The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-09-13
NATIONAL CAMPAIGN ON.
WASHINGTON GOSSIP ON CoNpr-
TIoNs AND PROSPECTS.
Indiana To he the scene of ~ Hard
Fought Battte--Repnhiicsu speak,
ers VIII Invade NehrasEs-Somc
Deceptive .'sure Thing bets.

Special plspatch to the Pos,.rnterigcncer.
WASHINGTON, Sent, i2--indiana Is 70
be one q the hardest fought battle
grounds OF the campaign Of iea Both
parties arc now claiming It, and both
are making unusual Efforts 20 make good
their claims. The Democratic commit
tees are sending their strongest orators
into that state. ana Bryan himself viii
make speeches at The more prominent
points Thoy WIN talk about trusts. mill
tarism and anti-imperiaiism. but VIII IA
sing1larly low on the subject OF silver.
following the example Of their leader,
Secretary Gage made the strongest
I point of the present campaign when he
brought 70 light Rryan's four-year-old
statement that ne would 40 everything In
hts power 10 get rid Of the gold standard
are quickly as possible, and showing that
Mt Rryan could order his secretary ~
( tue treasury 20 pay interest on outstand-
ms bonds in silver. II IL demonstrated
nothing else e did show very ccnclu-
I ready TO mako statements Of that char
I acter rs he was four years ago,
Republicans do not propose TO be out-
Z done when II comes To campaign OF
4 oratory and education IN Indiana Almost
every United States senator who will take
I The stump for Mckinley viii put In n
FEW days IN Gov, Mounts state, and
lndiana's two senators, Fairbanks and
heveridge, viii devote weeks OF their
/ time 70 the canvass Representative Jesse
< ovcrstreet, of Indiana, Is the secretary
OF the Republican congressional commit
tee, and he will see that every district
I IN the state IS well supplied with Re-
I'VE are not much alarmed n the Demo-
cratic claims" said Mr. Overstreet speak
/ Ing OF Indiana the other aav .sthe penno-
! Gratis have had n way Of calling indiana
/ theirs for q good many Years. Let Bryan
! tour or the state II he win. he dii & 81 Au-
gust 1sse. nut he did not carry the state"
Senator Burrows. OF Michigan. has Just
! returned from speaking trip in. ihe
| said, ANY sentiment among Republicanr
or Indeed. among the people at large add
verse 70 the position ~ standing by tho
| administration In this emergency. They
| favor standing by the administration
whatever may have been their private
views as 10 what ought 70 be done or
what ought 70 have been done In the
| latter Part Of this month Mr. Burrows
WIN go 10 tho Pacific coast and after the
frst OF October. he VIII put IN the time
In his own state.
In Years gone by Il was considered the
| height OF improperly for q national or
| congressional committee 20 send sneakers
into the state ~ the opposing candidate,
nut there e none Of such little amenities
this year When Bryan announced that he
! would open the Ohio campaign nj Coium-
bus @, September 10. he threw down the
Eanntlet, which was very promptly taksn
| up by the Republican national committee
His own state Of Nebraska will 10 I'M.
vaded ny a score Of the best takers which
| the Republican committee can command
| II there are any great number or waver.
Ing voters IN Mr.. Bryan's state he may
have 70 quit his campaign elsewhere tn
hurry home TO look after his own and
neighbofing counties
II Is little early IN the campaign 10 be-
GIN 70 talk much about betting bat
| washington hoakmaker has prepared
rather an ailuring proposition for gentle.
men VINO are willing 60 risk their money
on blind chance or on what they believe 10
| re tnsir superior judgment ~ matters nos
ntica. Tbs washington man viii be,
| twenty 70 one that nobody can nnme an
the states that VIII he carried either ~
mckinney or Bryan. The odds sound big
but a little thought VIII show that the
bookmaker has all the hest ~ H. "a tnsv
say N sporting Variance.
| stu, II "a suspected that in this region
| there are innumcrahie gentlemen 81 hosh
parties who are cock-Pura that they know
| exactly what etates Will be carried hy Nc.
hiniey and what states VIII be carried bv
| bryan. All such eoek-Aura eentiefnnf,
have chance 10 win so hy riwkg only n
of the eoin of the realm.
