The Arizona sentinel., 1896-10-03

lC IS OelnS lived up LO.a ne SlIFel men are on the ietreat in every state in which the Republican Ma. tional and Congressional Commit tees has made real fight for Me- Kinley and honest money, but as yet the retreat k orderly. By re- doubling their efforts, the Repub- lican managers believe they can make 1t a complete rout on the 3rd of November-so complete that the free coinage of silver ny this coun- try will satisfy them. They are working with all the vim and ener- gy they could put into the cam paign if the chances for Republican victory were doubtful instead of the victory being assured as it is. This pleases all the visiting Repub licans, as 1t enables tI1em to 20 home and tell their friends that there is no danger from opercon-- Iidence ou the part of the men who are managing the campaign.
 Chairman Babcock, of the Con g essional committee, is now giving special attention to the Congress sional districts, and by the middle of October he will know about what the size of the Republican majority in the next House will be. Two years ago when MT. BabCock gave out his figures, they were hooted at by the Democrats and maly Re- poblicans were disposed to smile at tn m, but when the returns came in, it Was seen that they were based upon direct information from every Congressional district. Mir. Bab- cock is proud, as he has every right to be, of his record as chairman of the Congressional committee. He doesn't bplieve in the wisdom of ma king big claims based oa noth- ing but hope, as the Popocrats are now doing. He thinks it possible always to obtain information as to how at least 90 per cent of the dis trict~ will go, several weeks in ad- vance of the election, and he wants the public to take his figures as careful estimates and not as mere bluff for effect.
 The using fl the official organ of the Knights of Labor as a cam paigh document, by the Bryanite managers, has been quickly follow ed by ugly charges against prom inent officials of the K. of L. These charges are made by responsible parties and allege that drafts have been drawn on Mir. J. L. Norris, Assistant Treasurer of the Demo- cratic National Committee, in favor of Master Workman SOverign and Gen. Secretary-Treasurer Hayes, who are in immediate charge ofthe journal of the K. of L., published at Washington, and that similar drafts have been drawn in favor of officials of the K. of L. at Chicago, Cincinnati and St. Paul, and paid through Washington bank. The stir created by these cl ages is by no means confined tu the members of the K. of l.. wh do not approve of the Hing of the influence of the of the organization to Bryan, but extends to all who are opposed to bribery as a political agent, and may result Tn rumpus of large di- mensions in the K. of l..
 About the most notable thing connected with the appearance of Mr. Bryan in Washington, Satur- day night, and his speech upon that occasion, was his gall in raak- ing the farewell address of George Washington the basis of his speech which endorsed the Chicago plat form Even the heavens weep" said a gentleman present when the rain storm put sudden stop to Bryan's speech. Washington said :: "In contemplating the causes which may disturb our union, it occurs as a matter of serious con cern that any ground should have been furnished for characterizing parties by geographical discrlmi- nations, northern and southern, Atlantic and western; whence de- signing men m y endeavor to ex- cite belief that there is real diff ference of focal interests and views