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VOL. XXXIII. NO. 41.
BRYAH'S ADDRESS
WAS MASTERPIECE
Speech Before Convention of
Democratic Clubs at In
dianapolis, Ind.
ENTHUSIASTIC GREETiNG
Bryan Again Turns the Force of H;s»
Xopic on the Indefensible For
eign Policy of the Republi
can Administration.
Cockran Speaks.
India napoil' Ind.. October I—The city
es Indianapolis toright presented a scene
«.f dctnori'ir festivity. Fr>m the var
! u I uiLlmgw In the business portion
American flip* and streamers of bnntlng
w»rv fiurur to the Lre.z*, while prominent
among th-* de,-orat!ons portraits framed
in electric bulbs, of distinguish- 1 leaders
of the dm •cracy were displayed. At S
o’cl k ; parade of hM th- democratic
clubs and d 'evitc3 marched through the
ttrvets while ihnv inlt of people lined
tl s!«*. walks and cheered. The display .
of J»-m.vratlc enthustx tn was rendered i
r-ior" pr« t.nU-.us by th— hundreds of |
<sr» k i re candles bum I along tho city ;
tl ... • ups tn addition to the skyrock- !
»is and otl.< r fireworks In profusion. The |
risy Wits entirely in the hands of the dem- .
ivft:!.-. The multiplicity of trar.sparen
« • in th- parade and the various col-
< ■ i uni m- >f the different deni-cratlc
, iut-s ju.a -1 gr> ally to the rpectacular
rjlendor of th- cccaalon.
Tl - pt vamm : r tie opening session
of the ioi.v<-.U»n as ofltel.Uly announced, i
was ch-tm-.d Ja-t prior to the hour of
meeting. 1- ri lent \V. R. Hearst was eg- j
)-ect« J to be - tt» preside, out tel- ,
egrarhed that he was t’l and unable to ,
atten.L Tl corv ntlon was therefore
called to order by Senator James K.
j—. « >t -i ■ ■ ' t! democratic na- ‘
v :
con< wl’ch was tab fly responded to hz
J ii. K<-. of Canton. “!>!•• S-nator I
’ • 1;. < panta* the omvi nll-n. said.
, lent H-arst.
v' hi-■ I** "i at iv • lab'v detained from I
• . • r 1 h ve I ei» r- .•••-(. I to
. .t' • • - t.. nio ••rd- r I I do so ,
• w • ks •
< i • 1 •n •• g -dr I an-l have been 1
I nt the rate ts I
, r id v. in ■ I th. re a- n*w by »r-
S 9 det -r • :••■ <'•'•■ with an
r-v :• . r- . f n than tap- ,
. I . -•-•• y z- -• in all it; • states
«.< this With an organization of ■
tl f. k « - - t t ' m re than two ;
tr i,«i .r d-t • ’.•-r■•tshlv organ- i
t... • • ».«• t,. <-• <— 7
’ work in their I
; nt!. there ean be no '
. - ’■•.«■' t. jby eie't-
: ' : • • - rip rary chateMßß.
H ’ -v.
j. i.r. rd i- ita -••• etark, and
M'-te-n I’. K In-bar .ap sergeant tt
At «•' J- ••••nre .Vital E Ft'vrnron was .
r .t' I int *he I. .11 by a bnd and his
tii- ’ -c- - nt Hi.- r -v. nf..n Into a
|i..nd- monsurt of applau.- TL- d- mon-
• tr;n ■ n - •• t I for time after
an the t
i while h- 1 I not int. nd-.l
t« sp «k, | ■ finally yl- i" Ito the clamor ;
■" !’• w f’ it« I nk you for •
tl.t ■ .-r.il ■> v - tie- I w , n.»t un- |
I < I ;t--
tiwt.. in .o • • wt’h the p-.-gmtnme. |
I w.l! h ■< ; • ss -• m- I
’I !•• ‘v ’. « ?r.!s n ''f j
r.-l - I J-- U demotic
«3-
•i ‘ J 5 .tn ’apw! of the 1
stat, of Wa n . « r
Areonlltl- ■ r r in me. Governor <
Me 3 - . was to
have be- n *h.« c eluding speaker but ;
while he wrs present a oettvy v.ld ren- I
-• I not at- i
tempi to speak.
The corn - ntlon at 5 o’cl -k took a recess I
till after the par •at
Bryan’s Masterly Address.
Tnd'aiupolfr. Ir !. Ort er 4.-The hall '
tn which roe n ’ .- d the National As-
tl r r _• d with people d-:rtne the after- ■
tl -nn. ' "O ' etng pr ent. but ns
- - - hr, nt of I
f a*** th** hall tl mm • i to
f - • n Afrr a»’ 1 Stovrnmn had .
ron •i f; i J.a-’--« II S ver. fan. ex-gr.-«nd
mart -a kman of the Knights nf Ua
h<?r. spoke deafing with the worktaguMUi
fr m a ;> iUttaa! rd tndpolr t. Hr said la
bor I« the four : .-lon of 1 !>ertv In all the
w rid.
There wag a w!Td shout of cr retina n
Mr. Bryan appeared, end this roon d”~
vr' r* I In’o a d- m »n«trat!on. which c-.n-
x minatea until, tn- I
deed, there w»« a call far a cessation 1
from Mr. ilryan <ejf. The snoeeh was
liberally applauded throuchout and when
it K?s con duded Hr re was a rush tn the
stage on the part of those In the athll-
• • eg. who wished t with I
him. He. how« v< r. av-id-d this demon
strat! n and soon f an 1 his way back to
his hotel Mr. Be ui sj-k. follows:
"Mr. t ..airman. Judies .and Gentlemen— |
I am here not because I am needed <Ap
a d laughter), hut l.e> -m.e ] want
t<> be and because | am glad to meet you. !
fltenewed applause.) You have heard
th'-- afternoon from rnr distlngu'shed
co!'' ague pn the ticket who disputes the ‘
snyuisr <>f Nestor when he •-•>!» •Gained
tm at the same time: that the gods
w'tn’ -l* the visor of youth when they 1
gave tii wisdom if age. | think v>u will
agree with me that my colleague Is ah’e '
t<. c- t.ith the vigor of youth with
the «i -•••m of ag*. (Applause j
"Hut I apprec ate t ',«• work done and j
bt ng djne and to l-o done by this as- '
•odatlon of democratic clubs, and I ap
preciate the energy, the enthusiasm nnd
the ability displayed by Mr. Hearst, the
president of thi»i association. (Applause.)
