Evening star., 1896-10-29
No Detailed Information Of the Con-
gressional Situation.
REPORTS FROM TEE PACIFIC SLOPE
Quotations From Mr.. LincoIn's
Speeches Pronounced Forgeries.
RAPID DCHANGE OF SENTIMENT

Mr.. Babcock, chairman Of the congress
sional committee, when asked this after
noon to give a statement in detail of the
republican members that they expected to
elect to the Fifty-fifth Congress. said that
1t had been the invariable rule of this COM
mittee. both in the campaign Of 1894 and
In this campaign. to refrain from giving
any detailed statement of the congressional
situation by districts states.
The statements made by. Mr.. Apsley
and myself" said Mr.. Babcock, were in
gross, showing the number of republican
members that we expect will be elected;
and any statements or tables purporting to
show detailed Information of the congress
sional situation by districts or states are
unauthorized. and published without the
sanction Of this committee"
Oregon and Washington Snfe.
Republican headquarters here have re-
ce!ved an interesting and reliable summary
Of the situa ton in Oregon and Washington
from the leading campaign committees of
those states. The advices are to the effect
that Oregon is considered by the republican
state leaders as absolutely safe. The Nc
kinley majority there Is estimated at from
five to fifteen thousand In Washington,
Sullivan, the republican candidate for gov
ernor. Is regarded as sure of election. Judge
Burke of Seattle and other leading demo-
Gratis In the state are taking a most Wig
orous part in the campaign, supporting
Mckinley and the republican ticket, and
the effect is telling very rapidly Burke,
In particular, has been very successful in
bringing about change of sentiment
among the democrats. 1t is said that if the
cause gains rapidly as 1t has in the past
two weeks Washington is perfectly safe
for the entire ticket. This letter was writ
ten October 10.
Senator Tillman is now stumping Oregon,
ana 1t is said that his speeches do not take
at all. and that they have already resulted
in bringing large number of former Bryan
supporters into the Mckinley camp. A
large portion OF people quit in disgust after
every I1llman speech. Senator Mitchell is
regarded as sure of reelection. Wheat In
oregon today Is worth about 50 per cent
more than 1t was year or SO ago. and this
Is helping the republicans greatly. as this
convinces the farmers that the silver and
wheat charts circulated by the Bryanites
are utter nonsense
Forged Utternnces of Mr.. Lfncolu.
The democrats are circulating in the south
ern and western states small yellow cir
cuiar bearing the shadowy outlines of a
picture Of Abraham Lincoln, with alleged
quotations from the martyred Presidents
speeches. foreshadowing all sorts of horri-
hle things from an increase of the money
power of the country These extracts bear
no date showing when or where President
Lincoln delivered such sentiments and have
been pronounced forgeries by Col. John
hay and Mr.. Nicolay. Lincoln's private
secretaries. These hand bills were widely
circulated among the crowds that listened
TO Mr.. Bryan in Washington, and are said
TO be given out to crowds on similar occa-
slons. whenever Mr.. Bryan speaks in a
country district, where the newspapers
which have exposed the alleged forgery do
not circulate largely.
Advice received from Collin county, Tex,
are to the effect that the republican vote
there VIII be three times large as two
years ago. and ten times as large as four
years ago. Popuiists in many parts of
Iexas are not enthusiastic over national
fusion. and are hot on the trail of the
nauonal popullSt campaign committee for
senator Buffers treatment of Watson.
Change of Sentiment in Utah,
AS illustrating the rapid change Of senti-
'nent which has taken place in extreme
western states the following is an extract
from letter to Chairman Babcock from
resident of Center. Utah: "At the OPEN
ng of the campaign voters in the west
were not prepared for the fight, as they had
read comparatively nothing concerning the
monetary condition of the country, but for
all that had been made to believe by the
press that the demonetization of silver in
1873 was terrible crime fraught with I'M
'oiu INJURY 10 the Wnoie country. On this
account they were perfectly bewildered and
it seemed for while as though nine-t tenths
of the voters would be Bryanites Now.
however. that the people have had a chance
10 read and reflect. the Bryan craze is dying
out. and those of thinking minds are re-
turning to the ranks. They have read and
been undeceived and feei themselves on
solid ground. Even yet on account Of so
many miners residing here Utah will, l
fear. go for Bryan. The vote for Mckinley.
however. will be considerable for the people
here all well know the value of protection
and are certainly not unappreciative of an
honest dollar"