The evening times., 1900-10-13
POLITICAL GOSSIP.
There are now ever $4,000 members of
the Commercial Travellers and Hotel
| Mems Antitrust League.

tells you that the trust is a good thing,
ask him why the Republican platform de-
nounces the trusts. If Republican
says that the trust is a bad thing, ask him
why a Republican Administratio allowed
mere trusts to be organized than were
ever organized In all the previous history
of the country.
What must be the judgment Of the
public as TO the financial responsibility OF
firm which openly declares that in the
event of Bryan's election work Will be
stopped on the plant it is now building?"
asks the Harrisburg Patriot" IF its
margin between solvency and bankruptcy
| is so small that the result of the election
for President can wipe ii cut, it would
perhaps be better for the commercial
world if its plant were never completed.
Charles W. Campbell, toe ~ell-known
correspondent who is with the Quay party
on its tour of Pennsylvania. writes to
friend at Philadelphia that the Beaver
Sage is being royalty received all over the
! Commonwealth 1T is impossible TO es-
! cape the conviction" says M. Campbell
that tie rank and file of the Republicans
| of Penn sylvania emphaticaIly favor the
! old man for United States Senator, ana
| that man. converts have been recently
made to that way of thinking from the
ranks of the insurgents.
Chicago has a Teachers Federation
which takes up some of the lis of munich
paI government and attempts to force
their reform. Recently the federation has
been looking over the taxable lists, fur
nished by great franchise corporations in
that city md finds that the returns are
exceedingly small. 1t is fgursd out that
/ while but a little over $32 ,0GH nG0 OF taxa
! BILE property are returned b. the assess
/ oTs, the value of the property Is over $2bS,-
I 000, COO. A petition has been fled asking
/ that the assessors be compelled to make
complete list, specifying the items on
which they based their returns
It has been arranged that TIE goid-head-
ed cane won by William J. Bryan by ball
| lot at the recent fair of the North Fifth
/ Street German Evangelical Church, in
/ Cecilia Hail, Grand Street Brooklyn, will
/ be presented to the Democratic candidate
! for President at the Hoffman House. A
/ committee representing the church, which
! will be accompanied by State Senator Nc
Carren, VIII make the presentation.
|
A poll of the Frederick special. en- route
from the Frederick fair 10 Washington
Thursday night, resulted: Bryan, 50; Nc
Kinley, 40; non-oommittaI 3. This poll
was OF those having votes.
Like the effect" says the Hartford
Times, 'of ice water gently trickling
| down their s9ines On a winter morning
must have been the sensations Of Mr.
Mckinley and Mr.. Hanna when they read
the endorsement which the Hon Benjamin
| Harrison had given them.
| Mr.. Harrison is positively OF the opin-
! ion that Mr.. Bryan ought not 10 be Presi-
! dent Of the United States. Therefore he
| favors the election of Mr.. Mckinley Flat
tering to the Ohio man? Well hardly.
Mr. Harrison wishes it to be under
stood that ne holds the same opinion still
about Porto Rico. He continues to hold
| that the Foraker law was a grave de-
parture from right principles-tke law
| which Mr.. Mckinley insisted on the pas
sage of after he found out that his orig
| inal idea of plain duty would split his
party wide open. Mr.. Harrison does not
| half American, and he does not believe
| that Congress has power TO govern Terri
tories, without regard to the Constitution.
AS for the Philippines, his silence is as
| eloquent as anything he could say. Still
| he prefers his own party to Mr.. BTyan's
COIlSGtiOH OF parties ana NOulu IdtleT see
/ Mr. Mckinley elected than Mr. Bryan
Myron b. Ferris, the Democratic can
didate in Congress in the Binghamton
| district, is making 4 vigorous campaign
The Republican State Central Commit
tee of Connecticut will meet at the head
quarters in Hartford, October IS, for the
purpose of considering the political situa-
tion in the State.
Representative Payne is making
speeches in TIE districts represented by
| Messrs. Russell and Sperry of Connecti-
cut.
There are indications, it is said, that a
satisfactory assurance has been given by
the Republican leaders to the brewers of
beer that Congress Will reduce the beer
| tax
Bishop McQuaid, OF Rochester. one of
the dignitaries Of the Catholic church.
upon the eve of his departure for Europe,
declared that he is in favor of Bryan.
| According to my views,'' he said I'VE
are drifting into the ways of European
complications l believe any addition to
| our territory a any great distance from
our shores viii be very detrimental to
the interests of this country.
| Il pray that that party will succeed
| which will best bring back to our for
mer state OF affairs. This country viii
be amply engaged if it attends strictly to
! its own interests.
The differences between the contending
factions of the Democratic party in the
Sixth Congressional District of Louisiana
have been amicably settled.
William y. Ccler. a brother Of Comp
troller Coler whom the Democrats of
Essex county, n. J., nominated for Con-
gress in the Sixth district last week, has
informed Col E. livingston Price. chair
man of the county committee, that he
cannot accept the nomination. The COM
mittee on vacancies fixed Upon Judge
George II, Lambert and he has already
signed a certificate OF Acceptance.
According TO the Arkansas Democrat
the commercial travellers of Arkansas are
for Bryan and Stevenson to a man.
The "Binghamton Leader observes
that the present attitude of Boss PIatt's
candidate for the governorship is the very
reverse of statesmanIike Out of public
sight and mind, he is organizing his cam
paign OF corruption and arranging tC
| place the Doodle where it will render the