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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-11-02
MARYLAND FOR BRYAN.

With respect to the uncertainty OF
clectious aud the falibility Of human
judgment, we say here, aft careful
review Of the political evidence before
Us, that Maryland, one OF the doubtful
States, will give its electoral vote for
William Jennings Bryan We do not
by the Republicans, nor by their allies,
the Honest-Money League of Balti-
more and the other small items that
might count for them, but we do APP
ptccia;e and undrrs and the gallant
work being done for the cause of De-
mocracy by the party itself, aided by
the hundreds of clubs al over the
State, the disatlected Republican vote
and the return OF thousands of gold
Democrats to their party since 1896,
the effect of the COwen bluff about re-
scinding the order for ears if Bryan is
elected and last, but not least, the
strong stand taken and maintained by
the Ba tinore sun, which in 1896 was
a powerful lever for the Republicans
The SUNS course in this fight has graf
flied every Democrat who cond mncd
it, action in 1896, and with powerful
newspaper IN Baltimore advocating
the election Of Bryan and the weekly
papers in the counties doing all in
their power for him, there can be no
doubt of the result Betting odds in
Baltimore have gone up and it is said
that some Republicans are already
"hedgiug.' There is much money in
the hands of the Republicans aud they
! will try to Use it effectively, but We
doubt their ability to d. it this time.
The people cannot be bought when
their liberty is at stake and their ideas
of right and justice in the balance
They were fooled in 1896 but you can't
fool them in 1900
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-11-02
Why Such a Bother?
The philadelphia Record in a

The Philadelphia Record in
recent issue says:
The statement that Senator
Scott'S associates at the Republl-
can national headquarters are
swearing at him for having an
nounced his belief in the benef-
icence of trusts is hardly credi-
BILE. Yet it is fact that the
party leaders induced the AssO
ciated Press to recall its report
of Senator Scott's remarks at a
banquet of Republican million
aires at the Fifth Avenue Hotel,
New York City, and it seems to
be true that the Senator made
threats as to what he would do to
the newspaper reporter if the
latter should publish what was
said at the private feast.
1t is hard to understand why
the approval of the trusts by a
prominent Republican should be
a cause Of agitation TO the party
leaders. Surely, they cannot
think that the people consider
the party an enemy to the trusts.
No Republican orator or writer
has attempted to convince any
body that any combination of
capital to effect monopoly lex
cept the Ice Trust) could have
anything to fear from Republican
legislation. Nearly every Re
publican speaker who touches the
trust question is careful to ex-
plain that such combinations are
essential to the growth of our
export trade. Even the Republi-
can National Committee has sent
out a pamphlet certified 1.-The
Other Side'') which is entirely a
defence of trusts.
Whatever else the people may
have a right to expect from the
re election of President Mckinley
there has has been no Republican
campaign declaration on the
strength Of which they could
reasonably hope for what they
would regard as an efficient reg
nlation Of the trusts.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-11-02
WHAT is l6 TO l?

The New York Jomnal gives the
following reply to an inquiry as to the
meaning of "l6 to l."
Sixteen to one means that sixteen
ounces of silver are treated for coming
purposes as Of equal value to one ounce
of gold Mr. Bryan believes that free
coinage on this basis would make this
their actual market value. He does
not believe in a 53-cent dollar, and no.
body else does. However, Mr. Bryau's
opinions on silver have no more to do
with this campaign than his opinions
on theology. There is no chance of
passing a free silver bill through any
Congress that can possibly be elk cted,
Democrat or Republican.
Parity" means a state of things in
which Il silver dollar passes as the
equal of the gold do lar Our silver
and gold dollars are at parity now,
and the President whether Mckinley
or Bryan, is required by law to keep
them so. Therefore, if Mr.. Bryan i,
elected, foreign countries will continue
to accept our currency to Just the same
extent to which they accept it now.
Mr.. Bryan's election will help the
Workingman, because he will continue
to get his present wages, and when the
trusts are brought to terms the wages
will buy more
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-11-02
'Cowen Special" From Mt.
Airy - Negroes Not Al.
lowed to go.

