The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1910-10-27
POLITICAL CHAT
FROM THE CAPITAL
Especial to Silver State.)

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.-But a few
days separate us from the election
It soon will be all over but the shout
ing. The campaign work is nearly all
finished. There is only a week OF it
left. or at best less than two weeks,
and what has not been done and said
already might almost as well be left
undone and unsaid. The average vot-
er made up his mind a long time ago
how he was going to vote, and while
he may not be saying a great deal
about it, he is standing by his guns,
let the campaign arguments assault his
eyes and ears as they will.
Tt is an easy matter to learn how
the election is going. If you are a
Republican, merely cast your eyes on
the manifestoes issued from Chairman
McKinley's sanctum at Republican
headquarters. They will confirm any
wavering faith you may have. cts
all easy and sure,' says Mr.. McKin-
ley. "Why shouldn't the Republican
party be endorsed by the peoplef" he
will ask you. "Look at what the
party has done. Here are just a few
of the achievements of the Taft ad-
ministration:
ga revision of the tariff that has
changed a deficit of $5S, 900 900 into a
surplus of $4,000, 900; business de-
preston into industrial activity, and
access to foreign markets at minimum
rates without sacrificing our own.
"Millions saved in government ex-
penditures by economical ~administra-
ton and a reduction of $2S, 900 900 in
appropriations.
advanced railroad legislation, just
to both shippers and carries.
"'A Postal Savings Bank law as
President Taft says, creating an
epoch
"Laber legislation ~far-reaching in
Importance, especially in the interest
of human life.
"Two new states; a bureau of
mines; important conservation laws;
in short, a redemption Of more pledges
than were ever attained before by a
single congress.
GA record of economy and advanc-
ed legislation never before equalled
in the same length Of time. Wouldn't
it seem wise to continue the Republi.
can party in power9"
And then, by way of contrast,
Mr.. Mckinley gathers up a little am
munition dropped by the enemy, as
no doubt he had a right to do in view
of the large amount of ammunition the
enemy has been securing from Repub-
sources. Mr.. McKinley's in
spiration in the enemy's ranks happens
to be Senator Gore, who delivered a
at Dallas, Texas, in 1906, in
which he is reported to have said,
among other things uncomplimentary
to his party:
"The trouble with the Democratic
party is: 1t is a party of statsmen
craftsmanship, patriots with
out patriotism, heroes without hero.
ism. Their policy begets farmers
without farming, laborers without
labor, freedom without freedom
The Democratic Side.
On the other side, if you are a
Democrat and wish to have the faith
that is in you bolstered up, all you
need to do is to seek the chairman of
the Democratic national congressional
committee and let Mr.. Lloyd tell you
about it..
It may be admitted at the outset
that Mr.. Lloyd has every incentive to
feel and talk optimistically about the
situation. The pessimism pervading
certain circles of the opposition nat
urally but make Mr.. Lloyd's dreams
the brighter. He knows that he has
to capture but 23 districts now held
by the enemy. To him there is magic
in that number "23." He sees the
shadow of imperialism frightening the
public in the Empire state into re-
%nouncing the leadership of a former
president and turning the whole works
over to the Democracy He sees the
New England states following the ex-
ample Maine set in the recent cleo
ton. He sees not only the casting out
of the Republican representatives in
such normally Democratic states as
Tennessee, Kentucky, Maryland, Mis-
souri,, North Carolina and Virginia, but
he expects to make great inroads on
the ranks of the Republicans in the
New England states; in New York
where there are now IL Democrats to
25 Republicans; in New Jersey, with
only three Democrats out of a total
of ten representatives; in Ohio, where
there are already eight Democratic
members and thirteen republicans to