The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-05
POLITICAL GOSSIP.

The Democrats in Minnesota have grea
| confidence In their ability to re-Ilec
| Governor Lind. the Fusion candidate. HI
| has been making very spirited cam
paign throughout the State. and has beer
everywhere received with ardent enthu
siasm. The Duluth Evening Herald. al
| Independent newspaper. strongly adVo
Gates the reelection Of the Governor. Il
says: Taxation. care of public lands. ad
ministrationIof grain service and regula
! tion of graz rates-all these questions
have received careful attention by Gov
ernor Lind during the past two years
But there is much more to be done. anc
the interests of the whole State will be
promoted. by retaining John Lind to con-
tinue the good work that he has begun.
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There are no few Republicans who be-
lieve the recent attack Of the New Yorh
Sun" on the memory of Robert f. Lee
will cost their party many votes in Mary
land, West Virginia. and Kentucky. There
Is disposition to smooth down tie cpl
sode. but 1t Is too recent to be forgotten
Boston Republican newspaper. in quite
lengthy article on the topic. winds up
with an assertion that 1t would rot be
good policy for the next representative
Of the Sun who visits the South to
wear placard reading II am the man
who wrote the attack on Robert E. Lee
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The stock of the Standard Oil trust is
selling at,the highest price in its remark
able history. On Saturday the price adj
vanced to s613 share, the par value Of
which is 500. The cause Of the advance.
according to insiders, is the prospect for
dividend of II per cent for the present quar-
ter year. This dividend rate is As per cent
per annum. which means that the trust is
dividing among it's stockholders in year
a sum equal to practically half the face
value Of their holdings. few months
ago a man was arrested and railroaded to
prison in New York for promising the pub
lie the preposterous dividend Of per cent
per month on their investment The trou-
BILE with Mr.. Miller. of Franklin Syndicate
fame, appears to be that he did not dwell
strongly enough on the trust idea in his
prospectuses. 1t is supposed that this adj
vance talk Of an enormous dividend on
Standard OIL and this new record price for
the stock. is another prosperity argument
launched Just before election day. 1t is
conceivable. say some Democrats that this
prosperity" may prevent some stock
holders Of the Standard Oil trust from vot-
ing the Democratic ticket, but they state
it as their belief that no one else will be
favorably affected by the increasing size
Of the sum yearly wrung out of the peo-
pies pockets.
That Mr.. Bryan has the Republicans on
the run in Chicago is evidenced by the
fact that Vice Chairman Payne. of the
Republican National Committee, has de-
veloped bad case of Rooseveltitis and
is raving madly over Mr.. Bryan's visit
to Chicago. The Nebraskan delivered
large number of addresses in the Windy
City and On Saturday spoke continuously
from early in the afternoon until mid
night. So large were the crowds and SO
great the enthusiasm that the Republican
officials were dumfounded and looked
idly On. At last. when thousands Of vOt-
ers waited until midnight and madly
cheered the Democratic candidate during
his speech, the rage of Mr.. Payne became
uncomfortable and he issued the follow
ing statement to the Chicago newspa-
pers:
Mr. Bryan must have lost all his sense
Of dignity and propriety. 1t is not
becoming a candidate for the Office OF
President Of the United States to speak
in Chicago at the hour of midnight 1t
is an unheard of proposition in American
politics. No other Presidential candi-
date has ever done such a thing as Mt.
Bryan is doing. 1t will not help him in
the eyes Of the people. The Republicans
do their business in the light of day or
in the early evening-not in the dead OF
midnight. l am utterly surprised that
Mr.. Bryan would do such a thing. He
must have, lost all his sense Of propriety
and dignity"
Women will vote in four States this
year for President. These States are
Colorado, Idaho. Utah. and Wyoming
The women of Wyoming have voted for
two Presidents and those of Colorado and
Utah for one. This is the first trial at
woman suffrage in Presidential election
in Idaho. There are about 5000 wo-
men voters in the States named.
The campaign of intimidation has
spread to Minnesota. In speech deliv-
cred in st. Paul a few days ago, Jesse
Gregg, the senior partner in a big firm in
that city, made the following statement,
which is taken from q Republican paper:
II was in New York last week. and
passing down the street l was surprised
to observe a large banner floating from a
business house upon which was this in
scription: Bryan Travelling Mems Club
In our firm we have twenty travelling zen
at work, and 1 do not know how but one
of them is going to vote this fall, but I
want to say to you, gentlemen, that il
any one of these travelling men should
vote for Bryan. and knew it, l would
discharge him Immediately"
One of the notices chosen by the Mont
yomery County Democrats is Patriotism
versus the Dinner Pail" C. W. Pretty
man, a prominent Rockville lawyer, who
has been active in the campaign, and who
made a speech on Saturday night at Ia
,oma Park. took this motto as his text
He made passionate plea against the new
Republican doctrine of government with
out the consent OF the governed, arguing
that the history OF America. beginning
with the War of the Revolution. and up
to the war for the freedom of Cuba, has
Deen a fight for liberty, and that this new
OF the Republicans is the first
backward step toward the government of
nan without his consent. Il believe" he
said. that this war for the domination of
The Filipinos. this crushing of men who
wish their liberty, strikes at the very
foundation of the American ideal. The
,nly answer that the Republicans make to
he Democratic campaign of principle is