There was much rejoicing in
Mt. Airy Oh Saturday last. The
order was sent along the Balti.
more and Ohio line to let the
workmen off an hour earlier and to
distribute among them tickets for
free transportation to Baltimore
to attend the Honest Money
Leagues meeting at Music
Hall. This was a picnic for the
men and all hands joined in eel
ebrating the company's great
generosity. Democrats and Re.
publicans alike crowded aboard
the special that evening and
rolled merrily into Baltimore.
Some went to the theatre, others
called on friends or did the town
and others went to hear Cowen
shoot forth his car bluff.
Several cOlored workmen asked
for tickets and were Indignantly
refused. This fact was seized
on by bystanders as a good thing
and the negroes have been iollied
by them ever since. They were
told that the company already
knew how they were going to
vote, and of course, would not
let them ride in a special train
to Baltimore with the white
workmen. 1t is said that the
affair has caused much intense
feeling among the colored peo.
pie and that they will resent the
insult, as they consider it at the
polls. A large number of Dem.
ocrats took advantage of the
Baltimore and Ohio COmpany's
kind offer and spent a pleasant
evening i'll Baltimore last Satur-
day.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-11-02
HOW MUCH Is CERTAIN.

From time to time we have seen in
the newspapers tables and figures Civ
ing Democratic and Republican esti-
mates of how the States are going on
November 6, 1900 From Democratic
headquarters recently there was issued
a forecast Of the electoral votes giving
Mr.. Bryan 277 votes or a majority of
80. Closely following this came one
from Republican sources giving Mr..
Mckinley SOB or a majority of 10.
Other estimates run betW zen these fig
ures for each of the candidates.
The plain truth of the matter is that
no one knows how the election is 60
ing and it is therefore unnecessary to
say that these estimates are purely
guess work. If the Republicans We're
sure of the result the odds in the bet
ting would be better than 100 to | and
vice versa.
We give below list of States that
are practically certain for Bryan and
Mckinley and Others that conservative
politicians agree are doubtful In this
list is put Maryland, West Virginia,
Wyoming, California and Washington.
Either candidate may get one or ali of
them. The States certain for McKiu-
ley give him 126 and those for Bryan
l66. There is no question but that each
candidate will get more than the num-
Der given above, but how many more
and where they are to come from is
the alabsorbing thought.
Read over the list and then figure on
the doubtful STATES:
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-11-02
JOHN COWEN' S BIG PLUFF.

john X. Cow II, the renegade Demo
crat, AMI President Of the baltimore
and Ohio Ra'l,oad, has tried to CO.
cree and intimidae his employees and
produce similar Impression upon the
minds of other woikmch in Baltimore
City and the Site 10y stating in
speech at the Sound Money Demo
cratic meeting recently, that in the
event of BIyau's election he would
cancel an order for steel cars 10 the
amount of nearly $4,000, 900. This is
the fist attemp' of this KIND daring
the campaigl. and although quite fire.
qucut in 1898. the rusc was discovered
and the people knew and called the
blufl M one believes Mr.. toAen to
be in earnest amt even if he was there
are others Interested in the success of
the Baltimore and OHIO Railroad who
have as much To sly in its affairs as
the President. For several yeats past
it has b en- known that the officers of
the Baltimore aud Onio us q their mtu-
I cmcc and position to coerce and imtim-
idatc their employee, into voting the
| Republican ticket, but tbis year tine
attempt has been made boldly and in
the open. Several thousan workmen
we're taken To the meeting in special
/ cars and forced to wear Mex. ley
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-11-02

The Democrats Of It's county
must realize H0t desperate efforts
'ciH be maze to keep oar oOterS from
the polls and to induce them to r0te
the Republican ticket Our Cen
trGt Committee men aojth the MEM
bers Of the Bryan clubs are called.
upon to look 1ceU to their districts.
This is the peoples fght II they
are indifferent to the result they
hare no one to blame for the dis
0sterS, 'Chich mag come, but them.
selces. See that eoery Democratic
Uoter gets to the polls.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-11-02
LABOR is SAFE WITH BRYAN.

