The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1900-11-03
Washington, d. c., News.
From our Regular Correspondent.
Washington, Oct. 29, l9O0.-


From our Regular Correspondent.
Washington, Oct. 29, 19O0.-
Democrats enter the last week of
the campaign hopeful of success.
They have every reason to know
that the plain people of the country
those who earn their living by
brain or Drawn, and who have no
interest in or sympathy with the
trusts, which are so rapidly crush
ing out all opportunity for the sue
cess of individual effort in any
industrial or commercial line-are
overwhelmingly in favor of the
election of Bryan and Stevenson.
They do not underrate the power of
the forces which are working in
unsion for the reelection of Mr..
Mckinley. On the contrary, they
know there is danger-graye dan
ger-that the INSCRIPTIONS use of
bread and butter coercion by those
forces, will result in defeating the
will of the people i'll a sufficient
number Of states to reelect Mr..
Mckinley. All that men can do to
meet this danger is being done by
the democratic leaders, from Mr..
Bryan down, but after all, it is the
voters themselves who will deter
mine the result, and it is difficult
to believe that there are IL sufficient
number of American voters who
can be purchased by money or
compelled by threats of discharge
from their position, to vote against
their honest convictions and in
favor of retaining this trust-ridden,
imperialistic administration in
power. This country never saw a
more important election day than
November 9th will be. The result
will show whether majority OF
! American voters prefer being free
men, each a sovereign in his own
person and an equal participant in
q free government, or serfs under
an imperial government, the every
act of which is dictated by a
moneyed oligarchy.
Ex-senator German, whose
health has prevented his taking as
active part in the campaign as he
wished, has lately been giving the
democratic managers in Maryland
the benefit of his counsel. He says
i the state will, in his Judgment, go
democratic; and that from all the
information he has received, he
regards the outlook for the election
of Bryan and Stevenson as favor
able. He says there is no doubt
of the masses beng with the demo,
cracy to much greater extent
l.than in 1896. ".
While for making purposes
1.-The republicans are talking about
the early return of the volunteers
from the philippines, the War
Department is arranging to for,
ward 1000 recruits to the Phillip.
pines from San Francisco, within
the next two weeks. That's the
| difference between talking and
acting.
The Board of Construction of the
Navy Department evidently takes
no stock in the fairy tales of Mr.
Mckinley and other republicans
concerning the future reduction o.
the governments income by Tho
!, repeal Of the war taxes, as it is
A going ahead upon project fol
building additions to our Navy
THAT will make it imperialistic il
size, as we'll as in the class of YES
Isels. This project involves the
, construction of no less than Al
, Warships. How much all this is tt
cost has not been given out, and
,lef course, will not be until aftel
gEelection, but that it will be enorm
fous, is certain, and that if carried
! out, it will require an increase II
taxation, instead Of the reduction
J promised, is equally certain.
In addition to compelling repab
lican voters employed by the gov
81 erHment to go home and vote, tin
sIrepub1ican bosses are keeping
! democrats in the employ of tn
/ government from going home t.
i vote. A democratic capitol police
, man said on. this subject: 9Th
tip has been given to the fey
democrats that are on the force, tha
Hit will be better for us not TO ag
) home to vote, and although the til
f has been given out in the nature o
IA suggestion, it has been construed
by the men to whom it was given a
, a threat, and has deferred several Q
: us from going home to register. n
! circular has been sent to us, but th
! slWord has been passed along to us b,
the republican members of the force
!. with the insinuation that it ha
/ come down from a pretty big
8 source"
! Seme people would have thei
j hands full il they but attended t
! their ewn little business, tax
4 special pains to attend to othe
y peoples affairs and cause a
much trouble as possible. Tn
6 meanest little thing man