Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1900-10-11
(Reguiar Corrcspondent.J

tHeJ nave no expectation OF carry
ing Kansas or Nebraska or any Of
intermountain states OF the far
West, may be judged from their
having left tho voters from those
states free to nee their own discre-
ton about going home to vote.
Mr.. Mckinley is counted upon
by the party bosses to DO something
official to try to raise a hurrah be.
tween this aud election. Just what
this will be has not leaked out, al
though the expectation has. It
will be we'll for the democrats to be
on the lookout for any sort Of move
on the part Of the administration
that may be calculated to catch and
enthuse who DO not look below Tho
surface Of things and to be prepared
to counteract tho effect OF any such
move. As statesman, history
may not give Mr. Mckinley a very
high rank, bnt as click politician,
up TO oil the tricks Of the trade and
having the ability to originate come
OF his own, Mr.. Mckinley is top
liner, and will bear close watching.
Republicans are now privately
admitting that Bryan and Steven.
son will carry Illinois, they arc pub.
lioly claiming that they will get a
majority IN the rect Of the state to
wipe out the Bryan majority they
conccde Chicago will give. To con-
ccde Chicago is to conccdo the state,
as the returns in '92, when the
state was carried by Cleveland, and
in SO, when it was carried by Nc.
Kinley show that as goes Chicago,
so goes the state.
The Chinese trouble is now put
forward as an excuse for the failure
Of the administration to do some.
thing towards compelling the Sui
tan Of Turkey to pay those long
standing American Missionary
claim. II will not be surprising II
a big blufT is made just before the
election Of using force to compel
the Sultan to settle up. Hints
have been dropped OF such an in
tention on the part Of Mr.. Mckin.
ley for the purpose of injecting a
little spread eagleism into the clos
ing days of the campaign, to try to
head of the stampede towards Bry-
an in number OF states.
Representative Livingston, Of
Ga, who has been mpaigning in
New jersey, where he is we'll known
and popular, said Of his obserya-
tions in that state Nobody has
ever accused me OF being rain bow
chaser. Usually am charged by
my friends with being too conser-
yative in matters like this. After
years Of experience | think | am
prepared to speak with come feel.
ing of confidence regarding the
drift of the public sentiment.
have campaigned in New Jersey be-
fore this year, and | know some.
thing about that state. Heretofore,
| have felt that we stood no show
in New Jersey, and in previous
campaigns / have very frankly told
the party managers that we were
going to lose that state. Results
then showed that my judgment was
correct, and | confdentially believe
that the result nexto month will |
show that my judgment was right
when | declare, as | do now, that !
Bryan will get the ten electoral
votes Of New Jersey. The state is
naturally democratic an yhow, which |
gives big advantage to start with. |
-Four years ago the people there
were stampeded away from as by
the republican outcry against sill
yer. That question is not an issue
in New Jersey at present. Indeed,
you very seldom hear 1T mentioned. |
The Jerseyites are thinking and
talking about nothing but the
trusts and imperialism. These is