Evening star., 1896-10-28
OHIO AND WEST VIRGINIA
Representative Anderson's Observations
in Those Two States.
He Declares Them to he Absolutely
Sure for Observation-Disclosures
tiOn Among Democrats.

Ex-Congressman T. H. Anderson Of Ohio.
who was United States minister to Bolivia
during President Harriscn's administra-
tion, arrived yesterday after hard cam
paign through Ohio and West Virginia
Col. Anderson is not given to prophecies
and went to both states unde- the impress
sion that active work was necessary there.
When requested by a Star reporter to give
an estimate of conditions in those states,
he said:
"Ohio is absolutely certain for McKin-
ley by large majority, and nobody I'M
derstands this better than the democratic
managers. 1t being the policy of the M
uonal democratic committee however, to
claim everything, and to claim it with con-
fdence. In the hope that they will thereby
prevent landslide to Mckinley, it is bet
ter to their purpose to claim Ohio than to
frankly admit that they are engaged in a
hopeless fight in that state"
What about Cincinnati and Hamilton
county?"
Hamilton county, he answered. will
give the republican ticket a handsome ma
Jority. The German vote is soldly with us
this year, which means that the republicans
VII lcdrry Hamilton county by majority of
from 10000 to 10000. That this is con-
servative estimate is borne out by a per-
sonal communication just received from
John A. Caldwell. mayor of Cincinnati, who
states as you will observe, that Hamilt ION
county can be relied upon for O republican
majority fully eual to that 1 have stated.
Unlyess all stars fail, the Palmer and Buck
ner vote, supplemented by the votes of other
sound money democrats, who will cast their
ballots directly for Mckinley and Hobart,
will give us the state by a sweeping majori-
ty."
About Wesl Virginia.
What about West Virginia?" was asked.
Il confidently expect to see West Vir-
ginia republican this year by from 10000 to
$1,000. 1 spent a week and half there in
active campaign work, and was thus ena-
bled to meet the people and to note the
trend Of public sentiment in all parts of the
state; and 1 confess that it was a pleasant
surprise to find so few republicans who will
support Bryan. and so many sound money
democrats who will support Mckinley AL
though many intending in the first instance
to vote for Palmer and Buckner, they have
now concluded that the most effective way
to defeat Bryan and end Organism in the
politics of this country is to vote directly
for Mckinley and Hobart, and they intend
to do it. In many of the towns they have
organized clubs, which are doing effective
work for the cause of sound money, end
through whose influence Bryan Is surely
and steadily losing votes in that state
every day.
In the light of these facts and the vote of
two years ago in that state. it will be seen
that my estimate that West Virginia will
go republican by from 10000 to 15,OOO Is a
most conservative one. Two years ago the
total republican vote for the congressional
ticket was S9.541; democratic. 76, 1O1; popu-
list 1855. Giving to Mr.. Bryan the total
democratic and populist vote of that year
aggregating 1856. 1t still leaves a clear
republican majority of 1885 to begin with
In view of the fact. however. that the at
tempted fusion between the democrats and
populists in that state has turned out to be
farce
the further fact that there are several
thousand democrats In the state who will
vote directly for Mckinley, and others will
vote for Palmer and Buckner, 1t seems alb
solutely certain that the republicans are
not only sure to carry the state, but that
their majority will be nearer 1900 than
10000.
Dissatisfaction Among Democrats,
Il found in some sections dissatisfaction
with the state ticket, and 1t is probable
that the national ticket will have a larger
majority than that for state officers. 1t Is
this element that the democratic managers
refer to when they claim that republicans
are going to vote the democratic ticket.
A few of them are as to state officers, but
not as to electors.
In Buchanan 1t is wonderful how many
democrats will vote for Mckinley. The
same Is true at Weston At West Union.
was county court day, and 1 had an op-
portunity to talk to the farmers person
ally I was surprised to find the strength
of Mckinley sentiment among them. One
man. who had been strongly for free sill
yer. had come to town wearing a gold hat
and proclaiming his conversion to all whom
he met. I was informed that he was a
man of very considerable influence. In
Weston was told that forty lifelong dem
ocrats would vote for Mckinley.
I'm almost every town there are sound
money democratic clubs, ard their ban
Eers are hung across the streets. There
may be and doubtless republicans who
will vote for Bryan, although found none
after diligent search, but there are GER
tainly no organizations of silver republi-
ocrats, and while it is easy to locate demo-
Gratis who will vote for Mckinley, it is
very difficult to find republicans who will
vote for Bryan. The present delegation in
Congress from. West Virginia Is solidly re-
publican and the next will also be-