The San Francisco call., 1896-10-09
What He Found in Illinois
South Dakota, Nebraska and
Wyoming.
VALUE OF MR.. BRYAN's SPOON
Farmers Are Looking at the Silver
and Protection Issues in
Practical Way.

F. x. Schoonmaker, bright journalist
of New Jersey, who is here in the interest
of protection to American labor against
the competition of foreign pauper labor.
is a distinguished looking man in the
prime of life, with hair prematurely
white. forming a strong contrast to his
healthy, pink complexion.
He said to CALL reporter last night
that Mckinley would carry the State OF
Illinois by 100000 plurality. Leading
Democrats of Cook County, in which Chi
cago is situated, concede that county to
Mckinley by 10000.
Mr.. Schoonmaker went on to tell about
the great change in public sentiment
which has taken place during the last few
months in Illinois. 1t was supposed all
along that the rural districts were for
silver, but he did not believe that they
ever had been. They believed that the re-
duction of the tariff on wool and other
articles closed the Eastern factories and
caused the distress among the working
people and the general depression IN
prices. But when the silver men came
out and said that the distress had been
caused by dearth of silver they listened
to them. The novelty has worn away,
and the State will give a bigger majority
than ever before for the Republican party
.'The State Central Committee in Hi
Dois Is a splendid organization led by
John Tanner, said Mr.. Schoonmaker.
He is one of those men very like A5ra-
ham Lincoln, and always on the ground
with both feet
The next State visited by Mr.. Schoon-
maker was South Dakota. 1t is only
twelve years old and its pioneers are
Young. and energetic. The State once
went Populist and for that reason its
credit was almost ruined, capital being
scared away. Senator Pettgrew Of that
State, thinking that the silver lever would
last, bolted the National Republican Con-
ventlon at st. Louis and hurt the credit of
the State still more.
The system of agriculture in that State
has become more diversified, no less than
III dairies having been established there
within the past two years. These need
protection. The people intend to redeem
their credit this year by giving Mckinley
the largest possible majority in order 10
show beyond the possibility of doubt
that they have returned to sound business
principles.
When Bryan was nominated Nebraska
was for him by 80. 600 plurality. The Re-
pubIicans quietly took a poll and they
found that success was about an even
thing. 1t happened that crops were ex-
traordinarily heavy there this year and
the farmers found that they had some
surplus to sell. Then they began to look
around for customers, but found the peo-
pie of the East unable to buy their prod
ucts because of the shutting down of the
factories. Then the farmers reasoned that
if Bryan should be elected he would not
take his seat until March 4, and the new
Congress would not meet until next De-
nd ~ off nrA f1 hnf
their produce till then.
They reason that If Mckinley should
be elected capital would be unlocked and
the factories would be opened the day
alter election and they would find an i'm
mediate market. The city of Lincoln will
give 2500 majority for Mckinley.
1.-THE shopkeepers and business men of
that city are wild about the crowds that
are going to Canton, Ohio, to see Major
Mckinley" continued the speaker. "be-
fore election day probably million peo-
pie will have visited Canton, and as each
person will spend there, on an average,
So, that means So ,000, 600 to the stores and
hotels Of Canton. The people of Lincoln
say that if Bryan would only stay at home
and not run around the country like q
- fool he would have million of people
coming to see him in Lincoln and leaving
So, 600, 900 there, too."
Wyoming is for silver and Mckinley,
strange as it may appear. The people
have numerous undeveloped resources in
that State which need the aid of ca pital
and protection, and the people feel that in
order to attract capital the State must be
under sound Republican rule. They say
that Mckinley. with the Republicans and
better element of the Democrats behind
him, can be trusted 10 do more for silver
than the office-hungry gang behind BRYAN.
Mr.. Schoonmaker told that in New York
there were about 100000 voters and
1, 700. 600 savings banks depositors, the de-
positors exceeding the voters in number
by half a million. Bryan went to New
York and said to those depositors:
Your money is now equal to 80 to 1,
but vote for 16 10 l and you will get one.
half of what You have now, but after
awhile it will be 80 to again. He asked
those depositors to cut the value of their
money in two.
Mr.. Schoonmaker was for seven years a
member of the staff of the New York
Times. After that he went into the Press
Association business and was the first gen.
eral manager and organizer of the United
Press. He was succeeded by Walker D.
Phillips. Mr.. Sehoonmaker is now the
American manager of the Central News
Company of England. He is not now
connected with the United Press.