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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-15

The dangerous and perhaps fatal ILL
ness of the Empress Dowager Frederick
OF Germany is an event not only of affiic-
ton to Her Majesty's family, but one of
Importance internationally. The aged
Queen of England, her mother, is sore
stricken in years and health. She has
seen husband. sons, and loved daughters
taken from her, and now the angel Death
hovers over the couch of her first born.
Naturally she is anxious to be at the bed
side of her daughter, but her physicians
and the Government are trying to dis
suade her from a journey and ordeal that
might easily be disastrous to one in her
condition of weakness and grief. Wheth-
er she shall go to the Kronberg or not,
should the illness Of the Empress Fred
erick terminate fatally. it is greatly fear
ed that Queen Victoria could not stand
the shock of such new and agonizing
bereavement, and that the end of long,
memorable, and. in many respects. splen-
did reign would come to sudden end.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-15
The Anthracite strike situation.

Whatever may be the outcome OF the
matter, the decision arrived at by the
United Mine Workers at their convention
in Scranton. on Saturday, ought to result
in the resumption of coal production
throughout the anthracite region within
the next few days. The terms upon which
the miners are willing to end the strike
and return to work in body are SO mani
testify less than they had right or were
expected to exact, that il is difficult to
believe that the united pressure which the
associated trusts and the Republican poll
ticians will now bring to bear upon the
Coal Trust will not bring that heartless
monopoly TO reason and acquiescenoe.
All the men ask is that the wage adj
vance of 10 per cent shall be maintained
until April i, 1901, and that the sliding
scale be abolished In the SchuylkiIl ard
should prove unacceptable, then the min
ers are willing to submit all differences
between themselves and the Coal Trust
and its outside allies TO arbitration.
Unless the trust shall accep: one or the
other of these alternative proposals the
strike will go on. The delight expressed
by Republican campaign managers over
the resolutions adopted by the conyen-
ton is calculated to create the impress
sion that they represent basis OF set
Element within Hanna's power to force
upon the Coal Trust through J. p. Nor
gan. and what the trust does the small
operators will be compelled to do.
II must be admitted that on Saturday
right and yesterday considerable doubt as
TO the probable course Of the trust was ex-
pressed In localities where the views OF
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-15
In the Central est.

Out in the Central West the political bat
tie is raging merrily. Mr.. Bryan has
broken all records in Ohio. where he has
been greeted by greater ard more enthu-
sias.ic crowds than have deigncd to listen
to any other speaker. Roosevelt has
another hoarseness Of the voice, the result
OF severe and continual frost which fell
upon him throughout Kentucky. Perhaps
that was to be expected and does not worry
the head campaign manager as much as
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-15
Mckinley and the Union Veterans.

To tie Editor OF Inc lifnes.
Through my own observations have knowledge
and wish to assert the fact that Mr.. Mckinley
h,. dome less for the ole Union soldiers than has
any President since the civil The soldiers
whose pensions were either reduced or dropped
under Mr Cleveland have not been reinstitel
under our eomrade. Mckinley. Only few II
the soldiers in the departments who lost their
mace. under Cleveland have been reinstatsd. mi
even those few who at discharge received flsO,,
81 100. 81 Goa. or Sl,sG0 per aunJin now recerv,
hut SyO S72a. or 500 per annum. i'lnlrrt.
are walking our streets today in absolute want
To Illustrate The treatment the soldiers have IL
ceived t,tr 40 OF Captain Meredith, Vh
undo sas discharged from t"e burr
nj r. -a.raving. MIR. Johnson.
si,re,-. lat April. vet the place
no, alcI. lowing plainly that NJ. hrhiai
doe, not want to rcinstate worthy Union :
der. I wish every Union soldier in .hc In;
states knew how his comrades are being tteI
here in Washington by those who We
thought our friends. h. T. iI'l.@
Washington. October II.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-15

In order to get into the Hall Of Fame,
one must have been a native born citizen
OF the United States. This rule. strictly
adhered to, excludes Alexander Hamilton,
who, although born in the West Indies.
was n citizen of the United States at the
time of the adoption of the Constitution,
and hence was eligible to the Presidency,
under the terms Of Article II, section 8.
1t seems rather hard for the Hall OF Fame
to put up a bar against one OF the ma
tion's great, which even the Constitution
did not.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-15
DIED CT HEART DISEASE.
Yachting Editor of the "Boston
Globe Found Dead In Fed.

BOSTON Mass, Oct. 14.-William E.
Robinson. yachting editor OF the Boston
Globe" and one OF the foremost writer's
on that sport in the country. was found
dead in bed at his home in Somerville this
morning. Heart disease is ascribed as
the cause of his death He was fortyone
years old. and was at the head Of he
Globes" yachting department for many
years a widow and two children survive
him.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-15
The Joio Question.


