Evening star., 1896-09-17
Mr.. APSLEY BACK
Result Of His Extended Trip to the
Pacific Coast.
M'KINLEY SENTIMENT GROWING
Only Willing to Concede Few
Mining States to Bryan.
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Representative Apsley of Massachusetts,.
vice chairman of the republican congress
sicral committee, returned to the city this
morning from an extended trip through
| the west, and is greatly pleased with what
| he saw and heard. He brings back cheer
ing news to republicans from every direc-
tiCn.
Mr.. Apsley's trip was made for the pur-
pose Of officially ascertaining the silver
| feeling that exists in the west. He has
| worked hard to get at the feeling cor
rectly, so that his committee might profit
| by the situation in the different stat IS.
While the trip confined to the west,
| Mr. Apsley made visit and speech at
! Council Bluffs, Iowa. He ridicules the
| stories the democrats are putting in cir
| culation that republican poll Of Iowa
| sic 6ws the state for Bryan. He says his
| Information, from official sources, is that
| the state will go for Mckinley by from
| 1900 to 100000. M. Apsley is also conf
| dent of Nebraska.
The States Visited.
| Il left Washington five weeks ago to-
day." said Mr.. Apsley, accompanied by
my colleague of the Massachusetts, dele
| gation, Samuel W. Mccall. Since that time
We have visited Michigan, Illinois, Iowa.
Nebraska, Colorado. Wyoming. Utah, Ne
vada, Oregon, Washington, Montana
ard Nc1th Dakota. We spent most Of
our time in the Pacific coast states / never
| IN my life saw more enthusiastic political
meetings The largest hall or theater in
| the place was generally much too small
| Even In Colorado We held two rousing
| meetings in one night within three miles
| of each other and such was the spirit of
| the reE ublicans that l believe If We keep
| Up the aggressive fight which is new on
we may confidently expect to carry that
state for M. Mckinley, at least that
nome and give matters there considerable
| attention. The sentiment in the Pacific
| states has rapidly grown in favor of Mr..
| Mckinley.
California and Oregon.
In San Francisco the meeting was a
great one and the enthusiasm manifested
was something tremendous. The party
leaders there confident that California
will be found in the Mckinley column. In
many parts Of the state the sound money
idea is strongly prevalent, and in those
| sections where there is a pronounced free
coinage sentiment, the doctrine of protec-
tion has powerful hold, and will serve tt
keep the republican line solid In fact
everywhere we found the feeling for Nc
| kinney and protection overwhelming.
The meeting at Portland, Greg, was
really the opening meeting of the campai ign
| Hirsch, the chairman of the state commit.
| tee. The large theater was densely packed
and yet hundreds were turned away. The
same may be said of the meetings at many
other points. The eastern speaker in tho
Pacific coast campaign is good deal of q
novelty. Mr.. Mccall was most generousi,
received, and made a remarkably strons
, and effective series Of speeches upon thf
financial question. Since our experience
there 1t has been decided, l think wisely
by the national committee to send othe,
speakers from the east to the Pacific slope
Ex-ConSressman Benjamin Butterworth o.
! Ohio, and others, start next week Senate,
John Sherman is out there and it is hoped
that he will consent to make a few
speeches on the coast.
Only Three or Four States for Bryan
After carefully comforting with the rep
, resentative men in the party in the state:
named, and thoroughly considering the
situation. as presented, am of the opin,or
that if the national and congressional com
= mittees continue the aggressive educationa
fight that they have been making, will
no cessation in their efforts, the only state
4 in the whole north that need be conceded
e to Mr.. Bryan are possibly three or fou
t of the small mining states Before start
q ing on this trip l believed that Mr.. Nc
kinley would be elected by large ma
a jority; am now convinced that his victor,
will be simply Overwhelming. There ar
n six weeks yet before the election and
5 is not the intention to let the campaign
t lag"
: Mr.. Apsley narrated many incidents o
e his trip, which. from republican poin
u Of view, were highly gratifying.
Spokane, Washington" said he "is tn
s hotbed Of silver sentiment in the state
e The meeting held there shortly after tn
s ination Of Mr.. Mckinley was so small i
: numbers that a good-sized elevator Nigh
have carried those present to the ha
|. where it was held. Our meeting was yer
lo~ Io1
'' indeed great. A reference to Mr.. Brya
s made in one of the earlier speeches wa
y greeted with cheers, but at the conclusio
d the cheers were all for the republican car
!, didates, and were kept up on the sidewalk
! after the adjournment. A Mckinley clu
:, has since been organized in Spokane. wit
g q a membership of over eleven hundred.
t, In Colorado.
EAT Colorado Springs, when we went
&c to dinner at the hotel wearing McKinle
buttons, we were advised that we woul
l. find Colorado more enjoyable If we di:
1t pensed with these badges, but disregarde
/ this friendly advice, and had a great tim
nevertheless. We held a couple of gran
d republican ralKes at Colorado City on
- Colorado Springs, both on the same ever
Al ing, and both were largely attended an
n entirely successful in every way. At II
~ Springs we were obliged to adjourn ol
~ meeting to a larger hall, many wei
n unable to obtain admission to the one
~ which we opened. At Colorado City
- Mckinley club Of three hundred and fit,
=. was organized at the conclusion of o,
meeting, and its numbers have since bee
largely augmented"
Sound Money i'm New Mexico.
.e The republican managers today rece,v,
=, highly gratifying news from New Mexic
" where the republicans and sound mon,
- democrats are very active. There a
= upward of one hundred sound money der
= ocrats in Albuquerque A number of Il
leading democrats Of thai city recent
o. published the following card:
10 I'VE. the undersigned having been der
ae ocrats all lives, do hereby renoun
ne our afflliation with the democratic part
nf | We find that the democratic party is
a. a. party of theories and promises. false fro
nc beginning to end. We have careful
H H,,t | studied the st. Louis and Chicago pla
~ ~ | forms, and have come to the ccnclusi
al al that the St. Louis platform is for the Or
- lection of American Industries and Ame
e can prosperity. Therefore, we will gi
the republican party our hearty support
=. A large republican club was form
of in the city few days ago. and Jesus r
~ ~ nero was elected president. The 9th
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