I believe In these clubs. We need them.
1 We need clubs far more than the re
| publicans need clubs. In fact, my friends,
the work of democracy, being a work for
I the people, must lie done by the people,
i (Applause.) Machinery Is not sufficient;
I we need these clubs to aid In the work
! and to supplement the efforts of our
national, state-rfnd bs-.-ri organisations.
We need the c!u{>s to help us coll -ct
money to carry ion our campaign. The
republican party, can get its tnoii'-y from
the corporations which plunder the peo
ple between campaigns In return for tho
money contributed during campaigns. Tho
republican partv does not collect mopey
for Its national campaign from one re
publican out of a hundred nnd when the
election Is over ninety-nine out of I'd re
publicans have nothing to say about the
running of th" government.
Opposed to Dodgers. ,
•*T bee you to spend every possible mo
mint between now and election In secur
ing th- Xlctorv for those principles which
you believe in ami for this cause w *"< "
you have so earnestly espoused. The
republican party is not prepared to meet
tho Issues of this campaign. The repub
lican party Is today dodging, running
inom nearly every issue In the campaign.
When thov starteil out they said the
mon. v Question was the question of para
mount Importance. But, my friends,
they found that when a man says that
uuestlon of money is more important
than a question of government he at oin e
arouses suspicion and people begin to
wonder whether he thinks a dollar is
more important than a man. I'hink ot
trying to make th ■ nnm'y question Para
na util sn this campaign. V hy, my
fri-nils, when the money qti stlou was
paramount in IMrt we found the republi
cans trying to make the tat Iff the para
mount -->ue. They said, let us ofien the_
mills instead of the mints, and the first
thing they did when they got into power
was not to reform the currency, but to
I r. form the tarifi and give the mon who
••! tain* d the victory a chance to run
tli« ir Lands deeper into the pockets of the
t oi-b. Now wAn-n tin- questions of hu
nt; n ra"e arid human liberty are at stake
•,i>e republicans*gay-the money question
iis tliv paramount is me. Tltej were
■ afraid in ls:»> that we were going to have
a ;*>-« •nt dollar. Now they have givett
us an Nil per cent clilsen in i’orto its •
..nd th. v don't dare tell us what ]>« r
cent ot citizenship the Filipino Is to have.
h. line* they said wc could iv-t b ire •
dottide standard of mofiey. Now they
think we can have a double standard of
government, a republic here and despot-
j ism in the Philippines.
They said in 1896 that we dould
not maintain a parity between a
white metal and a yellow. How can
they maintain a paifty hefween a
white citizen and a yellow subject in
the Philippine liiand-? They find
that It Is tor. sordid a doctrine to say
that the standard of money you have
is more important than the form of
government under which you live.
"Ard yet. mr friends, while they can
not tow boast of the supremacy of th"
| mon.-y question, they ar- not prepared to
: m< ot the other Issues. Mr il.anna Fays
ther- ..re no trusts. That settles that
O-. Hon. lie oi -.-ii- to .i-k bin vll .
Ex. rv wife kn >ws there 1- a tru-t. 1 h<-
•mlv trust that nnr r*publ'c:m In th*s
•■••untrv s«-enis to know alsiut 1« tho !• <•
tnis- and the r< publicans don't know
I much about that, for if they did they
w in d know that cv< ry stockholder 1- a
Lreanldlcan. If they kmw more als>ut the
g that
was «■ •i.-'i:»-l to the pisiple of New York
and If tl "v knew that they had gov-
•rt >r of the state of Xow York, a man
who would not l«t anv harm com- to hi
p- otde. they would know there would be
no l< • trust th re or th- governor would
kill it.
"Tii" republican party says there Is
ot: -t-on of m.iitar tn and yet an army
four : m< s as yri-ut ,<s the standing army
••f ?s demanded by the pr- sidenl
n>ssng" of he mli'-r, I'-'!-. How much
do we spend for education in the I’nlt- 1
Sat <? !■• than $? '••• .. > a x. r.
II- w much do th<- n pu’e' alls want t -
s;er,d on military cstnblh btn> tit ? tine
hutair-d million dollars a ye.<r. What d->-
i m« tie r ason is th- r- for a largo annv?
To protect us from th- Indians? No. the
I led at;« we have the nv r.> nrmy the
I repabllenii party u tuts. Why do they
i want it? So that th- v can build a fort
i near cv. rv large city and use tho army
. to -unriri » bv force the disedht t t that
' outrht to i.«. cured by r»medial 1- aislatlon.
I tAt> daitsc.t
Asks for Bread. Gets a S'.cne.
! "Tlo- laboring man asks for arbttra-
I tlon n- d gets a l-i’-gc army; ho asks re
lief from bv Injunction and
1 m ts a large army* he asks for shorter
i hours of labor in ord-r that he may have
m->r-- tlmo with his family and for tho
development of his mind, and his answer
i Is a large army.
