The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-10-17

Chicago, Oct. IL, 1S96.-[Speclal.]-
The Mckinley goldbug combine is on
the run. Its leaders admit as much.
while the leaders of the free silver
party are growing more and more con-
fident
Mark Hanna, chairman Of the Nc
Kinley national committee, says:
1T is no use denying that we have
lost the farmer and labor vote. Our
chances are exceedingly doubtful"
Chairman Bynum of the goldbug
Democratic national committee, says:
Anybody who talks about what In
diana and Illinois will do, does not
know what he is talking about. In
southern Illinois l know the whole
country is for silver. The situation is
just the same all over the west, so
far as l can learn"
The Chicago Record independent
gold standard) says:
For some reason or other there has
been a decided change in the tone at
Republican headquarters within the
last few days, and Mr.. Hanna's in
structions to his associates and sub
ordinates throughout the country are
tersely expressed in the sentence-'quit
blowing and saw wood There IS no
doubt that discouraging news has been
received from Ohio, Indiana and some
of the other western states"
On the other hand here Is what Will
lam J. Bryan, the peoples champion.
says:
II am confident that we will win
sweeping victory. The people under
stand the issues clearly and every day
xxy4tv 10 In 70 m
our cause"
Chairman Jones of the national DEM
ocratic committee says:
I'VE will not only elect Bryan by
sweeping majority but we will also
elect a free silver congress and large
ly increase our majority in the senate.
The outlook is altogether satisfactory"
Governor John p. Altgeld of Illinois
says:
From present indications I will say
that Bryan will sweep Illinois by a
tremendous majority. Hanna's hire
lings are making much noise. but the
people are with u.s.
Encouraging News.
Every report received at national
Democratic headquarters corroborates
the views expressed in the foregoing
presses upon the minds Of the Demo-
cratic managers that the election of
Bryan is practically assured, although
no efforts will be spared all along the
line to make that majority safe and
rrnder it larger.
Reports this week from the so-called
6ebatable states of Ohio, Indiana,
Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota and
90 ho 40
Without exception they contain assur-
ances Of an ever increasing tide of
popular sentiment for Bryan and free
silver. The Democratic free silver
managers in Michigan are as sure Of
that state as they are that Texas or
Colorado will go for Bryan. Similar
reports come from Minnesota while
Chairman Wall of the Wisconsin Dem
ocratic state committee is equally con-
fident that that state will be found in
the Bryan column. From Ohio comes a
report that the McKinleyites are on
the run; that farmers and miners have
come over in a body to Bryan, and that
his majority in that state will not be
less than $4,000. Indiana Is in line, a
poll of that state showing that Bryan's
majority in that state will not be less
900. From Iowa come reports that the
Democrats will sweep nearly every
county in the central and western por-
ton Of the state. Polls just completed
show a change of from 300 to 500 Re-
publican votes in each county to Bry-
an, and this change will surely carry
nearly every county in the central and
western portions Of Iowa for Bryan.
1,,f
trict, always a Republican stronghold,
will give Bryan a large majority. A
poll of the counties in the district
show a Republican detection of from
20 to 25 per cent. in every county,
while there are very few Democrats
who will not vote the ticket. The Re-
publicans are so badly frightened that
they are imploring outside assistance.
and say that If they do not get it the
state will be hopelessly lost
In Illinois the conditions look much
better than they did a week ago. and
show that Bryan will not only carry
the state outside of Cook county, but
will also carry Cook county and Chi
cago by large majority. Every rep
utable labor organization in Chicago is
for Bryan; of the 10000 votes in the
ranks of organized labor, Bryan will
get $4,000, and the Republican mana
gers, in talking confidentially, admit
this fact-and this despite the fact that
large manufacturing institutions, en-
ploying thousands Of men, have been
systematically intimidating their en-
ployes by compelling them to join in
Mckinley parades, wear Mckinley but
tons. and join Mckinley clubs. Thou