The San Francisco call., 1896-10-18

en- route, and generally cast his eye over
the battlefield. The veteran cam mpaigne1
does not believe there will be any diff
Guilty in carrying the country for Nc
Kinley. He does not expect to make any
speeches here. and when he leaves in q
few days he viii return home in easy
stages by way of Oregon and the Northern
Pacific.
This is the fourth visit of the distin-
guished gentleman to California. He was
here last just after General Harrison had
been elected, when the latter wired him
to come on TO indianapolis snd see him.
When he did so General Harrison offered
him the portfolio of Secretary of War,
which place was accepted.
Senator Proctor is tall, we'll built man,
with high forehead, brown hair, full
iron-gray beard and deep voice. which
of itself would mark him as a man accus-
toned to talk to many people. He is 65
years old, but does not look it.
When CALL representative visited him
to ask what he could say regarding the
campaign, he said that as for Vermont
that State had already spoken, and in q
way so decided that it emphasized the
desire for honest money, law and order.
He hoped, he said, that California would
do as well. The Senator told that never be-
fore had Vernon given quite %. 600 OF a Re-
publican majority, not even in war times,
but this year it went 40 per cent better.
and rolled up majority that, viewed
from the opening of the campaign, ap-
peared colossal.
This was the more strange, because for
year previous silver literature had been
scattered among the farmers. The farmers
were influenced by it, but the Republican
leaders did not know of the existence OF
the literature for good while
II hope you will have such majority
here" said the Senator, "as will leave no
question as to the mum Der of Republicans
here. The majority ought to be big and
emphatic, overwhelming in its force. Ii
this were an ordinary campaign where
there were simply honest differences about
the tariff, it would not so much matter.
but to any way make tacit indorsemen
of such a platform as that adopted at
Chicago would be something to be de-
plored.
on my way out, and while there l gathered
what / could from as reliable sources
as possible in regard to the fight that is
being waged in the States about there.
''Iowa Is perfectly safe. Nebraska I
don't pretend to know about. We are GO
ing to carry all the country north of the
Potomac and Ohio and east of the Missis-
Slppl. Ibis region diODe Will eject Mchln-
ley, but in addition we expect to carry
Iowa, and also West Virginia, sure.
II don't think there is any question
about Minnesota. Michigan or Indiana.
As for Wisconsin, there never was any
doubt about that.
I'm Illinois / didn't meet a man who
did not say that the Republicans would
carry that State by at least 100. 600. Mr..
Kohisaat, whom every body knows. says
Illinois will go for Mckinley by 200 600.
And Senator Cnllum, whom / met, said to
me: i began early in the campaign say
ing that we would give sc, 0,000, then raised
it to $1,000. and now my estimate is over
100 600. and don't put any limit on it,
"Senator Quay. who is a good Judge
and would not, think, overestimate the
figures. has lately said that Mckinley will
got 270 electoral votes"
Senator Proctor had a number of callers
after his arrival. The Senator has risen
steadily in prominence since the war,
when lie began as lieutenant. He served
through the war, and in 1867, 1868 and
1883 was mem ber of the Vermont House
of Representatives. In 1874 and 1875 he
was a State Senator and President pro
tenn. of the Senate. 4 year later he was
elected Lieutenant-Governor. He served
two years and then was elected Governor,
which Office he filled also for two years.
Then he was appointed Secretary of War;
Since then he has been made Senator.