He risks for representation In tho pres
ident’s cabinet In order that lubor may
j la* protect- d and his answer is a large
i armv. That is the domestic reason which
i Is not given, and yet It Is n reason en
| tertalned by many. (Applause.) What
1 is the reason— they nay we need It for
! our foreign policy, but, my friends, they
• asked for the army before the American
people had ever decided upon a foreign
nohev that made a large army necessary.
i What does It want with i;? It Int-is to
i exploit the Philippine Islands, and It you
want to understand the reason for a
’ large arms read th" prospectus Issued
I bv the Phillt p.nc l.umiier ; nd !>>v lop
ment <?om->any. You will find that at
th.- h. ao of th-- company as pn Went,
• stands a r- publican member of congress,
’ who is the chairman of Ute army com-
ntittce of the h ui " ot representatives.
; . .. . republican congt sman <•
. torner I .r th eomfstny, and the pros-
• o i l- -hows that already valuable tlni-
I, r lands I -vo been secured, and the
i. ctus ;..so explains that the labor
. !. ;;1 ;; . ..s;|v So,V.si !•• HIS - ther- '
a •ii.aiitilv of tlilnee labor there that
can !“• employed at from to 7a cents a
dnv In M x: ani money. Wlmt do you
want an armv for? To hold the Fhtllp
|. !.. S wi>ib- ihev are being developed by
svndicati s ’•••aded by republican politi
cians? f Applause.)
’•The n-i'-ibltcans say now that th« rea
son w are in tin- Philippine Islands, ’he
reason our l> «ys are dying, the reason a
large arm-.' is necessary, the reason w--
■ annot come home is because I it- lp*-d to
r;.t fy th" treaty'. (Ixtught- r.)
Too Much Honor for Ona Man.
"My friends, I want yen to o back a
few m iments and you will find that the
r<,nbl!ean party raid we were In the
Philippine Islands Iw-cnuse of the act ot
! tied, and It is a great entne-dewn fr in
God to me. (Laughter.) If It Is the
hand of G’»d that takes ui to tho I’hlllp
i m<- islands, whv do ti>e yopuMlcans
x nt to lay !• n n fietno -U ? Tt»« ■’
, tls.m to lie Fil -nt partners with the
\ but the tro bte ta that they
make all tho noisq, and thus far the Ai
r.i.gh'y has teen the silent partner. Tin y
say t; at th" Fill-iincs would lav down
th« Ir rm« but for Ute t.o|»e they Lave
that I m«y is-< !e< ted. My friends, when
ever republican tells y«,u that, you tilt
I in th it th- colonists fought tie s ini"
battle the Filipinos are lighting, and the)’
did it tieariv one hundred years before l
I was liorn Tell them that the republic ot
I South Africa fought the same light bc-
Ifore lids question ever arose in American
politics. 'Jell liicin that Hie Jubans .vag
••d war for thirty years to secure the same
l.iglits before there was ever an anti-
I in perialist parly in this country, or ever
' need for-such a party. Tell them tiiat tbe
Fiiipinos issued u declaration of inde
jandmee pattern's! after ours before the
question ot imperialism eVer entered into
An < rican politics. tAjipiiu.se.) My fi lends,
they do mi too much honor when they
bay that 1 am r< -ji msible for the r’lil-
I'lnos' hrttr d sot fori ign doininatict;.
I ntil hum in nature is entirely ehangetl,
people In Id in bmida.-'" will rise against
it whenever tii Te is a prospect of success.
Gid never made a ra> • tiiat would wel-
a for ifin master, and MHD yt trs
from now. no mat.er wlmt party is in
power, the Filipinos will hate us and
stand ready o rise against Us if we at
tempt to lioid them In vasealago ano tax
them without consent.
•'When all men ire created equal, wo
can stand upon that and demand our
rights, but the moment wo abandon It
etiry m in has to carry his pedigree with
him to t l.ou that ho l.e! tigs to the w'H
born class. The republican party is fol
kwing the fi i its of mon:.r hy. It do's
hot propose a kii.g. but it p-oposos a prin
ciple upon which only a king can stand.
If; does not propose a crown, but ii pro-
Ip< s<s a doctrine that can lit n .thing but a
j crown. Th.- republican partv has done in
| ol'rto Rico Jud what England did In this
[ country, and our president is doing today
|- just what George HI did. Wnat dllTer
•etx" does ft matter whether you call him
presld -nt emperor, or king, if lie ad
ministers to thi; power of a king?
Doctrine of George 111.
"For what doctrine did our forefathers
die? They died for the doctrine that
there could be no taxation without repre
sentation. I was- lunaz' d win n I found
that the republican party had taken an
English pre for giving baek to the
j.ioj'le of I’orto Rico the mon.-y taken
from them by taxation. Don't you re
member how the president and th" repub
lican leadrs said; 'Well, we will just give
tin ni back this money, and s; < nd it for
their own good in ol’rto Hico.’ Let me
call your attention to the fact that the
congress which < onveaed in 1771 appoint
ed Mr. Jay to prepare an adilress to the
people vl Great Britain. He pn pared it,
and it was approved by congress on the
I Ms I day or Oct >her, 17H, ano in that ad
dress jou will find these words;
I " Tbcse and many oth -r impositions
I were laid upuu us most unjustly and un
! constitutionally lur Hie express puijiusO
1.1 raising ;he revenue. In order to
|slkn>e complaint, it was, indeed, pro
vided that tins revenue siioul I le ex
pended in America lor its j r.iti cti m and
" Ln-.. Th ■ >a.i lions, huwev.'i', can
■ receive no Justilication from u pretended
H- esslly oi p. .ilecliiig and rtefeinlhv; us.
I Tin >■ ate lavishly squatn! red on court
favorites and ministerial depend-nts, gen
erally .i. »wed . n-i.iies of America, who
< mpioy tiieinselvi s by partial n-pr -senta
t’oii to tradii' •• an I embroil the < <?lonists.’
| “Mr. McKinl 'y himself, in a Fourth or
Jiny sp -. •ii al C .i. j;.i live y ears ago
last .July, speaking of the authors and
' sit'ib rs of the de-'laralinn of imiepeml
,< u . and the eon. titut.on, said.
