The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-29
Says Rejuyenated Democracy
Has Sloughed Off MOssbacks.
NEW PARTY MUST WIN
Eventually In This Country and
Us Hopeful This Year.
Says Gold Men Can't Count on
ANY Western States.

of Nebraska, North and South Dakotas
and Minnesota. To Journal reporter
he said:
n have been up north and while I did
not get very far east in Minnesota nor
very far west in the Dakotas, saw
enough to feel very sanguine as to the
result in all those states. I talked
with committeeman in each of the
states that L was in and they are Ger
tain that they win go for Bryan. In
Nebraska which we sometimes hear
will go for Mckinley I did not find any
one that really thought that such
would be the result
Even the Republicans say that Bry-
an viii carry it when you talk with
them privately. OF course when they
talk to newspapers they are apt TO be-
gin bluf7ng and say that the state will
give a large majority the other way.
Wherever I have been I have found
that our people are hard at work and
are sanguine while the Republicans
are disposed to be discouraged and have
no confidence in their ability to either
carry their own states for the ticket or
in the general result of the election
don't think that there are any states
that are reasonably sure for Mckinley
except those east of the Alleghenies.
Those west of the Mississippi are rea-
sOnably sure for Bryan with the possi-
bic exception Of Iowa Those between
the river and the mountains are what
might be termed sdebatabIe' The
people up north are very much inter
ested in the campaign as they are every
where this year. I have never had
such large and interested audiences
and of such a cosmopolitan character.
They are composed OF every class OF
people, bankers. professional men.
business men and so on to Iaborers !
Nearly every m..etilfs that I had was
presided over by a<silver Republican.
They come from both parties and listen
attentively and then go home as if they
were thinking on what they had heard
At several of the meetings that I have
held there were men standing in the
aisles like sardines and you could see
them packed in as far as the door and
others outside and would all stand
there and listen as long as you would
talk to them and would say put up
your watch if you looked at it when
you thought you had talked long
enough. The silver Republicans are
increasing in numbers everywhere Z
have been, they are talking just like
they do here in Kansas
This campaign viii go down in his
tory as the greatest campaign that we
have ever had in this country. I can
remember as far back as the campaign
of 1870 when Harrison ran against Van
Buren. That was a. very exciting time
There was a great deal of spectacular
business carried on and excitement was
intense. There were a great many log
cabins, barrels of hard cider and coon
skins on the cabins and a great deal OF
Hip-Hip- -IIurrah excitement and that
sort of pyrotechnfcs.
Then in 1860 there was an intense in
terest, but not so great as there is this !
year The institution of slavery was
confined to a section of the country and
was under the ban of the civilized |
world. Christianity everywhere was /
working against it and those that stood
up for it were confined to a small por-
ton of the country and while the rest |
of the country was against it and was
ever intense and feeling ran high, it
was a feeling against a condition that /
existed in another part of the country
and could not arouse the interest that !
the present issue does. We have an is
sue that permeates every thing and
everybOdy's daily life. Money is as
necessary to the business welfare Of |
every transaction and the everyday |
life Of the people as air and water are |
to human and animal existence. The |
people recognize this and it is brought /
home to them every day. They are |
studying the question intently and are /
more deeply moved than they were in !
1860.
''The result of the feeling and thought |
on the part of the people will be very /
beneficial to this new movement. 1t !
has hopelessly split the Democratic |
party The new Democratic party or /
the regenerated Democratic party as ] 1
call it, the silver Republicans and the /
Peoples Party men viii all form the |
new party Of the future, which is bound 1
to be successful There has for some /
time been two elements in the Demo- !
Gratis party. This year the old moss /
back, the baTnacles, the OctOgenarians. !
the antedeluvians, are split off from the /
party and swept away and they will /
never again get back into the party. /
Such men as Palmer, Buckner, Carlisle, /
and Grover Cleveland will have to 60 /
along with John Sherman and the 9th /
ers where they belong The other part |
of the party will join with the silver /
Republicans and Peoples Party men. /
The old Democratic party is thing /
of the past. Hill accused me in the !
debate in the senate on the bond ques- /
I frankly admitted it. 1t had been split |
for some time. The present issue that |
has for some time been coming to the /
front is what has done it. The question |
is vital one and could not be kept /
down I have thought for some time /
that the men ait the head of affairs I
would realize this fact and would be /
willing that matters should be taken up /
and adjusted.
This surface pat-iotism on the part
of Republican leg ers such as Hanna !
IS a sort of an a.tOcratic feeling that I
they have that whatever they do is /