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CAST.
For many year*, notwithstanding It*
well known repOblioen leaning, the
New Fork Herald baa been regarded as
a sort of political weather vane, .espec
ially in national polities, and its predic
tions and estimates in presidential elec
tions always attradt attention. The
Herald has Just sent ont a forecast'of
thh' approaching election whloh tickled
Till imiuLU JO- TIIB k .i therepublicandinitn'Ansely, for ltreally
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It you adverti«e In the Herald
it goes.
SATURDAY. OOT. 97, 1900.
■fauily.electoral votes this yepr, as be.’rfld
Ih'fflpa, yfijeTfinriild gives a ppli, whloh
eA, it says, In two* different
Tram special oorraspo^^entd. ip
t£e ! so,-called doubtful states, and from
iqgqlax correspondents and other cbpiv
neta-known to’Itie'practical newspaper.
.TUe,ptenlt of . these polls elects the
MdKtafay end Roosevelt tloket b/a ma
jority of 115 electoral rotes, or twenty
more than were oast for the republican
national tloket In 1890. Hr. Bryan
lb credited with a total of 10 leas elec
toral votes then he received four yean
ago. The ramming up is thus:
Total electoral vote 447
Neoessary to ohoioe
McKinley's probable vote.
Bryan’s probable vote 108
McKinley’s majority 115
McKinley's majority In 1896 95
Bryan’s rote In 1800 170
MoKtnley's vote In 1809 971
Here is the forecast made by state.:
No, of
Rleotoral
Stpte. Vote. McKinley Bryan
None of the republican managers oan
beat Senator Jones olaimlng.'
The Boxers are still np to their old
tricks of torture and outrage.
It Is difficult to tell who the band
leader is in the oonoert of the powers,
John Bborman diod without having
the greatest ambition of hit life grati.
fled. '
President Mitchell seems to be a hard'
headed ohap, but sometimes It takes
that kind to win.
The Hon. Olark Howell and the Hon,
John D. Little make a pair ot legisla
tive helmsmen hard to beat.
Japan has a new oabinet, with Mar
quis Ito, the shrewdest and bertot Jap
anese statesmen, at its head. <
The president has gona to Canton for
the purport of hearing something fall
with a “dull, sickening thud.’’ '
It is safe to say that no head tiit wore
a crown ever more uneasy lay than that
ot William McKinley Lies today.
The legislature it in session (gain,
and the editorial paragraphlsts of the
state Jwfifan old and familiar subject
to dfatir upou.
y,‘ ! Considering the length ot the strik^
: 'dp.the Pennsylvania ooal regions, there
has been a remarkable dearth of rioting
and bloodshed : ».»
Joel Chandler Harris^
to deliver a loot ore on jonrnallsbt'before
the English department of the Univer-
_ »lty of Chicago.
: Mr. Bryan, so far, has proved rather
n too mnoh for the Uttle fellows who per
sist in Interrupting him whenever h#
makes a speeoh.
The United States are leading the
the world In everything the.'leadlng ot
whioh carries with it any honor or nd
vantage worth considering.
On Nov. 12 the supreme court of the
United States will deoide two cases in
voting the question as to whether the
Constitution follows the flag.
A- Shanghai dispatch states that "the
Chinese imperial troops admit that they
■have suffered several defeats.’■’ This is
both surprising and refreshing.
It begins to look a little like the re
publican party will have to go. into tie
campaign with the additional handicap
of a prolonged strike on its hands.
Alabama 11
Arkansas...
California..
Colorado...
Delaware..
Florida....
11
BRIAR, THE MAN.
The republicans are working the term
"demagogue" over time In referring, to.
Mr. Bryan. However, they are hardly
blamable. The troth of the matter, as
everybody knows, is that MK'Bryan,’
both as a private citizen and M a' prihn-
lnent fjgurtyin, publlo affairs, is invul
nerable to the venomous darts fired ,at
him by the. republican- campaign, spell
ertf.Vhb are’obliged to grab at tflMws
In their Efforts to make even is semblance
of “riddling his record," a«;they are
pleased.lqcaWJt. ’
Mr. B7y|li^l|0wsvsg, rtn'snd dtps ig
nore these jipitefnl attacks.Secure In
the-knowlege of a ojeah 'record as py(-
Vate citizen and.publ/p servant, he pays
no heed to those who would be bis de
tractors, but continues to serve the
democratic bafMttes With a zeal and Of
feotivehezs that carry* dismay to the op
posing party, rendered weak and vulner
able by political corruption.
