The sun., 1896-10-26
THE OUTLOOK IN MICHIGAN,
REPUBLTCANS WELL ORGINIzED,
POPOCRLIS ~ CONFUSION.

Their h't or Miss campnign- nctrnn
Work of the Gold Mcn-Mayor Pin.
0rec's Chnncrr or Election for Governor.
GRAND RAPIDS. Mich. Oct. 2j.-poitical ex-
perts say that Michigan will give Nick klnley .
plurality of at least 21.oO0. 1t is moro likely
to reach 400 10 and none would he surprised if
1t should go SO high as to knock the roof Off NIL
previous records. Nevertheless. pOpOcratic Ma
tiona Chairman Jones has ordered that Michi-
gan be one Of the main battle grounds in the
closing days of the fight The condition of the
State however. is no different from that OF two
weeks ago recorded In IuE sun. Nominal
Chairman Frederick A. Baker of tho popocrntio
state Central Committee sent out n few daya
ngo statement claiming the state for Bryan
by "l,250. His method OF figuring was sim-
plicity itself. but. unfortunately for those who
are pinning their faith in Bryan, 1t had no solid
foundation.
Four years ago the returns gave the Republi-
can ticket about 222, 900; Democratic. 2O.. 900;
Prohibition. 10000, and Populists 10000 The
Popocrats. according to Mr.. Baker, will get ut
least one-halt of the Prohibition vote. which
will more than balance the loss from the Demo-
cratic wing to sound money. The Pupuiists will
vote so,idly for Bryan. which. with .he Prohibi-
tion accession. would bring tue Popocrats even
with the Repub ublicans on the basis of four years
ago. Many Republicans will vote for Bryan,
and this will represent the Popocratic majority.
He figured that the Republican losses will be at
least 800 in each county on the average. There
eighty five couhtes. or total gain of ~, 500,
and to be on the safe side and truly conserva-
tive, Mr.. Baker cuts this in two and puts the
majority at $50
This claim and the manner in which II has
been figured out is quite characteristic of the
entire Popocratic campaign. 1t has been .
catch-as-catch- can campaign from start TO fin-
ish. loose iointed and without organization or
system. Early in the season the various forces
in favor of silver were undoubtedly in the ma
iority, and had the election been held in July
instead of in November Michigan would have
rolled up n handsome majority Tor tho Boy Ora
tor. For eight years the Republican orators and
organs had been teaching and preaching tho
silver doctrine. Four years ago they had the
Sherman act to defend and justify. and two
years ago their state platform pledged the Re-
publican party to restore silver to its historic
position in the United States as a money metal"
Tho Democrats two years ago declared for
free and unlimited coinage of silver and made
that the issue In the election Of the State ticket
and Congressman. The Democrats were over
whelmed as they never had been before in this
State, but during the campaign the Republic
cans went much further in their frendliness to
silver than their platform declaration, and sew
cral OF the Congressmen, notably Mines In the
Third. and Aitken. in the Sixth, were elected az
pronounced silver men. The silver sentiment
was very strong in the State when the National
Conventions this year were held. and the Chi
cago ticket and platform were joyfully received
by the silver advocates. and even the most
stnnch OF the Republicans thought that the st.
Louis declaration for sound money went en-
tirely too far for1Ioifrtcai -safety.
With things very much in their favor through
out the State and with the foundation laid for
n successful campaign in the teachings of the
Republicans, the Popocrats have lost all the
benefits they had at the start. and their defeat
in the State is regarded as certain. Immediately
following the Chicago Convention many prom-
nent Democrats announced that they would
net support the ticket and could not endorse
the platform. Those who bolted had long been
tho recognized leaders Of the Michigan Democ-
racy. They constituted the big end OF the intel
ligence dignity, character, and responsibility of
the party. and, more important still, they were
the men who in former campaigns had been
the liberal and cheerful contributors to tho
Democratic campaigns. 1t was a cheap and
noisy crowd that was left. but it was an enthu-
slastic crowd. and they called themselves The
people," while the boilers were sneeringly res
fcrred to as tho generals"
The silver Democrats ut once began negotia-
tions for wholesale alliances with all other eie-
ments and factions that favored silver. They
won the Popu!ists and the free s!verites. made
up mostly Oh nepuonrah n"'ters' ""u pu. =
iusi"h ''eAe' III 'iie ''''u WIN ,eH ~ 'tsn
Oh Ihis citS' d iie-ions hepuo''C"h out VI pro-
nounced free-silver views. as their candidate for
Governor anu 'heS s"'e Tue iopui's'S '"oo
'he oesl p'nues o'' Inv 'ene' al" 'o"' VI '"o
e!ec'ors' iho if'e s''ein'' h"u one o'uer
pihce Oh 'i'e ''.NeI an" '"o WI 'no 'e,'''''
mat was 'e't 'he s'''eF De'hoor"'s 'ooA tneni.
seNes ine' enue"'o''u ~ EeI 'o ""''""A
'froh'oltohists 10 JOIN 'he con'o'he' ou' .ne 10.
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