Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-10-16


received az national Democratic head
quarters show that these claims are
entirely without foundation, and are
only manufactured for the purpose Of
detracting the attention OF the free-siver
leaders TO these States. As matter or
fact. the Democratic and free-slver polls
show that both Kansas and Nebraska
will give Bryan majorities Of not less
than 1900 in the latter and 4c.oQo in the
former.
Chairman Jones' and the national De-
mocratIc managers feel greatly encou-
ragged over the outlook. and confidently
assert that Bryan VIII be elected by an
Overwhelming majority OF the electoral
vote In November
INDIANA.
In indiana, the returns continue TO BE-
yet more favorable than they were re-
ported to be three weeks since. when
the State Committee estimated that
Bryan would have majority Of $1,000.
Reports received at polls IN every dis
trict In the State show large gains. and
an increasing number OF Republicans
who have broken their silence and come
out openly for free silver After pairing
down some of the estimates from locali-
ties where they were believed to be too
high. the majority for~Bryan Is estimated
at 1900.
KENTUCKY.
The State Democratic Committee OF
Kentucky has completed canvass OF
the state. nearly every precinct having
reported in detail There are Compare
lively few doubtfui voters reported, and,
in making their final estimates Chairman
Sommers comedies them all TO the Re
publlcans. and, Notwithstanding, shows
faA -
G.. ". Richardson. the secretary of the
committee, gives Bryan majority OF
10000 and is confident that his estimate
will prove correct Mr.. Sommers states
his estimate TO be bedrock one, giving
Mckinley all the votes that any one
could consider doubtful.
WEST VIRGINIA FOR BRYAN.
Ex-Representative Turner. of New
York, returned from his canvass in Nest
Virginia yesterday, and reported at De-
mocratic headquarters to-day. Asked hia
opinion as TO the canvass in West Nir-
ginia, he said:
Il have no doubt that West Virginia
will be found in the Bryan column. Two
weeks ago / started on my trip. Ny
first impressions were distinctly in favor
of the Republican, carrying the State.
first went TO Wheeling. There are about
100 boiling Democrats there, but among
the steel-workers and coal-miners we
have at least 300 silver Republicans.
covered the entire northern half Of the
state think IL Is safe to say there are
not more than GOO Democratic boilers in
tho entire State of which number at
least 1900 will vote for Palmer, equiva-
tent to staying at home In the twelve
counties / visited l have heard of 1,1OJ
Republicans-lfelong Repubicans-who
will vote for Bryan. Carrying out this
average there will be over 1900 in the
State 1 think the average will be ex-
ceeded because in some OF the other
counties that 1 did not visit. like Lewis,
Upshur. and others, IL lie conceded that
there are 30 silver Republicans in each
county who will vote for Bryan. / have
carefully ascertained the feelings Of the
men in each county that | visited. I have
accepted no genera, statements, but in
sisted on names, and have interviewed
considerable portion of the number i
speak of. Indeed, the local Republicans
do not pretend TO claim the State. 1t
looks like a landslide. We will carry
the Second Congressional District by LOO,
the Third by 1,600, and the Fourth by $500.
The first is close. but probably Demo
cratic. This is making no account of the
Populist votes. there being over 5000 sup
porting our national ticket.
RAILWAY MEN FOR BRYAN.
'In view of the claims of the metro
politan press, three things have surprised
me. First. the railway employees are al
most universally for Bryan. one of them.
who knew my name and spoke to me
to-day, and whom l could not recall as
having seen before. told me there were at
least 30 per cent of the employees of the
Baltimore and Ohio road who were for
Bryan, although probably not 10 per cent.
would say so openly. l saw one man
from Martinsburg. who knew of four
men employed by that railroad who had
never voted Democratic ticket, and
were members Of the Mckinley club,
but VINO would vote for Bryan. / saw
to-day on the train one of the employees
of the NcShane Refractory. in Balti-
more, where an alleged ballot favoring
Mckinley was taken the other day. He
told me that in the room in which he was
employed there were twenty-seven work
men, of which number twenty-five were
for Bryan; that there never was a poll
taken in the room that of the twenty
five Bryan votes all had hitherto been
Republicans. He said he did not doubt
that at least so per cent of the men in
that factory would vote for Bryan, al
though it was worth a mans job to say
so. He gave the names OF many men
that would be unfair to use If they are
likely to lose their positions.
ANOTHER SURPRISING THING.
Another thing was yet more surprising
Every travelling man but one that L met
in Wheeling. and nearly all that L met
west of Martinsburg, were Bryan men,
To-day a travelling man. who had been
on the road thirty-one years, told me
that at least 50 per cent. of the travel
ling men in West Virginia and more than
that west of that point were for Bryan
He called my attention to the fact that
there was In Baltimore a Bryan CONNER
cial Mems Club numbering 800 members
no account of which has crept into the
papers He says in all the years he has
been on the road he never has seen the
commercial men go nearly unanimous for
any candidate as they are now for Bryan
At his suggestion we took poll of the
travelling rUn on the train-there were
tWenty-three men-nineteen for Bryan.
two for McKinley--One of whom said we
needed more money, and two would ex-
press no opinion. This was entirely
casual and entered into at the sugges-
ton OF my friend. And he said it was
no more than an average poll of any SINH
lar number of travelling men. He said
that the reason the papers were claiming
so many travelling men for Mckinley was
simply on account OF few travelling
men for New York houses. VINO had not
been long on the road, and were anxious
to rush into print and call themselves
representative travelling men,"
PERSONAL AND POSTAL.
It. II. Vanderford. r. II Ryder. OF
North Carolina; L. b. Betty and wife.
of Portsmouth, Va; b. Cameron. RAJ
leigh, n. c., and r. w. Lyon. Green's
boro'. n. c., are at the Metropolitan.
Il. j. Gray, Jr., Richmond, Is at the
Vendome
Mr. Grayson Burruss, of Richmond,
was i'm the city yesterday.