The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1896-10-16

less than $4,000. Indiana is in line, o
poll OF that state showing that Bryan'a
majority in that state will not be less
that 10000, and may go as high as 30,,
600. From Iowa comes reports thot the
democrats will sweep nearly every
county In the central and western por>
tion Of the state. Polls just completed
show a change Of from 800 to 500 re.
publican votes In each county to Bry,
an, and this change will surely carry
nearly every county in the central and
western portions of Iowa for Bryan
The Council Bluffs congressional dis.
trict, always republican stronghold
will give Bryan large majority. a
poll of the counties In the district show
republican detection OF from 20 &c
rs per cent. in every county, while
there are very few democrats who will
not vote the ticket. The republicans are
so badly frightened that they are i'm.
porting outside assistance, and say that
II they do not get it the state will be
hopelessly lost
In Illinois the conditions look much
better than they did week ago, and
show that Bryan will not only carry
the state outside Of Cook county. but
will nlso carry Cook county and Chi
cago by large majority. Every rep
utable labor organization in Chicago is
for Bryan; OF the G0,000 votes In tho
ranks OF organized labor, Bryan will
get $4,000, and the republican mana
gers, in falling confidentially. admit
this fact-and this despite the fact that
large manufacturing institutions. en-
ploying thousands of men, have been
Systematically intimidating their en-
ployes by compelling them to join in
Mckinley parades, wear Mckinley but
tons, and join Mckinley clubs. Thou
sands Of workingmen in Chicago to-day
are wearing Mckinley buttons, but
who declare privately that they will
vote for Bryan. These facts lead the
democratic managers to believe and
assert that Chicago will give Bryan as
great majority as 1t gave Cleveland
in 1892, when the majority for the dem
ocTatic ticket In Cook county was 81
900. This year the conditions nre even
more favorable. There is now COM
plete fusion between the populists and
democrats. The populists east 10000
votes In Chicago two years ago, and
there are at least $4,000 republicans in
Chicago enrolled to-day in Bryan clubs.
No one places the detection OF gold
democrats at above 10000. The Scnn-
dinavians nrc coming over TO the Dry
an standard by the thousands, while
there Is noticeable change in the
ranks of the German voters during the
past two weeks, and the probabilities
are TINT Mr.. Bryan will receive n very
large proportion Of that vote. The re-
publican managers arc trying to di-
vert attention from Illinois, Indiann,
Ohio md Michigan. where their case
~ hopeless. 10 states like Nebraska and
Knnsas. which they now claim are in
doubt aud turning 10 Mckinley Ec-
ports received M nniionnl drnocrntic
headquarters show that thrHe claims
nrc entirely withom foundation. md
nrc only manufactured for the purpose
of dcirnctIng the attention OF the free
silver leaders to these states. AZ "a
matter Of fact the democratic and free
silver polls show thnt both Kansas and |
Nebraska will give Bryan mnjoritics of |
not less tl,un $4,000.
The tlcinocrntic national managers !
nrc greatly encouraged oyrr the result
of the clcctiouSin Florida and Georgia. |
Returns from Florida show that tho |
democrats have carried every county |
In the state. and that the state has |
gone democratic by majority OF not |