West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1896-10-22
NATIONAL POLITICS.
NEWS AND NOTES on TIE GEN
ERAL SITUATION.
Everything Points 10 Big Demo
cratic Victory.
Fto.n QUO rogular oorro.ponaont.

senator norman fetprrcd from
New York this week. As usual he
refused to be. Interviewed, but he
reiterated his statement that Bryan
would carry Maryland.
TIT
Secretary Morton has I'm a pub
Iished interview allowed it to be
seen that the administration thinks
that "The Republican party is
making great mistake in Dragging
Of strength ard not doing more
work." and is very much afraid
that Bryan is going to be elected.
TIT
No matter how much money
Hanna's committee gets it wants
more, and it has actually had the
impudence to open an office in
Washington, and send circular
letter to all government officials,
asking them to call to see the agent
in charge Of that office, and sug.
costing that il they do not care to
call the agent will call on them at
their residences. Yet this is an
administration elected by Demo-
Gratis.
Ii the Washington Post, gold
organ though it be, keeps on in.
creasing the Bryan vote in its esti.
mates it will be conceding his cleo.
ton before the votes are east. In
Its latest table 1t gives Bryan 205
electoral votes and Mckinley lea,
leaving u in doubt. If Mr.. BRYAN
only has to get 10 electoral votes
out of these ~ his election can be
put down as reasonable certainty,
rs the States from which those ~
votes are TO come are Illinois,
Maryland, Delaware, West Virginia,
Minnesota, Michigan and Kentucky.
TT
As rule neither Democrats nor
Republicans think Archbishop Ire
lands letter will benefit Mckinley.
A Kansas man, now in ashinaton
says: at is qui'e possible and
very probable that the letter of
Archbishop Ireland will provo
boomarang, and cause more loss
than gain to Mckinley. The tenn
per Of a good many of the Western
Il. Z. a. members is such thvt they
arc very apt to resent anything of
advice from a Catholic source, and
thus the letter Of bis reverence NAV
be sort Of Burchard affair for
which Gov. Mckinley will owe him
no thanks"
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Senator Faulkner calls Senator
Qaay's absurd claim of 27O cleo
toTal votes for Mckinley a bur
Iesque, and says that Quay knows
the battle is lost, and being COM
PEELED to put out some kind o. fig
ures be made them so large that
nobody would believe them. A sig
nifcant result OF the publication OF
Quay's figures was their immediate
effect upon the betting fraternity,
tho members Of which may DO
counted upon to recognize a bluff
when they see 1t. The most reck-
less Of the gamblers we're Offering
odds Of 3 to / on Mckinley until
Quay's claim was made public.
fhey at once reduced them to 2 to
], and IN some cases the most they
will now offer is z to 5, and there
are reasons for believing that the
money to offer these odds comes
from Mark Hanna's corruption
fund.
TIT
ne returns from polls made in
nearly al the Congressional dis.
tricts are sufficiently complete to
indicate how the next House will
stand, and an estimate, which Is
regarded by the Democratic Con.
gressio1al Committee as very con
servative, shows that 100 silver
Representatives will be elected. in
Guiding Democrats, Populists and
SILVER Republicans. That win give
the silver men control Of the House
by = comfortable working majority
and ensures the early enactment u
a law providing Tor The free coinage
Of silver. II the estimate be correct
and Mr.. Bryan be elected, and
Democrats have no doubt of either.
~ Mr Bryan hqs sid lhit IN elect