Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-07
Democrats Are Very Confident
That Candidate Bryan
Will Be Elected.
BIC VICTORY COMING
The Democratic Campaign Comes Gal.
Looping into the October
Home-Stretch
In the Best of Condition and with Ever
Assurance Of . Triumph-statcs
Claimed and inns q
b Asjoritiea

Chicago. Oct. 5. 1ss6.-rspeclall-The
political outlook at the close Of Sep
TENDER is Of the most satisfactory char
acter to the Democratic national mana
gers. who are confident that the cause
OF Bryan and free silver has been re-
ceiving a marked impetus during the
past ten days From every quarter
especially from the central western
states-comes reports that farmers ey-
erywhere are fiockinr to the Bryan
standard. while in the cities there is
every indication that an overwhelming
majority of the labor vote will be east
for the free silver president. In many
OF the central western states the DEM
ocratic managers have completed their
first poll, and the returns indicate that
Bryan will carry every zone OF them by
Immense majorities. a poll of Kansas
just completed by the allied free silver
forces shows that the Bryan electors
will have $1,000 majority I'm that state.
\ similar poll Of Kentucky shows that
Bryan's ma iority will INT he less than
2C.V OO, not counting tf,. Republicans
who will vote for free SILVER. This vote
il is estimated will swell h Bryan ma
jority to 10000. The poll shows that
there are less than 15.0o0 gold Demo-
Gratis in the state. ard this will more
than offset the Populist vote.
Fusion between the Democrats. Pop
ulists. Prohibitionists. and Silver Re
publicans has been in
Michigan, n result. which. in the minds
OF the most conservative politicians.
gives h a state to Bryan by a large
majority. Reports from Ohio received
during the week are of the most fat
tering character.
From nearly every county in the
state m have been made. and
they indicate that MIR. Bryan will car
ry that state by not less than 81. 900 ma
jority. The Republicans have compIet-
ed a poll of Nebraska, and while they
failed to make 1t public. the returns
are known by the Democratic mana
gers. and show that Bryan win carry
the state by 5000. The Democratic
poll shows that IL will give Nyr. Bryan
more than -. coo majority.
Estimates from Iowa. by COUNTIES
give that state to Bryan by more than
80, 600. In a majority Of the agricuitur-
al counties from 20 to 80 per cent. of the
Republican vote will be east for Bry-
an
\ poll of Missouri gives mat state
to Bryan by 10000 majority. and II may
run as high as 5000.
The Republican poll of Illinois. which
il is unnecessary to state VAS not pub
lished. gives to Bryan. outside Of Chi
cago. a majority OF $4,000. The DEM
ocratic of the state gives Bry-
an nearly 10000 majority outside OF Chi
cago; while Chicago IL expected To give
him at least 5000 majority. This. de-
spite the fact that the corporations and
large manufacturing institutions are
making every effort to control the votes
Of their employees by coercion. intimi-
dation. and false representation. The
laboring men OF Chicago. however. are
aroused over these outrageous at
tempts. and the result Is that within
the last wek a decided change has ia
ken place among the workngmen which
bids fair to result in a complete land
slide of that vote to free silver. This
is the case not only in Chicago. hut In
every large labor center Of the coun-
try. Taking the reports from the cen
trail western states and adding them 10
the states conceded by the Republic
n the Democratic managers claim
the following states as absolutely GER
tain for Bryan:
Alabama. Arkansas. California. Col
orado. Florida, Georgia. Idaho. Kan
sas. Kentucky. Louisiana. Mississip-
pi. Missouri. Montana. Nebraska, Me-
vada. North Carolina. North Dakota,
Oregon. South Carolina. South Dakota,
Tennessee. Texas. Utah. Virginia,
Washington. Wyoming. West vir-
GINA. Delaware. Maryland. Minnesota,
Michigan. Iowa. Illinois. Indiana. Ohio
giving MIR. Bryan a total OF 81 cleo
torai votes.