The Opelousas courier., 1900-10-13
Washington. d. c., News.
From Our Regular Correspondent.


WASHINGTON, d. c., Oct. 6, 1900.
Mr.. MeKinley's return to Washington
this week is to he followed by Increased
| activity of the administration in the
campaign. He and his party managers
are desperate, and every scheme that
will get out votes is likely to be in full
swing these last weeks OF the campaign.
Voters in States which the Republican
managers consider doubtful, who are
employed in the government depart
ments in Washington, have all been
given to understand very plainly that
they must go home and vote or take the
consequences. What States the Re-
publican managers consider close or
doubtful may he judged from the fact
from New York, New Jersey, Connect
cut, West Virginia, Maryland, Ken
lucky. Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and
Michigan. That they have nc expecta-
ton Of carrying Kansas or Nebraska or
any OF the lnter-mountain States of the
far West, may be judged from their
having left the voters from those
States free to use their own discretion
about going home to vote.
Mr.. Mckinley is counted upon by the
party bosses to do something official to
try to raise "a hurrah between this aud
election. just what this will be has
not leaked out. although the expeeta-
ton has. 1t will be we'll for til" Demo-
Gratis TO be- ON the look ont for any sort
of Il move on the part of the admins
tration that may be calculated to catch
and enthnse those who do not book be-
low the surface of things and to be pre-
pared to cuunteract the effect Of any
nsrnf, nAnuo A. ~ ptnf Eos n +, hSntnrp
may not give Mr.. Mckinley u very
high rank, but as "a slick politician. up
to all the tricks of the trade and having
the ability to originate some Of his
Mr.. Mckinley is II top liner, and will
bear close watching.
Republicans are now privately adj
hitting that Bryan and Stevenson will
carry Illinois, although they are pub
licly claiming that they will get ii ma
iority in the rest of the State to wipe
out the Bryan majority they concesle
Chicago will give. fO concede Chica-
go is to concede the State, as the re-
Turns in '93, when the State was carried
by Cleveland, and in '96, when it was
carried by Mckinley show that us goes
Chicago, so goes the State.
The Chinese trouble Is now put for
ward az iii eXcns for the failure of the.
administration to do something towards
compelling the Sultan of Turkey to pay
those long standing American mission
AIRY clhiips. 1t will not be surprising if
a big bluff Is made just before the cleo
tioa of using force To compel the Sultan
to settieaup. Hints have been dropped
of such an intention on the pant of Mr.. !
Mckinley for the purpose Of Injecting
a little spread eagleism into the closing |
days of the campaign, To try to head oft
the stampede towards Bryan in ii num-
Der of States.
Representative Livingston, of Geor-
gia, who has been campaigning in New
Jersey, where he is we'll known and 300
aiitt, sttifA 1T iris observations IN thai /
Nobody has ever accused me- of
being II rainbow chaser. Usually | am
charged 10y my friends Of being too con-
sentative in matters like this. After
years Of experience [ think | am pre-
pared to speak with some feeling of
regarding the drift of public
| have campaigDed in New
Jersey before this ytai, and | know
about that State. Hereto-
fore | have felt that we stood no show
in New Jersey, and in previous cam
[ have very frankly told the
party managers that we were going to
use bisAb CtotGs 1kC6uitS tt1cu btOWGU |
my Judgment was correct, and (
believe that the result next
month will show thatmy Judgment was
right when | declared, as L do now, that
Bryan will get"ttn ten electoral votes of
New Jersey. The State is naturally
anyhow, which gives a big
to start with. Four years
the people there were stampedei
US by the Republican outcry
lgainst silver. That question is not an
ssue in Now Jersey ut present. In
Iced, y0u very seldom hear it men,
The Jerseyites are thinking
md talking about nothing but the
aud imperialism. These issues
aroused the old Democratic spirit
n New Jersey, and | verify believe The
is stronger there to-day
han erer before. filaye been speaking
o the biggest crowds in that State that
ave been assembled in many Years,
,oes there, he will be greeted by tho
ng of the population that has ever hon
red any man in that part of the com
~. IL New York, in my Judgment,
we're as safe for Bryan al New Jersey is,
could all begin to prepaf 70 for The
God time coming wheH Bryau is in the Z
White House and Adlai Stevenson is
gain the presiding officer of the Sen
tie
The administration seems disposed TO
rake the defeat of Senator Pettigrew :
he paramount issue in SDuts. Dakota.
'ostmaster General Smith has gone to
Din Boss Hanna, Senator Frye aud I
ther Republican big guns in s%tunIping
Aat State and ln trying to down Petit
apture the electoral votes of the State
Or Mr.. Mckinley. Reports from that !.
tate say that the campaign is red hot 4
nd that the Democrats are confident
t winning.