" ’Th> / built nd only for th' mselyes
liu* f -•* '-•tfti’y Ni • ' .. r cs-
nl v ; . tn ir s icr.ii. ■ s an i struggles,
but for all ti ue thereafter; not for Amer-
•c, colonists only, but foi the whole
human rac. , win rever men and women
| ar.- . tr . gling f..r higher, freer ami bet-
All men have equal rhfhts
guar.iitt.ed by our e.mstiiution and laws
ami that i-qn llty must he forever pre
rv' .1 and strngth• tied ami everywhere
r<s".gtdzed. W e are all Atm ricans; we
re all si.vercigi'S, < qual in the ballot and
that « il. :i is the best who does ills best,
who ! the light as God giv.-s him
to • the light, who concedes to nil the
ru'. of mankind what he claims for
himself.’
■ | . not beter describe tho fall of the
r.'p'O’b' » i ■i■ \ . I cannot better picture
it <l. im-i'alizatl.m; I cannot lietter de
rib.- i . eeini.lete surromb r to the doc
tri: s tl t underlie monarchies ami em
plr and de jmt 1.-ins, than to tell you
th i Ii n a king dies n republican presi
• ■ . i mi ■ message of condolence,
but tn . i wh. n the Boer republics expire,
iio republi. an slv-ils a tear.
’W . w nt thi nation to be among tho
nations a ■ and example. I go in-
to a nimininil i and roe some gray haired
patriarch wh. ■ lite Is so ui.rlght, whose
conduct I lust, that people . übtnit to
him th. Ir dll', retires ami abide his Jtldg
\ i wh n I >uch an one, T
am r. minded of the words of Solomon*
• i i rti be chosen 1 han
t re h- and loving favor rather than
lv. r ami gel t ' I w .nt tills nation to
, ,g the nations, i
. - • ■ ! •>•. .i rt ,t to he
and upright tlint 'Alien other nations
oe irn 1, In tea.i of calling out great nrm
ki each other, they will say,
n to the I’ntted States;
tin v < in In- trusted.’ I want this nation
to I ea p no ni.aki-r among the nations
ami th. -i ft will «am th< reward promised
Im acemakt r. *blessed are the iu ac<-
>i aL'-r- t>■-■ t! v shall be called the chll
dn n of God.’ ■ ’
Bourke Cockran Speaks.
TL" e..m hiding session of the convcn
ti< n saw a densely- parked hall and ram
pant <'iilht.sl.asm. Governor McMillin, of
T<urn s.-e, called tin- meeting to order
at K o'clock and Introduced Hon. Burke
Cockran, who was received with great ap-
I plattse.
Mr. Cockran devoted his speech to im
perialism. He said In part: .
•Nobody can dispute the fact that con
gress can seize any territory that it
chooses. Ts the taking of tho Philippine
islands be protitable, and If tho mere
fact that it lie profitable makes it Justi
fiable, thin where on top of this earth Is
there a piece of territory tiiat we ought
not to secure? (T.nughtcr and applause.)
"There an- a million reasons for taking
Canada. I do not think there is one for
hesitating to anm x It, providing It could
be accompli lied peaceably. ”111' annexa
tion of • '.•••tad.) Is Hie dream of every pa
triot. I think it an event of tho future
almost as certain as anything that can
tn- fm c :-i.'il. lie auexation of Mexico
is not an improbability.
"Ti e anm xntl.in of South America Is
not an imn.'ssibillty. The annexation of
Chli.i would b. a less fanciful suggestion
now than the annexation of tile Philip
pines would have In en three years ago.
■ ■. : Nay. more. Tic re ta u,i
more abumlant Jiistitieation lor the tak
ing of t'lii la tii.in f. r the taking of th
-I’hilippim s. ''llina hns at least insulted
our dignity in Hi. person of our ambassa
dor. Tile Fili-.lmis have never done any
thing except serve us on the
th-lil of battle and risked their
lives and blood for us. (Great
applause.) If We invade.! China and if we
eonquer.'d it, we would b>- punishing ene
mies. In ntvmpting to subdue tho Phil
ippine is..imls w- are butchering our al
lies. Tile,'. s::v that tiny justify the tak
ing of the Philippines on tile ground tiiat
they ar<- close to China.
•'W hy, tin :> are not half as close to us
. . So that L\ ©very nr
gunr'iit that can bo made for the taking
of the Philippines we are bound to take
•'lilna. Now. if congress has the right to
erect In any territory newly acquired
whatever form of gov . rum. nt it pie is. s.
We may have the president of the I’nlted
States exercising more multifarious du
ties than I’ooli Bah. the hero of Gilbert
and Sullivan's opera buff. t. He may’ be
mode a constitutional inomireh in Can
nda. a captain genital in M< xieo, a pro
eoiisult in South America, son of heaven
in china. I know not what < Isewh. re.
(I.auglit' r ami applause.)
"If coiign ss can establish .an extra con
stitutional p«iw r In the Philippine islands
and govern as it pleases, it can establish
differ, nt forms of power in just as many
different places as It can secure by the
use of brute force ami might.”
At the conclusion of Mr. Cockran’s ad
dress, at lo:10 p. tn., the convention ad-
I jounc'd sine die.
ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, OCTO]
ONE MONTH MORE
THEN THE n
Campaign Issues and the
Political Outlook Care
fully Reviewed
MANY DOUBTFUL STATES
Some Elements of Doubt Enter Into
the Situation In All of Them.
The Electoral Outlook—The
Possibilities of a
Landslide.
By Jos: Ohl.