Thq/epulblioans can call Mr. Bryan a
"demagogue" to their hearts’ oontent,
but that doesn't make him one. What
he Is and what the republican oampalgn
managers would like to hare blrq are
two entirely different matters. He is a
pure, clean man,* and his methods are
likewise olean and pore. He is the tool
of no man or set of men In his party or
oototlt, and if the people eleot him
president, president he will be in fact as
well as in name. There will be ho
Mark Hannas under his table.
A SIGH OF THE TIMES.
Never in the history of have
there been’ as many fairs, ca/nji^V and
similar enterprises in all sectjl&bf the
state as are now either in ipa^jpnss or
about to begin. Cities, townaAhid-vtt-
lages have caught up t Jie str eSSWloa,
and it is being worked for all lain
it, We have yet to bear of oo4A which
failed -to-"oome^*[Jto specifltanou#’ or
proved serious^. disappointing.to ’the
pablio; .. ^ '* ' - r
- On this lino, thg Savannah Nowg-goes
below the snrfao& and tells why all the
Idaho...
Illinois.
Iowa....
Kansas .
Louisiana.
Maine
Maryland.
Massachusetts....
Mlobigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri.
Montana....,.....
Nevada
New Hampehlre...
New Jersey..
New York
North Carolina.....
North Dakota
Ohio
Oregon':
Pennsylvania .....
Rhode Island.......
Sooth Carolina..,,.
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Li Hong Chang is said to beta Pekin
now; but there's no telling when he will
■lip out and be lost sight of until he
sees fit to make known his whereabouts
again. ,
Mr. Stevenson has made a campaign
estimate. He oonoedes 188 electoral
votes to the republicans, claims 189 tor
the democrats and leaves ISO in the
doubtful column.
Senator Hanna now devotes his time,
attention and oampalgn boodle to the
dear people. After the election, no mat
ter bow it goes, it will (again be a case
-of “damn the people."
Total...'.'..
This is, vre believe, the most extraya,-
gant estimate we-have yet..seen for tfit
republicans outside the republican heudi
quarters, and it sb much at valance
with ail-’ Dbmooratlc claims and esti
mates that it will be interesting to pre
serve it for “reference after the eleolion.
It will be seen that it-gives n Maryland,
Delaware. New Jersey;-'West Virginia,
both the Dakotas and Indiana all ta
MoKlnley, while the - Democrats are
olaliniug these states as oertaln for
Biyan', f "
. The death of ex-Sonator and. ex-Seo-
rotary of State' John Sherman, whioh
aoonrred at Washington' yesterday
morning, remover 'from the stage
of 1 , life the most prominent
surviving ' pnbjio man of the war
period pf .tho .Sixties .and,of the- re-
oopBiraotion era that followed. - -He had
qmre to do than aujr ! other man now
-dee4.gr living With' tliA shaping of the
finanotf} system of fjie United States as
evolged during the last thirty-odd or
forty years. John-Sbermair Was joint
author ylth Thaddeus Stevens of the
Reconstruction Acir whioh divided "the
Southern stateg; jpto military, districts.
He proposed the refunding aot of 1870,
and to him more than to any other man
wae due'the'reeumhtion of : Specie pay
ment in 1879. Southern jreople have
never had any. love for either John'
Sherman or'hla brother, GeneralTecum-
■eh Sherman, since the War Between
the .States,- but the., names' of- both
these men will live in the history ot the
country. .
The village of Neodeah’a, Kan., yras
recently visited by a tornado, and at the
end of the exoltement a farmer living in
the vicinity stack his head oat of hie oy*
clone cellar and found that Mi oholoeet
field was oooupled by a strange hoose of
■mall dimensions. He oonld not identify
the building as belonging to any ot his
aoquaintanoea, and up to date all his ef
forts to do so haTe been unavailing.
