The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-10-06
In Mr.. HANNA'SSTATE
Henry George Talks About the Cam
paign Work in Ohio.
FEATURES IN BRYAN'S FAVOR
Gold Democrats Play An inslgnlfi-
cant rart Ihere-Feeling In
Favor of Free Coinage
spreads In the state.
FEATURES IN BRYAN'S FAVOR

| Special Campaign Correspondence OF
the Standard.
Columbus, Ohio. Oct. III find that
| democrats and populists consider this
| city as that part of the state where the
gold democrats, or assistant republic
| cans. as they call them, are strongest.
one OF the reasons for this being that
| the city is the home OF ex-Congress-
man Outhwaite. now a member. by Mr..
| Cleveland's appointment Of the ord
nance board.
Mr.. Outhwaite gave me the gold
| democrats estimate OF their strength
| in this way: From various sources of
information we have reason to believe
that the sound money democrats in
Ohio amount to 10000 In this county
| (Franklin) we put them at from 500 to
1000. of whom something like 900 or
| 700 are In this city. The vote for
| Palmer and Buckner ought to be two
| and half times as much. or 25.000 for
| the state, while one-thlrd as many, or
| say between 5000 and 1000 democrats,
will prefer to vote for Mckinley"
Considering that the total vote of
| Ohio is likely to be 100000. this is not
|
| the sound money democrats are likely
| to play in the coming election. But
| the highest estimate that the silver
| democrats make for the sound money
| strength Is 10000 for the state and 500
| for this county. They do not however.
| admit that this will be the Palmer and
| Buckner vote. but say that the greater
| part of these gold democrats will vote
directly for Mckinley. And in this part
| OF the country. according to Allen @.
| Thurman, they are showing their be-
| lief that the Palmer and Buckner ticket
| can only draw from the vote that
woud otherwise be cast for the repub-
lican candidate by helping the repub-
licans to fill up the certificates Of 5000
voters which are required by the 5th of
| October TO give Palmer and Buckner a
| place on the official ballot.
| That both sides should wish 10 help
the third party ticket to take the field
may seem inconsistent but is easily
explained The republicans are in COM
| plete sympathy with the administra-
| ton democrats. regarding them as
| kindling fire In the rear of their op-
| ponents. and believing that though
| they may not cast many votes, yet
their campaign. by putting well-known
democrats on the stump to oppose
| Bryan, under the democratic name.
| will considerably increase McKinley's
strength. On the other hand, the regu-
lar democrats think that the spectacle
of Mr.. Cleveland's ofiice-holders and
corporation attorneys speaking against
Bryan will really help him, and that
the Palmer and Buckrer vote will les
sen what would otherwise go to Nc
Kinley.
The opening Of the administration
democratic campaign, which. in this
city. took place on Tuesday night was
hardly encouraging. Mr.. Outhwalte
presided and the principal speech was
that of Virgil p. Kline. the western
attorney Of the Standard OIL company.
The not large hall was poorly filed
and that mainly by wellknown repub-
licans, while the spectacle OF repre-
sentative of a most notorious and un-
scrupulous trust denouncing the Chi
cago convention and its nominees as
dishonest assailers of property rights
is not calculated to hurt Bryan with
the masses of Ohio.
| find that the democratic state COM
mittee. which is located here Is very
far from virtually giving up business,
as has been telegrnphed east. 1t is
hampered by the general democratic
lack OF funds, which to the regular
politician everywhere renders political
work an attempt to make bricks with
| u.fr Ip,.t To la 10 srftr
figures that, to the mind OF the act ng
chairman. Col. w. A. Taylor, prove be-
yond peradventure that Bryan will
carry Ohio by a round majority. /.
however, care little for political figures
at a time like this. whlch reminds M
more of the mayoralty campaign In
New York, in which l was engaged 10
years ago. than anything I have seen
since. The regular politicians, what
ever their side. can only argue from
what has been to what will be. where
as this is prominently a time when
old party lines are broken and new
forces are asserting themselves. What
care more for Is the evidence OF in
terest, and the opinion Of dispassionate
men as to the general tendencies of
thought and feeling.
| Now. in Columbus. as everywhere
else in Ohio. that ! have bsen or have
heard from. and / have had more spe-
cific information than | can detail. II
is clear that the popul.sts are working
earnestly with the democrats, and that
the larger part of the prohibltlonists
are also with them; that a full demo-
cratic vote will cOms t. the polls; that
the democratic loss on the currency
question viii be comparatively small.
and that a gri at change Is going IN
among republicans. What puzzles the
politicians. republican, democratic and
third party. Is the difficulty they have
In making up their lists. a difficulty
arising from the disinclnation OF many
voters, both in city and country. to say
whom I ey propose 70 vote for. This
4 difficulty compeis all parties 70 put on
their lists as "doubtfur' many more
than they like TO.
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