Washington, Octob. r fi. -(Special.)—Joe
Manley, of Malm, r nil.er of the re
publican national con uittee and profes
| Monal politician, whose chief claim for
fame rests on ids 1 ■ ordinate .scuttling
from under tha Tom Reed "boom" in
1596 which earned for him that worthy’s
famous "Tho Almighty hates a quitter”
sneer, has settled everything. According
Ito Joe, nil is over I. tt the shouting.
With his little pern il he hns figured out
tile certainty of McKinley's re-election,
giving tho democrate scarcely enough
electoral votes to pr< ve that their party
has been in the light. Joe is considerate
etjough to concede t’.at Bryan has a
chance to get a few votes in tho south,
lint as to every’ other part of tho union
he Is certain tiiat It Is going to imitate
the example of his own state of Maine
which wont
"Hell bent
For Governor Kent,
And Tippecanoe
And Tyler, too- ”
With, of course, and Roosevelt
substituted for the oldtlmers in Joe’s ver-
I slon ot the rhyme
I The democrats, A«o, *’ n't
i host of a sign •’ •' ’ i ■ tu’>;
'no doubtful > mt. ■ !■ iryt'ifng is sot-
I tied and all is over but the shouting
which Is to greet the rep ibllcan trium
phal car.
Claiming Everything.
The picture is a prety one for Joo and
his compatriots. Thorn was once a dis
tinguished political leader of Ohio whose
reputation rested largely upon his ten
dency to "claim everything will) confi
dence” and the man from Maine Ims
evidently determined that there is fame
in imitation. How much of ills roseate
predictions he believes it is hard to say;
but tho hard work being done at repub
lican headquarters nnd throughout th.
country proves beyond question that
Chairman Hanna and his committees do
not by any means believe that victory is
| certain.
And of course It is not. It is Just as
uncertain today as It hns ever been,
and It is going to remain uncertain until
th" votes are counted
About the only thing certain about
American polities is that it Is a very un
certain quantity. The record of presi
dential conte: Is since the war shows
tiiat no president has been given two
terms in succession save General Grant,
and ids sec<md election come at a time
when things were so one-sided that thero
was no real use in an opposition ticket.
Slpce then, the American public has been
a decidedly fickle quantity and no presi
dent has been given two successive
terms.
A Lot of Doubtful States.
McKinley may break tiiat “hoo-doo,”
but it will take the count of ballots to
. decide that he hns done so. Just now
* there are a lot of doubtful stat* ■■. These
states will belong properly to the doubt
ful list until the end of tin? contest and
all the predictions of political leaders
concerning them will not remove those
doubts. Men possessing greater or less
knowledge of conditions in those states
will keep on predicting and giving rea
sons for their predictions, but all the
' predictions on earth do not make acer
! tainty.
In more than one contest some appa
rently little thing hns happened to ma
terially affect the result. The bad break
of one man who was his firm and sin
cere supporter and who thought he was
doing the wise thing furnished the final
blow to Blaine’s prospects in New’ York
nnd placed the electoral xote of that
state in tie Cleveland column. There is
more than a month remaining before the
presidential election and any day of that
month may develop some republican
r break to Inforce those which Mr. Hanna
lias already made and in combination
with those Hannalsms make many
votes for Bryan. On the other hand, there
is, of course, the possibility of disastrous
breaks by democratic leaders—t hough In
all honesty It must lie admitted that none
have happened as yet.
No Certainty at All.
There Is no warrant for predictions of
tho Manley kind on either side. By the
same token there is no sense in demo
crats going about conceding that “Mc-
I Kinlev Is sure to be elected.” Thero
are a lot of such democrats in the south.
They are for the most part men who have
I not studied conditions at all, but have
simply taken the republican claims at
tlie value of the republicans themselves
and who take it for granted that be
cause McKinley defeated Bryan in lS!kl
he is certain to do it again, lie may do
it, you understand; but it is no certainty.
All things considered, ho ought to have
the better chains’, for lie has at work
1 Ids behalf the whole machinery of the
federal government; he has back'of him
perhaps the most perfect political or
ganization that this country has yet de
veloped, and his managers undoubtedly
have in hand as much money as they
i an use with any degree of effectiveness.
They may not have as much as they
had in 1896. for then they had scar.,l
corporations and individuals into m. m
moth subscriptions; but thej probal y
i have all they can place in away to get
i votes
; On the surface that combination would
I seem Impossible to beat. But the issues
i of the campalg' -the arguments—arc with
JE R S, 1900.
the democrats; thero are a very great
many people in these United States who
cannot be bought; and Bryan has a good
fighting chance to win.
Some Interesting Figures.
Getting down to figures,, the states that
can be put down as certain for McKin
ley—those in which th" element of doubt
cannot lie said to enter at all —are:
Main", New Hampshire, Vermont, Massa
chusetts, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania,
Minnesota, lowa, North Dakota, Califor
nia, Oregon, Washington- twelve states,
with a total electoral vote of 107. These
are tho only states which the democratic
managers, local : nd national, absolutely
concede to McKinley.
On the other hand, the absolutely cer
tain democratic states are: Alabama,
Arkansas. Florida, Georgia, Louisiana,
Mtasissipjrf, Miss .rl, N.irih <’a. .dlnn.
South Carolina. Tennessee, Texas and
Virginia—eleven states with a total elec
toral vote of 12U. There can be no possi
ble claim by republicans for any one
of th.- e states and they uro conceded
to Bryan.
Tha’ gives Bryan an advantage In cer
tain votes. With regard to all the oth
ers there is undoubtedly greater or less
uncertainty. Some of them show an un
questioned advantage, as things now
look, for one party and some for the oth
er; but placing these states in the two
columns according to the present Indi
cations, there still remain enough states
doubtful to leave the result up In the
air.
The Doubtful States.
