The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-20
sILvERITEs DIsoRGANIzED,
ALTGELD AND OTHERS SAID TO
BE SELLING OUT BRYAN TO
SAVE THEMSELVES
SOUND MONEY VOTE GROWING.
White Metal Ticket VIII Go Down
Under a Majority of Fully
100000.
Special to the Globe.

CHICAGO, Ill, Oct 19.-While the
leaders Of all the political parties in
Illinois concede that there is an ele-
ment Of uncertainty in this campaign,
which nobody can count upon, there
does not seem to be much reason to
doubt the final result of the balloting.
Bryan's defeat by an oldtime majority
is conceded by many of his friends who
are familiar with the situation in Cook
county and the rest of the state. The
same friends claim that If the silver
committees had campaigned on recog-
niZed lines of political action and en-
deavored to organize the silver vote,
the result might be different. The fact,
however, seems to be that the work
for Bryan and silver has been that rat
tle-headed, pointless kind which leaves
his followers to depend upon faith.
More time has been wasted in en-
deavors to fuse with Populists than
trying to organize their own vote, with
the result that the leaders are not Ger
tain at this time whether they control
either Populists or silver Democrats.
They do know, however, that fusion
with Populists has not been gratifying
to thousands of Democrats Col. Will
lam r. Morrison, Of the Interstate
Commerce commission, has publicly re-
nounced his intention to vote for Bryan
or to have anything whatever to do
with the silver ticket because Altgeld
and his managers insisted upon divid-
ing the electoral vote SO that Tom
Watson will have four in the final
q c{Ix
in the election. Morrison is only one Of
thousands Of Democrats who have
taken the vieN that coalition with
Populism on any basis is degrading
and diSgraceful.
1t is difficult to tell lNupon what the
silver Democratic managers are bas-
ing their claims of victory. They have
not made poll of the state nor of any
precinct, township or county in the
state. They have taken no means or
steps so far as surface indications go
to ascertain what any community or
body of voters propose to do on election
day. Nevertheless they are making
pfetense that they know that Illinois
is going Democratic, or rather is going
to cast her electoral vote for Bryan. A
well-known Democrat who had been
a CONSPICUOUS figure in campaigns of
the past, spent a week in Springfield
recently. Springfield is in Sangamon
county and Sangamon county is one of
the few counties of the state that has
never rallied to give round majority
for Democracy and Democratic candi-
dates. The gentleman In question, ex-
pected to find surface Indications of
silver activity in Springfield. He ex-
pected to see thorough, aggressive
organization for Bryan and Altgeld, but
he was disappointed. He says that,
instead Of activity, he observed nothing
but inactivity; that the meetings for
Bryan were spiritless and poorly at
tended, and that there were no indi-
cations whatever, that the people of
Springfield had any sympathy for the
cause Of free silver or it's candidates.
These conditions led him to make some
inquiries into the causes and he was
amazed when informed by a silver
Democratic leader that there was un-
dcubtedly an underlying current of
silver sentiment among the farmers.
but that it lacked force and direction
through failure to organize. Reports
from other parts of the state, indeed
from half of the counties of the state.
indicate that Sangamon county is not
alone in this particular.
Charges of treachery have frequently
been made by persons interested in the
campaign. The managers of the ma
t1onal machinery have insinuated that
<AltSeIu, III HAS ueSlfe 10 secure MS own
election for governor, has, in a measure.
abandoned Bryan and is looking after
his own interests exclusively Buck
Hinrichsen's attitude has also been
cause for elimination and re-crimina-
ton by his friends and enemies He is
chairman Of the state committee. He
is also candidate for congress in the
Sixteenth district. Hinrichsen and
Altgeld are rival bosses. They hate
each a ia ty ho hoc
on several occasions nearly produced
open warfare. Altgeld's friends claim
that Hfnrichsen has been knitting both