The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-08-25
M'KINLEY GAINS
Southern Votes. Heretofore or.
posed to the Republicans.
LEADING MEN ARE OuTSpOHEN.
Estimates OF rroportlou Vary From
FIFTY To Ninety Per Ccn,-A Diru,en. . or
$4,000 In New York tity-strong srn,l-
m'nt for Defense OF the Nation, Honor
nnd Credit.

New York Advertiser: There nre
from $4,000 to 10000 voters In New York
silly who were born and brought up In
the southern states. They have here
totore been practically solid In support.
Ing the Democratic ticket. Political
manascrs OF that party In calculating
the chance Of elections have always
counted the southern vote az sure.
This year, however, the southern vote
Is not solid. In fact, the cha c seem
to be that the greater part OF It Will be
cast for Mckinley and Hobart,
Many OF the leading southern men are
now out of the city, but so far as can
be learned, they are all, with two or
three exceptions, strongly against
Bryan.
Hugh 5. Thompson, comptroller Of
the New York Life Insurance Com.
rlny, twice elected governor Of South
Carolina, and n lifelong unswcrving
Democrat. Is outspoScn In his determI.
nation 10 vote for Mckinley. lie "a
president OF the Southern Society here.
While that body Is strictly nom polite
al and none OF It's officers would give
an opinion OF the political tendencies
OF Its members, estimates were obtain
ed from other sources. These ranged
from 80 to 90 per rent for Mckinley.
Charles 3. ROuss. whJ Is a NIrglnIln
and an eS.Confederntr. Is a strong Nc
klnley man. or his 800 employees many
are from the south and west. There Is
considerable Bryan sentiment among
them, and the vote there Is likely to be
divided. In other cstablishmentS,how-
ever. where tka number OF men en-
plOyei Is smaller. the proportion " Nc
kinley voters. among tho southerners
was found to be from two-thIrds 20
four-fifths.
Assistant District Attorney George
Gordon Battle. who has figured closely
on the southern vote, said he rccoG-
niZed the existence OF "A considerable
Mckinley sentiment among southern
men. but would not venture an opinion
on the proportNnate strength OF Bryan
and Mckinley.
The most conservative estimates
among southern men generally give
Mckinley 80 per cen OF that vote. Some
prominent and we'll informed members
Of the colony believe that he will re-
cclve n much larger share OF It. There
seems to be no doubt that the Republic
cans will gain from this element in
New York City fully $500 votes they
have had before. and that the
Democratic nominees will lose the same
number from men who have been here
tofOre among the most trustworthy OF
party assets.
This Is the first definite straw indIcat-
ing the direction in which the wind Is
likely 10 blow In New York city on cleo
ton day. The sOuiherners have here
tO.Jre composed the only important
class OF voters bore who were solid and
could be counted on TO go one way.
They were practically unaafmOus-far
more trustworthy as Democratic voters
than even the Irish. From the careful
investigation and tests made by the
Sunday Advertisers is certain that the
Republicans can begin to figure on the
results here with n gain Of lj.c0Q over
any recent preceding Presidential cleo
lion.
Captain Hugh r. Garden. the we'll
known lawyer, who was an officer in
the Confederate army. and who IL
prominent in the southern colony in
this city, Is strongly opposed u Bryan
and Scwall and the Chicago platform.
81 have been n Democrat all my life,
but ! am heartily opposed 70 AitgeId-
ism and Tillmanism." said the captain,
land therefore | think that | am prov
ing my Democracy in doing all that |
can to defeat the Chicago ticket.
The people Of the south are divided
into three classes-thc conservatives,
the radicals and the frcencn. At pres
ent the radicals seem TO have forced
the conservatives to the wall, and have
the control Of affairs. I think It a de-
plorable thing for the south. and ! long
Tor the time. which | believe will
eventually come, when the ignorant
people Of the southern states will be ad-
vIsed by the conservatives and not by
the radicals Of the Tillman stripe. The
conservative people living In the south
are as heartily opposed TO Tlllmanism
as | am, and will vote against Bryan
and Sewall.