Republican newspapers are crying
wildly over what they call Organs
attack on labor's wages," and bring
ing forth the same old arguments that
they used when Cleveland made his
fight for tariff for revenue ouly. 1t
is the same fight today, only we have
the advantage of many object lessons
in the various trusts that have grown
fat from the sweat of labor's brow byreay
son of the Determinations of high pro-
tective tariff, passed by Republican
Congress and supported by the Rrpub
lican party. 1t seems strange that
such high authority Oh commercial
ism in business and politics rs Hanna
should deny that there are trusts
when Senator Scott, of West Virginia,
at Il banquet in New York at the Fifth
Avenue Hotel, Friday night, the 26t!
day Of October, in company with
other high powers in the parry, said
that he believed in trusts, that they
Were good thing, that if it was not
for the Standard Oil Trust, this pros
perity we have would not be here to-
day. At the same time he Threatened
to make trouble for newspaper man
who was taking notes of the affair
Cannot the American people see that
something is radically wrong in all
this. If the trusts are good as Senator
Scott claims, why did Hanna deny
their existence? And likewise if Their.
Were no trusts, why did Senat r Scott
pay honor and give credit to the
Standard Oil Trust for the prosperity
he says we enjoy so much of?
Do not these arbitrary and self.con-
Trajectory statements make you stop
and think awhile? They ought to.
No man should cast his ballot this fail
without understanding the leading
questions at issue. The Republican
party stands for the evils of trusts and
large combinations of capital, made
possible by a high protective tariff
Mr.. Bryan favors breaking down these
t riff laws around trust made articles
and giving the plain people once more
chance in the competition arena of
business.
1t is going back to the good old
Democratic doctrines, this tariff for
revenue only, and when you see Re
publican newspapers extremely agi-
tatei aud public speakers ranting and
tearing their hair, you can tell yourself
that the fur is being rubbed the wrong
way, and then start in and keep rub
hing. Anything that brings forth
condemnation at their hands in this
campaign, you can cherish all the
more rs righteous principle and well
worthy of your support Mr.. Bryan
is after the trusts and the defamers Of
our glorious Constitution and Declara-
ton of Independence.
VIII you be one of the many mil
lions to join him in his fight for the
people and theeir rights.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-11-02

LET no Democrat be recreaut to his
duty on election day and remain away
from the polls. If there was ever Il
time when justice and human
liberty was at stake and the funda-
mental groundwork of our nation
threatened with destruction, now is
the time. People Of Frederick County
and Of the country this is your fight,
and Democracy looks to you to carry
the day. only by hard work can this
be done and every one should stand
foremost in the fight. Let the result
Of the battle Of the ballots on Tuesday
next proclaim to the world that Amer
leans love freedom first and money af-
forwards and that they put the man
before the dollar
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-11-02

The reception given to William
Jennings Bryan in New York City
on Saturday night last, by the Demo
cratic clubs surpassed that of several
weeks ago and was the biggest political
demonstration ever held in that city.
He delivered four speeches in different
parts of the town and everywhere was
greeted by immense crowds His hy-
ing trips through the State this week
and last has been continuous ova-
ton and triumph. No such reception
has ever been given Presidential can
diiate before, and the only inference
that eau be drawn from it is that the
people are aroused to the necessities of
the hour and will rally to Bryan and
elect him.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-11-02
Special Notice.

If any person shall by force,
threat, menace, intimidation,
bribery or reward, or offer or
promise thereof, or otherwise
unlawfully, either directly or in
directly, influence or attempt to
influence any voter in giving his
vote; every such person shall,
upon conviction thereof, be pun
ished by Imprisonment in jail or
in the penitentiary for not less
than six months nor more than
five years. Saws Of Maryland.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-11-02

BRYAN made rush through Ohio
this week and everywhere the people
turned out en- muSSe to hear him. AT
the big Cincinnati meeting, Judge
Judson Harmon, who was Attorney.
General under Cleveland, and who
voted against Bryan in 1896, was chair
man, and madea strong speech. Bry
an will spend his time until election
in several Of the doubtful States of the
Middle West. He says he feels con-
iident of the result and thinks his
,ause is gaining adherents each day.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-11-02
DOUBTFUL.
RECAPITULATION.
Bryan Pays His Respect to
COWen.

