Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-10-22
Political Notes.

tNSiSt ciV', IL estimated at ABOUT 5Nu,Uyu.
Senator Frye addressed large and en-
thuslastlc audience at Wheeling. W. Va.
last night.
Congressman Moody. who was booked
to speak at the Republican rally at Sa-
lem. Mass, "Wednesday night, has gone
nome, suffering with a severe cold and
nis physician has forbade his speaking.
Congressman George b. Mcclellan.
democratic candidate for reelection in
the 18th New York district whose atti-
tude toward the Democratic national
ticket has been questioned. announces
that he will support the Chicago platform
and Bryan and Sewail.
The Michigan supreme court has grant
ed a mandamus requiring the Wayne
county electoral commission TO give the
prohibition state ticket the second place
on the official ballot. The court declares
the gold Democratic ticket is entitled to a
place on the ballot and to the use of the
word Democratic" and that the fusion
ticket must take the place assigned to it
by the committee, which is last on the,
ballot.
Thomas b. Reed of Maine. Tuesday
afternoon. addressed loco people in big
canvas tent. at Joliet. Ill. In The course
of his remarks he said: "A Democratic
paper in Chicago complained because in
one of my speeches had not mentioned
matter once when | placed Mr. Mckinley
at the head of the ways and means com
mttee, and l nave never had reason to
feel sorry Tor that act.
Mr.. w. \. Roberts, editor Of the Bid
deford Times has received and accepted
an invitation from the Democratic ma
tional committee to go West and take
part in the closing weeks of the cam
paign. He will leave for Chicago on
Friday next. There he is assigned to
speak, making several speeches a day
in the Windy city itself.
An Altoona Pa, special says that the
Pennsylvania Railroad shops at that
place, the largest plant of the kind in the
country. closed down. Tuesday. as a re-
suit of the depression in business. Seven
thousand men as consequence are
thrown into idleness. and every branch OF
business in the city is affected. How
long the suspension will last is not known
hut there is no possibility of any resump-
ton this week. and but little work is con
| templated until after the election.
Cyrus Lenlad. Jr., member of the Re
publican national committee for Kansas
and a member of the national executive
committee, stopped in Kansas City on
his way to Chicago. When asked about
the situation in Kansas he said: Kan
Sas is we'll organized and | know what
the vote Will be. Mckinley will carry
the state by d good majority and the
fopulists know it, The first, second
and fourth districts will give Mckinley
1000 majority, and | would like to
know where the opposition expects to
get the votes to offset that"
General Isaac S. Catlin writes to Cen
eral Robert Avery that he sat on the
fence for some time, trying religious
ly' to reconcile his conscience to the
support of Bryan and Organism. but
it was time wasted. His mind is now
fully made up. He writes: Mr. BRYAN
has not explained and cannot wipe out
from the Chicago platform the covert
appeal made to the disorderly classes
or the menace against the status and
integrity of our highest and most VEN
cradle judicial tribunal / cannot,
therefore. support or vote for Mr. Bry-
an. and feeling that a vote for General
Palmer, brave as he was in war and
distinguished as he is as a statesman
today. would be practically wasted, [
nave determined TO cast my vote fc,.
Major Mckinley.
Gen. Buckner arrived at Milwaukee
Wis, Tuesday afternoon The train
made brief stops at Kenosha and Ra-
cine, where crowds of 500 and 1000 re-
'fNNtiNeiy were addressed bE the can
didate. Gen. Buckner addressed
large audience at the Pabst Theatre in
Milwaukee. Tuesday evening. He said
that since the first election of Cleve-
land. under both of his administrations.
'sectionalism had been unknown in the
country. Bryan had openly preached
this sectionalism by his talk of going
INTO the enemy's country. Wherever
there is patriotism, Gen. Buckner de-
clared. there is no enemys country. He
entered upon discussion of the money
question, his principal contention being
that the history of the world has shown
the impossibiity of keeping silver and
gold at parity at any given ratio.