Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-10-08

at the head of the department. or fStaUe.
This will effectually dispose OF be
long line of democratic stories about
his not being in accord with Pre- sident
Mckinley on the Chinese policy of
this government. AS matter OF fact,
Secretary Hay has kept in close to uch
with every move made by this gov
eminent since he went away for
needed rest and has been constantly
consulted by the president; and as
another matter Of fact, the policy of
this government in China has not
been changed in the slightest degree
since it was first announced last July,
to the powers in a diplomatic COM
munication signed by Secretary Hay,
as may be seen by any one who will
take the trouble to procure and read
a copy of that note, which was pub
lished in all the daily newspapers.
Senator Warren, of Wyoming,
brought good news from the states
west of the Missouri river. to W ash
ington. He says that while only two
of them went for Mckinley fpnr'years
ago, six of them are certain to do SO
this year-California, Oregon, Wash
ingtoD, Wyoming, South Dakota and
Kansas-and six more asNebraska,
Colorado, Nevada, Montana, Idaho,
and Utah-may do so. Senator War
rem was with Governor Roosevelt's
party for awhile, and he said that the
governors trip which has aroused
an unusual lot of enthusiasm, nearly
everywhere he has spoken, has done
a wonderful lot of good, not oniy by
waking up republicans, but by max
ing converts of those who were in
doubt as to how they would vote. He
says the republican party was never
in better fighting trim in the west
than 1t is right now.
The New York State Re D ubIican
Club is one of the most en- thusiastic
of the state organiza tons in Wash
ington. The following quotations
from speeches made at it's regular
weekly meeting, are both apt and in
teresting: Mr.. w. @. Connor, of New
York-The great paramount issue Of
the democratic party is the greatest
fake issue ever foisted before the
American people. Not one step has
been taken by our president but what
has teen strictly within the limits of
stitutional power. There is no
impe rialism under the stars and stripes
and there never will be-1Mr j. j.
of 10 ,lx-
judge from the past. We know what
the democratic party, with free trade
under Grover Cleveland, did, and we
also know what the republicans have
done in the last three and one half
years, and / know all of US are salts
fed that only by casting our vote for
William Mckinley can the present
unprecedented prosperity be contin-
ued-" Hon. Irving DUNCAN, of Ohio,
who was dem ocratic representative
at the anne time Mr.. Bryan was-"In
the last three and one half years,
more prosperity and trade have come
to the country than at any other time
in one hundred years. Bryan admits
this himself and cannot account for it.
We are now a lending country, and
when the democratic party went out
of power we were borrowers. Ex-
pansion is here, and the only thing to
do is for the American people to keep
in front that splendid man they
placed in the White House our years
ago "
Senator Shoup has written friends
in Washington expressing strong
hope of a re publican victory in 4daho,
and similar letters are being received
from Montana republicans concern
ing that state. trs
That Mr.. Bryan is managing bis
own ampaign-o ne clever cartoonist
makes him constantly say, 81 arn the
democracy been apparent in
W. shington for some time.af Speak
ing of it, Col. A. j. Ross, of sIndiana,
of both political party
committees that Bryan has practically
taken the management of the demo
cratic campaign out of the hands Of
chairman Jones. Jones. it is said,
has been reduced to the position of a
clerk, who issues orders for the carry
ing out of plans made by Bryan"
Those familiar with conditions in
Kentucky believe that the election of
Hon. John q. Carlisle, who was Cleve-
lands secretary of the treasury, 10 be
president of the New York L4wyers'
Sound Money club, which declared in
a resolution "that in our opinion, the |
defeat of Bryan and Stevenson is -