San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-04
CHICAGO POLITICS.
WINDY CITY AMIDST A LIVELY
CAMPAIGN.
Bryan Tearing His Own Throat With His
Talons-Illinois Safe For Re-
publicans By Cool
100000 Votes.

Mr.. 5. L. Hahn, Of this city, is in re-
ceipt OF letter from Mr.. c. j. McPher-
son. Of Chicago, who among other things
writes on the political situation as fol-
lows:
politics are red hot here. Every group
you see has its orators and auditors. The
expansion of the subject was too sudden
and 1t had to collapse more or less after
people got their breath and the bubble
is quite fiabby now. In this part of the
country Bryan's speeches are injurlng
him right along. The appeal he Is max
ing to class prejudice is solidifying good
citizens regardless of party against him.
The silver question is only one and with
many people not the most important phase
of the campaign. The assault upon the
Supreme court aud condemnation OF the
executive for performing his sworn duty
under the law is regarded by many people
up here as dangerous to our welfare as a
law abiding and law governed body. In.
deed ii has been said by Democrats as
we'll as Republicans that the declaration
of the Chicago platform in this respect is
but crystaliZlng in a practical way the
teachings of Herr Most and the Anarch-
lists. All they ever asked was to break
The law and demand that the machinery
of the law should not be used against
them. Bryan is second Debs; he is
having lots of fun soaring people because
the people do not know the extent OF his
string. They are finding that 1t is only
wind and the scare Is subsidng. IL re-
minds me of story. you can apply the
doctrine YOURSELF:
"A man opened country hotel near a
number OF small lakes and ponds in the
country and advertised and secured sum-
mer boarders. One day long haired ma
tive came to the house and proposed to
sell him ten (10) car loads OF frogs. He
replied: Why my good man | cannot use
that quantity. Ii is more than any hotel
in the world could use, but / will take
them around Some ten days later the
native returned with single dozen Of
frogs, their legs Appropriately tied to-
gether, The landlord said: How Is this,
you only have dozen. | told you /
would take three 60 dozen The man
replied: Il know it, but this is all could
get, although l drained the pond, but
they made as much noise as ten lO) car
loads, and l thought there was that
many"
Times are hard here; money is scarce
and tied no, awaiting the result In No
vember If by any pablo paresis Bryan
should get In the result would be very
bad. Everything would await the threat
ened legislation being enacted and after
WarQ the adjustment OF NdlueS W tne
new standard OF silver, for that is what
the bimetallic claim the Popocratic plat
form means. / was about to write Demo-
cratic, but I will take that back, as Dem
ocrats don't indorse the Chicago plat
form. They lost their Same when they
were adopted by the Populists that's
customary, you know, for children to as
sumo the name Of the person who adopt
ed them. ....
IS ''IIlinois / regard as safe for 100, 900 ma
jorlty for Major Mckinley, despite the
executive committees work OF the Pops,
which has been concentrated on Illinois.
Altgeld has the Popocratic executive
committee in his grasp, and insisted on
its location here, because 1t would help
him for governor. 1t has helped him, II
is true, but not enough to elect him-oDe
term too many for us. The great Bryan
and about all his followers are bowling
coercion now, which means that they are
getting licked and are just finding 1t out.
Even the dagoes, Greek and Turks here
in Chicago are for sound money. They
know what cheap dollars are, or what
their forefathers did, and left an impress
SION it upon them. A free silver rail-
road han is scarce article around mere.
They are for Mckinley, sound money,
protection and work.
81 hope your district will re ELECT j Judge
Noonan. Do not send free silver men to
congress"