Evening star., 1900-09-29
WILL GAIN TWO SEATS
PROSPECTS Of THE REPUBLICANS
IN PENNSYLVANIA.
State Will Go for Mckinley by n
Majority of Quarter of
Million.
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.

| BUTLER, Pa. September 27 1900
| Representative j. B. Showalter of the
| twenty-fifth Pennsylvania district stated to
| Star correspondent today that he looked
| for a delegation of twenty-five republicans
| gain of two. and eight democrats from
Pennsylvania, and believed that the repub-
licans would hold their majority in the
| House. The gold democrats in his district
| would, he believed, in the main vote with
| the republicans again. and that none of the
! Germans had left the party.
'One of the striking features of this cam
paign." he said. is that the democrats
should have seized upon an issue which MIR.
| Bryan has denominated Imperialism as the
| great rallying cry of the party. The very
| absence of the condition implied by such
| term, and the absolute impossibility of the
overthrow of republican institutions in this
| country, ought, it would seem to me- to
| have negatived the bringing To the fore of
| an argument like this with which to infiu-
| ence the public mind.
But it is evident that Mr.. Bryan in his
supremacy of chief controller of the desti-
nieS OF the democracy, preconceiyed the
notion, and, since his influence is para
| mount. his declaration that it was to be
| the paramount issue settled it, and from
| the democratic standpoint ii so became
| their principal issue.
1T is the people of the country however
who determine what shall be the dominant
issues OF any campaign, and they would
have none of it. In Pennsylvania it is alb
| solutely without force, and | believe no in
| telllgent voter in any state In the Union
| will be influenced in the least degree by it
WIND bag and campaign scare crow which
ScareS no one.
Quarter Of n Million Majority
"Pennsylvanians are too closely occupied
| to give heed to any save the actual issues
of the campaign, which are to my mind,
| surrender retreat ~
| of the democracy, and duty honor and
| glory as advocated by the republicans The
record of the republican party is inscribed
| In plain terms upon the scroll of its glo-
rious history, and 1T is one Of which it is
justly proud
Take the question of trusts. upon which
MI Bryan evidenctly intends to talk much
| from now on. l believe the regulation of
trusts to be largely a matter of state legis-
| latfon, yet the republican party has passed
| al, of the national legislation controlling
them and the people may expect no hope
| or help from the democracy in this connec-
| ton, for all they have got or will get has
been and Will be persuasive and empty
Establishments.
pennsylvania will give Mckinley a ma
jority of 275.6O0 emphatic indorse-
ment of his partyS record on protection
sound money and expansion and the re-
sIltant prosperity. New markets have
been opened for Pennsylvania's manufac-
tured articles. and it is and should be the
policy of the government to foster. further
and protect these Industries. which keep
our people employed at remunerative wages
and attract populatioa and wealth to our
state, as is well illustrated by the census
returns thus far published of the remark
able growth of some of the manufacturing
centers in this state.
Texas the Single Exception as to Con-
sent.
This is but one of the many reasons for
the advocacy of the policy of expansion.
l was originally In favor of expansion and
would have considered 1t proper to have
taken the Canary Islands. Our people ia
vor the retention OF the Philippines. and are
expansionists. The policy of the President
meets with our approval. and his calm con-
] sistent course has proved him to be great
statesman and a great President.
"Our annexation Of these islands was In
just accord with treaty rights, and was one
Of the natural results of the Spanish war.
There never has been consent of the gov
erned obtained In any territory we have
annexed except in the case of Texas. IL
the democratic doctrine of consent Is
rect why do they not apply 1t to the col
ored voter in the old slave states instead of
depriving him Of 1t absolutely by constitu-
tional enactment? 1t Is this glaring incon-
sistency which causes our people not To
take them seriously in their arguments.
and believe they viii be glad to drop this
unresponsive issue before the campaign Is
ended.
..As to the free silver issue. 1 believe our
democratic friends are really ashamed of
it. In my section of Pennsylvania no one
takes 1t seriously. the people considering 1t
settled and one seldom hears 1t discussed.
.sOur people believe the administration has
handled the difficult problems arising ont
of the Chinese trouble with that diplenfatio
skill for which the republican party Is
famous Our policy has commanded the
worlds respect and admiration.
81 doubt IL Bryan will carry any OF the
states except those IN the south. and
would be reluctant to concede any TO him,
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