The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-20

A Man wAe Wanted to Put 3 20 On
Mckinley Could Not Find Takers
Wehfeot Farmers Not Deceived

Wehfoot Farmers Not Deceived.
Hardly a aay passes thst does not hiring
some assurance from Oregon 70 the effect
that Mckinley will carry that state by
good majority on November 5 The latest
advice 20 shat eject comes from Seattle
man who spent several days in Portland
last week Leroy NJ. Tox.sr. Mr.. Tczser.
in speaking Of his visit yesterday, sad:
~On my way over 20 Portland last week
for the purpose es meeting my father.
mining man from Idaho. whom had not
met for number OF years. l met Joseph
kspfinger. n blacksmith foreman frc.n
Psttsaurg. who has charge OF street car
shops IN that city. In a conversation with
Mr.. kepflnger he told NE that the labor
element Of PitsSharg. with whom he Is in
close touch. being in fact one OF them. is
solid for Mckinley: that during the pas;
three years they have been working about
half time. and that they place the tarsE
above the financial issue In this campaign,
for the reason that ;nsy have had pTac-
teal demonstration OF the working OF the
Wilson tariff bill He further stated that
on the train. between Butte and Spokane.
there was Bryan man who polled The
smoker and the regular coach. in order 70
ascertain the standing OF the passengers
on the financial question, and the vote was
AZ fer Mckinley and = for Bryan; also
rhat the train was rolled several times
en- route. and that the same proportion
held good. Mr.. kepfinger stated that he
made IL a point TO stop OF at different
places on the way West and make sn-
qu.r.es IN his line OF business. and he
found that. especially in Minnesota. there
was very strong sound money sentiment
among the lseorinS classes.
while in Portland noticed On a back
board In front OF Esbers. Gunst Il Co.'S
store . betting offer OF two and half 10
m ar Low and "a
I found gentleman who was trying 10
make a bet on the result Of the election
in Oregon. he offered first TWO TO one.
then three % one, and the Bryan man re-
fused 10 take il. Then he offered 10 bet
him even on California going for Nc
kinley. The Bryan man refused that. but
ne did finally say he would bet him 500
even that the state OF Washington would
go for Bryan, and the Mckinley man
promptly took him UP. They put up their
money. and the Mckinley man wanted 10
bet another 500. but the Bryan man de-
clined. ! had 8 conversation with the
sound money man. whose name / have
forgotten; j said TO him that he seemed
10 have great confidence in the state Of
Washing on. that some OF the Washing
ton people were a little doubtful over the
result. He replied that he had been
through the eastern portion OF this state
and that he was betting money on the
basis of his personal investigations in that
part OF the state and the advlces he had
received from friends on the Western side
Of the mountains. that In his opinion,
based upon the information he had from
these sources. he felt sure that Washing
ton would give at least 5000 plurality for
Mckinley
In a conversation with my father. he
told me that the silver sentiment in that
state was not nearly so strong as many
outside OF the state supposed that In the
mining districts there were hundreds OF
miners who we're for sound money; and
that. while he did not anticipate that the
state would go for Mckinley. al the same
time Bryan would not carry il by nearly
so large a plurality as many people sup
posed.
II attended the exposition being held IN
Portland and noticed In the smoking room
In one corner Of the exposition building a
ballot box containing two compartments,
one being marked Mckinley and the
other Bryan All who chose TO vote do
So On last Thursday night the vote was
AT for Bryan and 1.5i7 for Mckinley, and
the man in charge OF the cigar stand close
by told me that that ratio had been main
tanned during the time the exposition had
been running.
'"TElman, OF South Carolina, SPOKE
there. II was what might be called a COM
plete frost. II was a frost as far as his
creating enthusiasm was concerned
Quite large crowd gathered 10
hear him, but Popssiist said
10 me that he was very much
disappointed in him. The truth of the