Arizona republican., 1900-08-28
THE ONLY DANGER
Is too Much Confidence in
 Republican Success
Chairman Hanna and Other Leaders Dwell on the Warning Note.-Mr. Bryan Ceasing to Regard Imper- ialism as the Paramount Issue.

gives his official indorsement as chair man of the republican national commit tee to the recent reports in regard to the prevalence of overconfidence among the republicans and business men gen orally. These reports, he said, were correct. Evidence received daily at re- publican headquarters in this city shows conclusively that there is a gen eral consensus of belief in all parts Cf the country, and among all classes, manufacturing. agricultural and com mercial. that Mckinley will be re-elect- ed. But this feeling of supreme and easy going confidence is extremely dangerous. as breeding general apathy.
 Harrison carried New York in 1888 by l4.000 plurality, and lost it by 45,0G0 in 1892. entirely through apathy. He carried Indiana in 1888 by 2,00O and lost it in 1892 by 1000.
 ON NERCONFIDENCE IN MAINE.
 Mr. Joseph H. Manley of the republi- can national committee who is now in Maine. reports an extraordinary degIe, of overconfidence there. Tn the twenty years that I have been connected with the republican organization in this
 
 messed such overcOnfidence and apathy as now exist in the republican ranks.
 Because the administration of Pres ident Mckinley has been so successful and the commercial and business inter ests of Maine so prosperous for the last three years. people take it for granted that President Mckinley is to be re-elelcted without an effort. This ion .a healthy one. Over-cOnfidence is a dan geroIs partner. It exists, l regret to say, throughout the country.
 While I have firm faith that the ra- publicans will triumph in November. they cannot win this fight unless tn V are aroused to the conditions which they must meet, and fight the contest as if it depended upon the casting Of every vote"
 Senator McCOmas also sends note of warning from Baltimore. The Mary land republicans are too apathetic. He predicts that If Bryan is elected there will be a scant but inevitable majority of two democrats in the senate and a very decided decided majority in March, 1903. I should be very glad to believe that there would be a repubi can majority in order to protect the country, but it is not so, and those who are making this claim are misleading the people
 BRYAN LEAVING IMPERIALISM.
 Latest reports from the west will have a tendency to chill the ardor of Boutwell, and the other "paramounters' of the east. It is to the effect that ha oh he ;S of imperialism, which, at Indianapolis, he declared in about 10000 words to be the paramount" issue. T notice." said Senator Scott at republican nat.On- al headquarters. this morning, that this rumor from the west has already been verified. MT. Bryan, in his open ing speech of the campaign at Wahoo. talked about silver and trusts and Por- to Rico at great length and cut off inn perialism with a few words only at the close. The reason for this somersault is, of course, that Bryan finds impsri- alism to be no good' as an issue.
 ''Opinions are divided at present whether Bryan's next paramount issue will be free silver or the trust octopus. The declaration of independence the rights of man and the consent of the governed, have been rather handicap ped by the new policy of his southern constituents in disfranchising some hundreds of thousands of colOred vot- CTS.
 BRYAN'S STOCK OF ISSUES.
 At this rate. allowing about two weeks for each issue in his platform. MT. Bryan will have just about enough
 
 Thus. September might be devoted to silver and the trusts, while in October the income tax and the supreme court overthrow might be made paramount. But the abandonment of 'imperia ism will be a sad blow to a number of de- serving anti-imperialis5 orators in this part of the country. who have just put the finishing touches to the speeches which they have been laboriously con- structing, and who are not as skillful in lightning change political g.ymnas- tics as Mr. Bryan. Several enterpris- ing editors in Massachusetts. Maryland and elsewhere. who have laid in quite a stock of anti-imperialist scare heads will also be much grieved. So will many of the party leaders notably MT. Altgeld, MT. Bryau's prospective at torney general, who is warmly attached to anti-imperialism.''
 MONTANA WANTS ROOSEVELT.
 Senatoa' Thomas H. Carter of Mon tana has written to national headquart- CTS expressing his pleasure at the pros pect of a visit from Governor Roose- welt to that state. He regrets that it is not to be longer stay, so he wishes to make as much of it as possible. The cowboys have such an admiration for the governor that MT. Carter declares they will gladly ride 200 miles on horse back to hear him speak fifteen minutes. He suggests, therefore, that Governor RooseVelts train stop at stations along the route as it enters the state, so they may carry out their plan of giving him a rousing reception.
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