The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-18

has little hope of Iowa. If his advice
were to be followed the national COM
niittee would not waste any Of its re-
sources in either Wisconsin or Iowa,
aud he very much doubted the exped-
iency of striving for Illinois. Mime
sofa. On the other hand, Mr.. German
! counted Upon with confidence.
OF all the states lying west Of the
Missouri and south Of the Ohio and
Potomac rivers Mr.. German did not ex-
pect to lose Il single one. He says the
success of the fusion plan in Nebraska.
Kansas and the Dakotas and other
western states will insure the electoral
vote Of all thst region for Mr.. Bryan.
He admits Nebraska and Kansas will
have to be contested for. but he has no
fear of the result Nor does he enter
tain doubt that California. Washing
ton and Oregon will be also carried by
the silyerites. He has no fear of a
break in tie solid south, although he
admits that Florida and Alabama, on
which Senator Quay is believed to have
set his eagle eye, may bear watching.
while the proposed fusion in North
Carolina will have TO be skillfuily
handled. Kentucky, Missouri and
Tennessee he regards as assured Tor
Mr.. Bryan. as much as Georgia and
Arkansas and Mississippi are.
Ia short, % Mr.. German pinned his
faith to the idea that the country Is
going to divide on sectional lines. He
takes tie whole south and far west for
Mr. Brya without the loss Of a vote,
and gives MAJOR Mckinley New Eng
land and the middle states, and per-
haps Wisconsin. Illinois and Iowa.
The thick of the fight, according to the
Maryland senator, is to be in Indiana,
Michigan, Minnesota, Kansas and Ne
braska. Claiming a solid south and
far west he says the whole question
is: Can the north and northwest be
broken away from the Ohioan? Mr..
German laid great stress upon his idea
that this fight for Mr.. Bryan is to be
won in the south and west, if at all.
In the conferences which have taken
place at Mr.. St. Johns house during
the last week he insisted that the true
policy of the Democrats is to hold the
region beyond the Missouri, along with
the south, and then to select a small
number of states in 'the enemy's coun
try" which they will try to carry. If
Mr.. German had had his way about 1t
the northern states which the silverites
would make a dead set for would be
Indiana, Michigan and Minnesota.
Mr.. German has pointed out again
and again that it IS necessary for the
Democrats to carry but a single one
of those states north Of the Ohio il
they have the far west and the south
solid. There are 22O electoral votes
west of the Missouri and south of the
Ohio, including the DakOtas and Mary
land and Delaware. If to these Min
nesota alone can be added, victory will
perch on the Bryan banner. OF course,
Indiana or Michigan would do just as
well. Mr.. German was heartily in
favor of a concentration of effort in
the states where the best prospects are.
If during the campaign it should de-
yelop that Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa or
even Ohio gave promises Of going for
silver, they could be included in the
plan of campaign, and at all times the
local Democracy of those states should
be asked to keep up the fight with their
own resources.
But German with his plan has been
shelved. Bryan has Overriden the
wishes of Manager Jones again by de-
claring his right to make another
speech in New York City because 1.-The
people were disappointed with the
first speech.
Speeches in New York are not going
to win the nation for Bryan and the
average Populist and Democratic pol
itician knows it But Bryan is going
TO run the campaign and he seems to
believe that the west owes an explana-
ton to the east because of an opinion
the west holds on the financial ques- |
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