The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1896-10-02
" ashingtOn Letter.

Washington, September 25th, 1896.
The silver men have had plenty of en-
couraging news from other states to
make up for the discouraging stories
from New York which indicate the al
most certain loss of that state. 1t is ad-
mitted by Republicans that the fusion
which has been completed in North Car
olina between Democrats and popullsts
makes that state certain for Bryan. In
Kentucky the Democrats and populisis
have satisfactorily fused, which places
that state in the Bryan column. A letter
received at silver headquarters from ID.
W. Atkinson, president of the free sill
yer club OF Sparata, Mich, says: ISL
v,ris bound to win in Michigan, be-
cause every party in the state has advo-
| Gated free silver until the present cam
paign and there are thousands of Re
| publicans and Prohibitionists who can't
| and won't surrender the conviction OF
| life time at the command of few pol
| iticians who change color In single
| night In any ordinary campaign the
Democrats and populists combined are
a tight match for the Republicans, and
now when thousands of Prohibitionists,
and hundreds of Republicans, are join
ing us there can be no doubt Of the re-
| suit Hon. John G. Cannon, of kans.
says: '.You need have no fears about
Kansas, as the leading Republicans
themselves in private conversation con-
cede Kansas to Bryan | have bet
with leading Republican that Bryan g
majority will not be less than 1000,
and / offered to increase the bet and he
declined. A Republican poll of the
state shows that Bryan will carry it by
over 10000" Mr.. j. w. Armstrong
of Richmond, Missouri, says Bryan will
carry that state by more than &C, 600 ma
jority, and there is equally encouraging
news from Indiana, Iowa and Illinois.
Washington capitalists have no votes,
unless they retain residence in one of
the neighborlng states, as some of them
do, but they are trying to control the
votes of all those who happen to be in
their debt, as may be seen by the follow
ing letter which was sent To Virginia
voter: "As you are aware, the friends
of free silver and gold respectively de-
clare that if their candidates are elected
the country will enter upon an era of
prosperity. They respectively declare
that If the other side is elected misery
and trouble will be the result. AS | fav-
or Mckinley | believe that within few
days after the election of Bryan all gold
in the treasury will be withdrawn, and
there will be terrible panic in money
| affairs, from which it will take the
country many years TO emerge. After
| Bryan'S election one IF the first things
done will be the calling in of all debts by
creditors, because they do not wish to be
paid 90 cents for each dollar loaned.
hope you will not regard this letter as a
threat or an intimation that you should
vote otherwise than you conscientiously
believe to be right. Our company will
do after election just what you would do
under the same circumstances | hope
you will be able to take up your note
and collateral before election This
letter needs no comment, but it really is
a shame that there is no law to reach
and properly punish the men who write
such letters.
The sensational statements concern
ing the payment of money to the officers
of the Knights of Labor by the Demo-
cratic congressional committee were very
quickly disposed of In connection
with the publication of their organ, the
K. of l.. maintain a printing office.
The Democratic congressional commit
|
| palgn documents to print, and as a mat
ter OF course paid for the work when it
was done, and the checks-one for
sl,ooo, and one for SSO0-were necessa-
rlly made payable to the national officers
OF the h of l., who are in charge of
the printing office owned by that organ
lzatlon. Somebody connected with a
| Washington bank through which these
4 t<lI II
thereupon was built the sensational state.
| ments.
Mr.. Jeff Chandler, once prominent in
egai circles In st. Louis and in Wash
ngton, but now residing for the benefit
OF his health at Los Angeles, Cal, is in
washington. Speaking of Republican
claims as to California, he said: 'sThe
Democratic and populist vote combined
exceeds the Republican vote in Califor-
MIA by 44,OOO. The most thorough fu-
sion has been perfected by the first two,
aud while there may be slight defections
on the part of so-called sound money
Democrats, the loss will be too small to
! alter the result. California will give a
decisive majority for Bryan and an en-
phatlc negative to the idea that this
country can't run its own affairs with
out asking the consent of European gov
ernments. do not know whether he
will or not, but the opposition is hug
glng delusion if it thinks Bryan is al
ready beaten
The Democratic national committee
having made a contract to have the
newspaper plate matter it sends out
made by Chicago firm, this week
closed the literary bureau which has been
maintained at the Washington head
quarters, because it will be more conven-
lent to have the matter prepared in Chi
cago than in Washington. NJ.
A ReliylOus Fanatics na,th