The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-04
POLITICAL GOSSIP.

POLITICAL GOSSIP.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railway Com
pany has followed the lead of the Pennsyl-
news in the last days of the campaign.
The annual report OF the company was
published yesterday, showing fine rec
ord OF earnings for the year ended June
81, 1888. Probably no one envies Mr..
Cowen, the president, or the stockholders
OF the Baltimore and Ohio its fine sue
cess; but the comment of 1.-The street.
III washington yesterday was that this
gentleman is living up to his record as
the very clever head of a great political
machine by publishing the report just at
this time.
Probably the most strenuous" worker
In the Republican lists in New York is
Elias Goodman, the candidate for Con-
gress in the Fifteenth district. Mr.. Good
man has issued pamphlets in English.
German. Spanish, Italian, Yiddish, and
other languages setting forth the praises
OF Elias Goodman and urging everybody
to talk. work. and vote for Goodman"
Further than this he has provided stamps
which the bakers are FASTING on bread,
the butchers are tagging them on the
meat, and the saloon keepers are FASTING
them on each glass of beer, and each asks
only that those who read will talk. work,
and vote for Goodman" He has dis
tributed in the public schools little rulers
| which demand that everybody talk, work,
y for nd fhn
Of the wives Of the district have been well
supplied with text books on the care Of
baby and the children and many cooking
receipts. Each of these makes frequent
reference to the need of talking, working,
and voting for Goodman"
prominent F Street stock broker Is
! authority for the statement that specu-
lators generally in New York have been
taking advantage of the odds in favor of
| Mckinley to make large bets on Bryan
and Insure" them by buying stocks. The
Tammany people have undoubtedly put
up an immense sum of money on Mr..
Bryan's chances, and the reports are very
positive that they are confident OF sue
cess. At the same time, the Tammany
men are credited with originating plan
by which they fancy they can be sure Of
making money either way. 1t is said that
Mr.. Croker and his friends have been es-
pecially favorable to Brooklyn Rapid
Transit stock and that this accounts for
its recent great strength. The plan sup
posed to be pursued thus to make sure
money" is to bet 1 to on Bryan and
TO put the same amount of cash in stocks
on point margin. The supposition is
that there will be a boom in the market
II the Republicans win. so that the loss |
Of the bet will not be felt. On the other |
hand, II the Democrats are victorious |
there will be the bet won at the big |
odds sure, and little chance Of more than |
slight furry in stocks.
According to E. j. Ryan. a prominent |
citizen Of Manhattan, who called at Demo-
cratic headquarters last night, Roosevelt |
is losing three votes to every one that he |
makes in New York. III
Il was in Buffalo on Friday night" said
Mr.. Ryan, land saw a good sample of the
Rough Riders work. (which, by the way,
will cost him good many votes. A crowd |
of local men, who had ideas that McKin-
ley and Roosevelt were the whole thing
formed rough-rider outfit and assembled
to meet Terrible Teddy at the railway
station AS you may have heard, the can
didate was feeling grumpy and vented his
spite on the imprpmptu fire-eaters by alb
solutely ignoring them and driving off to
his hotel without even saiuting. There
was hot time in Buffalo that night, and
the streets were filled with the enraged
and Disguised cowboys, who hooted Roose-
welt into the ground. This in the face of
the fact that they were organized as Re-
publicans and were supposed to vote the
straight G. O. p. ticket. They will never
forgive Roosevelt for the slight, and.
see by the papers today have announced
that they will go to the polls in body
and vote the Democratic ticket"
1t would appear that the polished DR..
Chauncey NJ. Depew had contracted Roose-
veltitis through contact with the Rough
Rider during the present campaign in
western New York. A day or two ago
Democrat asked Mr.. Depew question
which the latter could not answer. but
passed over by remarking You have more
Jaw than head" This sally of billngsgate
brought laugh from the candidate for
Vice President, who was on the platform.
The buffalo Times" pauses for a brief
In its praise of Mr.. Bryan and
asks Roosevelt as to the whereabouts of
one Eagan, who supplied the Rough Riders ,
with embalmed beef So far the Repub-
lican candidate for the Vice Presidency
has failed to reply.
The Times Register" weekly news-
paper published at Salem, Va, comes out
In the current issue with a special notice
at the head Of the editorial column as
follows If such calamity should occur I
next week as the reelection of Mckinley ..
We shall continue to do business at the a
Old stand. and shall buy paper, type. etc. o
Just as often as we need them, providing r
Of course, that King William / will per-
nit US to retain our heads on our Shout +,
iers. This is not threat
Willard Peake, the President of the d
Maryland Democratic Association was
thoroughly aroused last night He was .
Indignant all the way through at the -
manner in which he alleged some Mary L
and people purporting to be Democrats t.
lad tried to impose upon the club. IT
lave been hard at work getting together u
unds with which to furnish tickets for -
leedy Marylanders who want to go home =,
o vote" said Mr.. Peake. I'VE have no .
rusts and very few men of means to call
pom and the subscriptions that have teen
eceived have come almost altogether n
rom workngmen and small merchants ~
Who are honestly interested in the per- ii
of American institutions. They a
ave done magnfcently and have given n
N TO |