Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-10-31
WASHINGTON LETTER
A Sure Thing for MCKin-
ley and Hobart
SECRETARY CARLISLE
OUTRAGED.
POPOCRA7 H. MANIAC Frs
ONlHE RUN.
(From Our Regular Correspondent


WASHINGTON, Oct. 18th, 1896.
The march Of Mckinley and Hobart
to victory has been as steady and sure
as that OF NspOleOn's Old Guard in the
days when it knew no defeat 1t has
gone on from day To- day since the cam
paign opened ;there has been no halt
ing, no hesitation, no retreating There
has been but one cry, son to Victory %
Each week the extent of that victory
has had to be enlarged by the conser-
vRtiHe men who have managed this
great campaigt because they decided
IN the beginning to claim 70 state I'M
I'll absolutely certain that the vote of
that state would back up the claim
made. The first announcement of the
certainty of the election of Mckinley
and Hobart, the consequent triumph
of honest money and of the right to
earn it by honest toll, and the mainte-
nance of our National honor, only claim
ed 278 electoral votes, Just 46 more
than the number necessary to elect; a
little later hereports received by the
republican managers justified raising
the claim TO 3O2 votes and now the stu
alton justitiesthe claim of 325 certain
electoral votes, with a probability OF
Al additional votes. In other words
there are only7S electoral votes that
are certain for Bryan. This last claim
is made by Vice-Chairman Apsley. Of
the Republican Congressional Commit
tee, the man who while occupying the
same p0sitiontwo years ago called the
turn on the republican landslide in
the Congressional election in a man
ner that surprised the country and
showed that his figures were backed by
actual information. The same gentle
,of ,r,f.
ed since Chairman Babcoek recently
made his claim for 1874 republican
members of the next House justifies
his claiming 54.
It is now the general impression in
Washington that Mckinley and Ho-
bart will receive the largest majority
of the popular vote ever cast for 3
Presidential tick ct, and not few mer
are predicting phenomenal majorities
in states considered doubtful a month
ago.
GONE TO NEBRASKA.
Secretary Mercer. of the Republican
Congressional Committee will THU
week go home and will remain in Ne
braska until after election day. Mr.
Mercer is n0tgoing because he regards
his presence in the District as necessa
ry to his reelection to Congress-h,
is already certain of that-but merel,
because his work in Washington Il
completed and he wishes tn and hi
vote to the minority that Nebraska il
going to give Mckinley sud Hobart.
eREAr INJURY TO BRYAN
Major Saunders, of Louisville, Ky.
now visiting Washington is of tn,
opinion that the insults given to Sec
rotary Carlisle Will do Bryan great in
jury He said on the subject: Mos
uRdoubtedlythe effect of the rufiian
ly treatment0f Secretary Carlisle viii
be to weaken Bryan. There is not I
community in Kentucky in which til,
people will not resent the indignity of
fered Mr.. Carlisle. It was an outrag
of an unpardOnsble sort, and l have n,
doubt that the insult was deliberatel,
planned"
CURRENCY SYSTEM
A special report from the State De
partment, on the currency system @
the worlds greatest nations and thei
relations to prices of all sorts OF com
modities, including human labor,
important, timely and highly instruc
tive. 1t shows beyond the shadow {
doubt that fiuctuating standard
cause the greatest loss to toilers; ais
that in every country y ich has & gol
standard, tie tendency OF wages hs
been steadily upward and the cost {
living has been just as steadily lesser
ed, while exactly the reverse is tru
OF the counties that are upon silve
basis.
IN MEXICO
In Mexicoabout the only people VII
receive whatwould be considered eve
fairly good wages in this country al
those who are especially skilled in tn
mechanical branches, and most
them are natives of the United State
These are cold, hard facts whic
cannot be refuted by the silver rail
bow chasers The United States
not exempted and cannot by legisl
tion be exempted from the inexOrab
rules of business and commerce.
placed upona silver basis it could n
expect that its experience would di
fer from olher countries which ha'
tried and are trying that basis.
THOSE CLAIMS
1t is not an easy matter for a mi
who has often been licked by anoth
man to keep his nerve up when
knows that he has got to fight tn
man again and get another lickin
That is justine condition OF the pop
cratic managers. They had been no
ing to escape the licking this tim
but now they know it is impossib
and yet thew have to keep up a she
OF cheerfuhess and give out buIleti
claiming that they will win. VIII
you are looking for subjects for 20
pity do notiorget the popOcratic ma