The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-10-07
10000 B0LTERS
THAT IS THE NUMBER OF IOWA
REPUBLICANS WHO WILL
VOTE FOR BRYAN,
The Late Republican State Canvass
Makes Mckinley and Hanna
Very Sick.
How Railway Employees Fooled Mark Hanna's
Agents and Passed His Circulars
Over 10 the Farmers.

Agents and Passed His Circulars
| Over 10 the Farmers.
| The New York World, a strong gold ad-
! herent, has sent it's correspondent, James
| Creelman to the doubtful states, for the
| purpose of ascertaining the political trend.
| Mr.. Creelman is expected to give the
| facts as he finds them, but of course he
| is not expected to neglect anything that
| can give encouragement to the gold cause.
| This is what he finds in the state of Iowa,
| however:
| 1t may startle the people of the East to
know that Iowa stands today the vote
| is about a tie.
The extraordinary strength of the silver
| sentiment here has been suddenly reveal
! ed to the Republican state committee by
| the Republican canvass Of the counties.
| Something like two thirds of the dis
tricts have been heard from, and they
| show a Republican bolt of more than
| 10000.
The Democratic detection is in the
neighborLood of 10000 With the 81, 900 and
odd PoDulist votes joined to the Demo-
cratic strength Bryan would have a ma
jority.
The Republicans do not attempt to con-
ceal the facts. They frankly admit that
the state is dangerously close. And the
most remarkable thing about it is that
Mr.. Hanna has been looking Tor a Re-
publican majority of $4,000 or 5000 in
Iowa. t-.-.sa.,ss..
Mr.. .Treynor, the secretary of the Re-
publican state committee, told me tnat
the reports from all parts of the state
already in his hands indicated that there
were at least $4,000 Republicans classed
as doubtful, but actually leaning toward
free silver.
Mr.. Cummins the Republican national
committeeman of Iowa, confirmed this
statement an hour later.
They admitted that OH the surface of
the reports the silver and gold vote was
about tie, but claimed that there was
much reason to believe that large part
of the disaffected Republicans could be
won back TO the party by earnest work.
The reports of the Republican COM
mittee tally almost exactly with those
of the Democratic state committee.
Mr.. Currie. the Democratic state
chairman said that Mr. Trey1or's figures
agreed in general way to those reported
10 OeInOCTtltic
When 1 made the trip through Iowa a
few weeks ago it seemed to me that most
of the Republican free silver talk was
froth for many of the farmers who talk
ed against the gold standard also express
ed their admiration for Mckinley. I found
Democratic newspapers and Democratic
politicians denouncing free silver. All
has been changed i'll this brief space of
time.
The trouble seems to be that, while the
Republicans have been appealing to work.
ingmen in the towns and cities to stand
for sound money on the ground that 1t
meant high wages and low prices for
commodities. they have been driving into
the free silver camp the farmers, who
want to hire labor at low rates and sell
products at high rates.
For instance, President Ives, of the
Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern
Railway had the following circular hand
ed to every empoye Of the road with his
wages:
To the Employees of the &. c. G. N.
Railway:
Is not this money good enough for you7
Why should any man. and especially a
railroad man, want money which will pur-
chase but half as much as this? The
amount paid you in 1895 was $1,617, 1888.
If the doctrine of the silver party be true
the products of the farm are to bring a
higher price. DO you wish to vote to in
crease the price of a sack Of -four or the
meat YOU buy? If this doctrine is true all
articles bought from foreign countries
will be doubled in price, such as coffee, tea
IN wi n Y1oOrpo
The rates of freight and for passengers
on the railways are fixed by law and can
not be raised The railway company must
pay you in the money it receives, and cam
not pay you more than now, notwithstand-
ing the fact that it will only be half as
good.
If Mr. Bryan is our next president the
money Of the country will be silver, or
silver notes on silver basis
The railway company has got 10 pay the
interest on it's bonds in gold, $S11,OOO, and
If it has to pay premium to get 1t, and
thereby the interest account is increased,
there will be no way to meet 1T except by
reducing expenses, and while the pay may
not be reduced the number of men en-
ployed must be reduced.
Do you wish to take the chance of it be-
ing you who will be out OF place!
Yours truly, -. >. Ives.
Think of the effect of such a document
on the minds of farmers. who are COM
pelled to sell their oats at cents, corn at
20 cents. and wheat at 45 cents.
Tens of thousands Of these circulars
were Immediately distributed through the
farming districts by the Democratic state
committee, and former Gov. Boies has
been pointing out to the farmers Of Iowa,
who are holding last years corn crop In
their bins, in the hope OF higher prices,
that free silver will double the price Of
farm products.
The result Of this appeal in the agricul-
tural districts is shown in the alarming
reports which are now pouring into the
Republican headquarters.