The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-23

.ATTLE POST-NTELLIGE,
s1e city. a. rAssa - p-ox-ez-e was
AAsa astnge-hs- pv aozI speakers. and yss
flIT S,s. peoczs Attended Al sAzs iEc.e-
meeting, W l. Ezscz- = Ds-21-a<1c LEAD
- II ne To1-ta congregational 6sE-.c--
7zesEclr 5ec.zre5 z-ls=A = favor OF BE-
A-14&y er3 made s2eesc5 Z rs S-Isss---
! wa5 tod NJ prominent cl-Eecs q Charles
CztF. ~1tca ha= po22-s-so7 Of To- more
IAN 100. that -1e-e we're more -aaz 70
Democrats there whc bad declared -he-r
Intention o. v3-l-g FOR Mckinney
In conversation VITA representative
Republicans o. Dubuque recently ! Was
assured Ia: Mckinney vii carry thac cs-y
~ Loo 1a io-5-y. Tas IS significant from
the fact -1z- Du5eqae nss Always bean r.
ga-1ed as Z Democratic stronghold n
ny ow1 tcwr. Lansing. = comparatively
s-zM place, there are az iszs- seventy
FIVE Democrats who vii VOL. to- NcA.l-
ley. AID they a-s ne zos. influential
Democrats n the county.
The state for Mckinley.
"Ec. cnly VII ne s.a.e as : ~soie 90
sor Mckinley, bz- every congressional
district n tAs state W. sl-c. 4 Rep15ls-
can co1g-esxnaa- TAe Republican parry
L tae state. as AZ organization. s =
spieua39 condition and 3 doing sEg-ss-
sive campaign work Throughout ta= STATE,
having az Unusually god Isl c. effective
speakers IN ire fad On s1s o-1z- hand
the Democrats ara 5Iso-ga-azs1 a15 BABY
dsviGe1 TIE sound money elezez. q TIE
Democratic party Is. rs have already
sad. very st-osg, and a. Ire Indianapolis
convention there Ezs q III LIST o 1els-
gates and zL-srna-ss present from Iowa
These are. Il casual anS traxzsa:a-v
49,
nsy conviction that Mr.. Wash = radically
xrTg y his conclusions. as wsl as a,
error u hrs particular sza.ezae3ts-'
An excellent review % the political SIT
uat3oa IN this state was gwen 70 re Ore
CONAN yesterday By Harry L NIls0a-
brother OF he senator, and member O. tie
Republican state executive committee He
sad;
IN 1884 the Republicans carried Western
Washington by = majority q S...a. Tals
year. notwithstanding party 6etectiozs.
ge haqe % carry j again AM <eel p-esVy
sure 0. overcoming the plurality OF the
other side CO ire mountains. TIE Repuo-
lean campaign IS Bow mast asg-essively
carried CT. with daily results t1ai Snow
great gains % cur ranks II TIE last SIX
weeks
There are I-laa voting precincts n tie
state Now. after careful canvass q re
aeId. / have made up NJ mind that there
ara. Oh an average, a. lezs. ten voters n
each precinct who have not yet made up
their mind which way they are gang -
vose. These make up total % 4. 90 IN
certain voters. - be brought into line
of course. Il IS 4 well-accept@1 fact tha,
the Bryan forces are aoI making any gains
N their ranks They started CIT with Big
boom and AGT-a1ed everybody into line.
The boom barst and they ara losing
= - "a -S
On the other hand Mckinney g gaining
daily and converts are being made 20 al
extent that leaves 10 room 70 Golo. the Re-
salt for aex- Novel5sr- Il Is IRIS re-
action that ws are al working On. ard
whlch wil finally bring 20 cur standard
t1e =. 80 no~ uEcert2 ain voters. Good wogk
= being done on al sides Speakers ard
sound money literature parmeaee every
precinct II every county throughout TIE
stale, Iita the result that people are
meeting Us half Way, As = ua21sfests; -
al our Mckinley meetings. wAich earay
y th7 campaign were marked w4ta Gsc.1-
e trosls II many localities
The result % me election vii depend
more on King county than o. any other
county or part O. The state. L King
county VIII do It's 3uty. Mckinley vii car
- Washington. notwithstanding the may
prominent Republicans who gsnt back On
their principles.
question about Sulhyan's election tov gov
erno-. and I attribute Il solely 70 suit
vans popularity and % Rogers uDP1pG-
ls-4ty. In fae-. Sullivan has The sdvan-
tag@ o. having the weakest man n Ire
party 70 rga against. Tor there are many
Democrats and Pops who VII nos vote
fer Rogers.
"Ta Spokane our Republican orgznlza-
ton Is superb. The Mckinley Cub has a
membership oE I.Iaa. which Il the largest
Republican Club ever organized east ot
the mountains. In addition 10 that. there
ara numerous other CLUBS, uon-Tarczsan n
character, all OF which ~sii march 70 the
polls IN November ard cast the.r .ndlvi3-
nal votes for Mckinley. I know OF more
than fifty Republicans who. a ne open
ing OF the campaign. joined Bryan clubs
ana who have since withdrawn and -
Joined taelr old party. enrolling t1e5-
names in Jae Mckinney Cluhs. All these
ara most enco1-ag 1nE signs. especially -
ine face q The fact taat Spokane j. no
tor.oGs for being tle strongest silver cen
ter n The state. Mckinley < almost cer-
tain - have plurality there. TIE Ee-
ppolicsas, U1fort 8n4reay. have 10 new=-
naper IN Spokane. h1t under "a ctrca-l-
stances thiS = oot considered = calamity.
snG- n fac. many Republicans consider
q. . benefit TIE So5kasr1 n Review.
WHICH has always been heretofore strong
y Republican. = ucw cat fo- BRYAN. ac-
as tAis paper has always made 4 losing
fight "a state politics. e - considered a
good cu2en IN the ola var horses ard
workers q t5e party
Speaking q the legislative Frh. ard
contests for the Cn.rc3 StzTeS senatorsh.p
before ;le nekt session NJ Wilson said
he Gi& no. mink there wss any DOUBT
about -1e TEX legislature being EspIhil-
can Il Is almost certain - he Eapgh.l-
can. owing 20 -1e large number or ao1e-
Kf4r sa W ~