The record-union., 1896-09-21
He Claims That Only Two Big Western
States Are Needed.
He Claims rlissouri, r1ichigan, Illinois
and Kansas and All the States
South of the Ohio and West of the
Nississippi-Bryan Will Spend the
Remainder of the Month Speaking
Through the Atlantic States.

Democratic-PopuliSt organization in
the West and South and the present out
look for Bryan getting enough electoral
votes to win, j. G.. Johnson of Kansas, a
member of the National Campaign Com
mittee at Western Democratic Head
quarters, said to-day to a reporter for
the United-AssOciated Presses:
When Senator Jones and his asso-
ciates began the headquarters in this
campaign a line was drawn around a
number of States which could be de-
pended to cast their electoral vote for
Mr.. Bryan. Then a few more States
which we could not be sure Of were add
ed making the total vote more than
enough to elect our man. In this latter
class of States the silver sentiment has
been forming rapidly and the results Of
our organization work to-day gives no
indication that Mckinley can carry any
OF these States we are concentrating
our work upon. would not like to name
these States, because it would leave the
impression in some minds that we had
cast off certain States not included and
which are not lost to Mr.. Bryan by any
means.
1t is only necessary for US to carry
two big Western States, such as Mime
sofa, Indiana, Iowa or Illinois. to turn
the electoral vote to Mr.. Bryan. For
my State, old and experienced politi-
clans in touch with the work and senti-
ment in every township say if Bryan
carries Kansas it will not be by less than
10000 majority 1 see Missouri is
Lclaimed by the Republicans. We learn
fhe gold Democrats are going to vote
fpr Palmer and the Populists are united
I'm support of our ticket Then Mr.
kerens comes to the Republican head
quarters and tells Mr.. Hanna the State
Is gone. That is a fair illustration Of
how things have been going with us
since we came here. Notwithstanding
what General Grosvenor says we stand
IS good a chance of carrying Ohio or
f1ilinoss. Captain McConville Of our
speakers department tells me that by
October 10Th we will have the enemy in
as close a corner as they ever We're in
their lives and he knows something
about the State.
I'm Michigan there is the strongest
combination possible working for Mr..
Bryan's success. The party is thor
oughly united and we have the benefit
of Republican defections which amount
70 thousands. Only twice in the last
sixteen years have the Republicans at
their best had fifty per cent Of the total
vote Of Michigan and within the last
| twenty days it has become practically
certain a Bryan State. In Illinois the re-
liable party workers In every section out
side Cook County have compiled their
estimates and say that Mr. Bryan will
come to the Desplaines River with 000O
majority. The vote in Cook County
which is two-fifths of the total Illinois
vote is an uncertain quantity, but the
conditions are favorable to Mr. Bryan
getting large majority Of the votes.
He has the support of the regular Demo-
ocratic party, which is splendidly or
ganiZed by precincts. He has the sup
port Of the Populist party and the sup
port Of organized labor in the county.
There are known to be here twice as
many Republicans who viii vote for
Bryan as there are Democrats who will
vote against him. The army of idle men
at present in this county cannot reason
ably be expected to vote in November
for a continuance of those conditions
which threaten them and have kept
them out of employment.
'The Republicans have to win nearly
! every trick that is in the game and we
DO not. 1t is not extravagant to say that
Mr.. Bryan will carry every State south
Of the Ohio and Potomac and west of
the Mississippi. That being true any
two states out Of the States north Of the
| Ohio River and east Of the Mississippi
will elect him. Only in two States
South Dakota and Oregon-are there
Bryan and Watson electoral tickets and
they were given under an agreement
| with the Democrats. There is no more
! danger of Bryan losing Texas than there
Is of his losing Arkansas. Any man
who talks to the contrary must be listed
with the Mckinley insanity. The
Southern men have talked with simply
laugh at the idea of Mckinley carrying
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