The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-09-10

The McKinicyites haven't had
much to enthuse over before so they
are making the most of the Vermont
election by yelling themselves hoarse
over what every intelligent man
knows to have been foregone con-
clusion. This isn't worrying the demo-
Gratis even little bit. Senator Faulk-
ner, chairman of the Democratic
Congressional Committee, says of it:
We made no attempt to carry the
state, while the republicans have
spent lots of money and have exerted
every energy to win. l am told that
house to house canvass was made
by prominent republicans" Senator
Harris, of Tenn, one of the old
democratic war horses, said; elf
the republicans can find any comfort
in the Vermont election they are well
come to it. They will need great
deal of comfort before this campaign
is over" Secretary Diffenderfer, Of
the silver committee, said: "The
effect of the election will be to unity
the south and west and middle west.
The election shows that the east is
making a sectional fight, and l do
not know anything which could have
happened that would have made more
silver votes. We had no idea of
carrying Vermont, and we haven't any
idea of carrying Name. We have
not done anything in either state"
The Democratic National Commit
tee has decided to accede to the re-
quest of the Pennsylvania miners, and
will send Senator Tillman, of S. c.
upon ten days stumping tour of the
coal section. The democrats do not
expect to carry Pennsylvania for
Bryan, but they have excellent rea-
sons for expecting to give the republi-
cans some very unpleasant surprises
in number of the Congressional dis
tricts of the State.
Senator German was at democratic
headquarters this week, and it is ex-
pected that from now on he will take
an active part in the management of
the campaign. He believes that Bry-
an and Sewall can be elected.
Every Alabama democrat in Wash
ington regards DR.. Moseley's recent
interview about the rosy chances of
the republicans TO carry that State as
nothing more nor less than an attempt
to get part of Mark Hanna's big
campaign fund, and one Albanian
says of it g In view of the stringency
of the money market down our way,
the true blue democracy would be
pleased to see DIR. Moseley pull any
amount from Mr.. Hanna's plethoric
political purse. We rather enjoy the
fun, and the money goes into clrcula-
tion." AS to how the state will 60,
Mr.. Percy Clark, who took an active
part in the late State Campaign and
who is now in Washington comforting
with members Of the democratic
National Committee, says; 81 say it
with knowledge of the conditions
existing that the straight Bryan and
Sewall ticket INFUSED, will carry Ala
bama by 100000 majority"
Rev. Sam Small, who has just re-
turned from stumping tour Of the
States named, said to Chairman
Faulkner Nebraska is safe for
Bryan beyond the shadow of doubt,
Missouri is sake, Illinois looked SO
when l was there few days ago, and
Ohio is doubtful" Mr.. Small was
also very emphatic in saying that
Nobody out west wants Watson" "
He has gone back to Illinois to take
the stump.
The number Of application from
clubs for membership in the National
Association of Democratic Clubs has
been steadily increasing, but the
record was this week broken when
fifty-three applications were received
in single day.
Mark Hanna's convention of bolt
ing democrats, which met at Indiana
polls this week, excited scarcely a
ripple of interest at democratic head
quarters, and it is not expected that
its ticket will excite any more interest
among the democratic voters of the
country. 1t was a fake convention
from start to finish, and it is doubtful
whether a dozen of the men who
participated in it will vote for the
ticket they helped to nominate. They
intend voting for Mckinley, but have
put up counterfeit democratic ticket
in the hope that it may catch the
votes of some democrats who cannot