Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-11-05
PWashinqton, October goth, 1900.

President Mckinley will be elected
nor of whether a republican majority
of the house will be elected, but of
how large Mckinley and Roosevelt's
majority in the electoral college will
be, and Of how large the republican
majority in the house will be. Those
who know the political situation the
most thoroughly will be the least sur
prised to see election day produce a
regular republican landslide. Things
look more like it every day.
Representative Loudenslager, of
New Jersey, who is in charge of the
republican congressional campaign
committee headqu arters in Washing
ton, said of the outlook: 81 am conf
dent thatthe republicans will organize
the next house and will gain at least
ten on their majority in the present
house My view in regard to the gen
eral political situation is that the
democrats have given up all hope of
carrying this election, and that Bry-
ans trip through the East isindicative
of that. ] do not say this because of
informant received from the repub
licans alone, but from democratic
sources as well. The character of
speeches made by Mr.. Bryan indicates
this. He does not appeal to the in
telligence of the American people in
any OF his utterances. The democrats
are now merely making bold bluff
and endeavoring to hold themselves
together @ as far as possible. Mr..
Bryan's replies to the questions pro-
pounded to him are not of the frank
and manly character that would com:
mand the respect and confidence of
the business men of the country or Of
the intelligent working man who
hopes that his labor may not only
benefit hiIn for the present, but that
by, it he may. take care of the rainy
days of the. future. iMr.SBryan has
shown clearly and conclusiyely that
he desires to eVade the real Issues of
the campaign and is unwilling to meet
them. The republican position is not
a theoretical one. It is founded on
the facts that are found in the record
of the republican party made during
the last four years. The party pre-
sents that record for the inspection Of
the intelligent American people and
is confident that it will stand the most
searching inquiry and investigation,
and will meet the approval Of those
who have the interests of the country
and themselves at heart. You can
take all of New England, New York,
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware,
Maryland and West Virginia and put
will undoubtedly cast their electoral
vote for Mckinley. In my Judgment,
the southern states will show sur
prising loss of votes for the democratic
cause; not, however, so great as to
change any Of their electoral votes,
out it will be forcible notice to the
democratic party that a very large
number of the intelligent business
men of the South are now deeply in
terested in the progress and advance
ment of this great nation, and demand
that the administration of it's affairs
shall be conducted upon sound BUSH
ness and financial principies.'' 80
Secretary Long left Washington
Saturday for Colorado, where his
daughters are now living. He viii
stop route to make several spec ches,
but the whole trip will be on the hysas
he expects to return to Massachusetts
in time to cast his Vote.g@ s2tf5 Sfa
Hon. Henry E. Davis, a. prominent
democratic member of the Washing
ton bar, who is actively supporting
Mckinley and Roosevelt, gave tho
following condensed history of the
curling of the trusts by republican
legislation: I'm 1890, the Sherman
antitrust law was fathered and passed
by republican congress, signed by
republican president and executed by
a republican attorney general Then
there were complaints made to the
attorney general that the sugar trust
existed in violation of the new law
In 1892 bill was fled in the name of
the U. S. against the sugar trust in
Pennsylvania. The supreme court in
deciding the affair said in effect: ''This
gigantic affair is a grinding monopoly,
but the federal government cannot
reach it because that power is reserv-
ed to the state" A few years later,
in the case against the trans Missouri
Traffic Association, the supreme court
decided that the sugar trust decision
was not applicable to combination
of commercial agencies doing business
annnor tho Sfntcc. that tho nnndinn