Give to McKinley, for instance, Connec
ticut (f’n. Michigan ill). New Jersey (10),
Kansas (10). and Wyoming (3), and he
has but 150 electoral votes. There seems
at this distance a reasonable certainty
that these states should be placed In the
republican column, though all of them
are being bitterly contested by the demo
crats and the local managers seem to be-
I eve that Bryan has more than a slight
chance in each.
In exactly similar class arc the fol
lowing . tati which for the same reasons
should be put in the Bryan column. In
oilier words, there seems just as much
reason to place these In the Bryan col
umn as there Is to place the group Just
mentioned in the McKinley column.
These are Delaware (3>, Kentucky (13).
Nebraska (X). The addition of these
st lies brings Bryan’s total up to 153.
So far Bryan still has an advantage.
Under this reckoning, the states which
are legitimately doubtful are New York
(3G), West Virginia (di, Illinois (21), Ohio
(L';:,|, Indiana (15), South Dakota (4), Mary
land (*). Colorado (4), Wisconsin (12),
Idaho (I’d, Utah (3), Montana (3), Neva
da h (3).
Thirteen s' <tes with a total vote in the
electoral college of 111.
-» V
•jWl'h 'lr(4.e t.'bies before you. you can
speculate on tho final result with Just ns
much a curacy as Joe Manley or anybody
else. Predictions arc all guess work. In a
ease Ilk" this. Three possibilities present
themselves:
First. It may develop that tho republi
can strength is as great as, or even great
er than. In 1896 so that practically all of
those votes will go into the McKinley
column.
nd. It may develop that tho revolt
of the people against all that the repub
licans represent Is as great ns the demo
crat.', hope in which event there would lie
such a clean sweep as would land all
these doubtful states in the Bryan col
umn.
Third.—lt mpy be that the result may
lie so affected by local conditions, that
tliere will be a dividing up of this list In
away that will make the result very
close one way or the other.
In some of these states the republican
chance; are apparently much better fli ni
are those of the democrats while in oth
ers the democrats have apparent! a
little the better of it; hut as 1 have said,
thev all belong legitimately • > the doubt
ful'cnlu.-nn. The fact that it is possible
there may be a wave to sweep the entire
bunch one wav or the other does not
change of the fact of their being doubtful.
Changes Since 1896.
Comparisons with the vote cf 1X96 are
natural. They are, however, of doubtful
value. Four years bring many changes.
There has been a growth of McKinley
sentiment In the far vest and a growth
of Bryan sentiment in the middle and
eastern states as compared with that for
mer contest, in a gnat measure the
issues have changed. Republican efforts
to levlve the scare of ixiHi seem to have
• lib d. This 1 lilure lias given the repulili
cans a go. d many votes in the far west;
it lias also given the democrats a great
many votes east of the Mississippi. .1 hese
republican gains will doubtless bear fruit
in the shape of some electoral votes;
will the democratic gains be sufficient to
swing into line for Bryan the doubtful
states of the middle and ea-stern states?
It looks now as If the elements entering
into the contest are much tho sumo tn all
of these doubtful states of the east and
middle west. Bryan undoubtedly has a
chance to carry New York. The odds
may be slightly against him, understand,
but he still has a chance. If ho carries
New York and Indiana, there Is good rea
son to believe he will carry West Vir
ginia, Maryland. Wisconsin, Illinois and
even Ohio.
The possibility of such a result does ex
ist i’osslbillty, understand.
on the other h:ind, if the conditions are
such as to swing New York and Indiana
into tho McKinley column, where they
were bi'for. 1 , the chances are tiiat most.
If not all. in this group of doubtful states
will go the same way.
In the main, the conditions nro tho
same in nest of these states. If the
people whose votes .swing tho political
pendulum believe tliere is no menace in
the unconstitutional territorial policy of
the administration; if they are satstied
that tne “McKinley prosperity" with Its
trust adjunct is worthy of Indorsement;
then there will be an overwhelming re
publican victory.
If <.n the other hand, these people do
recognize the grave dangers to the repub
lic in the ruthless overthrow of the con
stitution to « nhance the personal holdings
i.t a lot of promoters who are b.u k ot this
administration; if they realize the real
meaning of the military programme ot
the r< publican party which advocates u.
gnat standing army which would be at
the beck and call of capital; ili they have
opened th- il' eyes to the possibilities pre-
nit «1 bv trust control ot <’i synaicatcd
president'; if they want in the white house
man who w-rnld see to “ that the gov
ernment is run in the ii..erests of the
people then there is the prospect of a
I imt lidc which w ilt sweep the republican
p utv out of power, and do tiiat by a ma
jority whose meaning cannot be misun
derstood. ,
Whi- h it will bo no man can now do
more than guess.
HE DOES NOT KNOW KINGMAN.
Brvau Denies Jftatement Made by
CullomW Kinsman.
Portage, Wis., October 3.—\\. J. Bry
an’s attenti >n was called to the statement
alleged to have been made by Mr. King-
n.an that ho received $150,(00 for Insisting
upon the silver plunk of tiie Kansas <>*ty •
platform, and no said:
"It is hardly worth while to deny tho
charge of man who hides ben.nd a
woxnun, whos* name lie will not give, but
in order that the most unserup'i.o.is -e
--publican niav have no reason tor rep. •«t
--ing the .b.u’go I wifi ray that it is ab
solutely false in every particular. No ono
ever off. red, promise d or gave me :h •(
suni or any other atim tor utgmg that
k or an ther i ’
( i'v platform or anv other platform. I
don’t know anything of Mr. Kngman,
but it is said he Is a cousin of Senator
Cullom and 1 do know son .Ling of Sen
ator Cullom. Th<- senator ..ugh- t > kn.,w
w )i.'tiler his cousin i trustworthy or not.
and if the senator will state over his ..wn
s'gnatiirc tbit he lelhw's what his cousin
| says, and is willing to r> pr< sent him m an
I investigation of the < h irm I will make
I'fm a proposition which will give him an
I opi ortunitj- to produce his evidence.”
