San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-28
ON. TO VICTORY.
THE REPUBLICAN MARCH rs SURE
AND STEADY
The Majority Piled up For Mckinley,
Honest Money and the Nations
Honor Will be Appalling.

The march of Mckinley and Hobart
to victory has been as steady and sure
as that of NapoleOnS old guard in the
days when it knew no defeat. 1t
has gone on from day TO day since
the campaign opened; there has been
no hating, no hesitation, no retreat
ing. There has been but one cry,
ION TO victory" Each week the eX-
tent of that victory has had to be en-
larged by the conservative men who
have managed this great campaign,
because they decided in the beginning
to claim no state until absolutely GER
tain that the vote of that state would
back up the claim made. The first
announcement of the certainty of the
election of Mckinley and Hobart.the
consequent triumph of honest mon
ey and of the right TO earn it by hon
est toll. and the maintenance of our
national honor, only claimed go cleo
toral votes, just 46 more than the
number necessary to elect; little Ia
ter the reports received by the Repub-
lican managers justified raising the
claim to 302 votes. and now the situa-
ton justifies the claim of 325 certain
electoral votes. with a probability of
A additional votes. In other words
there are only IS electoral votes that
are certain for Bryan. This last
claim is made by Vice Chairman APPS
ley, of the Republican congressional
committee. the man who while occu-
pying the same position two years ago
called the turn on the Republican land
slide in the congressional election in a
manner that surprised the country
and showed that his figures were
backed by actual information. The
same gentleman now says that infor-
nation received since Chairman Bah
cock recently made his claim for 1914
Republican members of the next
house justifies his claiming 224.
1t is the general impression in Wash
ington that Mckinley and Hobart will
receive the largest majority of the
popular vote ever cast for a presiden-
tial ticket and not few men are pre-
dieting phenomenal majorities in
states considered doubtful a month
ago.
Secretary Mercer, of the Republican
congressional committee will this
week go home and will remain in Ne
braska until after election day. Mr..
Mercer is not going because he re-
CARDS his presence in the district as
necessary to his reelection to congress
he is already certain of that but
merely because his work in Washing
ton is completed and he wishes to add
his vote to the majority that Nebraska
is going to give Mckinley and Ho-
bart.
Mai. Saunders, of Louisville. KY,
now visiting Washington is of the
opinion that the insults given to Sec
rotary Carlisle will do Bryan great
injury. He said on the subject:
Most undoubtedly the effect of the
ruffianly treatment of Secretary Car
Isle will be to weaken Bryan. There
is not a community in Kentucky in
which the people will not resent the
indignity offered Mr.. Carlisle. 1t was
an outrage of an objectionable sort,
and l have no doubt that the insult
was deliberately planned"
A special report from the state de-
partment. on the currency system Of
the worlds greatest nations and their
relations to prices Of all sorts OF COM
modities. including human labor, is
important, timely and highly mstruc-
tive. 1t shows beyond the shadow
of a doubt that fluctuating standards
cause the greatest loss to toilers; also
that in every country which has
gold standard. the tendency of wages
has been steadily upward and the
cost of living has been just as steadi-
Nv lessened. while exactly the reverse
is true of the countries that are upon
a silver basis. In Mexico about the
only people who receive what would
be considered even fairly good wages
in this country are those who are es-
pecially skilled in the mechanical
branches. and most of them are ma
tives of the United States. These are
cold. hard facts which cannot be re-
futed by the silver rainbow chasers.
The United States is not exempt and
cannot by legislation be exempted
from the memorable rules of business
and commerce. If placed upon sill
yer basis it could not expect that its
experience would differ from other
countries which have tried and are
trying that basis.
It is not an easy matter for man
who has often been licked by another
man to keep his nerve up when he
knows that he has got to fight that
man again and get another licking.
That is Just he condition of the Popo-
cratic managers. They had been hop
ing to escape the licking this time, but
now they know it is impossible, and
vet they have to keep up show of
cheerfulness and give out bulletins
claiming that they will win. When
YOU are looking for subjects for your
pity do not forget the Popocraitc
managers.