New-York tribune., 1900-07-27
NOTES OF THE CAMPAIGN.

wATTTRSON THROWS A BOMBSHELL-Coo-
mel watterson has exploded another bomb In the
ranks OF the Goebel Democracy by demanding In
The Louisville Courier-Journal" that Governor
Beckham call the State Legislature together at once
to carry into effect the hypocritical pledge OF the
Lexington Convention TO strip the Goebel Election
law of some OF is more odious and oppressive
features. we take II for granted" says the
Courier Journal" that acting upon the suggestion
OF the Lexington Convention. the Governor will
convene the Legislature In extra session to make
the needful notifications upon the Goebel law in
time for the November election. To concede the
need Of modlhca ton and not TO use the earliest oc-
chsion to modify It is not to be thought of either
by upright by sensible Such a policy
would expose not only to a murderous
fire from the guns of the enemy already placed.
but to a fire from the guns of a battery
constructed by ourselves and planted where 1t
could do the most hurt The admission that the
and the promise to amend it so thoroughly that the
most hyPereritical can md no excuse for charg-
of an election As modification Of the Goebel
law IS about the last thing desired by Beckham
and the other benefciares of the fraud perpetraed
at Frankfort last winter under it's cover Colonel
Of the Ieglsoture Is calculated to start anew the
the vague and empty promises of the Lexington
platform Crimes, like chickens, come home TO
confess its guilt by repeating the odious count
ing in statute or stand trial openly for the feonies les
unscrupulous author
BRYAN's SNOWMAN TACTICs.-Colonel Bry-
ans purpose to make a flying trip to Indianapolis
to receive official notification of his nomination for
President seems to THE Boston Herald" to SAVIOR
a good deal of the cheap and thoughtless methods
of the travelling circus Says THE Herald very
pertinently of political manoeuvres Of this doubtful
sort
,tsoGp Some Of the smart schemes devised by po-
1tical 1 managers with view to aTect the Presl-
We are told. for instance. that Mr. Bryan is to go
the announcement of his nomination to the Presi-
dency den because a. It Is thought that this may 9eit
can voters really influenced by such unimportant
doubt It. cerany # the G of MT
FOR be Pres6encY g one sae ne raher tban @
another affects votes, it implies that votes are
may make a speech that viii help him but he could
well make it without this formality. It does not
speechmaking our impression is that if any votes
away from home they are more likely to be
changed against Mr. Bryan than in his favor The
rather than spIurgings. in their public men
Shorter campaign speeches to be the rule this
year in Maryland. Says The Baltimore Sun" of
July "a:
A practical reform in the manner and method of
the campaign will be mad by both Bsmocrate
and Republican organizations. II recognized
the start of the biggest meetings petered
out toward the end because of the excessive length
was noticeable at meetings held at the Music Hail
il is said is TO have ali campaign oPators instrcEed
to make comparat lively brief speeches and to avoid
at all costs, tirlng the crowd. The programme will
be made shorter, and most Of the meetings will
hereo az % The sae nsSad des OF Win Il aPd nd @ oS0Gk @ as
the ward meetings. "
POLITICAL POSTERS AGAIN IN FAVOR.-A
Cleveland correspondent Of The Washington STAR
says that the political poster is again to play a
conspicuous part in the Republican National cam
ybo{ {-roar farI- Ia
respondent writes, 'is papered with fine new Htho-
graphs The chairman Of the National Committee
swings around in his chair he talks to visitors
and gazes fondly at these Autographs. They will
play as big part in this campaign as they did
in 1895 he says confidently as he discusses the
prospective ISSUES. They tell their story to
the workingmaH. and tell it in a way he under
stands. Having my attention called to these OBJ
ject Lessons took closer look at them. They
show factories steamboats, railway trains and an
the signs OF humming industry. The smoke IS
pouring out Of the countless chimneys the work
ingmen are carrying full dinner pals and every
oody is busy and happy. The flag is represented
IN an the pictures: There is. of course the por-
trait of President Mckinley with the design
the standard hearer Of pr6speritv Films e
bIematic designs illustrate the good times which
industry. There is something about the growth in
idea is that of the worksbops @ ana oGt Ut ne NAN
ana unity OF interests between capital and aborS
In
their desperate pursuit OF Presidential candidate
to head an anti-McKinley antl-Bryan anti-ino-
perlansuc movement, IL strange that the
promoters of the Plaza Hotel conference should
have overlooked an available leader already in the
field with a Presidential nomination. Eugene V
Debs. who has been put forward by the National
Socialist party, seems to be IN a frame Of mind
which ought to appeal to the projectors Of a great
anu-Republican, anti-Democratc upheayaI To a
friend IN Portland. Ne. Mr.. Debs wrote the other
day IN reply to the inquiry whether he proposed
withdrawing from the Presidential contest in
Colonel Bryan's favor:
The press reports about my proposed withdrawal
false statements quite early in the campaien 7
have no choice between the old parties They are
all against Socialism, and am against all OF them
Politicians with no choice between the old
parties" should have great difficulty In con-
tracing a new and congenial political bedfeow-
ship
CANDOR FROM ARKANSAS-"The Press
Eagle" of Pine Bluff. Ark. tells its readers in a
burst of wholesome candor that 1t supports the
Democratic-Po Populist-Silver- Republican candidate
from the Presidency from a sense of duty onlv and
in the lively hope that four years from now the
Southern Democracy may not be called on to
swallow another fusion coated political pill After
damning Bryan with the faintest praise "Tbe
Press Eagle says:
But he is Democracy's candidate for the Pres-
dency, and as such we hoist his name alongside or
that sterling