The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1900-10-05
WAsHINGToN, ID. c., October list.

cratic majority of not less than ten in the
next House. That is the way the Demo
cratic Congressional Campaign Committee
figures it out and, in doing the figuring,
allowance has been made for every rea-
sonable contingency. Republicans pri
yately admit that these figures are very
conservative, and that they have almost
given up hope of retaining control Of the
House, unless there is a change in public
sentiment amounting almost to a stampede
before election day. Even the Republican
Congressional Committee has not been
putting out any claim, except in the most
perfunctory way, of Il republican majority
in the House. On the contrary, its chair
man, Representative Babcock, has been
preparing his party for defeat. Among
the contingencies allowed for by the Dem
ocratic Committee are loss of seats i'll New
York and Pennsylvania, which the party
managers in those States are confident Of
saving.
Mad as the republican leaders are with
the lust of power and conquest and as de-
termined as they are to try to turn this
liberty loving republic into a world con-
quering empire, founded on no higher
principles than that which dominated the
dark ages of youth, "might makes right"
they do not dare to publicly proclaim that
purpose as plainly as eX-Congressman
DUNCAN, of Ohio, once democrat, did in a
speech made in Washin gton in which he
attempted to justify Mr.. Mckinley and
his imperialistic policy in the Philippines.
The following sentence from Mr.. Dun
Of the republican policy, which they have
been so anxiously trying to conceal by
general talk about lettering the condition
of the poor natives and Improvement in
American commerce: In my opinion title
is fixed only by the survival of the tittest,
and that is why America is going to rule
the earth In other words. no peoples
title to their own country is good against
the greed and avarce of stronger coun-
try Surely majority of Americans are
not willing to enter the Goth century
championing such do ctrine.
Representative Livingston, Of Georgia,
thus sums up the attitude Of the two par
ties towards trusts: In recent speech
made by Senator Beveridge, this states
man says that the republican party, as
we'll as the democratic party, is opposed
to trusts, only the republican party pro-
posed to Limit and regulate trusts, while
the democratic party would do nothing.
Now, this statement was made to intelli-
| gent people. If this is so, how could
Mark Hanna 90 to Baltimore and get from
| the trusts Of that city alone $50 900, while
Bryan, even had he tried, could not have
got 50 cents. Senator Hanna has said
there are no trusts. He knows, and so
does every thinking man or woman, that
this is false Here is evidence of the
trusts This year it takes so per cent.
more wheat to buy a pillow than it did last
year. 1t takes 20 per cent more corn, and
it takes from 81 to $3.50 a month more to
live now than it did year ago. Why is
this: 1t is because of the trusts
How desperate the republican managers
| are getting may be judged from their hay
ing ordered the party press to try to make
political capital out of the experience of
Teddy" in Colorado.
When the Navy Department rejected
the bids for armor for warships. put in by
the almor trusts, and announced that Sec
rotary Long would exercise the authority
| |, 4,
fish an armor- making plant if better bids
were not submitted. 1t was predicted
| that the armor trusts would get the con-
tracts if they made a satisfactory contribu-
tion TO the republican campaign fund
That prediction is in fair way to be veri-
fed Secretary Long has been dickerng
with the agents of the trusts and it is Off
| cially announced that be expects to make
Il satisfactory contract with them for the
armor which doubtless means that Hanna
has already ma'!s. satisfactory arrange
mcut with them for campaign contrbu-
| tons
| The Chinese Minister to the United
| States having succeeded so well in getting
| the administration TO act III accordance
with his private advice has gone a step
| further and is now giving the administra-
| ton pablo advice through the medium of
newspaper interviews. He wants this
| government to act as mediator between
| the powers and China, and says if it
doesn't it may III the end find itself shut
| out of China commercially. That ''chink"
| has got nerve to thus threaten the man
who has been as friendly to him and his
| government as Nj Mckinley has been
| Lockout for prerostcrous republican
claims. Orders have gone out from Re
| publican National Headquarters to the
! party newspapers to print continually and
! conspicuoUsly daring the three weeks pre-
| vi0us to the election para graphs claiming
| States enough to give Mckinley % or 30
more electoral votes than he had in 1896
| The idea is said to be that such wholesale
claims persistently made will catch voters
who wish to be on the winning side
The Dcmoc. attic Congressional Commit
tee has received numerous reports from
Of ,rl,i.I indicate fI.t tho