Mr.. Bryan's reply to Assistant Secretary Meikle-
John on the Sulu slavery puts that superservice-
able official out in one round. Mr. Bryan We
mind, secretary Roots assistant that "the Re
publican party. with the approval OF the Ad-
mini,t alton has adopted the theory that TIE
Con,ti,ut on does 10, follow the flag, and there
fore the th:-teenth amendment does not int5r-
,,te with slavery in the Siu Archipelago"
IL" he says, 1.-THE Constitution itself cannot
reach the West Indies Porto Ricol. how can tn"
thirteenth amendment find its way across the
pnnin1 in.n A.inH''
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-15
MeikIcjohn and Slavery.

(From the Utica Discovery
Acting Secretary Moiklcjohns abortivc attempt
to deny that there is slavery in the Sulu Isl
anis. and ;hst there is no treaty with the
Sultan OF .Ioo. the head of the Sulus, is an
Illustration of the way the Mckinley Admins.
,ration cndoavors to carry government under
A blanket There is constant striving to fool
tie people and to keep actual performances away
frnrn lie know lcdgc OF the neoule
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-15

the Buckeye situation. But as to the lat
alarm. leading necessarily to multiple
application Of Sound business methods
everywhere in the State.
Cincinnati, for instance. is dominated by
the Republican machine. which, OF course.
has the election facilities within its con-
troll. A scheme to plump five thousand
fraudulent votes has been detected, but 1t
is doubtful il it can be checked. The regis
tration shows that the number of names
registered is fr in excess Of the possible
number of legal voters in the city. The
same thing happened throughout Ohio in
1896. when seventy thousand more votes
were cast than there were voters. This
will doubtless occur in the present year in
all States where the political machinery is
in the hands OF the Republicans, unless
Democratic voters generally organize to
prevent it. There is no question that
most comprehensive plan has been laid to
steal the election, If that be possible. and
We are afraid that it may be possible,
backed as it Is by twenty-five or thirty
million dollars of bribery and corruption
money.
The American people have been suffi-
GENTLY warned that it is the purpose of the
trusts and their political agents to win at
the polls in November, if they can, with
fraudulent votes and purchased election
officers. They have no other hope of car
rying the country. If they are allowed to
succeed in this nefarious design, as there
is good reason to believe they did in 1896,
the people themselves will be to blame
for it.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-15

Democratic Club WorI<.-Max F.
Ihmsen, Secretary of the National Associa-
ton of Democratic Clubs. spent Sunday
among friends in Washington. Mr.. Ihm-
sen. whose headquarters at present are in
New York. gives the most glowing accounts
of the work OF his organization. Its mem
bership approximates two millions. and
every member is a live. active and deter
mined supporter of Bryan and Stevenson.
Fully half of them are now at work in
their respective fields under the direction
of the central organization. President Will
liam R. Hearst has financed the organiza-
ton for effective and Intelligent work, and
Secretary Ihmsen constantly is in touch by
mail and wire with this vast militant force.
Veteran Democrats declare that never be-
fore has the party had the aid OF so far
reaching and withal compact an organiza-
ton as this National Association of Clubs
Every worker in the field is pledged to get
to the polls on November 6 every Demo-
crat in his jurisdiction: and more than this
every one of them is also pledged to bring
to the party one or more recruits on cleo
tion day. The association is cooperate
in perfect harmony with the National Com
mittee and the various State committees.
and its activities nowhere have caused fric-
ton. confusion or jealousy. For the most
part the field workers are young men who
are not looking for office or other reward.
but who are giving their services to the
party and the country free of cost and
from high patriotic motives.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-15

Accept the best and you will drink leur
Maerzen. Senate, or Lager. Phone cJi. Ar
ton Bottling Co., for n case OF Heuriehs
medal beer.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-15

(Fro,n the Oriaha World-Hcrald)
Yes indeed; sometimes Mr.. Mckinley has been
right" Blu, that when he said things and
did things that have been utterly rcpudiated by
his policy - President Of the United States.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-15

The HOuse PrOspect.-A careful poll
of the 357 districts made by New York
newspaper. which is none too enthusiastic
in its support of the Kansas City ticket
and platform, bears out in detail the pre-
dction frequently made by The Times
during the past two months that the next
House will be Democratic irrespective of
the result of the Presidential contest.
This poll shows that the Democrats will
hold their own in the East better than
has been believed to be probable by the
most optimistic Democrat. The New York
Democratic contingent. for example. will
be preserved almost intact. and the pros
pects are not at all unfavorable for one or
two gains in Pennsylvania. with two or
three In Kansas. three in North Carolina,
one in Texas, three or four each in Hi
nois and Indiana, and at least one In Iowa.
Possibly Wisconsin. too, will repudiate
one or two of the Republicans who sup
ported the Administrations scapdalous
Porto Rican bill, and in Michigan the
chances are good for at least one Demo-
cratic member. 1t was a singular coin
cidence that on the very day the news
paper poll OF the Congressional districts
was completed. Chairman Babcock. of the
Republican Congressional Committee,
sought out Mr.. Hanna in Chicago and put
that statesman in a towering rage by in
forming him fiat-footedly that unless he
turned over big part of his campaign
fund to the Babcock committee he would
have to worry along with Democratic
House in the next Congress. While the
information made Mr.. Hanna mighty mad.
still it is believed that Babcock's demand
for coin will not go unheeded. and the
chances are that Mckinley prosperity will
be increased very noticeably in every
close Congressional district within the
next week or two.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-15
NOTES OF THE CAMPAIGN.

