Evening star., 1896-10-14
WORK IN OREGON
The Campaign Being Energetically
Pushed All Over the State.
THE Two STATE CHAIRMEN TALK
Republicans Figure Out a Small
Republicans Figure Out a Small
Plurality for Mckinley.
DEMOCRATS r CLAIM BRYAN


PORTLAND, Ore, October 8, 1895.
There is probably no state in the Union
where the campaign is more energetcally
pushed than right here in Oregon. Every
body is talking politics. and the newspapers
have little more than reports of speeches
made and meetings held Business is. has
and will suffer to a great extent. There is
scarcely a corner In the business part of
Portland where a crowd is not congregated
discussing the political issues Of the hour.
Most of these Speakers are supporters of
Bryan and his principles, though occasion
ally can be heard some one advancing rea-
sons why Mckinley and Hobart should be
elected. Even the newsboys have caught
the fever and one bright little fellow,
vender of campaign buttons, invariably at
tracts a crowd when he stops to talk of his
wares and tells why every one-man, wo-
man Or child-should wear some emblem
upon his coat or her dress to let every one
know his or her choice for the highest Gift
at the bestowal of the people. Nor is this
state of affairs confined to Oregons metrop-
oils, for out in the country men Will leave
their work for an hour or two each day to
spread the teachings which they think must
be followed to save the country from ruin
and perdition.
a very large vote the Sd proximo. How the
figures will tally no one can tell for GER
tainty. The populists and democrats are
positive in their claims OF the state Tor
Bryan so are the republicans for Mckinley
The former, if anything. are the more posi-
tive. At least they claim the greater ma
jority. The republicans are very conserva-
tive, and are very careful before making
any statement for publication. Notwith-
standing this, there Is an evident growth
of the Mckinley sentiment in Oregon Fur
thermore, this growth continues each day.
and 1t may be that the results November 3
ryNviG n hn n
the populists than they even In their most
dispirited moment anticipated.
No Let Up In the Campaign.
From now on there will be no let up
in the campaign work. Every speaker Of
auy prominence in each party has received
assignments which will keep him on the
lump until the very last moment of the
campaign Nowhere in the state, no mat
ter how remote the spot, need a speaker
want for an audience, no matter what his
theme may be. The mere announcement
that a speech on the political questions OF
the day is to be made is sufficient to at
tract crowd of sufficient proportions to
bring forth the speakers best effort.
Today The Star correspondent visited the
various headquarters IN Portland for an
expression of opinion as to the outlook
in the state. At the Mckinley headquar-
ters they talked to him, personally, very
freely but would give him nothing for pub
location. The several officers OF the state
central committed while declining to be
quoted themselves, other than to say that
Mckinley would carry the state by a safe
majority, referred him to Judge Carey as
the man most competent to talk of the
situation throughout the state, and the
one who would give the most conservative
estimate. At the Bryan headquarters it
was not such a difficult matter to obtain
an estimate as to the result in Oregon. The
statements given him follow:
Chairman Oarey's Statement.
Charles H. Carey, chairman republican
congressional comtnittes and president Of
the Republican League of Oregon, said:
Oregon has often been considered a silver
state by those unfamiliar with her loca.
political issues. Even, many persons lv-
ing IN Oregon, who take the vote in the
state election of 1894 or 1896 as a guide,
and fail to consider various circumstar ces
| which have Influenced the vote in those
| elections or fail to note the very appar-
ent drift of sentiment during the present
| campaign, may fall into the same error.
There is no doubt whatever in the minds
| of those who areimanaging the politics of
| the republican party Of the state that Ore
| gon will cast her, electoral votes for Nc
Kirley and Hobart. There may have been
! a time, not long ago, when. upon the single
issue Of free coinage of silver or the gold
| standard, Oregon would have given a con-
siderable majority for free coinage. If this
| were ever true, 1t Is certainly not the case
| that now, in the issue between Bryan and
McKinle, and the platforms they repre-
sent, Oregon will favor the election of Nc
| Kinley.
''The combined vote of the popullsts ant
| democrats of the state, both in 1894 ant
| 1896, exceeded the republican vote. Thi
| was when there was no fusion between th
| former two parties, and it is plausibl.
argued that since they are now united ant
| have one electoral ticket in common, ant
| particularly as many republicans in tn,
state are pronounced silver men. the sllve
| ticket will win. But. in the first place
| many democrats and not a few populist
will vote for Mckinley. The democratic