The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-10-24
The WORKIaoMEN'S VOTE.
Stories From Workingmen Them
selves As to How They
will Vote on E!ec-
ton Dav.

How will the workingmen of wlImfnr.I
ton vote the coming election was at lrst
made porplexlny question by the efforts
of FREQ takers, silver standard men and
Others who managed for while to bsios
audiences of working people with sixteen
to one speeches which the past week has
shown signs of clarifying.
A REPUBLICAN reporter who has been
investigating the subject patiently has
been able to arrive ut some conclusions
which justify the belief that the labor rate
Of this city will not BIO cast for Bryan
The Gold Democrats cut no figure and 10
Is safe to say that the majority Of tho
workingmon not only Of the city but OF
The STATE, will vote for Mckinley, Ho.
bart, Hoffecker and Willis.
At tho beginning of tho campaign or.
ganizel labor was represented as enthusi.
nsticnlly for Bryan Meetings wore held
at which resolutions were rushed through
endorsing Bryan and free silver the Bryan
mon cheered frantically and tho announce
mont was made that tho unions repre-.
seutcd by mcmbars at the meetings had
endorsed Bryan. He wa, laudeI rs the
peoples candidate and the vague promises
Of plenty OF money in his platform and in
his speeches was accepted rs II the days OF
miracles were NOS past and rs II dollars
were To come with running jump and
land in evcry mans empty coat pocket.
Among the thoughtless and Ignorant
who wcro captured by this rainbow wave
of sentiment in favor Of Bryan was started.
We tried at that timo to find out why
members OF trade unions wanted free sill.
yer or what thoy thought of 1t. 20 d. free
silver WAS the general reply. what we
want is change, and any change that Is
for tha better" Then after while the
Bryan CT ,lc began to die away and many
shouters beg an to wonder why they wore
shouting.
To-day many thousand workingmen who
a month ago declared that Bryan would
have walkovcr admit that they were mis-.
taken. Bryan on Il closer acquaintnnce
does not seem such dcmagoguo after all
When tho excitement began host OF
Bryan and Sewall Clubs and sixteen to
one clubs were formed. Tnl Single Tax
ors who number probably 800 in the state
Joined hands with the crauks. Mass meet.
ings were held attended about two dozen
people and the same people with u few ex-
ccptiuns, attended eo5h meeting.
There was excitement If hundred
attended and if II thousand went to hear
the speeches, Bryan, t'iuirp aud Jones
mOpped their brows and predicted the
millennium. Many oth1t 'ru,nlnont men
were engaged to speak buJ they mover
came and since Josiah Marvii, Ebe W.
Tunnel, l. irving Handy, Artemus
Smith, How1l ) England anl e r..
Cochran, who have not been heard Of
in years arc whooping 1t up tor their
cause
Forsevcral days Republican reporter
has been talking with iEcn in various call,
inss Lut found that outside of the regular
attendants at the ont Ut door Democratic
gatherings tho working men were rs q
rule afraid to take chances on cheap
money.
ono street car conductor on the Eighth
street lnu yesterday said that he was not
II i publican but 1t Is choice between
Mckinley and ruin. The car men are not
oygauI2od but live By eating and drinking
and AZ this depends on Il destructive
American protective tariff they will sup
port tho Canton orator.
AZ the H.rlan and HOllingSWJrth plant
the tcw mgn know their own condition
better than their employers They say
that between now and election IL good
many who are talking Bryan will be
afraid OF the closing down Of mills and
factories II he is elected and will vote for
Mckinley. No worklngThn who has
money in n saving bank will vote for
Bryan.
SIN another man who is in tho employ
of Ihc Joseph Bancroft Company and who
has always voted the straight Democratic
ticket. sends up his wall with the other
thousands He said he has better oppor-
tuuites than most men for Judging OF the
sentiments Of those working people and
he fllds very few of them in favor Of
Bryan. In fact he says there are not fifty
men in the mills who will support the FREQ
silver candidate. Not only does he know
tho sentiment OF his follow workingmen
but also that of his many outside friends
and declares that hundreds he knows Of
both political faiths will support Mcitin-
ley and Hobart and will finish their work
by voting tho Union Republican ticket.
Therefore Que can judge how The ten
thousand unemployed workingnen of this
city alone will vote on November 1t
can be safely said that they will support q
standard of sllid Nancy, the honesty and
init gritty Of the money and distinctive
American protective tariff.