RAISE LIVE STOCK.
The Hkrald has long been urging
the farmers ot this seotlon to give to tbe
raising of live stock the serlons atten
tion whioh it deserves ot their hands.
We have songht to demonstrate that
natural conditions in this favored
region of country are all that oould
be - desired to raise horses, cattle
and’ males successfully, and that im
mense snmB of mcney could be saved to
Georgia every year if the praotioe of
baying thousands ot dollars' worth of-
live stook from Tennessee. Kentuoky
and the west were abandoned.
Ex-Govetnor W. J. Northen, in the
oourse ot an artlole in the Atlanta
Journal, says, on this line;
"If tbe experiences of the part ehall
be improved upon and farmers ounttnue
and even enlarge the policies that have
been forced upon them by the long con
tinued low prloe for oottou, giving the
lande largely to grain, grasses and stook,
thereby redoolng the area for cotton and
improving the fertility of their lands, the
high prioes'fdr ootton will pontinae, the
productivity ot the lands will be greatly
increased and agriculture at the south
will be made satisfactorily and perma
nently prosperous."
That is mighty good odvioe to paste in
your hat for future reference, Mr,
LET’S HAVE HAY.
T-j^e Herald wonts to appeal to Us
Georgia'(hire add* carnivals?-have 'suc
ceeded or will s'ubeeed. The News says:
“Tljjjso fairs tlmt. have beep held
fodn’d at'tendance. and <; bnalnqss good,
and thoee that araiqbe held are assured
of equal suooees. What do these gath
erin’gs Indicate? 'That tho people have
time for amusement and recreation, and
the money .wittvV’hlah to pay for them,
The oonnty fairs -are beneficial
to the Bebtiona in whioh 'they
are held. They bring the farmers
together., for. .an interchange of
opinions ancT'experiences, and to see
what each has accomplished in the way
of fine stock raising and the growing of
farm products. They bring to the at
tention of the farmers, also, all of the
latest and most improved machinery ami
methods to be employed on the farms
They teaoh how to save labor, and how
to get tbe best results from labor ex-
ponded. It would be a fine thing if
there could be a fa'r in every county
in Georgia every fall "
Ip view of the generally admitted un
certainty oonoerning the coming na
tional oleoiion, the reports of eleotion
bets involving fahnlons Bums of money
shonld be taken with more than the
proverbial grain of salt. There are lets
of people who have snffioient confidence
in their political judgment to be willing
to risk reasonable sums in booking it
but there are limits to all tbingB in
whioh human beings figure. A report
lias just been sent oat from’ New York
that some astate fellow is-prepared to
wager 120,000 or more, if neoessary, that
he can name tbe states that will give
the republican ticket 2E0 electoral votes,
Now, had the report stated that the said
astute statistician was willing to wager
a reasonable sum that Mr. MoKlnley
would be elected, some oredenoe might
be plaoed in the story, but nobody be
lieves it as it is. Reports of the laying
of big wagers or offers to lay. them are
only made for the purpose of influenc
ing publlo opinion, but in the present
campaign the expedient is being ran in
the'ground,
ids, ' the haymflkf^s of Southwest
rgia—and it feels like it can call
im all its friends—to assist in making
fljetBaV Day feature of the Hay Day
fftnfval and Street Fair on Nov. 21st,
2jndpad JjSrd, a success. The carnival.
Idea now'’ 8b popular throughout the
country ^originated here in Albany,
where the first hay day carnival was
held, anti.. while we are adding the
popular general street fair, we muBt not
negleot the original hay day feature.
Let us have hoy and plenty of hay.
Let there be enough of the prodnot in
evidence to give prdminAhce to our
first love” Hay Day.
This year, as will be seen from the
premlumlist, whioh is kept etanding in
the Herald, the Idea Is to encourage
the improvement of the quality of the
hay made from our native grasses.
Evory haymaker, ought, therefore, to
be able ,to select a load of good hay for
an exhibit, whloh is all that will be re
quired. A premium is bIbo offered for
the best single bale of hay.
