The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-18
Bryan's Foom Began to Subside
When Bryan Spoke in
Madison Square.
HARRISON. AND COCHRAN
New York Estimated to Be for Nc
Kinley by Majority of
zoe, 900.

b. II. Vreeland, president of the New
York Traction Company, employing 5000
men, and the Whitney Wiedner- EikiEs
Company, controlling the leading street
railway properties east OF Chicago, which
employ 25, 600 men, is at the Palace.
Mr.. Vreeland has come to California for
the first time. His object is to examin e
into the cable and electric roads of the
coast and especially of San Francisco. He
is large man, apparently only little over
40 years of age, and used to be railroad
conductor. Thus he is a self made man,
and is several times a millionaire.
The gentleman is an ardent supporter of
Major Mckinley and says he has no doubt
from what he knows of the East and has
seen of the West that Mckinley will be
elected.
He says that at the time of the nomina-
ton OF Bryan things were very unsettled
in New York. 1t could not then be told
how the wave that was supposed to be roll
ing eastward from the West and South
would leave things when it got into the
Empire State. But after Bryan had made
his address in Madison Square the end
came. Business began to settle in its
accustomed grooves and stocks rose few
points. Ever since then things have been
Strengthening out.
When President Harrison made his
great speech in Carnegie Hall there was
such a crowd that if he could have had a
house covering three blocks it would have
been completely filed. The speech set
things right, and the effect could be
noticed at once. The people began to feel
that the National contest would be settled
right.
A little later when Bourke Cochran
made his eloquent address people realized
more than ever that Mckinley was to be
the next President.
81 estimate that he will carry New York
by 100000" said Mr.. Vreeland GAS for
my way here, l would not like TO make
an estimate, but feel that he will carry
that State.
Wherever 1 went 1 found the McKin-
ley sentiment growing. The people want
sound money and an honest dollar |
talked with good many different crews
of railway men and l found without ex-
ceptlon that they were in favor of Nc.
Kinley. The railroad men, know from
my own experience, are pretty good judges
of what is going to occur. They see and
talk to great many people and have a
campaign pretty we'll sized up.
Among all 1 saw [ did not find any
who were not also enthusiastic in their
support of Mr.. Mckinley. In fact among
Ill CldSSeS, HneH you get ABOVE men VINO
work merely with their hands and do not
drink, they were for an honest dollar
Take the intelligent artisans and workers
of other classes who mix ideas with their
work, and they are all for the nominee OF
the Republican National Convention"
Mr.. Vreeland has had remarkably sue
cessful career. He is known, not only
over the United States and Canada, but
throughout the world as one of tn great
est of common carriers. His cable sys-
tenn alone in New York, which extends
over seventeen miles, carries over 800, 600
people every twenty-tour hour. The sys-
tenn of street railroads in cities east of
Chicago which he controls carry millions
OF people every day.