Got En- Observation-Disclosures in
this region do not attempt to disguise the
trepidation caused in their minds by the
unexpectedly h$w registration in all
parts of the county, but especially in
New York, Ohio. and Illinois. Small fry
Republicans have become SO accustomed
to accepting MI! Hanna's dictum on all
party propositions as law that they be-
lieved he knew what he was talking about
when recently word was quietly sent
around that at the last conference he held
with his lieutenants in New York he pre-
dicted that the vote in November would
be small. that owing to this prospect ne
expected Bryan would receive larger
proportion Of the popular vote this year
than he received in 1896, and that though
it was not improbable that Bryan might
get plurality Of the popular vote. still
Mckinley would win in the electoral col
lege. A heavy registration usually means
a heavy vote. The rule In such matters
is for the opposition party to assert IT.
self more vigorously in the registration
than the party in power. According
to this rule the signs are bad for Nc
kinley. 1t is true that the registration
in Republican strongholds shows feav-
Ter average than in Democratic strong
holds: but 1t Is contended by cool-headed
men that there Is nothing in this for the
Republican managers to crow over. on
the contrary. it Is pointed out that the
evident meaning Of this is that the oppo-
sition more than the party in power Is
responsible for this result. Mr. hanna
has been complaining of apathy from the
opening of the campaign. So have the
Democrats And both sides have been JUS
titled in this complaint. But the unus-
ually large number of voters VINO nave
qualified this early Is most positive de-
NAL of the existence of apathy in either
| party. The plain lesson of the registra-
ton is, according to the protested ex-
perts, that the people are doing great
! deal more calm, deliberate, dispassion-
ate thinking at present than the poiiti-
| cal managers are aware OF. On this score
it cannot be denied that the Democrats
have all the best of it. They and not the
Republicans have presented and Vltaiizeo
the issues. Mr.. Hanna's cry OF prosperity
and the full dinner pail is entirety TOO
sordid to appeal to the imagination OF the
masses 1t is political axiom that the
| imagination of the masses must be imam
| ed before there is ever anything like q
popular uprising The heavy registration
shows plainly that something very close
| ly related to a popular uprising Is now
going on. Wherefore that numerous host
of Democrats and anti-Administration
people generally who congratulate them
selves upon giving expression to ne"
and novel sensation when they declare
that they feel in their bones" that Bryan
is going to be elected may really be mere
ly interpreting the signs Of the times I'M
consciously Certain it is that this regis
tration business is causing some iivel,
guessing among the Hannaites. 1t indi'
Gates much bigger silent vote than Mr.
Hanna ever had dreamed Of in his ex'
tremely materialistic philosophy.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-10-10
New York Staats Zeitung Repudiates
Bryan and Comes Out for Nc
kinIey and Roosevelt.
MEIKLEJ0HN NAILS A LIE
SHOWS THERE CAN BE NO SLAVERY
IN THE SULU ISLANDS.
Letter to w. j. Bryan Calling Atten.
tion to His False statement-Pet-
tigrew Bids for Notoriefy.

