Evening star., 1896-10-29
CAMPAIGN IN ALABAMA
Belief That Bryan and Sewall Will Have
About $4,000 Majority.
Popultsts, Sound Money Democrats
In the Congregational Fight.
Gorrespo, dcnce Of The Evening Star.

| AhS SAoSiAS week OIL tue campaign III AIA-
oama has not developed anything that
would Indicate any great change as the
| probable result Of the election in this state
| as heretofore forecasted, except the
| Strengthening Of the populists' position as
! the outcome of the visit to the state last
week Of Thomas E. Watson, the populist
vice presidential nominee. Mr.. Watson
made two very strong speeches from his
point of view in Alabama
There Is no doubt that Alabama will cast
! her eleven electoral votes for Bryan and
SeWall. The size of the majority alone is
! unknown. Democratic leaders still assert
I that IT will be larger than that received
by Governor-elect Johnston at the August
| STATE election. which was a little over 3S,-
Wn Middle-of-the-road populist leaders
however. say that this will not be the case
Ihey base their assertion on the belief tha.
not near so many populists will vote for
biyan and Sewall as the democratic man.
sSers figure on. because the populists think
the democrats have not only not dealt fair
| ~ with them on the matter of fusion but
| that they have shown disposition to
scorn them by not even negotiating with
tion. Hr
| inc Palmer and Buckner men say that
.neir ticket Will poll from 1900 to 200OO
shos sbs IN IN tnis state The republicans will
snow up from all Indications their usual
strength. If the middle of the-road popu-
Est vote is as large as the leaders of that
paLty tnlnK II VIII be. the majority Of Bryan
ana SeWall Will be small. This is the way
that conservative politicians figure the
matter out However, Bryan and Sewall
can scarcely lose the state at any event as
d piuIanty and not a majority elects. A
majority OF the electors chosen dictates the
| Ecte or the entire number of electors. 50
that everything is in favor of the regular
democratic ticket. Well-posted politicians.
however. who. ten days ago were figuring
on majority of 5000 for the democratic
| ticket. have since cut their estimates con-
| sideranly. based on the strong showing
n.ade by the middle-of-the-road populists
anu the compact organization of the repuo-
leans Ihey figure now that Bryan and
| eeWa!Is majority will run to about thirty
| 10 thirty-five thousand.
The Congregational Field.
The congressional field looks very much
| as 1t appeared ten days ago. The populists
seem reasonably sure to elect Goodwin in
the NTH district. although they say that
the returns may not show it. They add
tEat II Goodwin Is counted out, and the re-
pubhcans control the next House of Renra
sentatives. ne will be seated by contest az
ne was IN the present Congress The fact
tfat GOODWIN has the solid republican vote
oeEino him. and that the sound money dem
ocrats have put out no candidate in the
| oistrict. thus leaving the fight between
doodNyn and Brewer, regular democrat
wyn. ~ Noou
The chances of CONGRESSMAN Howard
pcpullst. in the seventh district also sem
70 nave grown within the last few DAYS
Democratic ~ Leaders admit that the district
election Of Bullock. democrat. If RuIlocl,
| ceuid get the sound money vote his cleo
| 5ion would be assured, but the national
ounnocfa.s ou,n nn nave out a candidate of their
own. On the other hand. If Howard could
poil the united republican strength his re-
turn 10 congress would be certain, but that
party also mas a candidate in the field. The
| majority will not be large either way. and
either Howard or Bullock will be the win
| ner' the chances now favoring Howard
| he and his friends are very sanguinc of his
| success. N ~
The sound money democrats have the
pest snow to win in the second district.
| secretary Herbert visited that district. for
| II Is the one he formerly represented in
| or strong speeches In interest Of r H.
Clarke. the nominee of the national DEM
| ocrats There is no doubt that the ma
e,onai a.. democrats have centered their fight
excellent chance to beat Congressman
| Stallings. so they seem to think Sound
money democratic leaders say the public
| may not be surprised to see A s. Wander
| graf. their candidate in the sixth district.
come out winner This, however. is re-
| garded only in the light of a possibility,
| as Congressman Bankhead has a very
| strong hold on all classes Of people in his
| district. No few sound money men, SO his
| friends say. will vote for him, because of
his record In caring for the interests Of his
| constituency at all times.
In the ninth district DIR. Archibald Law
| son. the candidate Of the national demo-
Gratis. has a good fighting chance to win,
| but sound money leaders say here that
| they have been very much handicapped in
| the conduct of their campaign by the lack
| of sufficient funds to permit Of vigorous
| fight.
| Summed up at this time the congress
| sional situation is as follows: The demo-
| Gratis will elect their candidates in the
| first, third, fourth, sixth and eighth dis
| tricts. The populists will probably win
| in the fifth and seventh districts. The
| national democrats may win in the second
| and ninth districts.