The morning times., 1896-09-25

| seeking political Information. They were
direc.ed ny their Instructor, Miss spencer.
to arm themselves with all sorts oI CAIN
paign material and thus be prepared Tor
an all-day political debate winch will take
place today at tile school At both head
quarters the students were loaded down
with campaign literature and every facility
offered them for the proper digestion OF the
same.
Inc pupils were divided for the debate
by a vote showing their own pOiiucaI pref
ereBces, which proved 10 lie as follows;
Republican, 16; Democratic. IL; not vot-
Ing, 4.
The Democratic campaign committee Is
sending out thousands OF copies OF Con-
grcssIiian Lin.on's speeches IN opposition
10 sectarian appropriations. TLey are Leing
mailed from tIe seBate folding roOiDs un0er
the frank OF Democratic Senators and are
mainly being sent TO tie foreign population
OF tue West and Northwest.
MIR. IL. E. DifenCe1er, secretary Of the
Silver national committee, returned from
Philadelphia yester0ay. The Bryan meet
ing is described by Mr.. Difenderfer as the
largest ana most earnest ever held IN rhit
aueiphia. the crowds beiBg estimated va
riousiy at from 6O,OOO to $4,000.
THE echoes Of that meeting" said Mr..
Diffcndcrfer, will be heard throughout
the effect Or these nih mniOth ASSEMBLE ges
to See and hear Mt. Is yan. OF course. the
immediate effect is great, hut II Is also a
lastiDg effect. Why, l could trace the
Itinerary of Mr Bryan by the huhureds Of
letters received by me from along the route
Of the tour fIon people who had never
written me before"
Asked as To what he knew about the state
nieDts from MchInie y sources LhaGthe PENN
syivania tanks had subscribed 81 900, 900
tU the Mckinley campaign funu. Mr.. DIFF
fenderfer said:
II expect that Is true, although 1t is a
uisappropriaton Of funds and one which
renders the directors responsible to the
stockholders. And it is also true, as stated
by the same journal. that all the steam,
electric and horse railways are in politics
this year, and they are practising the kind
OF politics that is new in this country. l
have reliable Information that the rail
roads have forced men to form Mckinley
CLUBS. Wear Mckinle y badges and march in
Mckinley PROFESSIONS against their will
They have been marsnaled In such parades
under bosses, one for each ten men. aLd
driven into line. But on election day 1t
Will DE quite another matter.
This buldoZing Is not Confined to Penn
sylvaDla. II Is practiced by railroads and
machine shops and factories tn roughout the
country and especially in Ohio. d State
be taken away from Us even by such
methous. For example here Is a letter
from reliable correspondent. at Alliance.
Ohio. He says: We are going TO carry
Ohio for Bryan this fan. The boys here
are competed to Join the Mckinley Club
or lose their jobs. l aiu personally ac-
quaipted with four men who have been
discharged in the shops here at Alliance
because they refused TO Join the Mckinley
Club here. The boys are joining, but they
will never vote 1or Mchiuicy. The Re
publican poll may show ohio is Tor Me
kinley. but the vote this fall will be differ
ent. ! was talking with a merchant, who
has always been a Republican. He told
me his two brothers had joined the Nc
kinley Club for policy, but II they did not
look out. Mckinley would not have as many
votes as there were members in the club
nat Is but iniiu Specimen of what
the corporations are dong to intimidate
tneir employees. But II will not succeed
They have lost the farmer vote. aud the
great labor Vote. and they can no longer
Damoouzle the one nor iutinidate the
Other
Chairman Butler OF the Populist sationaI
coinmittee yesterday sent The following
editorial. which he says gives an idea or
his opinion OF the N orth Carolina situa-
ton. to his paper, the Caucasian, OF
Raleigh:
THEIR ONLY HOPE NOW FOR
NklNLEY.
Now, since the JOinG electoral ticket has
been arranged IN TINS state the silver men
have cnance to INIT. iEeir votes and de-
feat the gold bugs. There is but one hope
ltC Tor Ach IuIey and the gold men. and
tnat Is for the voters who oppose the go.d
Std ndard to faii 10 support lne JOINT elec-
toral ticket The Charlotte Observer Is
quick to see and seize upon this cppor-
tJniCy 10 help Mchiniey anu defeat bryan,
though protesting To support him. The
following Is its editorial advice to ITS
readers. under date OF September 23
Men Whose boast Is Tia, 1Iey have never |
scratched the Democratic ticket and never |
voted against a Democratic nominee, can |
Popuiist electors who will vote for a |
Popuhst for VICE President against the |
Democratic nominee. II is their duty |
TO scratch the name OF every ropuiist from |
the electoral ticket and 10 vote only for |
those men who VIII vote for the Demo- |
cratic candidates. In so doing IL cannot |
be said that they are scratching Deuo- |
cratic ticket, for II cannot be claimed that |
this hybrid affair is one" |
Now what could please Mark Hanna |
and the goidbuEs better han this? Demo. |
Popuists Ia scratch Democratic electors. |
Ii enough or this is Cone. of course the Nc |
Kiniey electors will be elected. This is |
what the Observers advice would lead |
to- Is that what the Observer desires |
IL any so-called Democrat wants to |
scratch ropullst eiectOr. let him do |
agent OF Mckinley IN disguise. But Fopu- |
lists are not Inade OF that kind of stuff. |
Every one will vote the joint elect |
ticket. because every one wants TO defeat |
The Mckinley electoral ticket. |
The Charlotte Observer has now found |
chance 10 elect Mckinley. but no Popu- |
list Will ever become n partner OF The |
Observer IN It's goldbug scneme.
Hon. jeff Chandler returned yesterday !
from New York and will leave tomorrow |
for Lynchburg. Va. where he will speak |
that evening. On Wednesday OF next week
he will Join Mr.. Bryan, Senator Faulkner. |
Mr. MCMillin. Stilson Hutchins and Mr.. |
Bell on a tour to West Virginia and will |
speak at Baltimore week from tornor
row. Mr.. Chandler is cheerful about The
New York situation. aud declares that it
Will even have a good effect in the West
ern and Middle Western States.
Il know said he. THAT the Republican
managers are very apprehensive OF losing
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, and they have
good reason to be. Late intelligence from
California render 1t certain that Bryan will
carry that State. and / have no doubt at
all OF his election
AT least five OF the leading Democratic
clubs OF the District OF Columbia are ex- |
pected To meet within the next week for
the purpose OF electing delegates to the
national convention OF Democratic clubs, to
he held at st. Louis, October 3. The
Interstate Association will meet Satur-
day evening for the election, and the
will follow suit on Tuesday
evening
Secretary Mercer OF the Repub;i,a ,an Con-
gressional committee, points with salts
faction to the fact that a ballot recently |
taken in packing plant, in South Omaha,
Neb., resulted in favor OF Mckinley. The |
wOrkneu there Eave been generally re-
gartiel as Democratic IN previous years.
All OF the tickets used in taking the ballot |
were of the same color and the men were |
protected in casting their vote the same as |
On election day. The vote stood in the |