Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-15
give unusually large democratic majori-


give unusually large democratic maJori-
ties.
1.-THE candidacy of Sewall and Watson
both as vice presidential candidates on
different tickets indorsing Bryan is not
going to endanger the electoral vote IN
any state. The people who want to elect
Bryan will so vote as to do it. They Will
by their ballots put aside every obstacle
and so vote that their votes will count.
II think the prospects of our ticket
brighten every day, and will till the cleo
1ion. We are making this fight on the
rising-not the receding-tide, which
means great deal in all elections. That
subsistence of the silver craze so confi-
IDENTIFY predicted. and earnestly prayed
for, by the enemies of democracy, has
not been seen. While the accessions to
the democratic ranks can be numbered
by thousands, conversions to the enemy's
doctrine are seldom seen.
"While think victory will be ours, 1t
behooves every democrat to be up and
doing. We must not forget that our enc
mics have the greatest campaign fund
ever raised in the history of mankind.
Didius Julianus did not pay as much for
the Roman empire when he bought it at
auction of the Praetorian Guard as Mark
Hanna is ready to pay, and has the
money, for the presidency for Mckinley.
All that bulldozing, bribery and corrup-
ton can do to thwart the will of the peo-
pie and Qe1eat Justice Will De QoHe.
"Let the patriots of this country but do
their duty, and all will be we'll
From California Mr.. w H. Haywood of
Los Angeles writes the New Orleans
Times Democrat
81 should say, from a careful estimate,
that Bryan will carry California by at
least $4,000 votes To look at any OF the
meetings is sufficient to show on which
eli a and the farmers
and worldngmen are unanimous in Mr..
Bryan's favor. The merchants are more
evenly divided. many being afraid to
come out openly because they are under
obligations to the banks.
"The silver republican club of Los An
geles has now membership of over 240o,
and is growing at the rate of 500 week.
1t has been in existence only one month,
and this alone is more than Sufhclent TO
turn southern California in Bryans ia
vor. The bimetallists believe firmly in
their cause as the only true American
policy, and the silver republicans, demo-
Gratis and populists have combined every
where, putting principle before party.
They challenged the gold men to meet
them in debate, which they refused to do.
1.-THE reason why the sentiment here Is
so strongly in favor of the reconciliation
of silver is because everything today Is at
bedrock, times are hard, collections are
bad, few have money to buy with, and
uflieSS there ID QulChly d GHdut5c LII tiiC
better very soon there will be many fail
ures and bankruptcies. People must have
more money to do business with and
meet their obligations. hope the people
of the south will give as god account of
themselves as we will here on election
day."
A prominent business man in Birming-
ham has just received private letter
from a friend now in Washington, in
which the following favorable political
news Is contained: Washington, Oct. 10,
1896 I've been here now two
weeks; have been about all the political
headquarters and met all kinds Of people
living here and from many parts of the
country. Even since l have been here
there has been a change In the aspect of
things political, and it may be a day or so
may bring other changes, At any rate,
things are Enthusiastically favorable to the
election of Bryan. His stock has gone up
at democratic headquarters at least 100
per cent within the last week. They are
bouyantly confident. They are getting
astonishing assurances about the labor
as we'll as the farmer vote in the pivoted
central western states, and the convic-,
ton is deep and unsuitable that with am
interrupted, unterrified vote Mckinley
would be left indeed with only the ex-
IRENE eastern states, giving Bryan over
800 out of the 447 votes in the electoral
college. OF course, there are tremendous
odds OF all the money powers to contend
against, but the alarming thing to the re-
publicans now is that with their reputed
unlimited possessions of campaign funds
they have to pay their own people to keep
in line; and 1t has become a big campaign
joke that countless working men are taxi
ing Mckinley money to perfect secret
Bryan organizations. That's not very
lofty plain of politics, but the labor lead
ers, seeing all the trusts and corpora
tlons' magnates standing together, look
on them as robbers, and Bryan has made
himself the working mans hero. be-
lieve the masses of them will give him
their ballots and that they will elect
him. The feeling of confidence here
among democrats Is much greater than
it was in 1892. Bryan's canvass Is de-
lighting them. He is proving a bigger
man even than his admirers here had
thought him. He has made no mistakes
has been marvel of physical endurance,
and his superb1y courageous manner of
conducting his canvass, evading nothing
and speaking always to the issue he con-
tends Is paramount, has commended him
greatly to everybody who admires the
best qualities of manhood. Bryan is be-
/ lieved by many to be the biggest man
| the country has produced since the revo-
| luton. 1 am very hopeful of his cleo
/ ton. If were compelled to bet, would
pick him.
| A private letter here. from Governor
l Altgeld OF Illinois says that Bryan will
carry that state by not less than $4,000.
believe the election depends upon ILL.,
nois, and that nobody is better posted or
more reliable than Governor Alleged. EIe
is himself the greatest politician and or
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