Arizona weekly citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz) 1880-1901, 1896-10-10
Mckinley
Chances Are Growing
Brighter Every Day as
The Campaign Pro-
crosses.
NEBRASKA AND KENTUCKY.
The Best of Reasons Given
Why They be Placed in Re-
publican Ranks.
NEBRASKA AND KENTUCKY
From Our regular correspoudeutl

publican hanks.
From our regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON. Oct. 2, 1896-Good news
continues to flow into republican hesd-
qusrtsrs. Conspiclous among the many
cheering reports of the week was that
brought by Representative Hsines, OF
Nebraska, concerning the situation in
that STATE. He said: II don't want to
make any extreme statement, but
know that am CONSERVATIVE in saying
that Mckinley will get the electoral vote
OF my state. There has been decided
reaction. At first state pride entered
very largely into the problem. but the
Nebraska people are not repudiators and
osn always be relied upon for their 10y.
atty to the welfare Of the county. We
sha;l not have wslk-over, for Nsbras-
"a has become something Of . battle
field in THE campaign. Every store win.
dow in the cities has Q Autograph OF
either Mckinley or Bryan, but dive out
Ut every SIX business men, even 10 Lin
coin. arc for sound money. The farm
ing Glasses are all right despite the fact
hat they have Suffered under gres,
prostration OF business and three sue.
oessive crop failures. Under such pro.
vocation not many states would be true
to conservative lines. We have not {, =
gotten how one crop failure caused fam.
No in Russia in 1881, and how the psO-
pie of Nebrssks gos together and itts,
Jut Q ship load Of provisions to relisv.
che distress IN that rich agricultural
country; nor hes il been forgotten tina,
when congress WAS asked to pay for the
transportation, William j. Bryan wa.
.mong those who voted against the AZ
preparation to send the ship scross ID.
waters on it, mission Of mercy. You
will 6nd in spite Of the confusing state
ments made about the yesult in Nsbrss.
70 that IN the final roundup Nebraska
will be . repu blican state still."
Representative Leighty, Of Indiana, |
avs: II know Of no reason Why those
who voted with us 10 1884 will not do 6.
now, and believe We will get 2.0U
sound money democratic votss in the
district" and Representative EDDY, OF
Maine, Gays Of his district: "rhis dis. |
trict 10 improving each day. The demo.
Gratis aud pOpuliets have become alarm
ID and have sent their sbIest speakers !
nto the district in an endesvor to stay l
he tide, which is turning our way
These are fair specimens Of the reports |
from congressional districts.
The repu blican congressional commit. |
Zee is sending out the following extract
from President Grants first inaugural /
.ddrees: ITO protect the national hon |
or, every dollar Of government indebt-
edutss should be paid in gold, unless
otherwise expressly provided for. Let
It bs understood that no repudistor OF
one farthing Of our public debt will BE-
trusted in Q public place, and it will 60
far toward strsDgthenioR . credit thai /
should be best in the world"
Mr.. @. M. Woodbury., Q prominent
ous ness man Of Kentucky who 10 nov
ia Washington, I'D Of that state: my /
judgment IL that Mckinley will Garry
Kentucky. At any rate the men who
are believers IN sound money have greet
confidence IN his ability to do 90. The,
,st mate that he wall have Q majority OF
10000 TO 10000, while the Bryan sdvo-
Gates are not making claims to any sucf
figures. From the way. they talk it does
not seem that they have much conf
dence in their candidates strength, sno
they are only hoping he will squsezs
tnrOngh. II they had any sort of faith
that Bryan would carry the atste you
would hear them claiming it by . big
majority. Their omission to do so lie ont
Il the best evidences OF democratic
weakness.
The popocrsts are jubilaptIy telling
each OF Ter that William r. Hearst and
John Brisbon Walker have promised
their national committee enough money
to make vigorous campaign during the
Ast two weeks Of this month, and ths,
John r Mclean has promised to take
sntirs charge OF and to foot oil the ex
penses Of the campaign in Ohio, and
that he intends to conouct such Q fight
q to soon have the repu blicsns fright.
,ned about Ohio. Republicans haven't
he slightest objsctioD to this trio OF
wealthy pu blishers putting some o,
their surplus money down tho popocrst.
C rat-hole, but they laugh when told
about that Ohio scheme. 1t reminds
hem of similar scheme 20 to New
2 ork. which the popoorats have now en-
.irely given up.
Some of the popocrats would like &c
barge Senator Butler, chairman of thu
,opulist national committee, With tFess-
10, 10 connection With the Tom Wat.
on businers, but they do not dare d.
Il this stage OF tho campaign. Butler
,as got more political sense than any OF
he populists who have yet obtained "a
ionsl prominence have displayed. II.
Ieeps the poPoorats guessing - to
whether he 10 with Tom Watson in his ,
continued demands for the dropping Ct
,ewall, or whether Watson il acting
'gsipst bis wishes and advice. It 10
aid that he also keeps Watson guess
ng. It will net surprise those who
AVE made study OF this man Butler,
ipce he proved himself dictator Of the :
,opulist national convention, to see him |.
LAY sensational part iu the closing :
|sys Of the campaign. But, whatever
10 does or does not do, it may be set
|owp ~ certain thst il will be in the in-
crest, or what be believes to be the in
crest of his own ambition.
Mr.. Bryan spent twelve minutes In !
y Washington this week without making
speech, but he was asleep, 10 Q Car.