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Ohfe stwJ tt i, i h jJ 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.