The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-01
waiting for the Result.

! The campaign work Of the most remark
able political campaign in the history OF
the country is practically ended. The
! campaign orators have gone to their
homes to cast their ballots and the doors
Of the literary bureaus, which have dis.
| tributed hundreds Of tons of political mat
! ter bearing chiefly on the silver question.
/ have been closed. Even the campaign
prevaricator is now without a job, for
nothing he could say at this stage OF
the campaign would cause any one to
change his vote.
Chairman Jones and Chairman Hanna
have given the public their estimates,
which throw no light whatever on the
situation. Neither could afford to admit
defeat, even if his figures showed defeat
in sight. Therefore, each claims the cleo
ton of his candidate by an electoral ma
jority, which no one but himself and q
few extreme partisans can find. Chair
man Jones says he is confident that Mr..
Bryan will be elected, and he names the
states which, in his opinion, Mr. Bryan
is certain to carry. Chairman Hanna
says he is so certain that Mr.. Mckinley
will be elected that no shade Of doubt
exists in his mind. He sleeps as soundly
as If the contest were over and his can
didate had won.
Chairman Jones and Chairman Hanna
cannot both be right. One or the other
Of them is going to be disappointed, and
his disappointment is going to be shared
by millions of people. No one can say
with any degree of certainty which one
of them is going to seek seclusion when
the returns come in while the other shouts
for JOY. There are signs as to how the
election is likely to go, but in great po-
litical contests it is often the case that
the unexpected happens.
There is no doubt that the republicans
have much more efficient organization
than the democrats, and that they have
made a much more thorough poll Of the
doubtful states as to the preferences Of
the voters. They ought, therefore, to be
in a better position to forecast the re-
suit On the other hand the demonstra-
lions that have been made wherever Mr..
Bryan has appeared and the applause that
has greeted him in all the places he has
visited show beyond a doubt that free
silver has a strong hold upon the masses
of the people. There is ample ground,
therefore, for the confidence Chairman
Jones feels in the success of his candi-
date
In the east tens of thousands of demo-
Gratis have Joined the republicans in their
protest against free silver coinage, but
who can say that in the doubtful states
enough gold democrats have left their
party to turn the scale in favor of at.
Mckinley? And it must not be forgotten
that, in these doubtful states, the num-
her of republicans who are going to vote
for Mr.. Bryan is v-ry large.
The estimates of the result of the cleo
ton, therefore, are only guesses. Even
the betting is not sure indication as to
the result of the contest Those who are
offering odds on Mckinley have no other
sources of information than the news
papers. From what they see published
they make up their minds as TO what the
result will be and risk large sums OF
money in support Of their respective judg-
ments.
The whole country is glad that the cleo
ton is so near at hand. The uncertainty
causes nervousness and increases appre-
hension of troublous times. However
the election goes there will be a feeling
of relief when the long contest is ended