The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-28
CAN SEE NO CONTEST.
New Workers Do Not Believe Bryan
Has Any Chance ut All.

New i )fk Spc 'hl IN Chicago Post.
The lower part of Manhattan island ia
DetunS tbat the Bryan movement will go
into a state of utter collapse in the very
near future. The lower part of Manhat-
tan island. be it understood represents
more wealth to the square inch than any
other territory of like dimensions i'm the
United States. 1t is here that 90 per cent.
OF the great corporate interests of the
United States center and here is located the
financial heart. 1T might be said. of the Ma
ton. The clientage represented by the great
insurance companies trust companies
banking institutions and railroad and indus
trial companies embraces probably five mill
ion people directly. The men who have the
direction of these vast interests have been
educated to believe that they led and rep
resented the best intelligence on the matter
OF conservative and patriotic government.
and being a unit in this campaign on the
side of sound money. they cannot conceive
that there is more than one side to the issue
or that any great number of men--enough.
at least. to approach a majority--could be
so insane as to desire to embark the colin-
try upon a sea of dangerous financial ex-
Fermentation at a time when the people are
struggling for their lives and when the cry
ing need is for stability a first step to-
ward the restoration of confidence. They
cannot believe that any of the States of the
great middle West, with their immense
wealth and resources. are in any real dam
ger of slipping into the free-silver column.
and they look upon all statements tending
that way as indicative of fright and poor
judgment.
Within the circle of their own immediate
surroundings talk and sentiment is all one
Gus agencies of information strengthen
their belief in their own opinions. and re-
ports of the existence of a great multitude
entertaining opposite views are to them alb
surd and unreal. They have seen the utter
failure of Mr.. Bryan to make the least inn
preston the East and the indifference
with which he is regarded in this section OF
the country from which they conclude that
it MUST be the same everywhere and that
the reports of the enormous crowds that
have met him in his Western tours and the
enthusiasm he has created must be either
greatly exaggerated or else purely imagin-
airy. Call it INSTRUMENTATION ignorance or
conclusions arrived at from exparte state
ments, or what you WILL the fact remains
that in New York the view is very generally
held that the free-silver campaign is on it's
last legs and that when election day rolls
around Palmer and Buckner will divide
honors with Bryan and Sewall at the polls
Those who entertain this belief argue that
the free-silver candidate Will be so hopeless
| ly in the rear that true Democrats Will
during the last days of the campaign rally
around the administrations standard and
give their support to the administrat ton
ticket and platform announced at In
dianapolis. Out in Chicago. where the fn~
preston prevails that there Is really Il fight
on this description of the compiacency OF
New Workers may arouse a smile, but here
! the situation is precisely as l have repre-
cd