AT the Honest Money League
meeting in Baltimore last Satur-
day night, John X. Cowen, presi-
dent of the b. & O, Railroad,
publicly announced that in the
event Of Bryan's election he
would cancel the order for 5000
steel cars already placed. In re-
Spouse to telegram from the
SIN giving him the facts in the
case, Mr.. Bryan sent this hot
shot back for publication:
Marlboro Depot, n. Y, Oct.
20.-EditorS of the San, Balti-
more, Md.-Ilave read your tele-
gram quoting threat Of president
of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
to cancel order for cars in case |
am elected.
There is no reason to fear bust
ness depreSsions in case of Demo
cratic success.
| imagine that Mr.. Governs OBJ
lection to my election is not based
so much on fear of business de.
preston as because of the fact
that | am opposed to government
by injunction, the blacklist and
to the railway pooling bill which
he went to Washington to lobby
for after he was elected to Con.
gress and before he took his seat.
His threat is a confession that
the Republican party cannot win
without intimidation.
trust we may some day have
laws that will provide a peniten.
tiary cell for the man who at.
tempts to use his power as the
president of a corporation to dis
franchise or cOerce the laboring
men who work for the corpora
ton.
lfan employer is entitled to the
votes of all who are employed by
him, the law should allow him to
cast the votes of his employees.
If not entitled to this right,
the law should restrain him from
using his position to terrify those
who work under him.
If you will examine the Con
greSsional record you will find
that Champ Clark, of Missouri,
made a speech while the pooling
bill was before Congress and re
ferred to the fact that Cowen was
there lobbying for it. This was
before Governs term began and
when he was entitled to the floor.
w. j. BRYAN.
Read what John X. Cowen said
in the Manufacturers Record of
October 4, 1900:
"The order for cars has been
given simply on account of the
imperative necessity for them.
We could place every car of
this order in immediate use with
the freight traffic offering if they
were available.
The additional rolling stock is
not ordered with the view to fu.
ture demands, but, as already
stated, to meet the present ne
cessity for transportation"
If Mr.. COwen is not guilty of
an attempt to use his official ca
pacity and the business actions of
his railroad to coerce and influence
his employees and those of other
concerns all over the State to
vote for Mckinley, then a sad
mistake has been made. We
think the mistake is on the side
of John X. Cowen.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-11-02
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SCOTT MCKINLEY S BUR- /
CHARD: :

Statement by Senator
Scott, of West Virginia, at
the dinner given to Governor
I Roosevelt in the Fifth Ave
nue. Hotel, Oct. goth, 1900
reported by the New
York City News Bureau
Fright here I want to say
I believe in Trusts. They are
a good thing. The Standard
I Oil Company put in it's pipe
lines to all the small towns
where oil is produced, and if
it was not for the Standard
Oil Company this prosperity
that we have wouldn't be
there today.
Seeing a newspaper man
in a corner at work, he said:
of that newspaper man
puts that down l will make
trouble for him.
Can any one have doubts
any longer that the Republi-
can party wants to shield
and protect the Trusts and
that they are afraid of them
as an issue in this campaign
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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-11-02

REPUBLICANS try to deceive the
farmer, wage Garner and laborer with
columns of statistics on the increase
of imports and exports, of price of
labor for fifty years and the values of
stocks and bonds, etc All the farmer,
wage Garner and laborer has to do is
to turn to their accounts and see how
directly they were bene fitted. The
married man can see the advance in
what he has to buy and then compare
the increase in his wages? The farmer
can notice the same condition and
compare with the relative increase in
the price of what he sells.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-11-02

y CHARGE Of coercion Of employees
has been preferred against the H. NJ.
Tyler Lumber Company, of North
Towanania, New York, WHO i, is
claimed has discharged a number of
emp oyees because they were Demo
crris and refused to wear Mckinney
buttons The President of the COM
pauy says they were discharged for
neglect of duty, but their frllow-v orl-
men all say that they were !stcady and
efficient workmen and had been en-
ployed many years The affair has
caus d much lalh IN that section and
it is said will do the Republican ticket
injury. This i, an example Of some
of the desperate means taken to elect
Mckinley and a word in time should
b. sufficient to put all n similar posi-
tons on their guard
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-11-02

