The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-11-02
FROM THE CAPITAL.
Our Correspondent Talks in
General About Wash
ington.
tC1nnlunirated).
WASHINGTON,
Oct. %, 1900.

cess. They have every reason to
know that the plain people of the
countrY-thOSe who earn their
living 10y their brain and Drawn,
and who have no interest in our
/ sympathy with the trusts, which
are So rapidly crushing out all op.
portunity for the success Of indi-
vidual effort in any industrial or
commercial line-are OYerwhelm-
ingly in favor OF the election of
Bryan and Stevenson. They do
not underrate the power of the
forces which are working in uni
son for the election of Mr.. Nc
kinley. On the contrary, they
know there is danger - grave
danger-that the INSCRIPTIONS
use of bread and butter coercion
by those forces will result in de
teating the will of the people in
sufficient number of States to
re-elect Mr.. Mckinley. All that
man can do to meet this danger
is being done by the Democratic
leaders from Mr.. Bryan down,
but after all, it is the voters
themselves who will determine
the result, and it is difficult to
believe that there is a sufficient
number of American voters who
can be purchased by money or
compelled by threats of discharge
from their position, to vote
against their honest convictions
and in favor OF retaining this
trust ridden, imperialistic admin
iStration in power This country
never saw more important cleo
ton day than November 9th will
be. The result will show whether
majority of American voters
prefer being free men, each
sovereign i'll his own person and
an equal participant in free
government, or serfS under an
imperial government, the every
act of which is dictated by
moneyed oligarchy.
EX- Senator German, whose
health has prevented his taking
an active part as he wished, has
lately been giving the Demo
cratic managers in Maryland
the benefit of his counsel. He
says the state will, in his iudg-
ment, go Democratic, and that
fro n all the information he has
received, he regards the outlook
for the election Of Bryan and
Stevenson as favorable. He says
there is no doubt of the masses
being with the Democracy to
much greater extent than i'll
1896.
Senator Blackburn, who came
to Washington to attend the
funeral of his min law. left for
Kentucky today to resume his
campaign work. He said that he
had no personal knowledge of the
situation outside Of Kentucky,
but that he knew the situation
i'll that State thoroughly and
that the Republican claims there
were the rankest sort of bluffs;
that the State was absolutely
sure to go Democratic, both for
the State and National tickets,
and that he believed Republican
claims i'll numerous other States
had no better foundation than in
Kentucky, which made him con
tident of the election of Bryan
and Stevenson and Democratic
majority of the House.
While for vote-making pur.
poses the Republicans are talking
about the early return of the vol
unteers from the Philippines, the
War Department is arranging
to forward 5000 recruits to the
Philippines from San Francisco,
within the next two weeks.
That's the difference between talk
ing and acting.
The Board of Construction of
the Navy Department evil
IDENTIFY takes no stock in the
fairy tales of Mr.. Mckinley and
other Republicans, concerning
the future reduction of the gov
ernment's income by the repeal
of the war taxes, as it is going
ahead upon project for building
additions to our navy that will
make it imperialistic in size, as
in the class of vessels. This
project involves the construction
of no less than 40 warShips
How much all this is to cost has
not been given out, and oil
course, will not be until after the
election, but that it will be enor
nous, is certain, and that if car
ried out, it will require an in
cle ease in taxation, instead of thu
reduction promised, is equal,
certain.
Friends of Senator Sullivan, o
Miss, say the suit for breach OF
promise of marriage, which ha,
been filed in Washington agains
him, by Miss Lection, who is 1
divorced woman, contains man,
false allegations, and that tn
, woman really has no claim upol
him. They say further that til