The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-10-30
POLITICAL GOSSIP.

tour in western New York there is every
I Indication of a landslide in the upper part
/ OF the Empire State for Mr.. Bryan. This
| gentleman sa d to a Times representative
| today that he was astonished at the fer
/ vor demonstrated at all the small gather
ings political or otherwise when the Dem
ocratic leaders name vas mentioned.
| This is especially true of the laboring men
in every emp loyment, more notable, per-
| haps, If there is any difference, the
railroad bran ches of working men. Il
had talks said The Times informant
with many men employed on the railroads
and what impressed me very much was
! the absolute Indifference manifested by
! these men regarding the alleged threats
| from employees that If they voted for
! Bryan they would lose their employment
| We are not slaves" said one of these
| men, and we will vote according to the
| dictates OF our conscience, and this feel
! ing. the Washington man said, seemed TO
! permeate he entire country through
| which he passed
! Il had talk he said. with conductor
| on the New York Central. [ talked with
/ him for some time and found him TO be
| a man of more than ordinary intelligence.
| He told me nat from what he could gath
er cut of tie wheat and chaff OF paSSen-
/ gers on the trains il the upper part of the
state he did not believe the Republican
j ticket could possibly reach the Bronx
( River with a majority of $4,000 votes He
| said the railway men were FIVE out Of six
in favor of Stanchfeld as against Odeil
and as they vote for the State ticket SO
they will for the national ticket" he ar
gued.
Maryland is as sure for Bryan as Rhode
Island is for Mckinley" said Democrat
from the first-named State who holds a
good position in one of the departments, to
! a Times reporter this morning. The State
will go Democratic by a safe majority. The
/ situation in Maryland in 1886 and the sit
uation in the State today is as different as
day and night. Four years ago the Demo-
Gratis in Maryland were split in two. today
they are united. and when the Democrats
stand together we always carry the State
by a substantial majority. The threat of
President Cowen, of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad may influence few weak
kneed railroad employees, but / think that
/ instead of advancing the cause OF the
! trusts, President Governs threat viii prove
/ 4 boomerang. The Republican machine in
Baltimore has plenty of money and it's on
/ the use OF q large corruption fund that the
I Republicans are basing their claim OF car
Tying the State.
in q despatch from New York today
Richard Croker is quoted as saying that
New York will certainly cast her cleo
toraI vote for Bryan, and that the Demo-
cratic candidate cannot be defeated ex-
cept by fraud. Il advise ali Democrats"
said Mr.. Croker, Ito watch the polling
| places closely on election night, and see
| that every vote cast is counted Ii that
is done Bryan's election is as sure as any
thing can be upon this earth.
That the Republicans OF New York city
are about to make a desperate effort TO
carry the election is evident from the dis
coyeries made by Mr.. Dalton, the water
supply commissioner. Mr.. Dalton brought
the matter to the attention of the Demo-
/ cratic leaders yesterday. stating that he
had evidence to prove that the Republic
cans had colonized $50 negroes in the Elev-
enth Assembly district. According to Mr.
Dalton, there are forty and fifty negroes
registered from some houses. although they
can never be found az home. He has al
ready secured leo warrants and is swear
ing them out ct the rate Of thirty or forty
4 Jay. III. DdttOH asserts AAdS, II any OA
these men attempt 10 cast vote on No
vember g. they will be taken into custody
ar once.
Mr.. Dalton declares that a like eendi-
ton OF affairs exists in the Eighteenth,
Twentieth, and Thirtieth Assembly dis
tricts.
"Out In Illinois we believe in old B IN
Frauklin's slogan: We should all hang
} together or assuredly we shall all hang
separately" said F. G. Bliss, CT Chica o,
at the Shoreham today. and we prefer
sticking together to strangling at the
hands of the trusts. 1 am confident that
my State Will give Mr.. Bryan majority
of from 10 900 to $4,000. We are " hooI ing
it up in Chicago, and hold on an average
of thirty meetings every day, which are
all packed by enthusiasts Our Demo-
cratic noon meetings are a big feature.
| Senator 1iIlman of South Carolina is at
tending to these, and is doing more to
make votes than any of our local SPELL
binders He is a powerful speaker. and
carries the crowd Dr. Julia Holmes
Smith woman orator, is doing good
work Then we have a 'fghting parson'
in the ranks in the person Of Rev D. d.
De Long Last. but not least, Mayor
: | Carter Harrison is making dozen
| ! speeches a DAY. we Will sweep SOuh
county and with it Will follow the state .
whenever you hear any of these West
ern Republicans bowling that they will
carry Nebraska, carry Lincoln. carry Bry-
ans ward, and his block, just offer him
two to one Oh the result and he will shut
) up," said Robert B. Knight, a commercial
: traveller from Omaha, who is registered at
| the Raleigh, today
Il know what 1 am talking about.
have recently covered the entire State
and know the feeling. Now, then, I will
show you how you can make your bel
safely. There is a State law in Nebras-
ka which compels the judges of registra-
t | ton to ask each voter as he registers
\ what party he affiliates with and the re.
> ply determines the status of the voter al
the cleo lion. Now I know for fact that
in Omaha the registration shows 50 pei
| cent in favor of the Democrats and the
results in Lincoln show 6S per cent in ia
vor of our candidate These are facts
and count and are better than all the
, rag chewing done by the Administrator
: | heelers l predict a majority of from II.
: and it is hard to get even money on the
5 result in that State
The betting among the F Street broker:
this week has veered very much in favor
of Mr. Bryan, as it has in New York TIVE