The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-10-15

kinley or Bryan will lose the larger part
of the votes which Palmer and Buckner
win. AS election day draws near, how
ever, II Is more and more evident that
the national democracy is giving both
the mckinley and the Bryan managers
very serious concern.
Inc one thing certain about the Palmer
ana buckner vote is that it is going to
be much larger than any of the un-
friendly politicians expected at the out
set-now large, neither the republicans
nor the silver democrats feel safe to
predlct. Whom it will cut worse-NIc-
kinley or Bryan-is the disturbing
quantity both at Mark Hanna's quar-,
tiers and at the Auditorium Annex. At
the outset undoubtedly the oound money
nominations caused the republican mana
gers more uneasiness than the Bryan
people. The men who gathered at In
dianapoliss and those who sent them there
already, for the most part, had decided
that they would not il any case vote for
Bryan; naturally the republicans had
| hoped to get their votes and so felt that
at Indianapolis they were merely turn
ing their backs on Mckinley. The pres
ent aspect. of the national democracy
campaign Is quite different. Its ap-
peal-constant, urgent-has been to CON
science democrats. Naturally ,he votes
which 1t now gains seem chiefly TO come
out from the Bryan column. Evidently
TINS Is the calculation of the Bryan mana
gers themselves. All the recent legal
oDs!ructlons, actual or proposed. to the
national democratic ticket and nine
tenths of the jeremiads against the pur-
poses, and the growing strength of the
SOUND money democrats, have come
from the Bryanites. 1t was the silver
democIatlc state committee in Iowa that
tn Ia,
tional democracy ticket from going on
the oihclai ballot 1t was Buck Hin
rlchsen who inspired the fake proceed
ings Tor the same purpose in This state.
IL Is the chairman of the Cook county
Bryan committee who is bowling he
cause number of true democrats. sun
posed by ms precinct committeeman to
nave peeh Tree silver men, have been
| appointed officers of the election.
AT the same meeting where the matter
of election of officers came lp. tb,, Cool;
county committee had another dismal
duty TO perform which indicates the
antl-Bryan drift of things in Chicago.
One OF the ward committeeman had
just repudiated the silver ticket, and thc
committee was called on to put him ont
and supply his place.
speaking of the attempt to keen the
I Imi OF me national democrats off the
IJ::i i'i pdilol, IL IrhnSplfeS that
Hlnflchsen, when he proposed this
scheme few days ago was turned down
ny ms own state committee. 1t was eyi-
deht That the Palmer and Bucknnr
strength numbers many thousand of
votes, probably enough to determine tbe
ELECTORAL vote of the state.
hese voters were too many to anger
by a factitious effort to defeat them Of
ofe;, legal rights. The committee was
AFRAID TO take the chance of so offending
'heIl us TO drive their votes to Mckinley.
"A protest, 1t Is true, has been filed with
i1inrichsen himself, as secretary Of state
9IAX. the secretary of the committee, who is
i1lhflchsen's man. but so far as can ne
learned 1t has no authority from the com
hliitee, and doubtless it will have but
iallle, FORMAL support when it comes be-
fore the state election board next Mon
day for hearing.
Inc managers or the national demo-
cratlc campaign consider that their ticket
Is thousands of votes ahead by the es-
adjustment of its right to place on the
official ballots. ' VI ''''
The associated presses have had n card
from all the late directors of the Colum
blan eXpOsition-half of whom are demo
crafts and half repubicans-ce certifying that
TO man they oppose the financial doc
trlne Of the Chicago platform. The
democrats on that list are a very limos
ing array. They afford a capital illustra
ton of the strength of the anti-Bryan SEN.
tlment in this part of the country. Some
OF those who are supporting the national
uehocratlc movement are A. Il. Seeberger,
tIe wealthy merchant eX-colectOr of the
port of Chicago: John X. Walsh nresi-
dent OF the Chicago National bank and
part owner of the Chronicle newspaper:
Cyrus. IL. Mccormick, the world-famous
manufacturer of harvesting machinery.
William Il. Baker president of the Chi
cago board of trade (who was president
OF the Worlds fair); NJ. NJ. Krkman
Vlce-presldent of the Chicago and North
western railroad; II. a. Waller, who has
large insurance and real estate business
and is civil service commissioner of the
city of Chicago f. s. Winston one of the
pest known lawyers of this city. and ey-
Mayor John =. Hopkins, whose high adj
nlllstrative faculties are apparent i'm the
work dispatched from the national demo-
crncy headquarters.
In the matter of the Connecticut cleo
non, comment around all the Doliticol
heauq'larterS centers much on the fact
mat III the few towns where there were
noth sound money democratic and silver
democratic tickets the sound money men
We're largely in the majority. Even so,
say many shrewd observers of all parties.
VIII It be in many western townships.
counties and cities where there is n ma
tlonal democratic ticket.