The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-02
ALMOST DESERTED.
NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS RE
SEaIBLE A GRAVEYARD.
Hill. of the Great Northern, Predicts
the Success of Mckinley and Ho-
bart-Independence of Railroad
Men.

CHICAGO, Nov National head
Quarters of the Republican and Demo-
cratic parties were almost deserted to-
day.
There was no business of Importance
to transact, members Of the campaign
committees and heads of departments
had either gone home TO vote or were
preparing to leave the headquarters
until after the decisive day, and were
al their desks for a short time only In
the afternoon, while few visitors from
outside Chicago strayed in to tell po-
lit:cal news or be informed before go
ing to their homes to vote.
Chairman Hanna will rema1n at has
post here until tomorrow evening,
when he will depart for Cleveland and
receive the returns there. Wednesday
he proposes to visit Major Mckinley
and then go to New York, to return
early next week and wind up the
strictly business affairs of the head
quarters. Each of the several hundred
employees called to bid him goodbye
last night, and to each Mr.. Hanna pre-
scented his photograph and autograph
Mr.. Hanna has made a popular cam
paign chairman
Executive Committeeman Rurbin lett
yesterday for Indianapolis to finally
examine the Indiana situation with the
state committee and then go to Ander-
son to vote. Chief Hahn and his sub
ordinates in the speakers department
left today for their Ohio homes. Major
Dick, secretary of the national COM
mittee, departed this afternoon for his
home in Akron, o. Committeeman
Payne will leave for Milwaukee to-
morrow afternoon, and Colonel Has
kell, sergeant-at-arms Of the head
quarters. has gone to Ashtabula. to cast
his ballot Mr.. Payne will be in charge
of headquarters election night TO re-
oeive and tabulate the returns and
keep Major Mckinley informed by
private wire to Canton.
The only visitor of Importance at Re-
publican headquarters was James j.
Hill. PRECEDENT of the Great Northern
railroad, who is on his way home TO
Minneapolis to vote after a trip to New
York. He is a gold Democrat, and to
Chief Hahn, President Hill expressed
confidence that Mckinley would be
elected and said ST. Paul would give
a big Republican majority. Comment
ing on the charges of intimidation of
railroad employees, Mr.. Hill said rail-
road men were too independent to be
coerced; they would vote as they
pleased, ana because IlSy were HOlleSI
men as a class and in favor of good
money, the same as he was, he believed
the bulk of the railroad men would vote
for Mckinley.
Secretary Walsh of the Democratic
committee is still absent in Iowa,
whittier he accompanied Mr.. Bryan,
but he will return to headquarters to-
morrow. Campaign Committeeman
Johnson of Kansas does not consider
his state is in such doubt as to make
his, vote necessary, and will remain
here until he knows the news. Cam
paign Chairman Canpau went home to
Detroit yesterday to vote and put the
finishing touches on Michigan.
Sunday was not observed as a day
of rest by the campaign orators in
Chicago. Dozens of ward and bigger
meetings and club parades were held
in all parts of the city and local or
ators expounded the arguments in ia
vor of Mckinley, Bryan and Palmer
and their platforms day and night.