Arizona republican., 1896-10-07
CONSERVATIVE FORECAST Political Situation in the
 East Az Viewed by Geo. w. Hoadley
 the Banker.
McKiniey's Election Is Conceded by All Prominent and Con-
 Servative Men.

 zona National bank, who on Monday returned from a six weeks tour of the east, was yesterday interviewed by Republican representative as to the relative standing of Mckinley and Bryan.
 He said that he went from here to New Orleans and traveled all through the south. '9The sentiment at the time" he said, "in the southern states was for free silver, but when l re- turned month later a most wonderful change had taken place; the sentiment had almost entirely changed for sound money and Mckinley. At New Or leans bets were going $100 to $75 on Mckinley. While i'm Tennessee I met a prominent judge who had just re- turned from the north and was sur prised to hear him declare for McKin- ley. I knew him to be prominent Democrat and holding a federal ap- pointment, and asked him the reason of his change. He replied that he left for the north a strong free silver man, but on returning through Mississippi changed his views and believes he was a fool to favor any such nonsense as free silver. T came back he said, not only sound money man, but am also for Mckinley in the face of the fact that I am a livelong Democrat He said that if he was a betting man he would wager that even Tennessee would give Mckinley majority, as there is too much dissension in the Democratic party.
 New York;" said MT. Hoadley, "is one sided for Mckinley; the betting there is on a 100000 majority, and 5OO,OO0 majority for Pennsylvania and 100000 in Illinois.
 'Upon returning from New York travelled with 250 members of the en- gineers' and conductors associations. A careful poll was made and out of that number only twenty-five were for Bryan.
 ''I was surprised, but found in all my travels which were considerable in the last few weeks-that nearly every railroad man from porter to conductor were all for Mckinley. l asked prominent railroad official the reason that all railroad employees were for Mckinley and he answered that the solution was easy.
 "'In case of Bryan's election he told me, a panic would prevail from the Atlantic to the Pacific. It would mean less shipment of freight, less passenger traffic and a corresponding decrease in the wages of railroad em- ,OyeS and many would be laid off hey know this and are not going te cut off their noses to spite their faces hence they are for Mckinley
 1.-The official told me-" continued MT Hoadley, ''that there were 5O0,000 rail road employees in the United States and fully 100000 of the number art conceded to Mckinley by Bryan men
 When I returned to Phoenix" h, said, T found two letters awaiting me One was from a prominent easter1 banker we'll known in Arizona, ant inclosed was a check for $2,500 Tn, gentleman requested me to bet tht entire amount on Mckinley, if therr were any Bryan men here He said tt give odds of two tu one in order to SC cure bets. If could get no bets o1 general result to get bets that Illinois would go 50,000 for Mckinley, 3O,O0t in Michigan. Will bet $250 or less o1 Ohio; from $250 to $500 on Illinois Kentucky, $100 or more; Kansas ana Nebraska the same"
 MT. Hoadley said that he could no find anybody as yet to cover the bets