The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-29
.rnAT0R BACON AS A SPEAKER
- GEORGIAN ORDERED TO THE
FRONT IN DELAWARE.

=. Fresh From the Thick of the
a+he in West Virginia ard Ohio.
10 DecIines to Hazard an Opinion
to the Result in Those States.
notor Faulkner Claims Brynn's
,,,oction and Representative Mer-
Laughs at His Claims.
bennington, Oct EX-SENATOR Bacon,
has been campaigning in West Vir-
-. and Ohio during the past two weeks,
70 democratic headquarters to-day
4 1,.nonse to a telegram from Chairman
There he ascertained from Sena-
4 faulkner that his services are desired
II nsaware for series Of speeches in the
ing hours of the ceniict.
. lU'san7,eorg1a senator says ne was greeted
-. tho Greatest enthusiasm in West Vir-
~. and also in Ohit, and he found the
n al. in those two states willing and anx-
n hear the issues of the campaign
a ,-,r discussed. AS p the result in those
,s senator Bacor is not willing to
.,r5 an opinion on lis own responsible
Roth of them are supposed to be
,,,ntfn1 although the republicans claim
o,,o nc a certainty for Mckinley. Sena-
n.oor saws the democratic manag gers
~ 1Tas+ Virginia are very confident that
- will carry that state, and the Ohio
A pIisS.aerats are equally confident that Nc
q Jt,niov will be beaten in his own state.
M NV a long consultation with Senator
ranIkner it was determined that Senator
ION shall speak Wilmington, DEL, To-
r,orrow and at other points in that state
l,'rine the remainder of the week. If his
u Oln tenoents will permit, he hopes to
reach Georgia by Tuesday IN tlrne 10 cast
his vote for Bryan
Tbo senator declined to discuss the SEN
.nrjai nroblem occasioned by the death
- I,dge Crisp. He says he has not been
~ Georgia since TIE death of Mr.. Crisp,
-, has he had tire to read the state pa
rs o,d ascertain what the sentiment on
H. e,,biect is. He refuses to discuss Gov
a+l,ineon as a possibility or what the re-
III of another state election might be.
:, is evident from Senator Bacon's man.
aar that he wishes to keep out of the fight
hot threatens to enter into the selection
nj Senator GordOn's successor.
The BRYAN demonstration at Chicago
Yesterday. with the egg-throwing incident
as side issue, afforded Senator Faux
nsr and his aides at democratic head
quarters some encouragement to-day. The
work of Senator Faulkner's congressional
committee is practically over, but the lit
tIa West Virginian still holds the, fort,
and dispenses copious draughts of encour-
agement TO fellow laborers in the Bryan
VINEYARD He is feeling so hopeful to-
night that he issued a bulletin claiming
27 votes in the electoral college for Bry-
an. and allows Mckinley but H. with IS
doubtful He gives Bryan every state but
Maine, Massachusetts,, New
Hampshire New Jersey, New York, Penn
svlvania, Rhode Island and Vermont. He
places Delaware Ohio and Wisconsin in
the doubtful list.
At republican headquarters, Represent
alive Mercer laughs at Senator Faux
ner's claims. and asserts that Mckinley 5
election is no longer a question for spec
lation. He says the republican managers
are not basing their claims upon wild
guesses, but upon information derived
from men who are paid to make a thor
1ugh canvass of every doubtful state.
These polls have not only been made by
the republican managers, but by CONNER
oial houses, newspapers and other insti-
tutions anxious to get at the facts con-
oerning the pending struggle. The work
has been so divided up that every voter
has been seen and accounted for. The
fact that all of these polls give Mckinley
a good round majority justifies the claim
sent out from republican headquarters.
Representative Mercer Is equally conf
dent that the republicans will have a good
working majority for sound money in the
next House of Representatives While
poth sides are apparently confident, tho
betting is heavily in favor Of Mckinley.