The sun., 1896-10-24
BATTLING IN THE DAKOTAS.
EVERY LIKELIHOOD THAT THEY
UILL voTE FOR SOUND MONET.


Gurted Fargo Voter--No Rhyme nor
Reason In Siiveritc AGitators or Plans.
FARGO. \. D., Oct. o3.-On the st.bound
train last night party OF gentlemen who had
been discussing, all the way from ST. Paul. tho
question OF politics, tho only topic in the West
| Just now. broke up for the night when Fargo
was reached. AS they snli Good nigh" one
OF the party called back. "well, guess we'll all
wake up on Nov. 4 and wonder what the devil
| we were all so scared about"
He echoed the thought that is fast TAX ing pos
| session of the minds of the Western people.
| Two months ago the free-silver wave threatened
| to sweep everything before II. but the remarka-
| BILE campaign OF education. now drawin. 70 a
close, has turned back the tide, and to-day there
| are indications on every hand that several
| Western States, all confidently claimed by the
reckless Bryanitcs. have been won over. II in.
| deed they ever went astray, to the cause Of
! sound money.
In the list of reclaimed States should DO
| placed tho two Dnkotas unless all signs fail
unless tho politicians. the business men. the
newspaper makers. the railroad managers, and
| the well-to-do farmers and stock rascrs have
all been fooled and msled as they never have
been before. Populism has been killed by its
| own fight in these twin States as we'll as by the
| Democracy advocated by Organism.
| Tho Republicans in North Dakota. as in other
| States. have an efficient organization. The
| work of their State aud county committees Is
being done systematically. and they have poll
of the State by townships and school diStrlcts.
| They know whnt literature has been sent out
and what proportion. approximately, has been
read. They know Just what their speakers have
said and what effect their arguments are hay-
| ing. BY reason OF this detailed knowledge they
| make the claim quietly. but persistently. that
Mckinley and Hobart will certainly carry the
! State. This may seem to Eastern people to be
| an extravagant claim. but the Republican man
| ayers show the result Of six weeks OF shrewd
| campaigning 10 back up their statements.
Tho Popocrats or Fusionists. on the other
| hand are here, like their brethren elsewhere
noisy, loud talking. and boastful. but absolutely
without system in their campaign methods. and
| knowing nothing OF the situation throughout
the State. except whnt is brought TO their ears In
| disjointed way by the wild-eyed agitators who
are preaching the doctrine Of reputation and
| anarchy from every stump in the state. Right
| here. to day. the socalled managers OF the fu-
| sion campaign declare that North Dakota will
give its vote to Bryan, and instead Of prod ucinE
fncts or figures to prove It. they actually assert
that New York, Maine. Pennsylvania, and Ohio
will also choose Bryan electors. or course, it is
useless to talk to such fanatics or to listen to
! them. and 1t is necessary to seek other sources
| OF information as to what the voters will do on
| Nov. 3.
In 1892 the Populist candidate for Governor
was elected by plurality OF 1859. and his ad
ministration WAS distasteful to the people OF
the State that in 1884 they elected the Republi-
can candidate. his plurality being 14.369. IN
that year even the Prohibition vote was larger
than that OF the Democrats. the former being
1854 and the latter S.lSs. In 1892 the Fusion
lists apparently carried the State on the vote for
Presidential electors by plurality OF lSl votes.
but each of tn. three Presidential candidates re-
ceived ono of the three electoral votes of the
State.
To-day every respectable and really infu-
entail element OF the States population Is en-
gagged In the work OF destroying Populism and
Organism, which are synonymous in this cam
paign. Some of the leading Democrats
working hand and glove with the Republicans.
aud the sporting blood of the community has
been aroused to snch an extent that large money
wagers are daily laid that Mckinley will carry
the state.
Two months ago the odds of 4 TO l were Of
fered on Bryan. To-day Republicans who ask
no odds in the betting are found every hand.
while 1t is not difficult to discover those who are
willing to wager 81 to 81 on Mckinley. and sew
eral bots OF this kind have bsen made. All this
may may not be news to the voters OF tho
Last IL lb inc lTUc as II
the short but effective campaign of education
carried on By the State Committee.
The fusion of Popocrats or what is left of
them, the free silver Repu olicans who are COM
paratively few: the Populsts. who are fewer
than they were; tho Anarchists, pure and sim
pie. and the dlsreputable element OF society in
general Is complete in North Dakota There 10
no sound money Democratic ticket in the feld
because local conditions rendered It wise to
make the issue straight and emphatic between
Republicanism and sound money and PopulIsm
and reputation. The Prohibitionists are run
ming ticket OF their own. but their probable
strength does not enter into the calculat
They had but 500 votes at the Presidential cleo
tion OF 1892. and this year nobody seems to care
what they say or what they do.
North Dakota Republicans have always been
loyal to the cause of sound money. This is one
reason why the Republican campaign managers
feel con nfident that few voters will go over to
Organism. Another and potent reason Is that
McKinleys name signifies protection, and pro-
lection seems to be more desired by North
Dakota farmers than free silver. As in Wis
consin and Minnesota, the politicians who have
been out among the farmers unite in reporting
that the question OF the tariff. which is dis
cussed freely by the campaign orators. es-
pecially the foreigners. is holding the kepubli-
cans In line by virtue OF McKinley's name,
leaving the way open to make converts from
the Democrats by sound money arguments.
In the Republican Convention OF North Da-
kota that elected delegates to the st. Louie
Convention the sentiment In favor OF sound
money was Overwhelming. and since Bryans
nomination It has grown rapidly among all
classes In all sections OF the Stats An illustra-
tion Of tho feeling OF the reputable Democrats
here is afforded by the fact that the Democrat
w within hpinp al al
United States Senator at the time his party
rival. Mr.. Roach. was chosen is now
on tho stump night and day in the
cause of sound money and honest ana honor
able government. In North Dakota the coun-
try districts have been the hotbeds OF Popu-
lism. and II Is here that the bulk OF the mis-
sionary work has been done by tho sound
money campaign managers. The towns and
there are vast number scattered over this
great State, have always been Repu blicAn. and
arc now known BY actual canvass, to be over
whelmingly for Mckinley and sound money