The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-06
RUMOR THAT HE COMEDIES
BRYAN's ELECTION HANNA
CLASSES AS ABSURD.
TIDE FLOWING MACS WAY.
CHANCES FOR REPUBLICAN VIC
TORY SAID TO BE BRIGHTER
THAN EVER.
HoBART DENIES A CAMPAIGN LIE.
He Has No Connection with the Coal
Trust and Moreover Never
Has Had.

NEW YORK, Oct 5.--As Chairman
Hanna was leaving Republican head
quarters this afternoon, he was asked
what truth there was in the report that
he had written letter to an intimate
friends in which he conceded the cleo
tion of Bryan because Republicans
were unable to control the labor vote
Mr.. Hanna replied:
The report is absurd on the face of 1t.
have not written such letter nor have
at any time said anything capable of such
construction. The report is what you news
paper men, believe call fake l have
too much confidence in the intelligence and in
tegrity of tie American wage Garner to believe
that he will vote for policy or support
candidate on platform which means repudi-
alton and ffty-three-cent dollar. l have
never conceded the election Of MIR. Bryan, and
certainly cannot concede it now, when the
tide Is flowing so strongly and unmistak-
ably in the direction of Republican success"
Then you are confident, Mr.. Hanna of
the vote of the workingmen?''
Il am confident that the men who work,
VII ether for salary or by the day, will be
with the Republican party in this campaign
for honesty and sound. 1e0-cent dollar.
Any other Interpretation Of the attitude of the
wage earners would be an insult to their
patriotism and their intelligence, for they
have more at stake in this issue than any
other class Of men. I don't propose to dis
cuss In the newspapers our plan of campaign
but l will say that all our reports indicate
that a great majority of the votes of the
workingmen will be with us in this campaign.
THE silver craze may be likened TO an
epidemic. Its acute stage was reached a
few weeks after Mr. Bryan's nomination.
Like every other malady 1t yields to careful
and intelligent treatment
Republican headquarters gave out the fol-
lowing tonight:
"a report has recently been circulated in
the West to the effect that Mr.. Hobart, the
Republican candidate for wee president, Is
president Of the hard coal trust. which, 1t is
alleged, has advanced the price of COAL When
Mr.. Hobart's attention was called to this
report he said that, while he did not make
1t a practice to deny Campaign rumors, he
felt that inasmuch as this matter had been
circulated through the West 1t was proper to
make a statement, the substance Of which is
as follows:
Last December the trunk line railroads
located east of the Mississippi were called
upon under an agreement known as the
Joint Traffic association, to select three ar
bitrators to arbitrate the differences which
trunk lines were included In tLis arbitration
Coal roads were not included, and the mat
ters submitted to arbitration had nothing to
do with coal, coal production. coal tonnage or
the price of coal in any manner form or
shape whatever. either directly or indirectly
The selection of Mr.. Hobart as a judge be-
tween these railroads was made because he
had no interest therein in any form.
Mr. Hobart also distinctly stated that he
has no connection, direct o. Indirect, with
any such coal trust He does not know of
the existence of any such trust, except as he
las seen statements in the newspapers =