The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-10-30
THE SITUATION UP TO DATE.
Parting Words to Our Friends i'm the
Far West.

BEFORE, BECAUSE VICTORY
ISSURELY OURS IF WE
ONLY DO OUR
DUTY.
This is the last issue of the Silver
Knight Waterman which will reach
all of our readers before the cleo
ton, and we desire to give some
parting words to our friends of the
far West in order that they may
understand the situation as it ex-
lists throughout the United States.
The Republicans are now sending
out their checks by the hundreds
to the different managers in differ
ent states, and express deter
mination to buy this election. Their
mOdus operandi is to convince all
they can by arguments to coerce
and intimidate all they can, and
those who cannot be reached by
either of the other two ways are to
be purchased outright by dollars
and cents. In cities like Chicago
and st. Paul, Minneapolis, Omaha,
situated in the doubtful states, they
propose to purchase the voters at so
much per head. Already they
have made overtures of purchase in
Delaware and in Omaha, which
have been traced to some of the
Hanna minions. The silver men,
as a general rule, and especially
those who are to a certain degree
fearful Of intimidation and coercion,
are agreeing to vote for Mckinley
and are taking all the money that
is given to them, but at the same
time they do not intend to vote for
Mckinley. They argue that if
they take the money it will prevent
its falling into the hands of some
body else, where it might possibly
do harm, and say that it is but
right that they should take the
money and put it where it cannot
do any harm against the interests
of the people in this campaign.
The Republicans, on the other
hand have an army of spies en-
ployed who are watching these
identical men, and it is costing
millions of dollars. The managers,
the speakers, and the spies through
out the entire United States are
costing now more than $1,000, 900 a
day, and the money has simply
commenced to move freely. 1t may
run up to 81 ,00O,0G0 or $1,000, 900
day before election. AS predicted
in our last weeks issue, the Repub-
licans have commenced to claim
everything, and will claim it more
and more.
Take the single state of Illinois as
an example. The Republicans are
now claiming that they will carry
Illinois by $4,000 majority, when
in the actual canvass made by the
Bryan party it shows a safe major,
ity for Bryan of over 10000 votes,
and this does not include the voters
who will vote for Bryan, but who
are now under the cloud of intimi-
dation and dare not express their
sentiments. The Republicans are
now claiming good fighting show
for the state of Virginia and every
body knows who knows anything
about the situation that Virginia at
a minimum will go $4,000 majority
for Bryan, and probably $4,000.
The actual situation as it exists at
this time is that Bryan will surely
carry every Southern state south of
Delaware and every Western state
west of the Missouri river, inclusive
of the two DakOtas. This gives
Bryan 217 electoral votes, only re-
quiring seven more to elect. Bryan
is just as sure to carry Iowa, Hi
nois, Minnesota, Michigan, and In
diana, as he is the state of Virginia
or South Carolina, to which may be
added safely in our opinion, the
states, Ohio, New York, and New
Jersey. Mr.. Mckinley cannot get
one hundred electoral votes. The
effect of Republican money so far is
not visive, but on the contrary the
patriotic people of the United States
are wild with enthusiasm for the
reform parties of which Mr.. Bryan
is the nominee. A singular change
has apparently come over the issues
in the campaign. When it first
started out the free coinage of silver
and gold at the ratio of 16 to l was
the corner stone of the political
fabric, but that has been over
Swallowed by the determination of
the people of the United States
against intimidation, bribery and
fraud. The Republican party
do not hope to carry this election
in accordance with the free senti-
ments of the American people.
but they expect to carry it, if they
do at all, by the influence of a
bribed press, which will issue its
falsehoods from Maine to Califor-
mia, and by bribery and coercion.
The managers of the Republican
party know the people are against
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