Again we ask oar friends to bring in
their hoy. Let’s have plenty of hay in
evidence.
Lord Durham and tbe leaser lights in
England who are' making things as
lively as possible for the American
jookeye do not seciii td be able to work
np the Indignation'necessary to secure
thArultng from off tbe turf of snob
ridusjfjdloftu, Maher and the Reiffe.
There iso, a spirit of fairness in every
trike British sportsman’s makeup, and
the'ttarhafn contingent will hardiy be
able to 'aooomplish its purpose. The
America^ jookeye have been having
things pretty mnoh their own way- of
late, but the English riders are copying
their methods and will, sooner or later,
overcome the disadvantage under which
they., now labor. It is possible that the
charges made by Lord Durham ,,are not
without foundation, but under the oir-
oumttauees" it looks very mnoh like
jealousy is playing a rather conepionous
part in the present, agitation.
. The Philadelphia Record, discussing
Porto .JEUpah affairs, ,says:- ’.‘What
Porto Rico demands is her fight, under
the Oonstitut'.on; and it is our duty, ae
it is our Interest, to recognizfe the right
MoKlnley in his late annual message
enjoined upon pongress as "our plain
duty” the recognition ot this right.
Why did congress trample on this in
junction and pass'a bill repudiating the
right, let place of recognizing it? And
why,.especially,.did the president him,
self turn around and unite with congress
in both of these proceedings? That is
what the people want to know. It is
what theg have a right to know; and
now, if ever, is the time for him to tell
Mr. Bryan made the woods ring with
Ms eloqnenoe and good democratic doo-
trlne as he swept across West Virginia,
and the republicans in that state are
more than ever satisfied that they are
doomed to defeat in the approaching
There has never been a presidential
oampalgn, in all the hlBtory of the
United States, where the clement of un-
ertalnty was as great as in the present
never-to-be-forgotten oonfllet. The esti
mates of political statisticians and the
campaign managers of the respective
parties exoite no more than passing at
tention, and the resnlt will be in doubt
until the ballots have been counted on
the night of Novembor 0th. The battle
is to be decided by the silent votes of
the men who are having little to say
but who are Watching tho preliminary
skirmishing of the campaign with an
lnteutneBs whioh indicates how deeply
interested they are.
The Philadelphia Press saysi" "The
announcement that the next quarterly
dividend of the Standard Oil Company '
will probably beat the rate of 12per
cent., making 50 per cent, for the year,
again call’s attention to the enbrmous
fnrome whioh John D. Rockefeller de
ceives from his interest in the great
trnst.”- It then goes on to eay that bis
share of the dividends oeolared this year
by “the parent trnst Is 111,780,000,’?'
while lie has received this year from
other oil trust interests various sums
aggregating (48,200,000. This, how- “
ever, does not embrace all of his income.
The Press calculates that from all
sources he has an income of (00 000,000
a year, or (164,303 for eaoh of the 865
days in the year. And yet Mark Hanna
says there are no trusts in the United
States I
Count Zeppelin’s airship, though still
in the experimental stage, has accom
plished more than any similar affair
ever before aohieved. On Sunday at
Friedrishshofen, Wurtemburg, tho
count’s ship ascended to a height of
three-eighths of a mile and crnlsed
about for a space of twenty-five minutes,
finally descending safely.
The New York Sun has become the
meanest and most contemptible South
hater ot al> the sectional journals of tho
North. It is now whining and snarling
because Robert E. Lee has been given a-
placo in the Hall c ? Fame.
There has been a let-np of mill bnild-
lng in the sonth within the last few
months, bnt the Inll is only temporary.
The cotton manufactories of the world
are just as sure to come to the sonth
as water is to Beek its level.
It is reported, says the Philadelphia
Reoord, that the iron masters of the
mfdland oonnties of England are bestir
ring themselves to prevent the award to
Americans of oontiaota for the extensive
railway and bridge ’oonstTaotion con
templated in South Afrioa. A oampalgn
Is to be organized to press the govern-
mejnt into favoring home mannfaotnrere
even though the American bids shonld
be lower than thoee of the BritUb-
Thd iron masters seem to have begun
their agitation rather late if it be
trne that a large number of locomotives
have already been ordered for South
Afrioa fkom the Baldwin Works. In
any event, it is not apparent in what
manner the British government could
interpose in the matter. The railways
of Sonth Africa are controlled by pri
vate companies, and as corporations
have no eonls they are not to be deterred
by patriotic arguments from buying
where they can get the best, qniokest
and oh'eapest service.
