The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-18
HANNA AS A BUMORIST.
SAYS HE HAS A ..sIoRE THAN EVEN
CHANCE' OF CARRYING UTAH.
Latest Forecast of the Probable Re-
suit of the Elections rs Viewed
Through the SpectacIcs of the
Leaders of the Republican Party.

CHICAGO, Oct 1.-THE Republican
national committee today issued an
elaborate statement. Taking as d basis
the table given out this week by the
Democratic congressional committee,
which showed the number of represent
tatives they expect to elect and de-
Quoting from that table the claim that
the Democrats thus admit the election
OF Mckinley, the statement is made:
1T goes without saying that a party
which admits that it cannot elect more
than one-tnird to one-sixth of the mem
beTs of congress from any given state,
has no expectation of carving that
state for the presidential nominee. Usu-
ally candidates for congress Doll a
larger number of votes than the presi-
Dental candidate, since every man has
his pernonal friends, to whom he can
appeal to for support which they would
otherwise give to party nominees
IT IS HUMOROUS.
The Republican committee then goes
on to give a list of the states in which
the Democratic congressional commit
tee claims only part of the representa-
tives, and shows that those states give
a total number of 210 presidential elect
ors, fourteen short of the number nee
esSary to elect. The Republican man
ayers follow with list of the states
not included as mentioned. which
they are absolutely confident of. carry
ing" as follows:
California, Indiana, Kentucky, Kan
sas, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska.
the Dakotas, Washington, West Vir-
glnia and Wyoming, giving 92 addi-
tional electoral votes for MCKINLEY. or
SO2 altogether. Chairman Hanna and
his colleagues also give the following
states, which they believe they stand
a more than even chance" of carry
ing; Idaho, Louisiana, Missouri, Mon
lana, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas,
UTAH and Virginia. total of 81 elect
oral votes. The remaining 81 electoral
votes are ciassed as probably Demo-
cratic"
CLUSTERING UP.
Colonel ]. H Bingham, master of the
National Grange and president of the
OHIO Provision board under Governor
Mckinley. arrived at national head
quarters from an extensive tour among
the farmers of Iowa. He stated that
he had taken particular pains to dis
cover the extent of the silver senti-
ment among Republicans while on the
stump, and had not discovered anv
more than among the Republican wage
edrners IN the cities, which were in
considerable
Three Ohio state officers-F. S. Mo-
nett, attorney general; W. j. Gilbert.
auditor, and S. j. Campbell, treasurer
called on the committee on their vay-
to the Dakotas, where they will speak
Tor the next two weeks. Committee
man Payne said he had received reuorts
from the state committees of California
and Washington and from other sources
this week, which place those states in
the sure Mckinley column
W c. Beer. who had charge of the
Union generals train through Indiana
and elsewhere, was at headquarters,
giving an encouraging report OF the
effective work done by the distinguish
ed soldiers. He said the demonstra-
tons in their honor at every stopping.
place in Indiana and Kentucky had
been surprise to the speakers. The
Alger Republican train will leave Can
ton next Monday morning and run to
Cleveland, making nine stops en- route
and arriving in Cleveland in time for a
meeting that night