Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-10-13
Circular Sent Out by the National
Democratic Association.
REPORTS FROM SEVERAL STATES
The Live|iest Fight in Indiana in It's
History.
MIR. LLOYD TO THE VETERANS

The National Association of Democratic
Clubs is sending to each affiliated club an
appeal to the clubs to do their duty on
election day.
The circular quotes the following appeal.
made by William Jennings Bryan, to the
clubs:
I'VE ask the members of these clubs to
meet at their polling places on election day
and remain there during the entire day to
work for their country. More than that
you can, If necessary, furnish carriages to
bring those who are not able to come alone.
There many who would not otherwise
10 to the polls whom you can bring in this
way You should furnish conveyances-
carriages, buggies, wagons or carts. or
anything you have, because. my friends,
in this you will be doing the same as it
was with the widows mite-if you give all
that you have. you give as generously
those who give much. l beg of you that
each one of you shall consider himself ap-
pointed as missionary, so that on election
day there shall be nothing lost that you
can do"
Continuing, the circular says:s
I'VE now add our appeal. Do all within
your power in the direction indicated by
| Mr.. Bryan. The success of our campaign
! rests in d great degree upon our club
ganiZations. Each and every one Of you
must be willing volunteers. The very LIE
| of our nation is at stake. This is not an
| idle assertion, but stern reality"
Reports From Several States.
number of reports from state demo-
| cratic committees were received at demo-
cratic headquarters in this city today.
| E. w. Curry, secretary of the demo-
! cratic state committee of Iowa, refers TO
| bogus reports from Iowa sent out from
there by republicans or manufactured in
| Chicago for transmission to newspapers
Their campaign out here he says, CON
| sists largely of Bluffs 1t Is stated that
| from latest polls and estimates the state
| committee places Bryan's majority at not
| less than 9p.HN.
Harry ST. John of the Grand Forks Plain
| dealer. North Dakota. writes that North
Dakota Is as safe for Bryan as Mississppi
"a conservative estimate" he says lis not
| less than 5000 for Bryan and judging
| from the rumber of converts from the re-
publicans 1t will be much larger, probably
| not less than 5000
1 From Kansas, J. Mack Love- chairman
| democratic state committee. reports that
| there Is no reason to change his estimat c
| mat ~ per cent of the republican vote
| Will be cast for Bryan. The present in Ii
| cations are that Bryan will carry the state
| by not less than 10000. This is a conser-
| vative estimate. On the legislature we have
| no doubts. 1t will surely be anti-republi-
| can, and will elect a silver Senator to
| the United States Senate. The fusion be-
tween the democratic party. peoples party
and free silver republicans is perfect
Lively Fight in Indiana.
The fight in Indiana is the liveliest in the
history of the state, according to the re-
ports from the democra tic state committee
and everything is being done by the repub-
icans. they say, that human ingenuity
| backed 10y ample supply of money. car
| devise to induce silver republicans to re.
turn to their party allegiance: but without
| avail. The democratic state COMMITTEES
have polled the state and declare that they
! now feel confident that Bryan will win
Mr.. Allan w. Clark of the state committee
estimates Bryans majority at 1900. Ht
says there is evidence OF an attempt in The
| last days of the campaign to shift the issue
| from free coinage to the tariff. This the
state committee think will prove disas
trous to the republicans.
MIR. Lloyd's Appeal.
At the democratic headquarters the fol
lowing Is given out as appeal of ]. B
Lloyd, "a veteran of 1S61-5,'' to his com
radeS to support Bryan:
Now, comrades, will just say here tha
this campaign brings me back to old 1861
when the democrat and whg party Dough
| UP all the daily presses. Banks and every
| thing pertaining to money was brought t,
bear against our people, and called tn
people who dared to support Abraham Lin
coin revolutIoniStS, lunaticS, traitors, rob
! bers and all the mean names they coul,
think of. But, thank God, when the vote
were counted old Abe proved to be electe,
by vast majority. And SO will It prov
, November 3, 1896, that w. J. Bryan will b
elected in the same large majority. Nc
Kinley, Hanna and the rest Of the Engis
| syndicate can spend money, falsify an
contract all the wealth against the people
but the people will predominate. Why
r Because God is with the common peopl
+ and will protect them sure, as He did Il
1S61-65 Oh! that may be successful il
throwing Oft the shackles of slavery tha
are now upon our white labor and our PEG
| pie in general"