Evening star., 1896-09-26
Progress Of the Sound Money Move
ment in Florida.
WAITING FOR TIE State ELECTION
Probability Of Mckinley Electors
Being Chosen There.
GOLD CONGRESSMEN LIKELY
Of The Evening Star.

JACKSONVILLE, September "a, 1885.
It need not astonish any one did the sound
money movement raise the hard shell OF
democracy off solid" Florida in this presi-
Dental campaign, for reliable information
from several "sure enough democratic"
counties shows. by careful canvassing, that
they are going to vote for the gold ticket.
The lower east coast counties will poll a
de mocratic majority for the state ticket,
will split on the county democratic tickets
and will, with st. Johns (denocratic) coun-
ty, cast surprising vote for Palmer and
Buckner. with every prospect of electing
gold man to Congress-presumably Bank
er Amber of Jacksonville, a man always a
democrat and without reproach.
There is all possibility of the white repub
licans in Florida giving the two Congress
men to the gold men, and receiving In re-
turn for their aid the Mckinley electors.
In st. Augustine will be enrolled over 800
sound money democrats, just as soon as the
state election Is disposed OF. Brevard and
Dade counties, with their large accessions
of northern men, are strongly republican.
Only the white republicans are mentioned.
but these. with the sound money democrats.
will doubtless agree on the above, as neither
can hope to elect their Congressman or
electors. United. and with the aid of dis
| satised party democrats, with the increas-
| cratic ranks, and the developing spirit to
down the old warehouses;" who claim a
living by the partys fidelity. gives great en-
couragement to sound money democrats
ard hopes for the Mckinley electors.
Bryan democrats, by the way they never
mention poor Tom Watsons name. poopooh
at the idea of the pops in Florida making
fuss They are blinded by stumperS who
| are trying to delude the voters by talking
to them as If they were all ignorant. Their
fallacies fail, for never before have the
voters been so plentifully supplied with
campaign literature as now.
The populists on the west side Of the
| state will do anything to knife the demo-
Gratis for their treatment OF the Ocala-
Alliance platform. They will not join their
votes with the sound money men and the
republicans. but they will draw some from
| the straight democratic vote.
There is hardly a county in Florida with
out bad scar" on democratic harmony,
| and as many see no hopes Of Bryan's elec-
| tion, and others realize that Palmer and
| will vote against fostering the Chicago
abortion Jefferson and Jackson. and
crush out the Tillman-Altgeld-Stew
| mongrel crowd for all time by voting for
| sound money.
! 1t is said on good authority that as Mr.
Stripping cannot hope for election to Con-
gress on the republican ticket In the sec
| ond district against Capt. Bob" Davis
| democrat. he would sacrifice himself for
| Mckinley electors.
Mr.. H. T. Gibson. who is leading partner
! In Chattanooga's large stove concern, says
| that on the west side Of the state, where
| he has visited. while the shouting for
/ Bryan and Sewall and free coinage of sill
yer strikes terror to the democrats who
are democrats cause they are democrats.
| the sound money democrats are doing s-
| lently immense work, and that over there
| as here. gold democrats will spring out of
| every bush and form sound money clubs as
soon as the state election Is past. In Tam
| pa are two sound money democratic clubs.
agsregat1ng 4oO business men, men of DO
| litical influence and business integrity, who
| are sowing golden seeds everywhere
prominent populist worker says: "As
sure as God is on our side, If Bryan don't
throw away Sewall, the gold and silver
straddler. and recognize Tom Watson, so
| sure shall we. who are to contribute the
strength to the Bryan ticket, replace Bryan
| with Norton, Allen or Butler. Bryan is
| losing us Texas and Is jeopardizing our
hopes in North Carolina, Tennessee and
| other states. We cannot afford it; and
| shall not throw awsy our hands for Sewall,
| who will creep into the republican camp
II he loses this fight. Virtually, we get
nothing in Georgia or Alabama but prom
ises. Why, the 'nigger' can do better than
that by selling democrats his vote, be-
cause he knows they don't count on the
| republican side.'
| After the State Election.
Parties have been canvassing the state
| in view Of organizing sound money demo-
| cratic clubs, and they are met with by the
query: Can we elect our electors. or Con
| gressmen?" Would we lose our votes by
not voting right out for McKin1ey2' And
when the matter of fusion is reached they
say: Count on me when the state election
| is over"
Democrats fear negro domination;" sc
do the white republicans, hence the
strength Of the state and local democratic
tickets. but in the national affairs the
dread of the negro vanishes, and the power
behind the democratic machine in Florida
will steer the vote for sound money and
with strong prospects of placing Florida
In the Mckinley column Of electors and