The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-27

sources that the leaders are preparing to
| make a quick shift as soon as the Maine
| and Vermont elections are over, and meet
| the issue of imperialism raised by Bryan.
| 1t is said that the only thing that prevents
| them from doing so now is the necessity
! for money, which is great, and cannot be
met unless free silver is kept at the front
for Two or three weeks yet.
But the news that comes from the West
| from Indiana. Illinois. Michigan. Wis
| consin and Minnesota-is of such a char
acter that the leaders have been quick to
| recognize the public drift, and they are
t already proposing to shift the issue. This
/ will probably be agreed to by President
Mckinley. who will shape nearly every
| thing in the campaign. The Republicans
| will call everything expansion. They
/ viii deny that they are imperiaiists, and
| viii endeavor to show that the Democrats
have always been in favor Of expansion.
One document On this point has already
! been prepared, called Democratic Expan-
/ SION and others will follow. With these
| the whole country Will be flooded. The
/ sensitiveness of the Republican managers
| at any mention of miIitarism and imperi-
! alism shows their extreme anxiety over
! this question.
Republican Inactivity in oh1o.
| 1t is reported from Ohio that inactivity
marks the national campaign in that State
| so far as distinctiveIy as energy did that of
| 1895 at the present stage of its progress.
| The Republican speakers bureau is not in
/ operation yet, and viii not be until after
! the formal opening of the campaign on
| the stump at Youngstown on September 8.
| when Senator Foraker Will give the cue to
| all the camDaiPu orators in his speech on
| that occasion.
Enquiry among those Democrats who
supported Mr.. Mckinley four years ago in
! dicates that he will lose many of them
! this tine. They refuse to believe that
| there is anything to be feared by the cleo
ton OF Bryan. Nearly all of them will
! vote for Bryan. They are strongly oppos-
| ed to President McKinley's foreign policy,
and in that lies the chief cause OF their
! drifting back into their party lines
waking Up in New Jersey
From New Jersey it is reported that the
Republicans are fast waking up TO the i'm
! portance of the campaign, and it is their
| intention to have it in fun swing by the
middle of September. The State Conyen-
! ton for the naming of Presidential cleo
! tors will be held next week, and 1t Will be
/ addressed by Senator Burrows, of Michi-
/ gan.
! This event viii really be the formal
/ opening of the campaign in New Jersey.
On the following week the annual conven-
/ ton OF the State League of Republican
Clubs will be held in Jersey City, and sub
sequentIy there viii be mass meeting
which Will be addressed by Senator FoTak-
I err OF Ohio and ex-Ninister 10 Siam Bar
rett These events viii be the attraction
for most of the State leaders and promi-
nent politicians, and will be more than
/ usually Interesting, because they are viii
/ take place IN the banner Democratic coUn-
! t. of the State and in the territory over
which Bob Davis holds such positive
sway. From that time on the State viii be
/ abiaze with campaign oratory and it is the
intention of the Republican leaders to have
/ everything done that is possible to have
( the apathy which now seems to prevail in
the ranks of their party supplanted by en-
/ thusiaSm.
The first Jerseyman to take the stump
on the Democratic side is that reliable old
war horse Col. c Myer Zuliek. who was
( Governor of Arizona during CIeveland's
/ first term Of Office He has just been as
/ signed by the State Committee to do mis-
| siOnary work among the farmers il the up
per end of the State. The colonel is pol
itician of many years standing Twenty
! years ago he and Billy Brown controlled
/ Essex county politics Colonel Zulick. the
/ Democratic managers believe, may be de-
/ pended upon to arouse enthusiasm the
stump wherever he appears as there is
scarcely limit to his eloquence and his
/ endurance is nearly as great as ii was a
/ score of years or SO age
/ Democratic Success in Kentucky
| Everything. the Democrats say. points to
Democratic success in Kentucky this fall
! Bryan is the idol OF the Kentucky Democ-
! racy, even those Democrats who were for
! Brown, and who even now are against the
I State ticket, but are for the
/ Presidential nominee. The only
/ cause Of grievance that any
! Democrat here has against Bryan is that
/ he came TO kentucky last fall against the
/ wishes OF the Brown adherents, and this.
! it Is said, viii not cause them to vote
| against him.
! The General Assembly of Kentucky viii
! convene Tuesday in Frankfort or the pur-
! pose Of amending the present election law
/ The Democratic leaders are daily in con
! ference over the changes to be made in thz
law. That the measure must be radically
f.; changed all admit. 1t IS sax: - Democrats
. that when the new law is prepared it Will
( be enc OF such fairness that the Republic
. cans viii have lost their last battecTy for
the campaign.
/ The letter written by Charles Denby
/ urging the reelection OF President Nc
I kinley and giving his reasons for not sup
porting the candidacy of Mr.. Bryan pro-
/ yoled laughter today among the groups of
/ men in the corridors about the beadquar,
tiers of the Democratic Congressional Com
| mittee. Mr.. DENLY was variously termed
as "has-been," "once-was," ana a back
number. One stalwaT- Democrat said of
him; He is one of those patriotic gen
| tlemen who always have their feet in the
trough" Mr.. Denby's letter was not taken
| seriously.
why said one Democrat DENLY has
| been dancing attendance upon the Repub-
lican President for three years and has
| been well employed at pretty good pay
most of the time. Look how he served the
President and the Republican party as
President of the Alger Relief Commission
Mr. Denby's announcement of his Intention
| means. perhaps that Mr.. Mckinley will
get Mr.. Denby's vote. 1t does not mean
anything more
Drummers Doing Great Work.
| The energetic and intelligent campaign
work for the Democratic national ticket
| which is being done by the commercial
travellers and the coupon ticket agents is
| a source of satisfaction to the Democratic
managers Talkative Facts" the organ
| of the Commercial Travellers and Hotel
| Mems Antitrust League Is gaining an
! immense circulation. and the membership
! of the league is said to have risen above
| fifty thousand In all the. States these men
| are working and talking for the party
| which will sIIDDress the trusts which in