Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-10-17

cent years. 'Iney 90 not DeIleVe,A cItici
that more than one. or two of the Kepub,,,
lican Congressional candidates will fail
of election, and Il Is within the probable
tiles II the Mckinley wave Keeps on the
through though 1t is far more difficult
to do that this year than In 1894. when
the Populsts and Democrats had differ
ent candidates. In this fight they have
money Democrats do not throw their
votes away. however, the chances for
carrying even the hardest district are at
There are some features of the canvass;
II is proper to say. that do not show well
for the sound. money and protection
organized labor in this state. for IN
stance are for Bryan. This is not the
case elsewhere. to such an extent as TO
be material. and | cannot learn the cause
of it here. Yet the fact remains that they
are. OF course. their attitude will have
some effect on the labor vote; how much,
no one can foresee. Take It in South
works. the Singer machine factory and
the Oliver plow works are located, or In
Fort Wayne, which Is a great railroad
Mckinley gains, These cities are in the
northern counties. Go into the south
western section, however. from Terre
Haute. say, 10 Evansville. where the
heavy coal mining Is carried on. and the
Mckinley cause is not so strong. me
lst. "a and sth Congressional districts are
affected by this attitude of the miners
All OF t'eih VI, ,a,o .aio ~ oi ~, o,r
hNcrase y. nt ,-|p "'iUn % onn
Populists in the three districts. and their
influence is felt in the present canvass.
IL rs pretty eleal NOW illat tme no, ,d rol
fleet the influences of Chicago. are going
70 snow iieaVy Sdiiis, wniie tIc sou.,o,
Yer VIII pe thS plaVe =, ulSapl,oiii.,it,' ,',,tv
Il .iierG - 40 ~ rb,a ~ iNtMuiutp,i i' n t6e
central part OF the state. are the ol'y
localities Where any great nuinper oI NJ ~
publicns VIII Vote Tor tree silver; iMheae M
are more Tree s,ivei hepuhiicths& "a IN III tntn ..,o
tWo counties tnAh IA any ~ N the stdtV, i,;
Ihey are agtdcuitural. gd u IS propaDle tllae III,
there are 1oo' lorhier hcpupilcahs MY MY
VIII Suppofl hiS"n, pat lhal ,.l usirra,v,t ~,
Wlll he maze up IN lidlaniipoiiS' itI,'
Haute ana South Bend alone not count
ing the heavy republican gains iore-
shadowcd IN IN. natural gas beit com
prising rant, MADISON, Delaware ,t anu
Howard counties. The oil and gas beit.
with its glass. tinptatc ana othef factory
interests that have suffered because OF
the Wilson b.li. are certain to snow Il
In those places the labor vote Is held en-
tirely on the tarin question. Marion
county IN when TINS city Is located; gave
Cleveland about 1000 plurality anh tWo
years ago went twice AS heavily tht
other way. 1t VIII amaZ" Repubicans II
Mckinley fails to lead Bryan AT least
1000 votes in the county next month
Bryan has made three trips through
the state. and he is scheduled for another
If the local committees can raise the
price charged for his appearance. The
lndianapolis Populists VII n never yer inyest t,s,
failure here, last week. Every one con-
cedes that He made four speeches. but
was physically unequal 10 one. His. ap-
psarance was Il diSappOintment, and local
Popocrats prefer to save their money and
have him stay away. The Popocratc