Evening star., 1896-10-14
General Officers of the Order Are
Working for Bryan.
EXPRESS CONFIDENCE OF His ELECTION
What Messrs.. Hayes, Mcclure,
Bishop and Martin Say.
RECORDS OF CONGRESSMEN

All the general officers of the Knights of
Labor, located in this city, are for Bryan,
and declare that the organization is prac-
ticaliy solid for the democratic nominee.
They further claim that all but three Of the
organized labor bodies Of the country have
declared for free silver and the man who
stands on that platform.
The general officers here have had q Num-
Ter Of conferences with Chairman Faulkner.
sharing their participation in affairs. Some
Of them have been sent out over the coun-
try to view the situation and to bolster up
the labor men, General Master Workman
Sovereign Is stumpng in the middle west
for Bryan. He is this week In Ohio, and
writes from there that Ohio will go for
Bryan. He declares that Stark county,
Mckinley's home, will give Bryan a ma
jority.
A Star reporter talked with several Of the
general officers about the labor vote and
their knowledge of the situation. ]. w.
Hayes, general seCretary-treasurer Of the
Knights of Labor. said: "All the labor Or
ganizaticns of the country. except the glass
workers, iron workers and pottery workers.
have declared for Bryan. The organized
labor vote Of the country will be practically
solid for him. All the information we are
receiving shows this. and we have no doubt
or the result AS we figure 1t out Bryan is
certain Of 22O votes, and needs only one Of
five states to elect him. Either Indiana IL
:inois, Iowa. Michigan Minnesota will
give him ma ajority.
LAS to Illinois we have informatio that
the democrats will have t0.OOO majority up
to the city of Chicago. The indications are
that Mckinley will get Chicago, but the
majority will not be sufficient to overcome
the majority for Bryan in the other parts
or the state We are doing nothing in the
east, although the labor men are active in
every city. They have never been more
active because they have three great po-
htical parties behind them
My estimate Is that there are 80, O,OCO
members Of organized labor bodies in this
country, and at least 30 per cent of them
are FOR Bryan. These men will influence a
total OF two or three million voters"
McGuire's Rosy Views.
T. B. MCGUIRE of Amsterdam, N Y, is
the chairman Of the executive board of the
Knights of Labor. and is now In the city
He Is more rosy in his views and claims
than any Of the other officers.
Bryan has a splendid chance to carry
New York. Mr.. Mcclure said; lin fact, l
believe he will carry it. The repeated re-
auctions OF salaries have disgusted the
laborins men OF that state. and the low
prices or products have disgusted the farm
ers. My estimate is that the republicans
will go to Harlem with not over 20, 900 ma
jCrity. Bryan will carry New York by 40
900 majority and Brooklyn and adjoining
state by $1,000 majority. The laboring men
are hard at work in New York city and
brooklyn. They are responsible for the
heavy registration. They are working like
beavers to get every vote on the polling lists
and they will work enthusiastically election
cay to get every vote to the polls. The
laboring men don't care a snap about the
| national committees any other body.
! They have been fighting of their own ac-
| cord since the campaign opened, and they
| will keep it up. Our speakers are talking
everywhere.
| Il have no hesitation in saying that 3s
| Ter cent Of the organized labor vote of the
| country will be cast for Bryan. AS to the
| unorganized labor vote. 1t is probable thai
| Bryan will not get over GO per cent. This
| will result from three causes-flattery, in
| timidation and purchase. The small shop
| keeper is also to be feared. He is at the
| mercy of the banks. which threaten an ex-
| tensve panic in case CT the election OF
| Bryan. The next President will be w. j
| Bryan. He cannot be beaten.
| NJ J. Bishop, general worthy foreman
| talked In the same strain as the others
| He said ne saw no chance to defeat Bryan
! MIR. Bishop is giving some time to the rec
| ordS of present Congressman on labor mat
! ters, and is sending the record of each man
| to labor leaders for use in the campaign
| These are directed against democrats as
well as republicans.
! What Mr.. Martin Snys.
| H. B. Martin, member of the executive
| be ard and editor of the official organ of the
| knights Of Labor said he had been travel
| ing in the east and west, and was certain
| of the election of Bryan. He said. in talk
| Ing of his observations Of Illinois. that
| every county from the middle of the state
south would give Bryan majority. He
| thought the democrats would go to Chicago
| Wi n m iOrity.