New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-10-04
NOTES OF THE CAMPAIGN

NO BETTER THAN THE GoEBEL LAw.-rD.
Kentucky Legislature. called in extra session fo-
the express purpose Of passing new election Ian
has. after six weeks Of talk and caucusing s,,.
ceeded in getting bill through the lower braneb
which will be satisfactory 70 the advoca+-
Of honest elections than the GoebeI Law IS Tbs
new Dill takes the appointment OF the three r,e,,
bers Of the State Board Of Elections away from -
Legislature gives the Governor the power 10 nan.
two members. OF whom must be a Der,oc-,.
and the other Republican. and makes the eIerE
Of the Court Of Appeals. who Is a Democrat r.
third member. thus insuring a Democratic rnaior,,
OF one on that Board This State Board appotnt.
the county boards one member Of which must a.
Republican and the other a Democrat recon-
mended by the party committee and the third
member chosen by the State Board which Ufu
make these county boards also Democratic Tbs
precinct election judges and clerks 70 be chosen
from the different parties but by making the
Sherin a member of the precinct boards a Demo-
cratic majority Is assured on these boards arai,
IL Is not certain that the bill in its present form
will pass the State Senate. although that bodv
has Democratic majority. but IL II does and be-
comes a law Kentucky viii have no better as
surance or fair elections than it has under the
Goebel law
THE PREDOMINANT IsSUE.-The predominant
dential-is the reform Of the caucus. We shail no,
THIe political evils by 6otiqg bad ticket and get
an by putting the caucus under the laws OF cleo
a
IaidIL Caueus law registration as in secondary
eleeuons and long caucuses as in the general cleo
not from the top, but from where most reforms
iona i Sd m the ground door And it takes
old nuisance like the grogshop and the mob eau
the reform will come quite the same after the tsT
payers have suffered long enough to discover tSs
world and in the union Of the flesh and The devil
CThe Lewiston (Me) Journal
CHARGE OF THE HATPIN BRIGADE,
amusing incident occurred at Manhattan Kan. IN
the course of Governor RooseveIt's visit. There
was, OF course, large crowd present. and the men
had usurped all the points Of vantage. completely
obstFuetng the view Of the women. who were gath
cred in the In vain the pleaded with
the men to get down. They held their positions
and resisted all appeals. In this emergency one
young woman shouted TO her companions Try
your hatpins." In an instant every woman started
forward with her hatpin Ievelled at the offending
men. The latter hesitated. but only for a moment
AS they watched the steady advance OF the on
coming phalanx a panic seized them and they 1T
orally fell another in their EFFORT 70
escape. The Fout was complete. and the women
thereafter had the best seats in the house.
PLENTY OF WORK, BUT NO WORKERS
John Neiswanger. official of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad. was in Pana. H., the other day aad
made the following statement:
Four, years ago. the road paid 81 10 a day FOR
track labor, and limited to fifty men. / had my
away almost daily Now the company allows me
to 175 and pays 81 So a day and / am
hiring every mar who looks as If he could throw
a shovel Of cinders. yet cannot keep full force
going simply because there not enough appli-
cantS. l ended last week with 1O2 men The com
pany voluntarily raised my salary SD a month. 1
I y clothing just cheap as I could four
years ago, and aside from the advance in -four and
meat, living is just cheap as II was then
a CHARACTERISTIC NOMINATION.-NIsso
sends fifteen Representatives to Congress, and as
a result of Democratic gerrymander only three
Republicans The three from St Louis.
Democrats say they will gain Of the ST. Louis
districts by their nomination Of Jim Butler, who
is characterized by THE Globe Democrat the
manager of OF the worst haunts Of vugaTity
in the world"
EFFECT OF BRYANISM ON BUSINEsS.-The
Illinois Steel Company, employing thousands OF
men, has been compelled TO close its works tenn
porarily for the reason that so many OF It's Gus
toners are unwilling place orders OF any mag
nitude until after the election What are they
afraid of? What else can 1t be but the possibility
under any apprehension to what 70 expect
should the Republican party be successful They
know by experience that the faithful execution OF
Republican policies Is productive OF National pros
Deritv They have the amplest assurance that
under the Administration OF President Mckinley
those policies would be ably and devotedly sp-
piled to the advancement OF the Natlonal Weitare.
They are OF that, because they have as proof
and guide the unexam pied record Of the last four
years Those years have been nlled with achieve
meRts of unparalleled magnitude and value Every
pledEe made b. the Republican party TO the Nation
In the campaign Of 1896 has been abundantly ful-
filed The performance has. indeed. surpassed the
promise aud the way in which the country has
advanced along every line OF national develop
ment has Gistanced every record--CFhe Philadel-
phia Inquirer.