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the estimate above given, and we think
the result claimed Is conservative"
He Considers the State safe-Eeasons for
His Faith


His Faith.
Chairman Gowdy was found yesterday
at the Denison. giving attention to per-
fecting the few MINOR details of the cam
paien. incident to its close. He was as con-
hdent In hisfaith and as strong in his hope
as ever.
The State is safe for both HARRISON and
Chase" he said. in reply 20 n question. "Our
majority will range from 1000 to 10000. /
have received encouragement the last
few days to make me believe it will be TO-
oO0. We have made school house
campaign, and 1 believe we have
como nearer the people than ever
before. We have had sterling political
truth TO give them. No party ever could
give better reasons for voting the Repub-
lIcsn ticket than now. Our object has,
therefore. been 10 get asnear the individual
voter as possib BILE. and that is the reason the
canvass has been made by school-houses. by
precincts and by townships, as well "a by
counties and the State. More Republican
speeches have been made IN Indiana than
In any campaign ever before made in the
State. Our last rallies were held yester-
day. except In Huntington county and in
Fountain county. Governor Foraker and
Hon. T.. w. Halford are to be In Huntington
to-day, and Governor Porter, Hon. {. w.
Fairbanks and Hon. Joe Murray at Veeders-
burg. Our speakers have been faithful to
the trust reposed in them as public edu-
with signal ability. and have met with
large audienceaD
How has Governor Chase's campaign
progressedp
The Governor has broken all records as
= campeigner. He has made very able
canvass and has made friends everywhere.
te has spoken in every county but one to
magnificent assemblages. and that one
county 10 strongly Republican and will
give him Its usual large majority. The
Governor did not intend to slight it, but
has found IL impossible to make an ap-
Doantmens there. Tho Governor has made
more speeches than any other candidate
ever before the people of Indiana"
.stf1
''In the gas belt, certainly. on account of
che great increase In the manufacturing
population and the building up of new
factories. Our share of the increase Will
reach 65 per cent among the employees and
b per cent. among the new business men
In the district The majority of the new
population 10 of American parentage. and
pially those who are skilled workmen, are
Republicans. This we learn by careful in
vestigation, so thas we feel certain of
our figures. The workingmen of the
gss belt bel are receiving wages based
as no surplus of labor, therefore. and
men are in demand. The skilled trades are
especially free from the debasIng COMPETE
tion of the old world. and are earning more
money than most of the average profession
al men of the State. The highest wages
that ever heard of is S42 day, which is
paid TO one of the blowers In one OF the
glass factories of the district. America and
the Republican party believe In giving the
producer his share in the profits in an
article. Every body knows such an indus
trial situation would not continue and
could not exist under the control of the
Democratic party, should It gain power on
ats present platform.
What is there to expect from the strong
Democratic counties OF the Slater
"We will make gains. Allen county will
give less Of o Democratic majority than it
did in 1888. The new manufacturing inter
ests there have. as elsewhere, caused the
increase In voting population. and the ma
1orlty OF the new citizens are Republicans,
and will cut down the heavy Democratic
majority IN Allen county. That county was
never better organized. Vigo has always
been o strong Democratic county, but
! am firmly convinced, from what
j know of the situation there, that IL will
give q Republican plurality. We will also
carry Vanderburg county. The Democrats
are counting upon increasing their vote
In Lake county, owing to the influx of in
dustries from Chicago, but am assured by
the local committees in Lake that there will
not he any material change in the Repub-
lican majority. If there isfany change. it
will be in our favor. The Increase in jay
and Adams counties will shaw Republican
gains. What of Fayette9 Fayette' is
strong manufacturing county. peopled with
q large majority of Republican farmers. 1t
Will give It's usual majority. The loss of
population In Randolph and Rush counties
Is due to removal TO the Ras belt, and is
equally divided as 10 parties.
What strength will the third parties
shown
Il am convinced the Prohibitlonists will
not poll q larger vote than they did in 1883
and perhaps not quite SO large i have
discovered in the course of the campaign
that more Democrats than Republicans
will vote this ticket this year. The Peo-
pies party. i estimate. will cast from 90 GOO
TO $4,000 votes. My estimate is about the
same as the Democratic estimate. am GER
tain this party will not draw most heavily
upon tho Republican strength of the State.
The campaign closes with the issues well
drawn. with the party, as i believe. well
organized, thoroughly alive to the over
mastering Importance of sustaining Re-
publican policies In the face of those OF
the opposition. The party believes in its
candidates and It's principles. The odds
have been heavy, the work hard, but
everybody has been faithful, and, to my
mind. It as only question of counting the
votes. The people of Indiana have too
high appreciation of the magnificent ad-
minlstration of Benjamin Harrison to re-
fuse him q vote of confidence in this time
Of his official success and personal sorrow"
GOVERNOR PORTER
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