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WEEKLY 2-TlMES-A-WEEK 81 A. YEAR
REPUBLICANS ARE ON THE RUN
THIRTY-sIX OUT OF FORTY-FIvE
STATES CLAIMED FOR BRYAN.

Mckinley Managers Now Not Claim
ing Single Southern state-The
Ovation Bryan Has Received ON
His Southern Tour Has Knocked
Cooked Hat.
Washington, Sept. Ex-senator Jones
fred a bomb into the republican camp to-
day when he put forth a claim that Bryan
will carry S6 out of 45 states When the
chairman of the democratic national COM
mittee was in this city few days ago,
some Of the republican papers tried to
make 1t appear that he was discouraged,
and some OF them went 80 far as to state
that he was weary of his Job as director
general of the Bryan campaign, and de-
sired to retire In favor Of Senator German.
or course, all that kind of talk was mere
rot, and the first official statement from
democratic headquarters after Senator
Jones returned to Chicago from his east
ern trip shows that he proposes to keep
up his aggressive tactics. The republicans
have claimed that the Bryan enthusiasm
was dying out. but the report of Repre-
sentative Applehy of Massachusetts, who
has just returned from an official tour of
inspection through the middle west and
the northwest to the Pacific slope, is far
from encouraging to the republican man.
ayers. Mr.. Appleby is vice chairman or
the republican congressional committee,
and he put in four weeks consulting with
the party leaders In the territory mem
toned. In spite of the extravagant ex-
penditure of money by the Mark Hanna
committee conservative republicans con-
fess that the Mckinley movement does
not keep pace with the Bryan style OF
campaigning. At republican headquar-
ters there Is no longer any talk Of captur-
ing two or more southern states.
few weeks ago 1t was claimed
that Florida North Carolina,
and possibly Kentucky and Louisiana,
would be found In the republican column.
The remarkable ovation given Mr.. Bryan
In Kentucky and North Carolina, knocked
all the republican calculations, as to those
two states, into a cooked hat, and the re-
pubicans have practically abandoned all
idea Of securing the electoral vote of any
southern state for Mckinley. The repub-
lican congressional committee are figuring
on scheme by which they hope TO secure
a majority for the gold standard In the
next House OF Representatives. Secre-
tary Mercer Of the republican committee,
is authority foi the statement that in
Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama, and
| Tennessee, the republicans will be ordered
| to refrain from putting up republican can
didates for congress. The plan Is for the
gold standard democrats to put up tickets
In opposition TO the free silver candidates,
and the republican voters will be expected
TO support the candidates for congress on
the Palmer and Buckner ticket. Some OF
the republican leaders OF the south refuse
to act upon the suggestion of the con-
gresslonal committee, In this connection,
for they would rather make the race for
congress themselves and take chances Of
making a contest in the event Of the cleo
tion of a republican majority in the
House of Representatives. II Is under
stood that missionaries WIFI shortly be
sent south to try and induce the object
ing republicans to rally 10 the support OF
the sound money democrats in the con-
gressional contests. The scheme does
not appear 10 arouse as much enthusiasm
as was expected, and 1t may fall to the
ground.