The evening times., 1896-10-31
ALL LEANING TO M'KINLEY.
Indiana and Illinois No Longer
Doubtful States.
WILL GO AGAINST BRYAN
Careful Newspaper Men Think This
Is What These Commonwealths
VIII Do-They Are In Line for
Sound MOney-Everything Is Safe
East OF the Mississsippi River.

Mr.. j. NJ Carson, of the Philadelphia
| Ledger, after having covered all the doubt
full States in the Union, sums up the situa-
| ton as follows:
.As to the general result of Tuesday IS
voting, there can be no reasonable ground
| for uoubting that Mckinley Will receive u
ma iOrIty OF the electoral college | believe
he VIII receive the vote OF every State east
OF the Mississippi and north or the Ohio and
Potomac Rivers, and that III addition t. the
States embraced within those boundaries
he VIII receive the votes OF West Virginia,
Kentucky, Iowa and Minnesota, which Will
give the Republican candidate 25T votes.
These States VIII be sufficient 10 insure Nc
kincy's election, regardless of what mag
be tie outcome or Tie contest in Kansas,
the two Bakotas, Wyoming and the H. rec
States bordering on the Pacific Ocean,
IN ILLINOIS.
In Illinois the battle closes today. OF
course there Will be the usual last appeals
and eXtravagan, Chains issued, but the
State seems sure for Mckinley. The work
ingmen constitute the unknown quantity
that is most difficult to measure, and
which is giving the managers more CON
Germ than all Tie others. The Bryan man
ayers have done everything possible 10 cap
ture this element, and their principal re
lance Is upon II for securing the vote of
They have apparently succeeded, ny in
flammatory appeals and plausible repre-
scnjatiOns, in persuadIng large portion
of this Class that free and unlimited cuin-
age OF silver Will in some unaccoun,ablc
manner better their condition; but fprtu-
nately their influence has been limited,
and outside of the labor unions, many or
which are controlled aud directed by walk
ing delegates and professional working
men, their efforts have been Intellectual.
The bulk OF the organized labor in this
and perhaps other large cities OF the West
will support the Chicago platform because
OF its denagGgicai declaration against the
action or tie Federal authorities in sup
pressing tire Chicago riots OF a few years
ago; but The pTepunGerancc OF the work
iDGTnen OF the country VIII undoubtedly De
found arrayed on the opposite side.
BRYAN's LAST EFFORTS.
Mr.. Carson also states:
The united support OF the workingmen Of
the city was confidently relied upon to Sc
curc The vote of Illinois Tor bryan. aud no ef-
fort TO bring about such cUnsumnidti ion has
been neglected. II was with this object that
Bryan as brought here this week aud s,'tup
before the working people with startling
>i:dUeunesS aud dramatic acConIpauimenls
IN their usual places OF regular assembly.
ne novelty uIthe appeaTan e OF "A Presi-
dental candidate in rooms devoted to va
rety performances, frcc-aliu-CaSy concerts.
aud small halls for The holding of secret
meetings OF labor organizations, attracted
large and vOCilerous crowds. but the utter
ances of the candidate failed to carry COLI
vlCtiun. These last efforts of Mr. Bryan to
reach The working men bUre very little fruit.
They may have been Instrumental in rctaiG-
ing within the free coinage fold many whose
fauh was wavering. but there are no evil
dences that any appreciable number OF CON
Verts was secured
III Indiana it looks as if the Republicans
have the best of IL. That is the way E ].
Gibson of the Philadelphia Press, sizes it
up. He says:
IN INDIANA.
tAs complete a poll OF the State as has
ever been made is now in possession OF
the Republican state cumI..uce, and 1t IS
the third poll that has bcdn taken during
the canvass. 1t shows a Ia rp,. ma 1ority for
Mckinley and sound money. That is after
eliminating every reasonable doubt. just
What the poll shows Chairman Gowdy does
not care to state officially, but he believes
the State will give at least -, 900 ma jolIty
for ii, kinley. which is a faIr indication
II what the poll shows. Other experienced
can. paign managers II the republican side
do hot claim so large ma aiority, but the |
lowest anyone puts il is 10000.
hat Is the figure named by Col. II. I. |
NeT. the editor and manag Of the Jour ]
nal. and lie speaks from the sources OF in |
obtained by his own newspaper. |
IS well as from the sixteen years expert |
encc in the Indiana campaigns.
The sound money Democrats, who are |
very large body in this State, speaking |
hrpngh their chairman, s. o. Fickens. |
uSo claim that the State VIII show large |
majority against Bryan. MI. Bynum. for
nerly "A member OF Congress from this dis
.rict. and now chairman OF the National
democratic cornittee. who also expresses |
hat Indiana Will record large majority /
against Bryan and repudiatiun. nthe other
hand, the Popocrats are crying fraud and |
bribery already, as though preparing for
ir great defeat which they know awaits
hem, and seeking some wayto excuse their
rout.'