The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-10-05
FROM THE CAPITAL.
Our Correspondent Talks in
General About Wash
ington.
WASHINGTON,
Communicated.
Oct. /. 1900.


siOnal Committee figures 1t out,
and in doing the figuring allow
ance has been made for every
reasonable contingency. Repub.
licans privately admit that these
figures are very conservative, and
that they have almost given up
hope of retaining control Of the
House, unless there is change
in public sentiment amounting
almost 10 a stampede before elec-
ton day. Even the Republican
Congressional Committee are not
putting ont any claim. except in
the most perfmctory way, Of
Republican majority in the
House. On the contrary its
chairman. Representative Bah
cock, has been preparing his
party for defeat. Among the
contingencies allowed for by the
the Democratic Committee are
loss OF seats in New York and
Pennsylvania. which the party
managers in those States are con
tdent OF saving.
Mad as the Republican leaders
are with the lust of power and
conquest, and as determined as
they are to Try to turn this lib
erty-loying republic into a world
conqueTing empire, founded on
no higher principles than that
which dominated the dark ages
of youth-"might makes right.
they do not dare to publicly pro
claim that purpose as plainly as
EX Congressman DUNCAN, o f
Ohio, once a Democrat, did in a
speech made in Washington, in
which he attempted to justify
Mr.. Mckinley and his imperial
istic policy in the Philippines.
The following sentence from Mr..
Dungan'S speech reveals the true
inwardneSS of the Republican
policy; which they have been so
anXiously trying to conceal by
general talk about bettering the
condition OF the poor natives and
Improvement IN American com
merce: ''In my opinion, title is
fixed by the survival of the
tittest, and that is why America
is going to rule the EARTH In
other words, no peoples title to
their own country is good against
the greed and avarice of a
stronger country. Surely a ma.
jOrity of Americans are not vii.
ling to enter the goth century
championing such a document.
Representative Livingstone, of
Georgia, thus sums up the atti-
tude of the two parties towards
trusts: In a recent speech made
by Senator Beverage, this states.
man says that the Republican
party, as well as the Democratic
party, is opposed to trusts, only
the Republican party proposed to
limit and regulate trusts, while
the Democratic party would do
nothing. Now. this statement
was made to intelligent people.
If this is so, how could Mark
Hanna 60 to Baltimore and get
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-ow desperate tile Republican
managers are getting may be
judged from their having order.
ed the party press to try to make
political capital out Of the eXper-
fence OF Teddy in Colorado.
" hen the Navy Department
rejected the bids for armor for
Warships put IN by The armor
trusts, and announced that Sec