The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-09-02
SENATOR BACON is HOPEFUL.
SAFS BRIAN WILL WIN DESPITE
REPUBLICAN MONEY.
Democrats at Disadvantage. HeIs Just
Back from the Pacific Coast and
Talks Very interestingly.

Back from the Pacific Coast and
Talks Very interestingly.
Senator Bacon of Georgia has lust re-
turned from the Pacific coast, In an in
terview he said that as the sentiment
now exists in thu country Bryan would
be elected, but that republicans told
him the sentiment of the people would
change before election. The senator
said he failed to see that the sentiment
of the country through viii CD he had
passed had changed, but was inclined to
think that the money which the republi-
cans are putting int the campaign will
have its effect. He did not mean by this,
he added, that voters would be bought.
but republicans would get their litera
ture more largely circulated, will have
more speakers and will have more and
better informed men at many places who
will be able to defeat the democrats in
argument.
He said he noticed at the stations and
other places where there were groups of
men talking, arguing the silver question,
as general thing the republican was
better informed and could array his ar
gument with more effect, and when he
got the best of his democratic antagonist
he was likely to carry the crowd with
him. This he attributed to a large cir
culation of literature and special work
of the republicans, who were posting
men everywhere to be able to argue the
question. Senator Bacon thought that
this was the only feature wherein the
republicans were succeeding, and said
he had no doubt that all this would be
counteracted by the democrats.
CHAIRMAN BABcocK Is SATISFIED.
Chairman Babcock has returned from
New York. He had conference with
Chairman Hanna of the national repubi
can committee Thursday and feels very
well satisfied with the result of the cam
paign thus far. He says that Mr.. hanna
reports everything in goodeshape aud the
work of the campaign progressing very
satisfactorily. Mr.. Babcock says that
the congressional campaign committee
is in daily receipt of information tending
to show the successful work of the COM
mittee in sending out literature. He
says that the reports show that the peo-
pie are anxious to read the documents,
which are having good effect in arming
the republicans so that they can meet all
arguments.
"Our object" he said, sis not so much
to make proselytes in sending out this
literature, but to arm our own people
, that they may be informed and ready
in arguments. One man writes me that
he has distributed 800 documents we
sent him and that these documents have
won over 60 voters to the republic an
cause"
Some of the silver leaders at Washing
ton are not at all surprised at the course
of events IN Idaho, where the populists
and democrats have fused, leaving the
silver republicans to flock by themselves.
One who has recently returned from the
ives says that the result is largely due
to the course Senator Duboise has pull
sued in Idaho Instead OF cutting loose
from the republican party senator Dn-
boise and his friends went into the re.
publican committee and carried it by
one majority, and instead of organizing
as a silver party or inviting fusion main
tanned that their organization is republi-
can.