The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-31

time in which to get his business mat
tiers adjusted, the judge consented to
address ladies' meeting DIT the home
of Mrs. Fisher S. Harris, in the after
noon, where he talked to a house full
at II o'clock, the ladies listening at
tentively to all that was said.
Judge Powers address was non
partisan one and was devoted to the
main issue before the people today, the
money question.
Concerning his trip to the east, Judge
Powers related the following to a re-
porter of The Herald yesterday after
noon:
What do you think of the pros
poets for the election of Mr.. Bryan, as
lased on your observations while east?"
asked the reporter.
Il come back as confdent DIS l can
be of anything, that Mr.. Bryan will be
elected. OF course, there is good,
fair opportunity for me to be mistaken,
for this is a year when there are likely
to be many surprises. However, 1 had
access to the best means of information
possessed by the Democratic party. 1
was permitted to see the polls of Iowa,
Nebraska and Illinois, and if we can
judge anything from those polls then
each state will be carried by Bryan.
My own judgment is, however, that Nc
Kinley will secure Iowa, owing to the
fact that the goldbug Democrats, in
stead of voting for Palmer, will, in
that state, vote for Mckinley so as to
make their efforts more effectual. I'LL
nois, 1 believe, will be for Bryan; Mich
igan, Indiana and Minnesota l con-
slider absolutely safe"
viii Bryan carry Illinois, Nebraska
and Iowa, or, if not all, which,"
Il have substantially answered that
question in replying to The former Cne
l may say in addition that there is
every indication in Nebraska that the
| Republicans themselves believe that
Bryan will have the state. Their prin-
cipal organ is now urging the Silver Re-
publicans to vote the local ticket, which
would indicate that they feel that the
national ticket is doomed to defeat
There seems to be the best of ground
for the claim made that Nebraska will
| give her electoral vote to Bryan. The
size of his majority is problematical.
do not think that it will be large, but
| it Will be all-Sufficient There are indi-
cations that well-informed Republicans
have no longer hope of carrying the
state for Mckinley. Our people are
not relaxing any effort The decision of
| the supreme court that the goldbug
Democracy is the genuine thing and
that they were entitled to have the
word Democrat placed after the names
of their electors, will lose US many
votes, but the difficulty will be over
! come so far as possible The ticket there
| like that in Wyoming, has no emblems
Many ballots will have to be marked
by the judges in order to enable voters
who cannot read to vote. The commit
tee is distributing sample ballots among
! illiterate voters who will, with the aid
of friends, mark those ballots before
election day. Then, when they come to
vote they will take their marked sample
| ballots into the booths with them and
| spreading them down by the official
/ ballot, they will be able to put their
X marks in the right places without
help. This plan ought to be tried in
Wyoming"
us Hanna using much money in the
campaign"
Mark Hanna has so much money
that he does not seem to know what to
do with it. 1t is being used with law
ishness. He is using it for flags, mot
toes streamers, shouters, bands and in
the hiring of halls that he has no use
for The Republican campaign fund
is larger than any campaign fund that
was ever contributed to any other cleo
ton. 1t cannot all be used legitimate
ly. They do not expect to use it all
legitimately. That of itself ought to
be sufficient reason to induce the peO-
pie to vote the Democratic ticket.
found that the Democratic committees
everywhere were substantially bank
rupt, and yet found willing workers,
volunteer workers, doing far more
good than men who are hired. l also
found that the silver men were fully
as confident as Mckinley people. They
not only believe they will be success
full, but they also introduce you to
men who have left the Republican
party. They can tell you of their
neighbors who are saying but little
but who propose to vote for Bryan,
and right there is where, in my opin-
ion, we are going to get an enormous
vote Men have become frightened by
Hannas lavish use OF money and fee
it to be a menace to the republic. They
will rebuke it at the polls as sure as
election day comes round. l am sat
isfied that if 1 could transport our sill
yer Republicans down east for three
days, that they would come back fully
convinced that it is useless for them
to attempt to secure the reforms in
government which the country needs
through the Republican party. They
would waste no more time in shouting
for local Republican candidates. They
would be satisfied, as l have been, thai
the Republican party, as it formerly
existed, is a thing of the past. In its
place is a sordid. avarlcious, graspine
machine, controlled by capital, whose
sole idea of patriotism is to watch the
fiuctuation of the stop Cor stock,
board and which is endeayoring tt
indefinitely fasten the gold standard
upon the people l say right now thai
our folks are bound to win The Amer
lean people never yet failed to rightly
solve any great question squarely sub
mitted to them. 1 hope that the Demo
Gratis throughout the state Will come w
lanx and vote the straight Democratic
ticket. This is a year to mark an X
up by the rooster and let 1t go a
that"
At the conclusion of Judge Powers
interview he handed a telegram just re-
ceived from Chairman Jones. "ReaC
that" he said.
The telegram reads:
Chicago, Oct. so, 1885,
o. W. Powers. Salt Lake.
; Conditions seem to improve every
!. day. The enthusiasm resulting from
Bryan's visit in this city is simply un
bounded. The Republicans all over tn,
country are demoralized 1 feel abso
lutte confidence in the result.
JAMES K. JONES.
That's what I call pretty goot
news said Judge Powers. Jones il
a careful man; by no means an optim
list, and what he says goes
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