New-York tribune., 1900-09-17

REPRESENTATIVES, MUDD's OPPONENT
One Of tho best known Southern Republicans IN
Congress is Mr.. Mudd who represents the vth
District OF Maryland His opponent, Mr.. CameTsr
IS best described. perhaps by an anecdote told On
himself by John Allen the Mississippi Congress
man. John mvt old colored woman. 'GOod
mornin, Aunt Mary said the genial Representa-
tive from TuDelo- Good mornin'. Nassa John"
the rejosnder. What's yer doin' Nassa
john" Candidate for Congress. Aunt Mary "Oh
yer Is, is yer? Jes' Ike yer gran'father' ''E9ows
th1{ 55 Aunt Mary; Never knew my grandfather to
mos aEus ginally candidate fer some ONCE Or
CamsIie- according to NIaryIanders. is most al
ways and generally running for some once. but the
never been elected TO anything. Mr.. AIudd was
Congress with tEe late Barnes Compton He sub
sequentiy returned t. the House ii The Lvth Con-
by a plurality of over 5000 He is energetic and
ever OF his reelection BY a large majority. He
StTengJhenec ElmSelt greatly BY his successful
fsht for the Naval Academy appropriation at the
THE OUTLOOK IN IOwA.-Aster a careful sur
vey of the field the Editor Of The Jefferson Bee
says:
The State is pretty sure TO give Mckinley and
Roosevelt majority Of I5oC9. which IS increase
Iowa Will return a solid delegatf0n 10 Congress-
Nollmers candidacy for the seat in the I'D District
Democrats are concerned, by his coming out 50
strongly j
Republican predecessors. Messrs Curtis and Lane.
There Will be the usual hard fight in Mr., Lacsys
district, but this will end usual in the success
Of Mr. Lacey.
LINCOLN VS.. BRYAN-"The Globe-Democrar'
OF st Louis says,
In his first inausuraI address President Llueo.a
said; The power cOndded 10 will be used TO
mold, occupy and possess The property and piacss
Bryqn takes the opposite view OF the duty Of
call extra session Of Congress to give up SONS
OF the territory OF the United States.
INTERESTING. IF TRUE-says The Boston
Herald.
Democratic Chairman Jones's announcement that
Mt Eryan IS eom!nE cut wly2 a coEdeuln2,&t5H & 2.
imporJaaf # Sorrect SIN s Should r5rSsr hsas
from Mr., Bryan directly on the subject
A MENACE TO PRosPERIrY-.rhe Hartford
Post" says that many of the contracts now beng
made for next winters business are conditional on
the reelection Of Mckinley. II Bryan wins the
contracts fall This Is politics. but cold blooded
business. and The Post" comments IT as fol-
lows:
The fact that industrial and commercial contracts
are conditioned the result OF the election shows
Of Bryanism TO business. Whatever may De said
Iot and %gainst Mr., brySn. the gFeat fact s@tan1s @
rs torch gilding mountain top that the business
interests Of the Nation fear and disJrusJ h,u. and
have no confidence either in him or in the body of
fakes for which he stands His candidacy IS an
involuntary threat % business his election wouid
oe the execution OF that TRUTH one may argue'
II one has the time and the fancy. that the fear
which business has of BrylDism Is grOundlsSS, out
the existence or that fear can neither De GeuleJ
nor whStled down the wind Confidence is Cne OF
The COrnvrstones on which the superstruCture q
business rests. If that confidence De undermined
the whole edihCe becomes Shaky. UuQuestion1oiy
the election Of Bryan would operate great
disturbing influence upon the business interests q
the country. and Il would take time 20 woo back
the confidence which his mere triumph would IN
Intentionally cause 20 he a fugitive. The prob
abilities are wholly against the success of Bry an
The possibility that he may triumph tends 70 make
business nervous uneasy and heSitanC The con-
version Of that possibility into a fact would n
evttably put sudden check. which might be Short
or might be long, upon the unprecedented pros
pertty which this country has experienced durlns
the last three years.
A CHEERFUL CONTRAST-In August lS6
after two years of tree trade and with fear ot
Bryanism commercial failures in the United states
numbered HIS, with total liabilities amounting 70
S26.l0S66 Last month after three years Of pro
lection, and with confidence IN the reelection OF
Mckinley the number OF failures was 10. with
total liabilities amounting to S6.255.O92. But MI.
Bryan goes right on in his speeches saying that
failures are increasing and iOyfully Proclaimins
that prosperity is doomed He tells the farmer that
he Is laboring under Authorization 10 ne believes
that prosperity IS smiling on him, and when ~
farmer goes home and remembers that he sofa "a "a
steers on the hOot at SS A hundred in lSso ~
az 81 % hundred in lSss he hugs the haiucnAl'~'