The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-10-18
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Especial Correspondence. !

COuraglng tor the RepuDllcan party the
past week than at any time during the
campaign. The hard work that the Re-
publicans have been doing is telling in
every direction. In the East the States
which the Democrats say are doubtful,
and must carry. in order to win, are
New York, Maryland, West Virginia
and Delaware. We will probably hear
of them claiming Connecticut and
New Jersey, but very few have had the
nerve to make any such assertion. In
all of the Eastern States many things
nave been looking up very much for the
Republicans. West Virginia and Della
ware are sure to vote the Republican
ticket. There is no question about New
York. Maryland is still in doubt, but
the apathy of the Republicans has dis
appeared, and the business men and
laboring men have begun to see that
their interests may be imperiled by the
election 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 mat
ter of fact, Croker has no judgment in
litelollttl iOl1olSS NllolCNCl' luClC w do
a time when he was we'll versed regard
ing affairs in New Y DIRK city, and probab-
ly now knows great deal about them.
In the days when he knew the most, how
ever. he got out and circulated among
the people and found out what they
We're thinking about. Now only a very
few people approach Croker, and they
nearly all tell him glowing tales, be-
cause he hates to listen to anything dis
agreeable. In this he has assumed an
imperial position and nothing but what
is pleasant can be told the imperial boss
of the New York Democracy. AS a
matter of fact, Cookers judgment is
bad 1t was bad at Kansas City. 1t is
bad now He simply does not know the
situation. Nobody believes in the gen
uineness of the alleged bets that he has
made, They are probably what is known
as wash" bets. Senator Plat was over
here III Washington the other day, and
he eheered up the Republicans great
deal by showing conclusively that New
York was safe. At the same time there
should be no lack of interest by the bus
mess men, the merchants, mechanics,
farmers OF laboring men, because over
confidence might mean disaster. and the
full Republican vote is necessary to
stamp out the last vestige of Organism
i'll 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
tie election Of 1876, when Hayes had
lraiollty of one in the Electoral Col
lege. Willie Tiden had a very large plu-
la:ity OF the popular vote. OF course,
the House might he carried along with
the Presidency ii the trend toward Re
publicalisnl is very large But great
many districts may send Democratic
Congressmen. although voting the Re
publican ticket The South, of course,
is d handicap Of III votes to start with,
and the Democrats have to carry only
eighty-two Northern districts, East and
West. to secure the house If any of
the big States are at all close Oh the
Presidential ticket, it would not be sur
prising to see that number of Demo-
Gratis elected in Northern States. Still
the House is not lost, and it must be
fought for
We have been hearing a great deal
from the anti-eXpansionists about i'm
perialisnl. A man making some inves-
tigation recently dug up a speech of
Allen &. Humans delivered in 1913,
i'll which he denounced everybody gen
ally as traitors who were opposed to the
annexation of the territory acquired
from Mexico after the war with that
country. In the halls of Congress,
about 1880, Stephen a Douglas called
Columbus Delano a traitor because the
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territory from Mexico. Thurman and
Douglas We're leading Democrats of
their time. They were eXpansionists-
What the Democrats of to-day try to
call imperialism.
w. \. Clark, who was forced to re
sign his seat i'll the Senate from Monta-
Ia, and who Was a candidate for re
election IS quoted in recent interview
as saying that both the Dakotas. Wy
oming and the entire Pacific coast will
vote for the Republican ticket, because
of the prosperity that has come to that
section. Clark might include Montana,
Idaho and Utah. although he claims
they will go for Bryan, as they have
enjoyed as much prosperity as the other
States.
IopedhlilS VI Nldlh IeulluuS me JildC
Senator Carter is putting up a very
game fight Ill Montana and is very likely
to win out. Carter is one of the ablest
men in the United States Senate, and
his popularity in his own State is great
Ell than that of any other man. The
Clark DAILY fight is assisting Carter. 1t
would not be surprising if two Republi-
can Senators were returned from the
big Mountain State, as result of the
coming election.
Bryan. i'll supporting the anti-injunc-
ton policy of the Democracy, says that
lnJunctlons are unnecessary because the
things they stop are either illegal or
legal. and, if they are illegal, the person
doing an illegal act can be punished.
That is beautifully Bryanesque. 1t is a
part of the Bryanocracy of the Democ-
ratio party. Suppose mob was destroy
ing property. Suppose railroad com
pany proposed to destroy mans prop
erty and run its road through his house.
The mob, if individual members could
be found, and some persons connected
with the railroad company, might be
punished; but what good would that do
to the man whose property was destroy
ed An injUurt ion saves pronartv and