Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-10-08
NATIONAL POLITICS.
pEmoosAcY's BIG SHIP MOVES.

gold Democrats, who have Joined forces
this year to elect Hanna's candidate, are
badly frightened. They admit that the
state of Illinois, outside of Cook county,
will give Bryan and Altgeld not less than
10000 majority, but they have hoped to
carry Cook county by enough votes to
overcome it. But their CONSERVATION
and dismay car better be imagined than
described when they learned of the plans
of the national and local Democratic
speakers in the state, and especially in
Cook county during the last two weeks of
the campaign. Especially were they
scared when they heard that Bryan and
Altgeld we're to be toured together, and
will speak at nearly every important
town in the state.
1t is estimated at Democratic head
quarters that 600 political meetings we're
held in Chicago Saturday night, Sunday
afternoon and Sunday hight, at which
there was an aggregate attendance of q.
OO,OOO, and that the cause of Bryan, sill
yer and Altgeld was ably preached and
enthusiastically cheered at every one of
these gatherings. An average of three
speeches was made at each of these meet
ings, making 1900 addresses, all forcing
home to the point of conviction the truth
that the restoration of silver as primary
money will redeem the people from dis
tress.
Atno time since the convention adjourn-
ed, it has been we'll said, have the pros
poets for Mr.. Bryan been so promising
as to-day. It is apparent to every OBJ
server that Mr.. Bryan gains in personal
popularity daily; that the silver senti-
ment waxes instead of wanes, and that
every day from now to election means
added strength to the Democratic ticket.
Henry George, who for some weeks has
been investigating for the New York
Journal the political situation in the
states of the middle west, which will de-
eide the presidential election, finds the
Democrats of Ohio confident that they
will carry that commonwealth by large
majority.
One feature of the present campaign is
the number of paid emlssaries who are
going from factory to factory in the in
terest of Mckinley aud Tanner. Many of
these men have been discredited for years
by honest workingmen, and their work is
not doing any harm to Bryan or Altgeld.
In passing it may be said that not q
prominent labor man in the city is sup
porting Mckinley who is not either on
Mark Hanna's payroll or has satisfac-
tory promise of future reward.
AFEw LINES TO WATSON.
Roanoke, Va.-The Roanoke Times to-
morrow will print an open letter from G..
w. B. Hale, Populist national committee
man for Virginia, to Tom Watson, asking
the latter to withdraw from the presiden-
tiai ticket. The letter says in part:
Hon. Thomas Watson:
From a sense of patriotic duty write
to urge you to cease your opposition to
fusion where the same is generally be.
Iieved to be of advantage to the immedi-
ate success of financial reform, to which
you have very greatly contributed.
There is no earthly chance Of your cleo
tion; if our cause wins in this race Bryan
aud Sewall are elected. Whilst greatly
prefer southern man to vote for and q
man who, like yourself, has been IN the
forefront Of the battles hitherto fought
for reform, yet I can not hesitate to sup.
POEu AEs 0cWhAJS uOu Ouly OOo0uoO ~ MAO
availability, but also because believe
that If elected and the opportunity pre-
sents itself Mr.. Sewall would conscien-
tiously carry out the full text of the
platform upon which he is elected. am
not one who thinks that because Mr.. Sew
all 10 at present banker he is obdurate
on the question Of national banks. I do
not blame the individual; / blame the
Law that legislates for national banks.
You say the man who votes for 6ewall
may as we'll and would a. consistently
vote for Hobart. The former declares
himself In favor OF free coinage at the
ratio of 16 to 1; the other favors mono
metallism. Quite difference, my l6 to l
friend. The former is willing right now
70 establish free and unlimited coinage
the latter 10 willing to postpone action
until Gladstone and the merchant gov.
eminent Of England says 90. The for.
mer 10 tangible, the latter is positively
not 90.
In conclusion, my dear sir, allow me to
emphasize that your staying on the ticket
jeopardises the success Of our cause, and
that q withdrawal on your part would be
hsralded with patriotic delight BY many
Of our party friends and largely BY those
who esteem you 90 great and good man,
Yours truly, 9. W. B. HALE.
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