Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-11-02
FINISHING TOUCHES
Being Put on Campaign Work
by the Party Leaders.
Chicago Headquarters Deserted
Speaking Continued, Sunday.
Large Per Cent Of Foreign Vote Expected Il
Go Tor Mckinley.

| quarters OF the Republican and Dem
| ocratic party were almost deserted,
Sunday. There was no business of i'm
| portance to transact: members OF the
campaign committees and heads of de-
partments had gone home to vote or
| were preparing to leave headquarters
until after the decisive day and were
at the desks for a short time only in
the afternoon, and a few visitors from
outside Chicago strayed in to tell po-
litical news or be informed before go
| ing home to vote.
Chairman Hanna will remain at his
post here until tomorrow evening, when
| he will depart for Cleveland and re-
ceive the returns there. Wednesday,
he proposes to visit Major Mckinley
and then go to New York to return
| here early next week. and wind up the
strictly business affairs of the head
quarters. Each of the several hundred
| employees called to bid him good bye,
! last night, and to each Mr.. Hanna pre-
| scented his photograph and autograph.
Executive Committeeman Durbn
| left, yesterday. for Indianapolis to fl
naly examine the Indiana situation
with the state committee and then go
| to Anderson to vote. Chief Hahn and
| his subordinates in the speakers de
| partment left. today. for their Ohio
| homes. Major Dick. secretary of the
national committee, departed. this af-
| ;ernoon. for his home in Akron. Ohio.
Committeeman Payne Will leave for
| Milwaukee, tomorrow afternoon, Col.
| Haskell. sergeant at arms of the head
a. t.at.. l,as- III,
his ballot. Mr.. Payne will be i'm charge
Of the headquarters. election night to
| receive and tabulate the returns and
keep Major Mckinney informed by pri-
vate wire to Canton.
The only visitor of importance at Re-
publican headquarters was James j.
| Hill. president of the Great Northern
railroad, who is on his way from New
York To Minneapolis to vote He is a
gold Democrat. President Hill ex-
pressed confidence that Mckinley
would be elected and said that st. Paul
| would give big Republican majority.
Commenting on charges of intimida-
ton of railroad employees. Mr. Hill said
that the railroad men were too indie
pendent to be coerced: they would vote
| as they pleased and because they We're
honest men as a class. and in favor of
good money, he believed the bulk Of
them would vote for Mckinley He
not said a word to his men as to how
they should vote.
Julius Goldschmidt. chief of the for
eign bureauhas given out reports from
the advisory committee, each member
of which represents one of the ma !.
tiDn1lifipS 1anart
working them Throughout the country.
The following is an extract from these
reports by the nationalities:
Polish-Fifty per cent. of the vote
claimed for the Republican ticket.
Swedish-We feel warranted in saying
that 30 per cent. of the older settled com
munities will vote for the Republican
ticket. While the situation is not so ia
vorable in the western parts of Kansas
and Nebraska and the northwestern part
OF Minnesota, yet 30 per, cent. of the
Swedes there will vote the Republican
ticket.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS per cent. of the
100000 votes will be cast for the Republi-
can nominees.
Norwegians and Danes-Sixty per cent.
will vote for Mckinley. The Scandinavian
vote holds the balance of power in the
Northwestern states; Large Republican
try.
observation-disclosures the Bohemians
We're formerly Democrats. not less than
straight Republican ticket Eighteen
hundred have been naturalized in Chicago
to vote for Mckinley. Inroads have been
made into our vote by other nationalities
Secretary Walsh of the Democratic
committee is still absent in Iowa. whittier
he accompanied Mr. Bryan. but he will
return to headquarters, tomorrow Cam
paign Committeeman johnson of Kansas
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