat
ure In 1886 the State gave majority Of 1926
for LeweIlyn Powers the Republican candidate for
Governor. The normal Republican plurality In
Maine is not more than 10000. and the enormous
majority four years ago was due to the fact that
thousands OF Democrats voted the Republican
State ticket Ordinarily the Democratic vote is
between 5000 and go coo but in 1896 it fell to 3455o
majority in Maine does fall below 10000 this
Gee IN eeefon S me was ig 5 ahd In the IN fooWng
HoEeber & M Seyeand W %as as eieSted S PEesdent
defeated President Cleveland. who was candidate
Maine was reduced to 125OS and Mr.. Cleveland was
elected for a second term In 1895 the majority in
the September election in Maine was 1926. and
that year Mckinley received an oyerwhelning ma
Democrat tic ma jority in the State election of 1850
but Garfield elected in the Presidential contest
usually interesting, it cannot be said that the
results have proved infallibe guide to public
sentiment throughout the country
COLD COMFORT FOR BRYANITES.-An Impair
tial canvass Of Massachusetts Gold Democrats
persons who voted for Palmer and Buckner In 1896
and generally regarded Mugwumps, does
not bear the claims and assumption Of the
Democratic managers that this clas of voters not
1iths1anding the general unpopularity among them
Of Mckinley. are generally going to for Bryan
OF twenty-eight men whose names We're selected at
random from the membership list of the Young
Mems Democratic Club and the Massachusetts, dele
cation 10 the Gold Democratic Convention four
years ago-those openly affiliated with the anti
imperalist movement conspicuous the present
party management being purposely omitted-only
Tour declare their purpose to vote for Bryan
say they shall vote for Mckinley and the remain
der have not made up their minds will remain
away from the polls. Several of the Fatter saw they
viii not vote for Mckinley because they dislike
hin and because their vote IS needed IN Massa-
chusetts yet they hope he will elected and
would vote for him il the result in this State were
IN re.r.