The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-08-27
THURSDAY, AUGUST a., 1896.
GARMAN PREDICTS VICTORY.
Republican Farmers for Bryan.
The Toilers Lining Up for the Democratic
Candidate State Chairman Planning
for an Active Campaign.

State Chairman Garman gave out
the following interview last Monday.
When asked about his plans for the
coming campaign, he said:
81 am formulating them now. In a
few days l shall have all details ar
ranged" he continued. 81 realize that
there is plenty of hard work ahead OF
me, but l shall not shirk my duty.
Nothing is gained in this world with
out hard work. l have arranged for
a series of meetings all over the state,
and the circulation of silver literature.
Only the most capable speakers will
be employed in the work of speech
making. have promises from some
of the best posted silver men in this
and other states to aid me on the
stump. I shall tolerate no halfway
measures. We shall go into the cam
paign with all our hearts and souls,
and we shall go in to win, too.
at is mistake to say Pennsylvania
is going to 60 for Mckinley. l tell
you there has been wonderful change
in sentiment in this state within the
last three weeks. 1t is not so marked
in the cities as in the country. have
received hundreds of letters from Re-
publican farmers, who tell me thar
they are going to vote for 'relief' this
election. BY 'relief' they mean the
throwing off Of the shackles of for
eign money power. make no idle
boast when l say Luzerne county is
good for 5000 Democratic majority
this fall. And / believe what is true
of Luzerne is equally true of other
counties in the state. Schuy ylkill and
Lackawanna counties will go for free
silver. Where one Democrat bolts
there will be ten Republicans to take
his place this year. l have informa-
ton from Bradford, Columbia, Mon
tour, Northampton, Lehigh and Berks
counties that the farmers in those dis
tricts irrespective of politics will vote
for the silver candidate for President.
"There is a demand from every
part of the state that bimetallic meet
ings mot Democratic) be held. l shall
endeavor to meet this demand. There
are great many people who want to
hear the silver side of the currency
question discussed with partisanship
left out. Republicans will attend
such meetings when they would not go
to straight out Democratic meeting.
1t is this class of voters that we want
to cater to-"
Mr.. Garman was asked: "Have
you hopes of Bryan being able to
carry the state in November ?"
He replied: 81 have, and they are
not forlorn hopes, either. OF course,
may be deceived, but as the feeling
is now cannot see where Mckinley
has sure thing. There is big sur
prise in store for Hanna and his
henchmen in the Keystone state"
''Do you look for big falling off in
the Democratic vote1" was asked.
Mr.. Garman said; "No, l do not.
Democrats, who two weeks ago were
inclined to sulk, are now falling in
line, and it stands to reason that am
right. The great majority of the Dem
ocratic vote in this state is made up
OF tollers, and where should the toilers
be found in this fight if not in the
ranks of the silver party2 They GER
tainly have nothing in common with
the gold bug party, which stands for
the trusts and corporations. A me-
chanic or laboring man is more out of
place in the Republican party this
year than ever. To vote for McKin-
ley is to vote away his own interests.
| don't believe for an instant that the
laboring classes will be SO foolish.
Free silver will bring relief to the
workingmen. The continuation of
the gold standard means the continu-
alton of hard times"