Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-09-24
FROM DIFFERENT STATES
Reports Encouraging to the Republicans
- Received at Headquarters.
New York City to Go for Mckinley
Increased Majority Expect
ed in Iowa.

Representative Watson Of the twelfth
Ohio district was one Of the callers at re-
publican congressional headquarters today
In former days this district, which includes
the German voters of the city Of Colum-
bus, was a democratic stronghold, and
Mr.. Joseph H. Outhwaite was the repre-
sentative. But those days are no more.
The republicans got the district in the last
Congress, and Mr.. Watson says that they
propose to hold it.
Mr.. Outhwaite himself, the former DEM
ocratic Congressman from the district, has
promised Mr.. Watson to take the stump
to try to induce his old supporters to rally
under the republican standard. Mr.. Wat
son is confident that the district will re-
turn a big republican majority, and says
that Ohio will surprise the country with
the magnitude of its republican vote.
Representative =. B. Low of the fifteenth
New York district, comprising a portion
of the city of New York. had talk with
Chairman Babcock at headquarters today
and brought some encouraging news Mr..
Low expressed the belief that the city of
New York itself will be carried for Nc
kiHley. He said he believed that the re-
publicans would carry the state, and would
increase their delegation In Congress.
Reports received at republican headquar-
ters say that at Owosso, Mich, a Mckin-
ley and Hobart club was organized on the
18th, with LII members. The secretary
writes that the club has opened rooms on
Main street, and is prepared to help in any
and every way possible to bring about a
grand old republican victory in November.
Edwin Paul writes from Milton, Pa.
''The republicans of this, little city organ
lied, on Friday last. a Mckinley and Ho-
bart Sound Money Club, with $50 mem
bers, which has since increased to a men,
bership of 700 At Monongahela. Pa, a
Mckinley club has been organized, en-
bracing 100 members.
Mr.. Jacob Rich. considered the leading
republican politician and manager in Iowa
has written a letter to republican head
quarters, in which he says: .Everything l
get from the state indicates great conf
dence among our people that the republi-
no republican county that does not expect
to hold we'll up the republican majority,
even over the combined vote of the opposi-
tion. while in all the strong democratic
counties they seem sure of great gains"
Ohio All Right.
A letter received in this city by Col. A.
NJ. Chase from Representative L. ]. Fen
ten of the tenth Ohio district says:
DO not be Uneasy about Ohio. Mckinley
will get 100000 majority Things are get
ting better all the time. Ny district will
give a large majority e
Col. Chase also received a letter from
ftepreSenlauFe bTuInm OF FennSylVanla,
who says: The Statement that Senator
Tillman is gaining surprising results in my
district is entirely false from beginning to
end. On the contrary, he Is doing me a
great deal of good, and l will personally
contribute 500 toward his expenses II they
will put him in the county until the elec-
ton" ~.
A letter received by Col. Chase from Rep
resentative Scranton Of Pennsylvania also
discounts Senator Tillmans efforts among
the coal miners. He saws he does not think
Mr.. Tillman's campaign will amount to
much. but that the old keystone state will
roll up the usual rousing majority for No
kinley.