The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-10-03
WASHINGTON LETTER.

the way the democratic GonSIesslouai
campaign committee figures it out,
and in doing the figuring allowance
has been made for every reasonable
contingency Republicans privately
admit that these figures are very
conservative, and that they have
almost given up hope of retaining
control of the house, unless there is
change in public sentiment amout-
ing almost to stampede before
election day. Even the republican
congressional committee has not
been putting out any claim, except
in the most perfunctory way, OF a
republican majority in the house.
On the contrary, it's chairman, Rep
resentative Babcock, has been pre-
pairing his party for defeat. Among
the contingencies allowed for by the
democratic committee are loss of
seats in New York and Pennsylvania,
which the party managers in those
states are confident of saving.
Mad as the republican leaders are
with the lust of power and conquest,
and as determined as they are to try
to turn this liberty loving republic
into world couqueriDg empire
founded on no higher principles than
that which dominated the dark ages
of vonth-"might makes right
they do not dare to publicly proclaim
that purpose as plainly as Ex-Con-
gressman DUNCAN, of Ohio, once a
democrat. did in speech made 10
Washington, in which he attempted
to justify Mr. Mckinley and his i'm
perialistic policy in the Philippines.
The following sentence from MIR
Dungan's speech reveals the true
inwardness of the republican policy,
which they have been so apxiously
trying to conceal by general talk
about bettering the condition OF the
poor natives and Improvement in
American commerce "1n my opin
ion, title is fixed only by the survival
of the fttest, and that is why
America is going to rule the earth "
In other words, no peoples title to
their own country is good against
the greed and avarice of a stronger
country. Surely majority OF
Americans are not willing to enter
the 20th century championipg such a
document
Representative Livingston, OF
Georgia, thus sums up the attitude
of the two parties towards trusts
SIN a recent speech made by Senator
3everidge, this statesman says that
the republican party, as we'll as the
democratic party, is opposed to
trusts, only the republican party
proposed to limit and regulate trusts.
while the democratic party would do
nothing. Now. this statement was
made to Intelligent people If this
is so, how could Mark Hanna 60 to
Baltimore and get from the trusts of
that city alone $4,000, while Bryan,
even had he tried, could not have
got 80 cents. Senator Hanna has
said there are no trusts. He knows
and so does every thinking man or
woman that this is false Here is
evidence of the trusts This year it
takes SO per cent more wheat to buy
9 plow than it did last year. 1t
takes 20 per cent more corn and it
takes from 81 to 81 so month more
to live now than it did ar ago.
Why is this ? 1t IS because of the
truste"
How desperate the republican
managers are getting may be judged
from their having ordered the party
press to try to make political capital
out of the experience Of Teddy in
Colorado
When the navy department reject
ed the bids for armor for warships,
gut in by the armor trusts, and
announced that Secretary Long would
exercise the authority conferred upon
him BY congress to establish an
srmor making plant, if better bids
were no: submitted, it was predict
ed that the armor trusts would get
the contracts, if they made salts.
factory contribution to the republican
campaign fund That prediction is
in fair way to be verified Secre
tary Long has been dickering with
the agents of the trusts, and it is OH
cialy announced that he expects to
make satisfactory contract with
them for the armor. which doubtless
means that Hanna has already made
satisfactory arrangement with them
for campaign contributions
The Chinese minister TO the United
States having succeeded 80 we'll IN
getting the administration to act in
accordance with his private advice
has gone a step further and is now