PORTO RICANS LIKE BRYAN.
Federal Party in Ostracised Island
I Has Its Say.
San Juan de Porto Rico, October
; I.—The federal party, at its conven
! tlon at Caguas yesterday, passed res
olutions affiliating itself with the
demovi'i'tic party in the ITnited
States. A cablegram from W. J.
Bryan and J. K. Jones, chairman of
the national democratic committee,
urging harmony, was read. Munoz
Rivera made a speech in which he
opposed the administration on the
ground that the Foraker bill is un
satisfactory, nnd the Porto Ricans
desire a more independent form of
government. The session will last
several days and the delegates will
nominate a commissioner for con
gress. Ex-Governor Pattison, of
Pennsylvania, has returned from r.
tour of the island end sails for home
today. P.epublican mass meetings
. at San Juan has indorsed the admin
istration and nominated candidates
for the house of delegates.
DEMOCRATIC CHANCES GOOD.
Philadelphia Times Will Be a Power
for Bryan.
rhUndelphia. October I.—fFlneeial.)—The
rffri t of the change in policy made hy
The Philadelphia Times in Its announo
' merit cdltor’ally this morning, that It
: would support Bryan and Stevenson, an !
I the w hoi democrat stat t, ta fa~-
te“ grams have been pouring into th" edi
tor of Tho Titn-’S, congratulating him >n
the cl ange.
Juntos K. Jones, chairman of the na
tional democratic committee, was ono of
tho first to wire his good expressions for
the success of tho pa'ior in its new field.
; Natl.-nal ('onimfttoeman Guffey, State
I <'h.iirrr.an Rilling and othe- m"n of prom
' nonce In Pennsylvania. Delaware, Mary
: land nnd New Jersey, express' d their
good wishes. Vice Presidential Candi
date Adial E. Stevenson sent his con
' gratulallons early.
I'n m tho n-'.vs d.spntchoa tonight tt is
I. arnod that several rtemocradc clubs in
i New Jersey held 'pedal ni< etlr.gH and
■ rar red resolutions commending the action
[ of Tho Times.
I Tl e national managers of tho party say
that the effect of The Times's change la
: New Jersey, Delaware and Mfylan.l will
i bo to clinch tile electoral votes of those
■ states for Bryan and Stevenson, and that
in tho state of I’ennsylvanl i. which was
.so strongly republican four years ago,
.he •!• inoeratic party will have at hast
a fighting chance. 2he 1 .••al managers
the party have been ca.ling on the pub
: ii: ii. r of The Times all <1 iy long with
i prefuse g 0,..! wisii.'.s f ir the success of
tile H...V1 Hl' ilt.
I I'bliat elphi.t. lying, as it does. <>n tl. '
I borders of the st i'e. has n.-ver had a rep
’ restntallve democrati ’ paper, and the.
| tlon of Tho Tinies will go far towards
I strengthening the party in these common
■' w. a It Its.
In tho minds of tho managers of these
' states, ther" is no doubt but tiiat the vote
of N. w Jersey, Delaware and M trylnnd
- will bo found in the deinc era tie column at
ihe November < le tlon.
■' ♦ ■
THE DEMOCRATS DEMONSTRATE
Wellington, of Maryland, and Hogg,
of Texas, at Lincoln.
Lincoln. Neb., dctoi.. r 3.—Following th"
' Roosevelt demonstration yesterday the
I fusionfsts of Nebraska hal.i a count r
' rallv today, with Senator Wellington, of
Maryland, nnd ex-Governor Hogg, of
■ Texas, as Ffieakers. I'ho crowd in the
citv wns very large. Marching dubs es-
' eort»d the speakers to th" state Capitol
grounds, wh ro tho afternoon meeting
I was held. Governor Hogg confined his a.l-
■ dress to an answer of Governor Ro .sc-
I volt. Be accused th" governor of flaunt
i Ing the bloody shirt of forty years ago
' and denounced what he called the strlct-
I tin's passed on the national guard as ,
comnared with the rough riders.
Senator Wellington spoke for nearly two !
hours. He said lie wa. still a republican
and differed with Mr. Bryan on the tariff
and money questions, hut was supporting
' him because Imperialism was tii,. issue
‘ of all others, and on that they agreed.
| S'-nator Wellington accuse.i the president ■
of Inducing him bv false pretenses tc
' vote to ratify tho treaty of Paris. He
said he was opposed to the war with
‘ Suain front the start and still believed it
was an unnecessary war. So far as Cuba
: is nmcemed it is simply a ehang ng of
i masters, and the last, he said, is worse
j than the first.
Senator Wellington and Governor Hogg
woke again tonight at an indoor meeting
to a crowded house.
HANNA FAVORS LYNCHING.
McKinley’s Political Director Refuses
To Make Predictions.
Chicago, October I—Senator Hanna,
chairman of the republican national corn- j
nilttee, arrived from tho east today.
“Any man who would put a straw fn
the way of a settlement of the great I
coal miners’ strike now progressing in
Pennsylvania should be taken to the near
est lamp post and liangt -I.” said Senator
Hanna this afternoon. “1 don't want to I
talk about the strike. I don’t think that
it should lie mixed up in a )>artv or i
political question, and should not be dis
cussed fr-un a political standpoint. No
one should be permitted to use it for
political capital. It is the duty of every |
man to do bls utmost to end tile <te- ;
plorable trouble. I am going to do every
thing in my power to win th- election i
of McKinley and Roosevelt, and I belii ve
we will win, too; I will not give es- ’
timates of states or predict majorities. 1
I will remain in Chicago during the re
mainder of the campaign and 1 will make
no speeches outside this city. Here, how
ever. I may address tho laboring men
several times. I like to talk to the work
ing men. They can understand me anil I
understand them.”
PKICE: FIVE CENTS.
