The evening times., 1900-09-19
NOTES OF THE CAMPAIGN.
Ruinbo,, ChnsinE.-A statement /

Rainbow ChnsinE.-A statement has
been issued from Mr.. Hanna's headquar-
ters in New York that the prospects OF
carrying Missouri for Mr.. Mckinley
are now excellent OF course the
statement is being treated seri-
ously by the New York papers Missouri
gave Mr.. Bryan nearly $1,000 majority in
1896. and the indications that his lead
in that State this year will be increased
| TO more than 200. Though Missouri went
Republican In 1894 as a rebuke to Mr..
Cleveland. who was then President and
had disappointed the Missouri Democrats
in his financial policy, that State is account
ed quite as safely Democratic as Texas,
Mississippi, or any of the Southern States
where there virtually is no Republican SEN
| tinent organization. It is suspected
that Mr.. Hanna has put out the ridiculous
report of his hope OF capturing Missouri
for the sole purpose of leading the Demo-
cratic managers on 6 wild goose chase, as
he frequently did in the last campaign. It
| Will be remembered that il the last cam
paign Mr.. Hanna every little while would
display great uneasiness over Michigan or
| Iowa or Wisconsin or some other rock
| ribbed Mckinley State, and forth
| iieving Mr.. Hanna meant what he said,
| would proceed to pour their money--what
! little they had-into these States utterly
! deSerting communities that were really
/ md genuinely close and leaving them to
/ the tender mercies Of Hanna's Heuten-
| ants OF course if Mr. Hanna succeeds in
| throwing a scare" into Senator Jones
! and his associates about Missouri. that
| State soon Will become the object OF
| great and unnecessary solieitude to the
| Democratic managers, who will have to
! neglect other work that is important
while engaged in fighting Mr.. Hanna's
| bogey. Still it is believed that the Demo
| cratic managers cannot now be tricked by
| Mr.. Hanna easily as they were tricfted
| by him four years ago, and that instead
| OF falling into the traps he lays for them
| they are batting a few traps for him.
! There is Ohio for example. 1t is known
| that Hanna has become thoroughly fright
| ened about that State. and that he IS
| preparing to spend quite much money
| there as he will spend in other localities
! where it is needed much worse.
An Awful War.-Platt and Croker at
last have begun to amuse and enthuse the
| groundIings in New York with terrific
war. On Monday Platt opened the battle
by declaring for publication that Croker
was preparing TO buy New York with
| money extorted from saloons and broth
els. On Tuesday Croker declared f"E pub
| Heation that PIatt was IAN old liar"
elimination and reerimination, epithets,
oaths, and other bIistering words may be
| expected to spIutter forth from the
mouths of these great old gladiators from
now until the close OF the campaign. The
| New York public must be entertained by
| their statesmen as well as their prize
| fis .ters, and when either class refuse to
| perform it may be expected that The New
| Workers very soon viii turn from the old
! actors and encourage new ones to take
| their place. Tomorrow will be Platt's
| day. and there is very little doubt that he
| will do something for the deiectation of
| the excited and expectant mob. He may
| retort that Croker IS an old liar or he
may coin something new Then on the
| following day il will be proper for Croker
| to core TO the front again: and so the ter
| rih!u but withal merry war Will continue,
| With slight variations OF the progra mme
to suit the changing conditions and salts
Ty all tastes. Meantime the national
managers OF both parties Will keep close
watch on the development of the game in
New York. Mr.. Hanna is preparing to go
back there from the West and resume
control of Mr.. McKinley's interests as
best he may. Ex-CEoyernor Stone, of Mis-
souri, doubtless will not leave New York
until the ballots cast and counted.
Senator Jones is there striving TO get
an insight into the situation The Hon.
/ David Bennett Hill, caring little for the
noise and glitter of mimic warfare, is pre-
pairing TO desert New York and plunge
into the real fight in the Middle West.
One Ticket Less.-The Hon Don Caf-
ferry, of Louisiana, has declined the
nomination of -he Hannaized anti-impe
rialists for President. He assigns as
his reason for this unexpected action
private business and family affairs -
| His decIination leaves the ridiculous
| movement OF which he was named as
nominal leader in the air. There is no
suggeLjion that his place on the ticket
viii be filled. It is thought that the
man nominated as his running mate will
soon announce his withdrawal. also.
This Will be a guarantee that no Hanna
izeG anti-impaTiaiist. or National party.
| ticket will be put out in any part Of the
] country. The movement has never had
any vitality. From its inception il was
/ awkwardIy handled, and the people
seemed able to comprehend its meaning
1t is thought that if Senator Hoar had
not veered around to the support of Mr..
Mckinley, after having repudiated and
reyiled him for two years, the movement
might have amounted to something. But
| the accomplished old statesman of
Massachusetts has paved the way fer
hidebound Republicans to vote for Mr..
Mckinley, even though they are really
alarmed by the swift sweep Of the coun-
try into Imperialism under Mckinley
Republicans whose intellectuals are not
, constructed on the Hoar plans and spec
ifications will be drawn away from Mr..
Mckinley by the action of the anti-im-
perialist national convention al Indian
? apoIiS. which endorsed Mr.. Bryan
Progress iu War.
(From the New York Evening Post.)