The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-10-30

from our lc@iidI Correspondents
WASHINGTON. October 26.--No such absurd
claims are being made IN Mr.. bryan hehait us
the Republicans are putting out tor Mckinley,
bur every man connected with either the Dem
ocrltic FOpuIStS or Silver Committees ut the
Bryan headquarters expresses the utmost CON
iidcncc in tue election Of Mr.. Bryan. They
C aim that there are several States i'll the latest
Apslcy blum, that are certain to elect Bryan
electors by majOritICs OF not less than 10000,
and Il half Il dozen more that viii tc carried by
BRYAN. They also dispute both ApSley'S and
RabcOckS claims as To the uumhcroi gold men
who will he cit ctcd 10 the next House. ANA say
that the silver men Will con rL the House. An
estimate made 10y secretary EdgGrfOn. Of the
PnpuliSt National Committee, which is regard
ed ms heinr conservative, gives Mr. Bryan 2Si
certain electoral VOTES. This estimate puts
down as doubtful, bui probably n Bryan the
~ electuri.. votes from Delaware, illinois,
Iowa, Mary land, Michigan and OHIO, and gives
Mckinley - electoral vote.
cw men in public life had as many and as
warm personal friends as the late cX-SEcake
Crisp had and fewer men had as clean Il public
rccurd-nOnc could he clearer: his was ubSO-
lutely spOtlCSs. Ii is death was II great shock
20 his Washington friends and admirers, al
though it was generally known that his health
was not in good condition. II is as Il man ana
n loVahic companion that his friends VIII miss
him bur the Democratic party lost in him one
OF its ableSt leaders He was Il lea" CT in every
sense of the word, being ever ready 10 - aim
tain the principles OF the party he loved so we'll,
either i'll che council chamber, on the stump or
i'll the hurly-burly Of Il running Congressional
Gcbutc. The highest ambition Mr.. Crisp ever
enter aimed was to hC elected Il senator, and it
w0lId have been attained had he lived IL few
months longer. 1t will be remembered that he
declined gubcrnatoridl appointment to the
Senate.
The figures received nj the headquarters of
the National Association of Democratic Clubs,
in rcnIy to IL circular letter asking that the
previous political allhtiOH of members of
Bryan and silver Clubs bc givcn, are the best
answers to the claims of the Mckinleytcs that
comparatively few Republicans are support
ing bryan. Ten clubs in Iowa report total
membership OF 3.OSu, including 2.IOO Demo-
erals. I72 hepuhicHns, lud PopUists. II Pro
hibitionistS nui 81 Independents: ana six clubs
in ohio report total membership of ga, in
Guiding IL Democrats. $40 Republicans, II
PonuiiSts. 10 prOhihtioniSts and ; Indcpend-
ruts 4 the ratio of Republicans is the same
in the hundreds of Bryan Clubs in those two
states, Iowa ami Ohiu VIII cast their eIGuOr&i
votes for Bryan.
The apuear"ucc of Secretary Carlisle on the
stumV,n0minally for Palmer and Buckner, but
actually for Mckinley, has recalled the fact
that Secretary Carlisle used all the influence he
possessed 10 get Democratic member OF the
Nebraska Leg stature To vote for senator AL
len, who was The Porutist caniidatH for the
Senate, and who was elected 10y Democratic
votes. A copy of the telegram signed by Sec
rctary Carlisle and Senators German and
Rricp and addressed to Il Democratic mem Der
of the Nebraska Legislature is being circulated
nv the Democratic Congressional Committee.
1t reads: We hope you will vote for Judge
Allen ami thus keep the Senat3rshin out OF the
hands of the Republicans, Thus II appears
| that Secretary Carlisle and senator BrlCe were
not afraid Ia elect Il silver man to the Sem
ate in February, 1898, although they now pro
| fpSS great fears of what will follow the cleo
| ton Of Il silver man to the Presidency.
Mr.. j. \. WEIGH, of Kansas, now i'll Washing.
| ton, says: The wheat growers understand
| very wei that the present advance is due to
! manipulation 10y speCulatOrs, and they are not
| going TO be GeIuded INTO the idea that the gold
! standard il IT, hG given any credit tor the ill.,
/ creased value OF their product. The farmers
! have made up their minds that the double
| standard is necessary to the preservation OF
| stable prices and they are gong to vote that
| way This is no new idea with them-nO craze
| of the present campaign. The agricultural!
| class in Kansas will give Bryan almost solid
support, aud he will carry the State by ut least
! Pc, 900 majority.
| "activcly minglinE' in the campaign, his adj
ministratiOn is losing no opportunity to hit ST.
| yer below the belt. The latest is Il State De
| partncnt report, purportiug to I've Il summary
| OF conSula:. reports, attacking silver and laud-
! irv gold,