The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1896-10-03

and popnlists have satisfactorily fused
which places that State in the Bryan
column. A letter received at silver
headquarters from D. w. Atkinson
president Of the Free Silver Clmb, Of
Sparta, Mich. says: ..Silver is bound
t" win IN Michigan, because every
party in the state has advocated free
silver nntil the present campaign.
and there are thousands of republi-
cans and prohibitionists who can't
and won't surrender the conviction Of
life time at the command ct few
politicians who change color in sin
gle night. In any ordinary campaign
the democrats and populists combined
are u tight match for the republicans,
and now when thousands or prohibi-
iionis's. and hundreds nf republicans,
are .lainlng ~ there can be ~ doubt
Of t'c n-sisls. ii,', John G.. Cannon.
ut kans sa.s. .fuu nr+.l have no
fears about Kansas. ~ the I.ading
republicans themselves III private
conver>at ~, t.,alr-.!- Kansas 10 Brv-
an. | have il bet with i leading tepub-
llcan that Bryan's majority will not
b- less than 2O.oOO. aud offered to
increase the bet and he declined.
republicans poll Of ihe State shows
that Bryan will carry it BY over 20,
OO0." Mr.. r. w. Armstrong, Of
Richmond. Missouri. says Bryan will
carry that state by mole than 60, 900
majority, aud there ia equally en-
e0uraging news from Indiana, Iowa
ard Illinois.
Washington capitalists have no
votes. unless they retain a residence
in one Of the neighboring states. as
some vt them dn, Int they are trying
to control tie votes of all those who
happen to be in their debt, as many
may br: seen by the following letter
whlcl, WAS sent to Virginia voter:
= AS NOn are aware, the friends Of free
silver and gold RESPECTIVELY declare
that it the their candidates are elected
the country will enter upon an era Of !
prosperity. They respectively declare
that if the other side Is elected misery
ana trouble will be the result. As L
favor Mckinley ] believe that within >
few days after the election of Bryan all
gold IN the Treasury will be with
drawn, aud there will be terrible
panic in money affairs, from which it
will take the country many years to
emerge. After Bryan's election one Of
the first things done will be the call
ing in Of all debts by creditors, be-
cause they dp not wish to be paid 80
cents for each dollar leaned. l hope
you will not regard this letter as
threat or an intimation that you
should vote otherwise than Won
conscientiously believe 70 be right.
Oar COMPANY will do after election
just what yon would do under the
same circumstances. hope you will
be able to take your note and collate-
raj before election This letter needs
no comment, but it really IL a shame
that there is no law to reach and
properly punish tile men who write
such letters. -
The sensational statements con-
corning the payment Of money to the
officers Of the knighfs of Labor BY the
Democratic Congressional Committee
were very quickly disposed Of. In
connection viii, the publication of
their organ, the X, of L.. maintain q
printing Office. The Democratic Com
gressional Committee gave that print
ing office some campaign documents tn
print. and rs matter OF course puid
for the work when it was done, aud
the cl,ecks--on- for $1,000, and one,
for $80O-were necessarily made pay
able to the National offic~rs ef the X. If
L., who are in charge OF the printing
Office owned by that ganizatios.s
Somebody connected with u Washihg-
ton bank through which these checks
passed told about them and thereupOn
was built the sensational statements.
The Democratic National COmmi<-s
tee having made contract to have
the newspaper plate matter it sends
out made by IL Chicago firm, this week
closed the literary bureau which has
been maintained at the Washington
headquarters, because it will be more
convenient to have the matter prepar- h
ed in Chicago than in Washington.