The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-22
WORK OF THE CAMPAIGN
The Organization Of German-Amer-
lean Democratic Clubs.
The Prophecy Made That alany Col
oretG voters in Doubtful States VIII
Cast Ta2eir Ballots for Bryan and
stevenscn-Haxc Been SlIE.ted in
tz4e DISSERTATION OF Patronage

The Norris and the anti-Norrfs clements
OF the District Democracy VII open cam
Uaign headquarters at the Metropolitan
Hotel tomorrow. The anti-Norris men
have engaged the main parIor which ad-
joins on the west the suite Of rooms oc-
eupied by the Democratic Congressional
Committee. J. A Collins, chairman of the
Holmead Central Committee, viii be in
charge there, assisted by Charles ", Stat
er, DR.. ReigeI, and others. Contributions
for the national campaign fund viii be re-
ceived The headquarters Of the anti-Nor-
ris committee Will also be the headquaT-
tiers of the Bryan and Stevenson Club of
the District, which although recently or
ganized, already has a membership of $50.
1t is announced that the organization Of
coIored Democratic clubs is progressing
satisfactorily. A colOred political leader
who called at Democratic headquarters
said today that there would be a large
number of colored voters who would cast
their ballots for Bryan and Stevenson in
New York, New Jersey Indiana, Mary
land, West Virginia, and other States
which have been classified as doubtful.
This man said:
MANY members Of my race will vote for
Mr. Bryan in New York. The reason for
this is that Tammany has given TO COL
ored Democrats more substantial fecog
milton than colored Republicans have re-
cefved during the Administration OF Presi-
dent Mckinley. II is pretty generally
known to the colored voters in those States
where they read that when the Democrats
We're in control of Congress more colored
1aboreTs were appointed to positions at
the Capitol than when the Republican par
ty had control. Only mental positions, and
en- aF boa civ To nj
ored Republicans during the present Ad-
ministration. Our people understand that
the Republicans in Congress defeated the
bills to pension aged eX-slayes and 10 re-
fund certain moneys withheld by the
Quartermaster's and COmmissary De
partments since the civil war. My people
begin to understand that the Republican
party is the creature Of trusts which l,aaI
upon the laboriGg classes. This Republican
party has used the blacks of the South IS
political Vassals. and this is largely th5
cause of the race troubles in that section.
Among the prominent COLI red Democrat IS
in Washington are John Duke. L. c. Moore
Travis Gascoe, George Fisher c. Z.
Curtis, Henry Brown, Charles Stephenson
Douglass Moore, c. Charles, aad r. H
FIourney.
The Democratic Congress 0nal and Ma
tional Committees. through the German
bureau continue TO put forth efforts to
DFiGS the German vote INTO line ana InG
reports from all sections OF the country, il
is said. indicate that d high percentage O
German-Americans will vote for Bryan ant
Stevenson. It required months Of work OF
the part of many CLERKS to prepare tht
mailing lists The names were not OIL!
gathered by the German bureau but the!
were classified and particular charaete
OF literature has been sent and still g3e
to each OF the classes into which the Ger
Snan-Auericans have been sub-divided. On
Of the classes comETehends all the Ger
Inan-American Democrats who voted 70
Palmer and Buckrer in 1896. and it is sal
that another class cCmprehends those VII
have kindred serving compulsory terms i
the German Army. It is said that the pIa
of specializing the GeTman-American yoC
has been pracriced in other campaigns b
the Republican managers, but is not BEN
followed By the Republican management /
the pending campaign
Early this year the Republicans selects
well-snown German editor TO act 4
chief of their German literature bureau
a staff OF assistants was chosen. and wOT1
attempted before. Suddenly this Who'll
enterprise was merged In the General Lii
erary Bureau at Chicago, which PER-
Heath is to care Cor during the campaign
German Democratic workingmen's cluE
are being organized in many cities It ha
been said that the first three clubs organ
lied for the campaign OF 1900 we're Ger
man Democratic, and it is significant the
they were organized in Cleveland, Ohio