destiny surprising the glOr-
les of the present and the
pasta destiny which meets
the responsibilities Of today
and measures up to the pos
SibilitieS of the future.
Behold Il republic, resting
securely upon the foundation
stones quarried by rcvOlu-
tiOnary patriots from the
mountain of eternal truth
Il republic applying in prac-
ticc and prOclaiming to the
world the Selt-eVidcnt pro-
position, that all men are
created equal, that they are
endowed with inalicnable
rights that governments
are instituted among men to
secure these rights, and that
governments derive their
just powers from the con-
sent OF the governed.
Behold Il republic in which
civil and religious liberty
stimulate all to earnest en-
deavOr and in which the law
Restraints every hand uplif'tcd
for Il neighbours injury-a re-
public in which every citizen
is Il sovereign, but i'll which
no one cares to Wcara crown.
Behold republic standing
erect while mpircs all
around are bowed beneath
the weight Of their own arm
aments-a republic whose
flag; is loved while other
flags are only feared.
Behold a republic increasing
in populations, in wealth, in
strength and huence,
solving the problems Of civil
liZatiOn and Fastening the
coming of an universal
brOtherhOOd-a republic
which shakes thrones and
diSSOlVes aristocracies by its
silent example and gives
light and inspiration to
those who sit in darkness.
Behold a republic gradually
but surely becoming the
supreme moral factor in the
worlds progress and the ac-
cepted arbiter Of the worlds
disputes-a republic whose
history, like the path of the
just, sis as the shining light
that shineth more and more
until the perfect day"
( From B'yan's Speech at Indiano
polls.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-11-02

Colonel o. O. Stealey, Wash
ington correspondent of the Louis
vile Courier. Journal, has spent
the past fortnight in the East.
He has become convinced that
there is a splendid chance for
Bryan to carry New York, that
there is fighting chance for
New Jersey, and that Maryland,
West Virginia and Delaware are
safe for the Democratic ticket.
In a dispatch to his paper Col
onel Stealey dissectS the poll
taken for Mckinley in the New
York Herold, and makes these
observations:
"The HerGM gives Ohio, In
diana, Illinois, Maryland and
West Virginia to Mckinley. 1t
also gives him Kansas and four
of the extreme Western States
that Bryan carried in 1896. 1t
gives Bryan eleven less votes
than he received in 1896. The
only gain it gives Bryan is the
vote of Kentucky. If there is
a tidal wave for Mckinley the
HerdId'S forecast may prove true;
otherwise Bryan will be elected.
If Indiana goes for Mckinley then
| do not believe that Bryan will
get as large vote as the Herald
gives him.
GLOW the Herdld can cOucede
a Republican loss of 100000 in
New York State and still give
Mckinley States that Bryan car
ried in the West in 1896 is per
plexiug. Is Bryan stronger East
now and weaker in the West than
in 1896! If so, why would he
not carry Maryland, Delaware
and West Virginia! If Bryan,
according to the Her0ld forecast,
has gained $50. 900 votes in New
York and 10000 votes in New
Jersey i'll four years, would not
the same percentage of gains give
him Maryland, Indiana, West
Virginia and Delaware? Ger
tainly it would.
'The Herald forecast is bun
die of Inconsistencies. Bryan
has as much chance Of carrying
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois as Nc.
Kinley has.
''lf the Democrats of Chicago
carry Cook county, as they say
they will, by $4,000, Bryan will
carry Illinois, for Cook county
gave Mckinley 1000 in 1898.
eff the Democrats of Cincin-
natl, Cleveland, Columbus and
Dayton do one half Of what John
r.. Mclean and Tom l.. johnson
say they will, Bryan will carry
| Ohio.
"Greater New York will poll
nearly 600, 900 votes out of a reg
iStration of 639, 200. In 1896, out
of vote of $4,000 in Greater
| New 1oIk, bryan only got ZZS,-
600. lie lost Greater New York
by about 60, 600. Mckinley came
down to the Harlem bridge with
2O3, 600 more, carrying the State
by 2GS,000. Thus will be seen
how big the thing is that the
Democrats have to go up against.
"New York City, that only
gave Bryan 135, 900 votes in 1896,
will give him $4,000 i'll 1900, or
a Democratic gain of 100000. If
a party can gain in New York
$4,000 votes i'll two years, why
can it not gain 10000 votes in
four years! You can't tell a
thing about an election until it is
over"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-11-02
NO INTIMIDATION.

Men who labor and toll for
corporations are American citi-
zens and entitled to cast their
votes according to the dictates
of their own conscience. The
secret ballot enables every man
to cast his ballot without any
one knowing for whom he votes
Bryan and Little are the true
representatives of the people
vote for them on November 9th.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-11-02

The yOung men Of the Demo-
cratic party hare taken a great IN
terest IN the campaign. We call
on them to giue one day to their
party. Let them 90 to the polls
acith their teams and help to get out
the Democratic rote Of their dis
trictS. Let all hands get to work
and try to keep old Frederick IN
the Democratic columns.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-11-02

Imperialism and miit0yism
mean danger to the Union our
.toretathers established.