The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-10-25
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct. %, 1900.

a Republican House. Governor RoOse-
welt, who has taken especial pains to
post himself ON the Presidents adj
vices from other sources as to the
prospects for an overwhelming Re-
publican victory. Governor Roose-
welt went carefully over the whole
campaign with mutual satisfaction.
Col. Roosevelt said he was never feel
ing better and he has certainly never
looked better. Campaigning evident
ly agrees with him.
Secretary Hay, in common with
everybody else in Washington, was
surprised at the announcement of the
Anglo-German agreement upon a
Chinese programme, and he was even
more pleased than surprised. With
Germany and England standing
against the ACKNOWLEDGMENT of China,
land grabbing on the part of any of
the powers, and for the permanent
maintenance of the Commercial open
door in China, we are absolutely sure
to get all we desire-an open field and
no favors in the trade of China. 1t
may be that England and Germany
were actuated by desire to head off
Russia, rather than to aid us in hold
ing our trade rights in China, but
that doesn't concern us. The import
ant thing about the combination is
that it will aid us. That is sufficient
for us. 1t has been the policy of this
government from the first to oppose
any dismemberment of China. There
fore, the Anglo-German agreement,
whatever may have brought it about,
is an endorsement of the policy of
this government as announced last
July.
Mr.. Il. st. John Gaffney, of New
York, gave President Mckinley a
cheering picture of the outlook in
that State, and after leaving the
White House, he said: 1.-THE Repub-
licans will carry New York by more
than 100000 majority. have been
unable to discover any backsliders
from the party, with the exception of
a few disappointed Office seekers,
whose fear of imperialism only be-
came acute with their failure to Sc
cure political jobs. Some of these
howlers against the President were
applicants for any kind of an old job
under his administration, and con-
tinued their office seeking after Gov
ernor Roosevelt was elected governor
of New York. The spectre of imper-
ialism did not alarm them then, and
the republic has only become endan-
gered since their failure to secure
office. l have respect for a man who
changes his political views from some
unseltish or patriotic motive, but
hold in contempt person who leaves
hisparty because he didn't get job
Gen. r. G. Dyrenforth, Command
er-in-Chief of the Union Veterans
Union, has issued an official letter to
the Veterans pointing out that it is
to their advantage to support Presi-
dent Mckinley.
This is the way the campaign in
West Virginia strikes an intelligent
farmer-Mr. Geo. NJ. Thedieck-who
is now in Washington: Il am only a
farmer but l have followed the cam
paign in my state very closely, and
believe that when the votes are count
ed, West Virginia will give McKin-
ley and Roosevelt between $1,000 and
10000 majority, and that Senator Ell
kins will be reelected"
Secretary Root has promised to
make speech at the big Republican
meeting at Youngstown, Ohio, next
Thursday. That is the only speech
he intends to make during the cam
paign.
That the Bryanites are not honest
in their claims of confidence is fully
shown by their failure to accept the
enormous amount of money that is
being offered on Mckinley and Roose-
velt's election, at odds as great as 5
to l. The progress of the campaign
has been shown by the growth of the
betting odds which started at 2 to
and have now reached to 1, and the
outcome is indicated by the fact that
there were more takers of the smaller
odds. In the beginning some Bryan
ties had enough confidence in their
winning to put up some money at
odds of 2 to l, but today, when the
odds are more than double those fig
ures, there is hardly wager being
made.
Secretary Hitchcock, who has been
carefully studying the political situa-
ton, says he regards the Presidents
reelection by a majority larger than
he received four years ago, as now
absolutely assured, and that Bryan's
visit to New York did the Republicans
much good by showing how thorogh-
ly he was controlled by Tammany,
which is one of the largest trusts in
the country OF the outlook in Mis-