The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-09-14
IOWA FOR FREE SILVER.


- Ntpuhlchn canvass SHOWS Eytraordi-
nary Strength OF Silver Sentiment
New York. September l0.-special Cor.
respondent James Creclman sends to the
World to-day from Des Molnes an interest
ing and comprehensive statement of the
political situation in Iowa. Says Mr..
Crceiman:
1t may startle people in the East TO know
that as Iowa stlnis today the vote is
about tie. The extraordinary strength
of the silver sentiment here has been
suddenly revealed to the republican State
committee by the preliminary canvass of
the counties.
Something like two-thtrds of the districts
have been heard from. and they show a
republican bolt of more than 10000. The
democratic detection is in the neichbor-
hood OF 10000 with the 200 and odd
/ ropullst votes JONES' to the democrats
strength, Royap would have majority
The republicans do not attempt to con.
ceal the facts, They frankly admit that
the State is dangerously close. And the
most remarkable thing about it is that
Mo. Hanna has been looking for a reYub-
/ lican majority of 5000 or 1900 in Iowa.
Mr.. Treyuor, the secretary of the re-
publican State committee told me today
/ tAAfAN wv AtilNl - ltVil al parts pl tue
state already in his hands Indicated that
there We're al least 5000 republicans class
ed as doubtful. but actually leaning to-
wards free silver.
! Mr. Cummins, the republican National
Committeeman of Iowa, confirmed this
statement an hour later. Both gentlemen
estimated the democratic sound money
vote so fac revealed at about 1000.
No., -. u d.
the reports the silver and gold vote was
about a tie, but claimed that there was
much reason to believe that a large part
of the diaaffectcd republicans could be won
back to the party by earnest work.
The reports of the republican committee
tally almost exactly with those OF the
democratic State committee.
Mr.. Curve. the democratic State chair
man. said that Mr.. Treynor's fig ares
agreed In general way with those re-
Iorted to the democratic headquarters.
When / made the trip through Iowa
few weeks ago 1t seemed to me that most
of the republican free silver talk was
fcoth. for many of the farmers who talked
against the gold standard also expressed
their admiration for Mckinley. | found
democratic newspapers and democratic
politicians denouncing free silver. All mas
been changed in this brief space of time.
The flash and glitter of free silver.sm
has dazzled the agr!culturist In Iowa lie
has suffered for two years from low
prices, ana anything that promises high
prices Will get his vote, even if other men
are ruined by IT,
"The towns and cities are solid for
sound money said Secretary Treynor'
but thore is trouble in the country. our
canvass shows republican loss is the Sec
ond, THIRD. Fourth, Sixth. Seventh.
Eighth. Ninth, Tenth and Eleventh dis
trlcts.
some OF ',hS we can ''a'e oAeN " ''e
oiu S'eo""a.N uNS o'V :. 80 ~
ii - "e", 60, 49,.
s"l'"Hs IN tne VIM $50 'u' ~ 49,
SHOWS 'ni' II NV - 49," 80 NJ
o"'o''""' i'"'' "o.,," ,, w ~ 49,,
S'''"S ~ Nv ,..e.,, Nv, -. 80,
mus DC c'''SSe" as " as"' , .'
III" WV a. IN, ss,, -,
s'Ne' pu' II II sun "P0-' W
less We ga" WIN ~ ,,.h -,
l''I '''''s =" Wv, ha,,, a,.aa
'.an ana - ,,, ,,,to
I"o "a, -, ~ ooo 49,,
Se''nr 10 ~ mC" at, % noo ,,fora ,na
caaid nj 1t wan Iea'" 800 n ost we
e""'i"'Sn -, xo,,,,t,, /
hinges on me mon NAM HD. 80 ,ha ,,rt9
Is paying much attention 10 the taF'h
am satisfied that we are making He'u""!
aga'ns, Bryan, we nave a're''ay s@n' "','
more than million campo an doeu1nel,s /
@.' o.,, committeeman hard at 4
work IN the cour'''s. .,,,n n,. Nor,,r.
"sun 1t is porieguy l,at" '"a' o D'' rar,
Icy can not carry Iowa wl'"oul t'uI .,, ,'',n
work believe tnal ,. lhg -. 9'i Nv WIN VIM our n
republican, but we nave E"' 10 VIII wa
maj"sty."