New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-06
CERTAIN OPINIONS.

Mr.. Henry Wattcrson, who knows Kentucky
NJ least as well as any other man, says of that
State: THE Palmer Buckncr ticket Will poll an
..onormous vote i'm Kentucky. 1t would not sur
prise me if it polled more votes than either
"Bryan and Sewall or Bryan and Watson" The
same thought was suggested by The Tribune
the morning after the nomination. with sec
rotary Carlisle openly and heartily approving
thc ticket and almost every Democratic paper
of influence in that State opposing Bryan the
chance of getting Il larger vote there for Bryan
than for two born Kcntuckians. Palmer and
Ruclncr would seem not very bright. Mt.
Wattcrson adds of the new ticket: 1T ought
ito poll a great vote in Illinois. where Senator
palmer has always held commanding posi-
"tion and where Buckner. being nm old prop
crtv-owner in Chicago, is very we'll known and
very popular" He mentions that both are OLD
men, adding: "Neithcr is as old as Gortcha-
"koff when he held the desinics of Russia IN
Ibis hands, or as Gladstone when he was last
prime Minister of Great Britain What Mr.
Wat,erson says of other States. OF which he
has less personal knowledge, docs not accord
SO well with known facts. but his judgment
about kentucky and Illinois is entitled to high
respect.
Lacking back to the recent disclosure OF the
ponulist nlan of campaign. il will be rcmcm
bcred that nothing was claimed east OF IN
diana but every Southern State except Mary
land and Delaware. and everything west OF
the Mississippi except Iowa ana Minnesota
making oO2 electoral votes, so that either ILL
nois or the combination of Indiana ana Mlch-
gan was needed to elect. With Illinois out OF
the question. Indiana and Minnesota would not
suffice and with Kentucky out OF the question:
Indiana and Michigan would not. Win
Palmer and Buckncr in the field. neither In
diana nor Michigan offers much hope. Ken
lucky is for the Popust combination an aD-
solutclv necessary State. Loss there is loss
everywhere Mckinley can win in many ways
without it; with Wcs Virginia. for example.
which the best informed men of the State think
he is certain to carry: with any other of the
Southern States of which several are doubtful;
with Missouri which Ex-Governor Francis,
now Secretary of the Interior, will do much
to carry against Bryan; with Kansas. which
the Populis agitator, Mrs Lease. now regards
rs likely 10 be driven from Bryan by the sup
port Of Holc Smith: with Nebraska. which
Secretary Morton will turn against Bryan to
the extent of his ability, and whose regular
.
BRYAN. he having entered the Chicago Con
vcnlion as conteStng delegate; or with either
two Of the Pacific States which are all believed
likely TO vote for Mckinley.
Mrs Lease has been talking with her accus-
toned vigor for Bryan. but has just returned
home from Ncw-Iork. and virtually acknoWl-
edges that the fight is over. According TO a
telegram from Topeka. she said on Friday:
"When the future historian shall write the
"story Of this campaign, he will give as the two
"principal causes for the defeat of William Jcn-
"nings Bryan the support given him by David
ID Hill and IIokc Smith" She declares that
IIokc Smiths support will drive from Bryan
the vote of old soldiers throughout the country.
adding: I'm Kansas. predict 10000 old soldiers
"who have been voting with the Populists VIII
return 10 the Republican party because of this
zone fact" 1t is quite true that the Pensions
: Bureau. under the control Of Secretary Smith,
has been SO conducted as 10 offend al! Union
veterans Whether Senator Hi will consent
to help Bryan by refusing his support is yet
! 10 be seen. but Mrs Lease asserts that he has
purely mcrccnary' agreement 10 secure the
control of Ncw-York patronage in event or
! Bryans election. and declares that true re-
| formers will hesitate before giving their in
"dorscInent TO such an unhoy traffic" But there
! are many other causes of Bryans defeat. not
the least of which is Bryan. In the words OF
one of his most distinguished supporters.
! BRYAN talks too much with his mouth.
These are the circumstances early in Scptcm-
| Der. They are not particularly encouraging Tor
the Tammany Democrats who propose 10 cap
turc the organization in this State for Bryan
/ For only month the hard-moncy batteries
Ahavc been playing on the Populls combinations
and I, is already in such state that some OF
/ its leaders predict it's destruction. With two
months more the constant bOmbardmcni should
convert defeat into rOut The end may com"
in Il stampede long before the election, ana
there are likely TO be some from Newly ork
among the earliest rats TO leave the sinking
ship.