Another equally aIiurinw het which m.
other Washington man will make with
ANYBODY - this; lie viii bet sio0 he can
name thirteen states that viii be earriea
by Bryan; then ha will bot tioa he can
name thirteen more states that will te
carried by Bryan Aftsr having thus
states. he VIII bet fio "a $500 ,hst Brvnn
1yiil carry three-fnurtha ~ the rotnetn
ing nineteen states He IL anxious 10 Ket
and be can command 500 ON Tor the mr..
pose. The proposition "a being nif,Alsd AZ
by ~ sorts and conditions ~ men ana
many % them % not yet seem 70 aes the
advantage that r. against them. it,
tie figuring viii show g.
Over IN Nem York. wormser the r,en
Republican banker. has posted grAa0 On
| Mckinley against 5000 put ~ Richard
Croker Thla haa convinced aii New
| York. beyond pefedv4nture that Tam.
many Han is working earnestly and 10Y.
ally FOR Bryan and Stevenson. New YORK
Democrats say this - tho most Important
4 H. =. u.
national politics. Tney say that be does
! not Fiss his money on anything lees cer-
taie man = elaeh." ~ his Judgment.
nnd reaAonins thur they epnciade that
Croker nov has his coat on hia Eieagcs
rolled np and Il working With al Ma
might en1 main FOR Hryaa
iie promises 20 kIve Il Democratic ma
! 9oFstY o. s4ea IN Greater &eW Yark
/ which Involves tremendous task Whra
| q ~ remembered that four years aR1 NJ
kinney swept that section ~ ihs STATE.
|
writer IN tha Evening star thinks Il
| " rather singular that Mf Hfyan an1
his PARTY are asaaanssns ths pTessat ~
minisfEaiSou while rratsinE former aeie
| q ane Democratic parry f{a cites twa
| hlasagirsi lfistaueeHi
I'm connection wffh two palafs 81 arru-
Sicut ~ The Democratic press r. ihe pses-
I fAt campaign, viz. the ferclbie snnexz.
! ZION - territory aud the deuaurtafion ~
! tna standardization with regard IA thr AZ
/ leB 2 HnrrefAef af American territory IN
Ala &a 81 Canada,
[ I'm 1855 the paramount issaaH az ghs
i.finof atig iaEtY Wsrt e8pfeasaa y
fheir catch ThfkHfa Polk naNNH nna
/ Texas ard Fifty fenf-faftV ~ fight
I Polk weF elected and Texas then ma la.
{ beEe pAant nation. wMH admitted 20 sfls
I hfnu, hfins A}iawfd certain rnfFnsipu
/ rl&hia newer - ipfe of since farfa4iie8 any
I a.hef state. - % bapfrres tbFt Texas
tAd dispeis With Nealco rsgar8ine ghslr
/ boundary ine. tha former ftniTai8E % ~
7 Do tHe ffig Bfsnae nni fhH iagtfr fha
I Nufces river Meziaa eealfea ia m buiit
( tht wttffer ~ arhifFafloa bet fFnrfaeht
Z NMt& ordered ffnfas iii3B tnn Hlssrtrd
I ferrssHfY eNd pFee}uitatrd ihe anff n0sfEf
war fhe Nuitsa &fafes has ever waEaf
{ uEain1t fareiEa p0srf uffh fhs ~esl',
| that she HfguifFd fhe district ~ dispute
/ aga enough HaFe territory % form III er-
l aNHfa large states
with regard 70 the bold assertion thst
| ths northern boundary Use ~ ~ Nriita
States aheWid be fffy-feGr degrees forty
! srn Hue II ALASKA sffF diTageHf fHraf
were pHrsued Mr. Polk aia rof thr4w