THE ARIM HUTE
TROSTJN CONTROL
President and Secretary of
the Navy Afraid To De
cide on Award
HELD UP UNTIL ELECTION
Reason Why There Will Be No C. n
tracts Let “For a Month or So.”
Did Long Get His Orders
from McKinley?—Star
Chamber Meetings.
Dy Jos: Ohl.
Washington. October 3. —(Special.)—The
I announcement < f Secretary Long that
i there will be no award of annpr plate
; contracts "for a month or more" can
have but one meaning, and that is the ad
ministration dos r. ' dare to show its
hand tn tho little matter of Its relations
with the iniquitous armor plate combine
i until aft-r the election.
This announcement comes as the result
of a number of star chamber confer
ences 1 •■’. 1 cch nd closed doors at th<3
naw <1 leirtim nt nnd In the sacred "cot
-1 tag" 1; me” it Canton. O. It is made
with mt <!■ ■ ' ’ on Instructions issued by
;•• t > v Mm* If, afti r 1-
! been pal l a mysterious v;: it by President
! Schwab of the Carnegie company, ar.-I
i the only possible purpose of th- d< lay
| “for ti in >nth or more” is to tide over
j tlie election.
This announcement is sufficient in itself
to prove to anv candid mind i*ot only.the
verv close relationship existing betw-ea
.
; been doubted- but that It ta the intention
; of the administration to pay them what
ever they are demanding for the plate,
and it further demcnstratcs that l’r-.• -
dent McKinley end his advisers aro
time what tna* amouiv will Lt.
Tha Power of the Tru. ; t.
During the exciting debates which
i marked the closing days of the last ses
' slon of congress, while the navy appro
i Delation bill was up and this mattea of
: again .kneeling to the armor plate trust
i was under consideration, the deniobrats
. and few republicans who stuck with them
! t»ronh";-'!fd t’.at th" republican 1- i ’ .::'.a
I 1 aving tho price entirely in the hands
' of the secretary of tlie navy could m> an
I but one tiling—that the trust would get
I Its own i>rice. Then Mr. Hanna. Mr.
Elkins. Mr. P-nrose and other rep?: li-
I cans who ios" no opportunity to Jun |> to
tlie defense of the much-abus <1 trus:s,
ciune forward and with the ' gor th. y
alwavs display upon such oc. asi 'its, Cxi. J
out tha, "John D. D?ng could be trust
ed;” tho critics of the trust wore "at
tacking John D. Long.” and so forth, un
til the outcome was that they w» re able
to whi;» into line for their propos tlon a
majority of the republicans.
It was left to John D. Ix>ng as secre
tary of the m.xy. and what is the up
, shot of :t all?
A dav or two ago tin armor p- io
ni t the officials of .he navy .. oartm t:t
fix d the : r:ee t!> v would «x i • tr mi . >
. save tiu re are no tru-ts, tills armor plate
iust ',s eff'.'tiv.' in holding’ up the e >v-
I ernment as If it labeled itself "trust.”
To the President Direct.
Seer-I: rv Lone sb .w. d a dlsp-ition to
■
I in that wav; that they had come am -s
ll.uni t s campaign fu:i'l. and they pto-
I nosed to get their own price. They
I laughed at tlie suggestion that there v as
a clause in the aet of congress giving the
seeretarv of the navy the power to m.
I in rnot'on a g<.ver::ut' nt factory pr..;. . t—
knowing that no republican secret..rj ” f
the navy would dare strike i blow a*, so
’’good a thing,” from the Danna stand
point. as the e' vor plate combine.
Just what Secretary Long sa 1 t. them
Is among the secrets, but the next tr.ove
I on the’.r part was bold and above >L.;rd.
I’resldent McKinley is at Canton, l’r 1-
, dent Schwab and Senator Penrose, who
i has always been most solicitous forth?
Interests of the trust, jumped a train an J
j next morning paid a "merely social visit
' to President McKinley.
Thev saw the president at about 9:30
o’clot k that morning—it was Monday.
Sltorliv after this iurnr :t was am. 'i. ■ d
fv. ru the otfi. e of th..-•■ r.-t: ry o’, tho
ikav that "tile matter of aimor plate
• would be held up for a time.” Tiv r- is
I a. >omr distance telephone a.t the AL Kin
lev home.
Yesterday morning Mr. Schwab and
' other rspresentativt.. of these interests
ha : ai oi ■et confet
i...sg. it. like . ehind
closed doors and w is veiled m nr. st. ry.
i That is. th" proceedings were; tta i -
I suits were perfectly clear when the an
r.o'ii:. ■ ti.< nt was mat retary
' himself that th. re would be no decision
; in the armor plate matter "for a month
At Their Own Figures.
That means, of course, there will
nothing until after the election. Then tho
interests repres. ntc.i by the gentlemen
: who called on I'resid. nt McKinley at Can
ton will get the contracts at their own
i figures, as it has always be<n intended
thev should.
These are the same people whom Mr.
Hale. Mr. Chandler ar?l other republicans
have' denounced—the men who have, ac
cording to the testimony taken by senata
commltti •s. made 11 ■ g»t >
the entire cost of their plants and truly
enormous profits on those plants through
the armor plate cont .acts—the men who
liavv been denounced time ai .1 again on
the floor of the senate as .ittle <i:fierent
from thieves and cutthroats in their bus
iness relations with the gov.-rnm. nt—the
men who. ac.'ordlng to such a stanch re
iivbliean a., b- nator Hale, of Ma’ne. have
Jriv. n tl’..- knife into the body of tho
United States to the hilt.
These men go to C .nton and are able,
!•< cause <>f tl> ir eios. re!-it ons widt th-»»
t.resi.leni and localise he is owned by
them and similar trusts, to direct the
Dolicv of the lie;..is of great departments
in matters involving millions of dollars,
and the lives of Americans as well.