Evening star., 1896-09-09
THE VOTE IN OHIO
Republicans Claim 100000 Plurality for Nh
Mckinley.
Greatest Interest I'm the Campaign
All Over the State-Enormous
Demand for Literature.


Special Dispatch The Evening Star.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, September 9.-The
great crowds that have greeted Bryan at
every poi:t where he has made speech in
this state have somewhat disconnected he
| republicans who had just begun TO feel
confident again. after The iirs: whirl of tree
silver had swept ever Ohio. No political
speaker ever drew larger crowds than these
in this state. The republicans claim that 1t
was curiosity that drew th"-n. and prob
ably it was curiosity thaJ drew many 20
his meetings. They say that there Is soue-
thing romantic ajou Bryan and his E1mi-
nation which appeals strongly to The ctni-
osty, ana point to the fac; tha, At least a
third Of his audiences are women. and NO.
men are particularly susceptible to this at
traction. DI cuUiSc. il ,.au,-pt ne 81: roS.-i
tfat all VITO go 10 hear him are going TO
vote for him. 1t is sac Ia say nat N.ry
few republicans living in tBiS city or vi-in-
ty who could get away from home and
business III" night spoke here wcr., at-
sent from his meeting
When J. \. CoXey Of "connmcuweaI''
Tame was a candidate for governor on the
p,puIlsl ticket. just after his famous march
10 Washington. he drew enormous crowds
| 10 near hin speak. ami politicians were in
DOUBT as uo what il m+a ~. Some feared a
great political revolution WAS ahauf "a
break forth, but whea the votes were
counted out. the vote -o. .'oNcy was found
" bt IlitculouSlN SiHdll. IL cAi il,.u;lN
curiosity H. that case hat drcw the crowds
10 the CoNey meetings. II seems r.ason-
able TO suppose that thu same i've. laws
the crowds 10 the Bry IN meetings.
Large Vote Indicated
| Ii all means, however. deep interest on
| the part OF everybody IN the ISSUES OF the
| campaign, ami indicates a large vcte This
fal. The republican sttee executive. COM
nlittee reports an en- ormoas demand for
| campaign literature. Ii is almost ilnpossi-
bic TO supply the demand. Reports TO that
committe= from the COUNTY commit. enien
corroborate the statement already made in
these dispatches. that the free silver move
ment would show its effect most iurcibly
| IN the farming conmu1!f. The farmers
| have beeu supplied with Tree silver lif,.ra-
ture very freely 10y the bureaus that have
been III operation for several years. and il
| Is just beginning TO have lis effect the
factory employees ana miners will rot lie
linuenced to any great extent By it. The
| republicans viii endeayor to condur; a
schooi house campaign 10 reach this dif-
| fculty. They Will try to have a speech
| giving their side of the ques. .ioa rlai. m
every ohcol house in The rural parts of the
state.
The republicans viii begin the active
/ work on the stump on The 18th Of his
month. and from that time to The Close Of
| the campaign on~ecutive series OF meet
| lngs will b" held. covering every section of
| the state, as many a dozen being held
some time in single day. The democrats
are losing valuable tim" for this work in
! arranging The details Of the fusion These
| are 'iot yet complete. though fusion is yir-
| iualiy fact. The democratic state COM
miitee Will this week announce TO tn. pop-
| ulists what districts Will Ia given to them
| TO name the candidates for electors in 1t
| Is understood ihat the populisis will he
| given II representation on the state executive
| ccnnlitce tc manage the campaign II
VIII be the middle OF the month before tnis
committee can get organized. and il VIII
| hardly be able to get into the field with irs
J regular campaign work On the stump b.
fore October
| Unless the national committee of the
democrats can be prevailed upon to con-
tribute liberally TO the campaign fund in
this state, the democrats ar likely TO feel
| the need OF funds al the very outset. There
I are absolutely no officers. either federal
| state or local. to assess. Though John r.
| Mclean il deeply interested personally in
The result OF this campaign. and Is a very
rich man, il is idle TO talk OF any one man
contributing sum alone sufficient 10 run
| a campaign as vigorous and expensive as
this one is likely 10 be. The r.publicaas
are undoubtedly well supplied with funds
III thelr means are proportionate TO the
scale upon which they projecting their
campaign work
Claims 100000 Plurality for Mckinley
The average of the best Judgments as TO
| the number of votes that the sound money
| democratic ticket will get i'm Ohio is :oun
| Probably 15'FD democrats in addition O
| these VIII vote directly for Mckinley Last
| year the populsts cast "a little over Jpn,o
| Votes. The fusion VIII insure The delivery
TO Bryan OF practically this entire Vote
/ Last fail the plurality for Bushnell for
| governor was BLOOD Ii the democratic de-
| lection Is not oTereStimat.d in the above
| ngures. II VIII be seen that the republican
! detection among The farmers could ne
lh."r. and still leave The republicans safe
| ia the state. The republican detection
| among the farmers. as a matter of fact is
| not viewed as likely 10 be anything IKE
! ln9p
| w >. Matthews, secretary of the repuh-
| lcdn state executive committee said %
! The Star correspondent today that the plu-
! ialIty Tor Mckinley in Ohio would not he
less than 1bttNW. That everybody expects
| that Ohio viii be carried by The r. .publicaus
| is indicated by the fact that no bets that
| he viii not can be secured. and very few
| that he viii have less than $4,000 plural
! ity.