New-York tribune., 1896-09-03
JOY OVER THE VICTORY.
BELIEF THAT THE RESULT SHOWS THE
DOOM OF BRYANISM.
RIGHT SIDE OF THE MONEY IssUE-BUsINEss
MEN ENCOURAGED-NIEWS OF WILL
KNOWN REPUBILCANS-AN IN
DICATIoN or THE VOTE
DIcATIoN or THE VOTE
IN NOVEMBER.


brought JOY to the merchants in this city. The
large majority for the Republican ticket
talked about in the drygoods district yesterday
as an indication that the farmers OF the country
are not to be dcluded by the free-sver talk of
Mr.. Bryan. and that the danger of a debased
currency IS more remote than it appeared to be
at time There had been a feeling among
many business men that the farmers might be-
come affected with the free-silver craze The
news from Vermont therefore all the more
reassuring to the merchants many of whom
declared yesterday that there would be inn
provement in business a result Of returning
confidence
THE FARMERS NOT TO BE FOOLED
1--WE are all deliehted said Sgourney Fay,
member Of the firm of Wendell. Fay & Co. at
No. 50 Worth-st. The majority in Vermont for
honest money is an indication that the farmers
are not to be fooled. and that they just
patriotic as other citizens. The country is not
going TO the bow-wows yet by any means. We
are going to have better business and more
prosperity for the whole country account of
that election in Vermont"
Nov. wasn't that majority in Vermont reas-
surng" said of Mr.. Fays neighbors in
Worth-st who has voted the Democratic ticket
for years and will vote for Mckinley and Hobart
this fall II tell yCu.' he continued, II had
begun to feel some alarm about the farmer vote.
One Of our men who has been travelling in the
West was writing letters about the spread of
the silver sentiment among the farmers there
until | felt that the farmers and the business
men were to be opposed to each other on the
financial question this coming election. but late
ly he has been writing that the trend of senti-
ment seems to he more in favor of honest money
I believe that the farmers will be found on the
right side of the question after ALL
Il am glad Of it of course but I expected
it," said Edward f. Eames of the II. B. Clafiln
Company talking of the Vermont majority. Il
haven't been worrying much about the silver
craze lately Business is good and prices for all
kinds of drygoods are low"
OTHER CHEERING REPORTS
"Mr Eames gets at the sentiment OF other
business men throughout the country as quickly
as any man ] krow" said ali associate in the
big store "and he has been declaring that there
was no danger Of Bryans election. Many mer-
chants from the South who have always voted
the Democratic ticket have been here and have
said that they will vote for Mckinley this year
The merchants Of the South and the farmers of
the South are likely to vote the same way, for
their interests are bound up closely together
This country IS not going mad just yet" said
a member Of the firm Of Converse. stanton
Cullen In the face of danger such as would
come with the election Of Bryan and Sewail,
there will be plenty of patriotic Democrats who
will vote for Mckinley to save the country from
financial ruin
The Mckinley and Hobart banners are so
thick in the drygoods district now that they are
to be seen at every tuln. and not a Bryan
banner is in sight Next week the drygoods
men viii begin to hold meetings in the Jaffray
Building I'm Broadway, and make the campaign
for Mckinley lvelier than ever
COMMENTS BY CHAUNCEY NJ. DEPEW.
Tho news of the tremendous Republican ma
ioritv in Vermont gave great satisfaction to all
local Republicans yesterday DR.. w. Seward
vohb who was elected TO the State Legislature
along with the rest of the Republican ticket.
sent word to the city yesterday that it was a
rlorious victory Chauncey NJ. Depew received
the message and he fully concurfed IN Dr'
wohhr statement. adding: 1T is only fore
runner of the disaster to come-that ls' Tor the
Dc,nocrats" Mr.. Depew was most enthusiastic
oyer the way Vermont had shown herself true
to the, Republican party. and said he believed
the result could b. taken az an accurate gauge
90 the conditions that VIII prevail at the Ma
tional election
"I have found" said Mr. Depew, "in thirty
voars' experience in politics. that what is true
Of one section Of the country, relatively, Is
,rue Of the whole country. Tho time has
nassed when local sentiment counts in an cleo
ton In stumpng this State | have found that
in taking the sentiment over The state gem
orally you could get a pretty accurate forecast
of conditions over the country. Now uh'eSs
there IS some abnormal condition Of affairs
cxtant IN the West and South. such as we near
ro,bino Of in the East the feeling Is In favor OF
the Republican party. Thee may be dom-
nant overweening and aggressive free-silver
sentiment in the West that We have not heard Of
mere. but it is not likely. Communication is
so close in these days news travels so quickly
and sentiment is so accurately gauged that it
is not likely that there Is any such sentiment
in the West and South. I think that we can
take the result in Vermont. and in relative Re-
publican gain apply it to the country general
IL and get a fair estimate of the result.
A NATIONAL LANDSLIDE PREDICTED.
II believe that there will be a lardslide this
fall and that the Republican ticket will be
elected with a great majority tc spare. I hope
so The mere election of Mckinley does not
mean everything We must elect the Republi-
ticket this year by an enormous vote Sup
pose Mckinley were carried into the White
House by a tidal wave. such the cne which
placed Grant in the White House the first time
that he ran. The result would be the death of
free silver. 1t would settle the whole matter
with a finality that would not admit OF re-
opening Of the question. But. should Mckinley
be elected by a narrow margin. with u House
To support him that was only narrowly Tor
sound money. then we would have the question
to settle all over again in four years from nov"
The registered will Of the people this TINE
should he complete and so convincing that
IL would be- the utter annihilation or the cfeed
Of free coinage. II II Is not. there VIII ehsue
four years more of doubt mistrust. lack Oh con-
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