Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-10-17
LOSING COURAGE.
Bryan's Managers Feel Pretty Blue
Over the Political Situation.
Thsy Are Losing Strength Every Day and
Realize the Fact.

ha CT ~ tinn in Chicago
,,,;.h ,ts enormons increases shown in
~ ponuh,ican wards. the Bryanite
norar. hove heep greatly discour-
a.aa o,,o,. tho out1ook and now many
- .ha,,, oamit nr;vatelv that their can
,,.,..o h.s no chapca of success. 1t is
.;rr;eoant that the Rrvanites are be-
.,.,,,;,r 10 o,,.rrel over the RESPONSE
t':,;.,, for tho had manapement which
- haar sbown in conducting the
Democratic camnaign Friends Of
rha;rn,.n Tones assert in secret. and
hava heen irving to make Mr. Bryan
no,,a,,a th.t if he loses Illinois it will
-, ,,o,a,,sa Gov Altgeld is not working
hara anouyb for the ticket, but is sac
,.,eo;rg a,,arvtbinr to secure his own
ra-oloctior &c Governor.
On tho other hand. Illinois local lead
ino1ud;rg National committeeman
C.. ct.to-Cbairman Hinrichsen.
a,a y II burke. chairman of the Alt
cr,a on,r,r;ttee do not hesitate to as
-. .hat if Rrvan is defeated it will be
~ 20 tho had leadership of Chairman
Tones .Thev declare that no Presiden-
tiaI ,campaign has ever been so badly
handled as Chairman Jones has han
dIod This one. Most Popocratic politi-
clans especially those who take sides
With the state machine, believe that
tho Rrvanites would have had a better
crarca of success had some one else
Noon in command of the machinery.
Senator Jones has shown an absolute
IacL of executive ability and tact, the
two most important qualifications for
noIiticaI manager. His assistants
Camnau of Michigan and johnson of
Kansas both of whom were almost un-
known before Bryan's nomination, and
neither of whom has shown any ability.
The three men have been absolute die
tators Of the campalgn. and not only
have refused To receive suggestions
from outsiders. but in many instances
have deliberately gone ont of their wav
tn discourage SUGGESTIONS.
Another significant sign is that the
Rrvan;tes have closed their press
h,reau from which in the past thev
have issued bulletins claiming New
York and other. Eastern states as
douhtful These bulletins contained no
news b,,t merely nronhecies and claims
so absurd that thev were not used even
Inv the silver naners The reason given
nv Chairman Jones for the abolitjon of
the bureau is that through IT the Re-
n,,bl;can beadouarters obtained too
much pa,vs about his doinos Tho Rrv
ar;tas have datarm;nad to furn;eb no
news whatever tn renorters in the
future and will endeavor To discoura pe
their visits tn headorarters
Fusion is tn no arranged in T.ouisiana
hetweep the National Democrats and
the Republicans Mr. Snellman of that
stata has haen hara for savaroI davs
conducting the papotiations and is
,,a,,, honaf,,, of tho rosult ua savs
th.t of Tho civ Corsrass,,o, fro,,
Jo,;s;a,. tho fusio, would nroh, hlv
,as,,It in tho o,ection of fo,,r onnosed m
fraa co;paga of WHOM, t,vo would ba
Nat,or.1 Damocr.tc ana two pan,,h,i-
cons Thara oro fo,, o1actor,1 tioI,ats
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~. VII 1888 Vi 'iic i.epupii'
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nc .loNi'iieS W. p'u'ai'.y VIII pe iiior'
60 ooo0
man piAps vi the Mlhhesots
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a' neaoauarters, vesterday'an proush
Neis eicourasihg news from ina
state he says Minnesota will giv'
Mchii''es majority as large as an!
state IN the Middle West Mr.. Bixby il
mi ta.at i,