San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-23
MORE THAN THIRTY.
REPUBLICAN, MAJORITY IN THE
NEXT CONGRESS.
Not Less Than 270 Electoral Votes For
Mckinley Popocrats are Talking
Very Mildly.

iess llliu -iO tlGClOIdl NOltS LUZ MI
Kinley and Hobart and of a Republi-
can majority of more than 80 in the
next house. Nobody knows better
than the Popocratic managers the
rockbound foundation upon which
these claims are based, and instead
of trying to prove them false they are
talking wildly about Bryan carrying
such states as New York, New Jer-
sey and OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES as sure
to go overwhelmingly for Mckinley
and Hobart as are Maine and Yer
mont. The Popocratic demoraliZa-
ton grows greater each day as the
election draws near, and odds of 8,
4 and even to 1 are offered by bet
ting men on McKinley's election with
out securing takers. That tells the
story better than columns of type.
The man who bets expects to win
and does not allow his personal pref
erence or wishes to influence his judg-
ment. The betting element is back
ing Mckinley simply because all their
information leads them to believe that
he is bound to win, and they have
sought information just as they would
on a horse race, in order that they
could put their money on the favorite.
But their winnings will hardly pay
them for their trouble, because of
their inability to find men willing to
bet on Bryan, even at the big odds
now being offered.
Virginia is not one of the states
which the Republicans have counted
upon, but recent advices make it look
as though the Old Dominion would be
found in the Mckinley column. Mr..
Jacob Yost, one of the Republican
candidates for congress in that state,
writes: There are very evident
signs of a wane in the silver senti-
ment, and unless there is some reac-
ton which we cannot now foresee,
our white. vote will be greatly in
creased, and l believe it will be per-
manent increase" and Mr.. J. f.
Browning, of Dickinsonville, Va.,says:
Sound money is gaining rapidly here
at present" Mr. A. J. Rock, Of Wash
ington, who has been stumping in Vir-
ginia, says the number Of sound mon
ey Democrats who are supporting Nc
Kinley is constantly on the increase,
and predicts that sound money will
carry the state by substantial ma
jority.
From all over Indiana comes news
which indicates that the state is alb
solutely safe for Mckinley. The
following letter from Indianapolis is
a fair sample of what is being writ
ten from other sections of Hoosier-
dom: "The raid that Alger, Howard,
Sickles and Tanner have made in In
diana has stirred up the patriotism
which will make it almost sure
winner Betting is to 1 on McKin-
ley and 100 to 60 on Indiana, and no
takers"
The Republicans were not surprised
to learn that Altgeld's managers had
abandoned all hope of carrying ILL
nois for Bryan and were offering to
trade votes for Mckinley for votes
for Altgeld for governor. They
knew the gain that Mckinley has
been making in that state ever since
the campaign opened. How great
that gain is may be judged from the
following letter from Mr.. Frank M.
Cauger. of Granite City:"Everything
looks favorable here. This county
was always considered a Democratic
county. but a poll shows 1000 major
ity for Mckinley"
Apersonal friend of President Cleve-
land says that he has made up his
mind to recognize the independence
of Cuba, unless the rebellion is put
down by Spain within the next three
months, and that hint to that effecr
has been given Spain.
1t being now pretty well understood
that the Venezuelan boundary COM
mission will report in favor of the
claims of Venezuela, England with a
view of saving herself humiliation has
decided to agree to arbitration be-
fore that report is made.
One of the amusing features of the
campaign is the publication Of Bryan's
applications for the position of press
agent for New York theatre, a few
months before he was nominated for
president by the Popocratic conven-
ton, and after he had attended the
Republican national convention as a
newspaper correspondent. There is
not the slightest doubt of his having
made the application, both verbally
and in writing, as the story is vouch-
ed for by Mr.. W. ]. Block, who was
a schoolmate of Bryan and through
whom the applications were made.
There is. of course nothing discredita-
BILE in Mr.. Bryan's desiring to become
a theatrical press agent; many bright
men earn their bread by writing nice
things of the stars in the theatrical
armament, and Mr.. Bryan may yet
do so. 1t merely shows that he knew
his own calibre better than the Chi
cago convention did, and there is no
doubt that the active imagination dis
played in his speeches would prove
valuable TO him in writing theatrical
notices, should that New York mana
ger. who now says that after cleo
ton, he will give him the job which