The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-14
They Will Endeavor to Stir Up Bitter
ness in the East.
WILL. AROUSE CLASS PREJUDICES
They Desire to Array the Poor
People Against Corporations in Orr
der to Keep Their Eastern Oppon.
Cnts at HOmc..Bryan's Tactics nt
Pittsburg--Thc Silver Question
Kept in the Background.
Bureau Of The Tribune,
bOt 18th st N w.

| nittee, lntenu TO invade tile east, Hpt
with any special hope of winning cleo
| toral votes for their candidate, but with
the avowed object to keep their oppo-
nents busy at home. They will do moth
| ing in the way of propogatng the free
silver idea. but will make an attempt to
arouse class prejudices in every eastern
| state They will conflne the silver lit
| erature and arguments to the south and
west, hut in the eastern states they will
| concentrate their efforts to arousing
bitter feeling among the poor people to-
wards corporations.
They believe that by making this sort
of fight they will force their opponets
to stay in the east in order to meet the
| effect They say there will be that much
| influence taken away from the west.
| which. after all, is the fighting ground
| for this campaign. Mr.. Bryan has him
self started off in just this vein. He
no sooner reached the Mississippi river
than he seemed almost to drop the silver
| question and appealed directly to the
! prejudices Of the people. He harpcd
upon it being the peoples fight; spoke
! of the president as the peoples hired
man. He avoided all display and in
| Pittsburg went to fOurth-clasS hotel.
| This has always been the Bryan method
of campaigning, and it is through his
advice that the campaign committee has
| decided to continue the battle on this
line along the Atlantic states.
For all their claims the free silver
! managers are not as cert3in as to all
states lying in the west and especially
those on the Pacific slope. The attempt
will he made to make the tariff the issue
| in California. especially where the
tariff sentiment is stronger than that
for free silver. To this end it is con-
| templated sending Major Mckinley into
| California to try the magic of his pres
| ence When one remembers that even
| the California Democrats in congress
| have always voted for protection. then
| the strength of this policy can be ac-
curately measured. At any rate, it is
about the only section of the country
! where the tariff can be made the issue
and as it is very necessary for McI>in-
ley to carry California and one or two
| other western states the plan seems
| feasible to his managers.
| The Democrats. on account of Nj
| Eryan's reception, are making eXtrava-
| giant claims. These claims are not
| based upon their real opinions, however.
Senator Faulkner is almost ready to
concede Maryland and Kentucky to Nc
| kinley, and the reports from North
| Carolina make that state a very doubt
ful one for the Democrats. if Watson
continues his fight ON the ticket in
| Georgia even that state cannot be con-
sidered safe. The fact that Fl. Clay
! Evans. in Tennessee. has given up the
| gubernatorial fight, notwithstanding
| that he may have special personal rea-
sons for doing SO. has discouraged the
Republicans to some extent. Neverthc-
less they intend to push the battle
| there. The policy inauGurated by SEN
ator Jones to ignore the Popuists of the
south Is not fully concurred in by Mr..
| Bryan, so those who have been travel
ing with him say privately. The Bryan
Watson ticket was accepted for the eX-
press purpose of conciliating the south
ern Poplists, and Mr.. Bryan was party
| to that attempt at concliation. He
| therefore thinks it dangerous pan to
fight the hand that has handed him a
piece of Populistc bread Whatever
the claims of Mr.. Bryan may be regard
ing the state of Nebraska and adjoin-
ing states, the Republicans by no means
| are willing to concede these claims. In
the first place. Senator Thurston per-
sonally is much stronger in Nebraska
than Bryan. He is by far more in
| telicctual man and on the whole a much
| greater orator. though it would be hard
| to convince the ponulace of this at this
| time.
The Democratic managers are rely
ing too much, it seems to me, upon
creating a bitterness on the part Of
the poor against the rich. Most Of tha
I silver ora tors. even some of them the
richest men in the land and claiming to
represent the regular Democratic par
ty, in their speeches are treating the
possession of wealth as little less than
a crime, ana are declaring that the
fruits of industry are the result Of an
| oppressive system of government. This
sort Of campaign may last for while,
but before November the laboring
classes are very likely to find where
their true interests lie.
/ 1t must be remembered that no mat
! ter how enthusia etc a portion OF the
Democratic party Is, that the party
itself is split from end to end, and that
while the free silver side is eXuberant
the great sound money faction. tho
larger portion of which we never hear
from through the papers is saying
nothing. but will on election day knife
tho Chicago ticket. The Republicans.
with the exception of those led by Tel
Ter and Dubois. are united and cnthu-
siastiC. The hest Informed among
them say that the silver sentiment will
scarcely break over party lines, and
do not admit any great detection in
their own ranks.
Senator Gray will not support Bryan.
as has been given out a number OF
times. A letter received here from
Wilmington, Delaware, stat s that S H..
ator Cray dsnies emrhatcally the
published report that he proposes to
support the Chicago ticket and plat
form or that he contemplates giving
them support. The whole report is
founded upon the fact that Senator
Gray said he had been Il Democrat too
long to be driven out OF his party arl
added that he had his own opinions
and ne would not sacrifice his self
respect for any man. Since then he
has said. "The situation cOnfrNntiD -
the Democrats of my own state de-
mands that every Democrat should
stand firm. This does not mean, how
ever. that every Democrat should vote
for Bryan and Sewall, and shall do ail
1 can for the success of the state
| ticket"