NEW YORK, Oct g. - The New York
Stats Zeitung of Sunday morning printed
an editorial repudiating Bryan and declar-
ing for the reelection of President McKin-
ley. The paper is one of the most influen-
tial in the country among German-Amer-
leans. and until to-day it supported Bryan
in the present campaign. The Stats Zeit-
ung declares Mr.. Bryan a man lacking the
stability OF character necessary in one who
might be called to fill the presidency, and
ii says his election would bring about dis
trust and bad business conditions. While it
agrees with Mr.. Bryan on the Philippine
question, 1t holds him wrong on all other
propositions before the people. The Stats
Zeitung says:
''The campaign has entered upon its last
month, and the situation has become toll
erably clear. 1t does not appear likely that
events will occur which can materially
change the present aspect. The Democrats
have not succeeded in the attempt under
taken by their convention to make imper-
ialism the paramount issue and to place
the silver question in the rear.
Their own candidate has frustrated all
efforts in this direction by his letter of ac-
Iceptance. in which he took decidedsstand
Tor free silver coinage and by asserting in
numerous speeches that he and his party
had not changed their attitude toward the
that William ]. Bryan is still resolved to
use his whole power TO destroy the gold
standard and to bring about the free and
unlimited coinage of silver.
I'VE consider a Republican victory less
dangerous for the welfare of the Nation
than the election of William j. Bryan. 1t
would have been possible TO overlook many
of the weaknesses of the Democratic candi-
date IL he had stood firmly upon the ground
he took In his speech of acceptance in In
dianapolis. But after he has shown. In his
formal letter OF acceptance and In nImer-
Gus speeches delivered since then. that he
has not learned. cannot and will not. learn
anything In regard to the financiaNques-
ton, that his ignorance and lack of percep-
tion in this direction are incurable, he must
be considered the greater immediate dan
ger.
His election would undoubtedly produce
widespread disturbance of present eco
nomic conditions from which hardly any-
body would escape and which would sub
Ject large part of the American people to
severe SUFFERING"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-10-10
IntfmatiOn by Mr.. Mitchell that An
other Strike May BE Necessary to
Eradicate All Wrongs.
NO FURTHER CONCESSIONS
OPERATORS DETERMINED TO STAND
BY rHEIR FIRST OFFER.
They Say that Ten Per Cent: Increase
Is All They Can or VIII Concede
The Powder Question.

SHAMOKIN, Pa, Oct. 9.-President
Mitchell, of the United Mine Workers, who
came here to-day TO take part In labor
demonstration, was welcomed in an enthu-
siastic manner by thousands Of the striking
mine workers in this section Of the Schuyl-
kill valley. The city was profusely deco
rated, and all business houses closed at
noon. A parade of 5000 strikers marched
during the early afternoon, after which
President Mitchell spoke at mass meet
ing.
John Fahey was chairman of the meet
ing, and introduced District President I. d.
Nichols, who assured the assembled miners
that the stories in circulation In the
Schuylkill valley to the effect that the up
per region men were wavering were abso-
lutely untrue. He added that the strikers
from the northern part Of the anthracite
fields would stand by the men in the
Schuylkill district to the very end.
President Mitchell was enthusiastically
received when he arose to address the as
semblage. He spoke Of the enthusiasm dis
played by the men throughout the anthra-
cite strike region, and went into the situa-
ton as 1t now stands. In referring TO the
prospective enulnS Oh the stIihS' iS Sdiu.
Every other strike that has taken place
in the anthracite region has been de-
clared off by your officers. Heretofore
when men went on strike they remained
out for time and then the chief executive
or the executive board declared the strike
off without consulting the wishes OF the
strikers. I want to say, as / have said
before that this strike will never end
until the miners, through delegates in con-
vention end 1t for themselves. We have
called a convention and you men are in
vited TO send delegates there. You are
invited to pass judgment on the operators
proposition. If you believe that they act
in good faith; If you believe 10 per cent
to be enough if you believe they will pay
the 10 per cent. for year, then you must
decide whether to return to work. On
the other hand If you reject the offer and
continue on strike, John Mitchell will be
there to help you do it. 1t do not expect
that this one strike will eradicate all the
wrongs from which you suffer. ] do not
believe the accumulation Of forty years of
Injustice can be wiped out at once, but /
do believe you have established an or
ganization here that with each succeeding
year will give you improved conditions of
employment.
that number of men not yet members
of the order were being canvassed by
bosses, with the view of inducing them
to report for work next Monday in case
the deliberations of the delegates do not
settle the strike next Friday. The strik-
ers say all the men hereabouts will re-
main out to a finish, no matter what in
ducement is offered for them to return to
the mines.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-10-10

The Governors address at the Coliseum
follows:
Mr.. Chairman, and you men and women
OF Missouri my fellow-countrymen | an
peal 10 you less Republicans than as
citizens OF this great country, for I feel
that IN this year We have the same right
to appeal TO all men without regard TO
their political past, as We had In lso4-thir-
ty-six years ago. Then. as now, the Is
sues at stake were so great that they SUI
perseded All questions OF mere party az
filiations.
II have 10 ask you to look at Just two
sides OF these fssues-the material side
and. what Is greater than the material
side. the moral side; the side OF the great
ness and honor OF the Nation Now one
moment as 20 the material side Ladies
end gentlemen. IL Is bit difficult 10 know
what issue 10 discuss. because our opDon-
ents change the paramount issue so often
! am perfectly willing 10 meet them ON
any issue, II they viii only let us know
what IL Is and stay long enough on IL
Yet. after ALL what need is there for me
70 discuss economic and financial questions
when they do not dare discuss them them
selves? Take the question OF free silver.
II any Of you are fortunate enough 10
know whether Mr. Bryan. IL elected, viii