Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-10-29
WASHINGTON LETTER.
tFyom our Regular Oorrespondsns.)
Washington, Oct. 26, 1908.


Editor Pyess:-
The Ohio and Maryland cam
paien continues to absorb the in
interest of politicians and the pros
poets of the republicans in each
look bright. Senator Hanna has
completely regained his health and
seems to gain in force and enthus-
iasm as the contest progresses,
while Tom Johnson and Clarke
have worn themselves out. In
MARYLAND the republican factions
have buried their differences, at
least for the present, and are un-
tied in their attempts to rescue
the state from the German thral-
dom. This is due largely to the
influence of the President who has
shown such keen interest in the
state campaign. Senator Hanna's
recent attack on Bryan has caused
a good deal of amusement among
republicans here. He said, "He
(Bryan) has told that a panic was
impending. He ought to know be-
cause he helped to bring on one
panic. Bryan's visits to Ohio in
duced me to make a visit to Neb-
raska in 1900. spoke three times
in Lincoln, Bryan's own town,
and Bryan that year did not carry
his own precinct, his own ward,
his own town, his own county, his
own state. Mr.. Bryan has said |
would not dare to come to Zanes-
vile, because forsooth soap fac
tory had failed. Perhaps if it had
not failed, and some of William
Jennings Bryan's followers had
used some of that soap it might
have done them good" One of
the amusing incidents of the Mary
land campaign is the effortto teach
the illiterate voters, a large per-
centage of whom are white, how to
mark the ballot,as the new election
laws forbid any assistance in the
voting booth, except in the case of
physial disability. There will be
seven names on the ballot and
those who cannot read will have
great difficulty in marking the right
one. The negroes are well or
ganized and the republicans gather
them together in nightly meetings
to teach them to recognize the
word Republican" The greatest
difficulty in the past was to teach
them to distinguish between the
republican and prohibition names,
as to an illiterate orr and "P"
look very much alike. The white
illiterate democrats are ashamed to
receive this pubic instruction, and
many of their votes will thus be
lost to the party.
Republicans will have complete
control of theFifty- y-eighth Congress
which meets in extra session on
Noveber 8. Their majority in the
Senate will be twenty-four, and in
the House thirty. Many new
faces are seen among the members
whoarrive in Washington. Twelve
Senators will see their first service,
except for ten days extra session
of the Senate last spring. There
will be 11S new members in the
House, among them William Ran.
dolph Hearst who aspires to the
democratic nomination next year
Mr.. German will attempt to lead 8
united democratic minority in the
Senate and as he, too, has Presi
Dental aspirations, he will bt
watched more closely than usual
His resentment at the President
attempts to harmonic the republi
can factions in Maryland, together
with the fact that his brother ha(
been dismissed from u position il
the Treasury Department, will no
tend toward the increase of gooC
feeling between the leader of the
democratic minority and the Ad
ministration. Short, economical
and business-like, is the republi
can program for the extra and reg
ular sessions which precede tht