Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-10-08
WORK IS TELLING.
Good Work of the Republicans is Tell
ing in the Campaign in the
. Sta Eastern States. ~. =.
Prospects for Republican Success Grow
. Brighter, and Republicans Hard
atSWork. 5e e
Fight Necessary for the Coutrol Of Con-
y gress, and Vigorous one Will
s- d.. be Made. 49,,

gress, and Vigorous one Will
49,. be Made. .,.. y
Washington, Oct s5.-From the
Washington point of view, everything
has been looking very much more en-
couraging for the republican party
the last week than at any time during
the campaign The hard work that
the republicans have been doing is
telling in every direction In the
east the states which the democrats
say are doubtful and which they think
they can carry, and must carry, in or.
der to win,, are New York. Maryland,
will probably hear of them claiming
Connecticut and New Jersey, but very
few have had the nerve to make any
such assertion. In all the eastern
states many things have been looking
up very much: for the republicans.
West Virginia and Delaware are sure
to vote the republican ticket. There
is no question about New York. Mary
land is still in doubt, but the apathy
Of the republicans has disappeared,
and the business men and laboringi
men have begun to see that their in
terests may be imperiled by the cleo
ton of Bryan, and they are coming
out strongly in favor of Mckinley and
prosperity. ....
Croker is still claiming the election
of Bryan and also that he will carry
New York for the Nebraska man. AS
a matter of fact, Croker has no judg-
ment in national politics whatever
There was time when he was we'll
versed regarding affairs in New York
CITY, and probably now knows a great
deal about them. In the days when
he knew the most, however, he got
and found out what they were think
ing about. Now only a very few peo
pie approach Croker, and they nearly
all tell him glowing tales, because he
hates to listen to anything disagree
able. In this he has assumed an i'm
perial position, and nothing but what
is pleasant can be told the imperial
boss of the new York democracy. AS
a matter of fact, Crokers judgment is
bad. It was bad at Kansas City. It
is bad now. He simply does not
know the situation. Nobody believes
in the. genuineness of the alleged bets
that he has made. They are prob
ably what is known as wash" bets,
Senator Platt was over here in Wash
ingaon the other day, and he cheered
up the republicans here a great deal
by showing conclusively that New
York was safe. At the same time
there should be no lack of interest by
the business men, the merchants, me-
chanics, farmers or .laboring men, be-
cause ver-confidence might mean
disaster, and the full republican vote
is necessary 'bo stamp out the last YES
tige of Organism in this country.
There seems to be NO doubt about
McKinley's election. There seems to
be some doubt about the next house
OF representatives. 1t is pointed out,
However, that the presidency has al
ways carried the house with it, save
in the election of 1876, when Hayes
had a majority of one in the electoral
college, while Tilden had very large
plurality of the popular vote. Of
course, the house might be carried
along with the presidency if the trend
towards Tepubl is very large.
But a great many districts may send
democratic congressman, although
voting the republican ticket. The
solrth, of course. is a handicap of LII
votes TO START with, and the democrats
have TO carry only 50 northern dis
tricts, east and west, to secure the
house. II any OF the big states are
at all close on the presidential ticket,
~ would not be surprising to see that.
number U OF democrats elected in north-.
e,rn m states, Still the house is not lost,
and # must be fought for. s5i
# We have been hearing a great deal
from anti-exp nsionists about impe.-
asism. man making some inyessil
/ 2EEF
CATIONS recently dug up a speech Of
4 A lien g. Thnrnan's, delivered in 1s4s.
IN which he denounced everybody
generally as 'traibors who were ops
posed 70 the annexatron Of the terri
tory acquired from Mexico after the
war with that country, IN the halls