Says the Savannah Nowb : "Accord
ing to wliaf General Lee says In respeot
to yellow fever in Havana this season
yellow fever experts have not yet suc
ceeded in solving the yellow fever
problem. ‘These experts,’ sayB the
General, ’know praotically nothing
about the yellow fever germ nor where
it oomes from, whether from the sea,
air or ground.’ It is safe to say that
they do not kobw much more about the
disease than was kifowu a quarter of a
century ago. It Beams to be certain
that sanitation has not been productive
of the results that were expeoted.”
Governor Roosevelt gets on Mr.
Bryan's trail whenever possible and
seeks to destroy the effect of the latter's
campaign arguments by disseminating
republican, doctrine from the rear plat
form of his private coach. in ten and
twenty-minute doses. These who have
heard both the candidates’ speak or havjB
even read their speeohes in the columns
of the daily papers axe reminded of
ASaop’e fable of the gnat on the.bnll's
horn. Governor Roosevelt, ae a spec
taonlar side stidW for 'republican adver
tising purposes, is capable of attracting a
good deal of attention, but he is entirely
too shallow to be seriously considered in
Mr. Bryan’s class.
Captain General Weyler seems to be
as oordially despised in Spain as he was
in America during the memorable period
when be was the scourge of bleeding
Cuba. His appointment by the queen
regent of Spain as captain general of
Madrid has resulted in the resignation
of the entire Spanish cabinet, of wMch
Senor Sllvela was the head, and General
Asoanaga has been asked to form a new
ministry. His task is considered almost
hopeless, and he was loth to undertake
it.
An amusing inoident is reported to
have occurred at Hinton, West Vir
ginia, when Bryan passed throngh tnat
place on Monday night. An unknown
wo-nan in tbe crowd rushed at Bryan
and tried to- hug him. General St.
Clair, a prominent attorney of West
Virginia, wh6 resembles Mr Bryan,
was compelled’to act as his proxy. Tho
female admirer, of Bryan mistook St.
Clair for him, and before the man oonld
escape, she caught him about the neok,
and holding hifii, kissed him repeatedly.
Bryan saw tbekiot, laughed and hurried
■ -it,
away. : _ ■
Contrary - to predictions made ten
years ogo or thereabouts, the construc
tion and operation of trolley roadB has
not seriously disturbed the business of
the steam roads. Trolley lines are es
pecially numerous in Connecticut, and
The Hartford Oourant has been making
a study of their workings. It has found
by ah analysts ’of official reports that
while the trolley lines relieve the stBain
roads of s6m£ focal travel, they add to
the growth‘<6f 'cities and town’s and
largely increase the freight traffic 1 .
. Statisticians • may figure it ont that
Great Britain is no longer .mistress of
the seas, owing to the decadence-of -her
navy daring the last few years, bnt
other •nations will probably not be
In a hurry to -step iii and attempt to dic
tate to Britannia. Her Majesty’s.navy
may have gone to ruin on paper, hut on
the high seas it will probably continue
to amount to something for a good many
years to come.
Governor Candler’s annual message
to the legislature is a characteristic
doonment. It deals with live issues and
practical subjects in which the .people
of ;the state are materially interested.
He expresses his opinion freely on the
school question, the penitentiary sys-
tom and the question of reforming the
tax system. His recommendations on
these subjects are all on practical lines,
and the legislature will do well to heed
them.
Hanna's latest claim is that the repnb-.
licans will carry South Dakota and Ne
braska. He has not yet pnt Georgia in
the jdeKiuley column, though the eleo
tion is still a fall two weeks off.
"The Georzia Peach.”
From the Savannah Frees.
Those Delaware democrats are calling
Congressman Jim Griggs "the Georgia-
peaob.”
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