Evening star., 1896-09-29
Mr.. BRYAN COMING
He Will Be Here for Half an Hour
Tomorrow.
VEST VIRGINIA COMMITTEE HERE
Will Escort the Candidate Into
Their State.
NEWS FROM MANY STATES

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Senator Faulkner arrived in the city this
morning, fresh from the democratic con-
ference in New York last night. but left
Immediately for his home in West Virginia
without imparting any information to his
co-workers. The Senator will be- absent
several days. He goes to be present at the
marriage tomorrow Of Miss Mary Boyd
Faulkner his second daughter to Mr.. Car
ter Of Wyoming.
Bryan to lie Here Tomorrow.
A large delegation of West Virginians.
were at democratic headquarters this
morning. They are here as a committee
from that state to escort Candidate Bryan
through West Virginia 1t fs a reception
committee. The members here this morn
ing are Andrew Edmiston. state chairman;
w. T.. Chiffon. j. w. ST. Clair. ex-Repre-
sentative j. D. Anderson. John 7. McGraw.
Judge W. I. Ice and j. N. B. Grim. Mr..
McGraw will go to New Jersey to meet Mr.
Bryan. and will come here with him. The
others will go from here with the candi-
date.
Mr. Bryan will arrive here tomorrow
morning between and 1880 o'clock He
will come over the Baltimore and Ohio
road and will remain about half an hour.
He will probably breakfast here. He will
leave for West Virginia over the same
road. There will be no official local demon
stratlon here. and the candidate Is not ex-
pected TO make a speech. OF course, If he
Is called on he may say something. al
though 1t is more than likely that he will
want to save his voice for his speeches in
West Virginia. He is booked for hard
work In that state. The first stop will be
made at Harpers Ferry, where the candi-
date will spend twenty minutes in an in
formal talk. The tour of the state is as
follows after Harper's Ferry: Martinsburg,
september 80. at 1890 am; keyser Sep
tember ~. at pm; Grafton September
~. at night: Clarksburg. October l. at 10
am Parkersburg, October l, at pm:
Wheeling, October l, at night; Charleston
october 2. at 1890 am; Huntington, Oc-
tober =. at pm.
The members of the committee in the
CITY say that Mr. Bryan will talk TO in-
mense audiences at every place. His route
! is We'll known. The democrats have adopt-
| ed v1rious devices to make every vo.er
acquainted with the times and places of
| the candidates speaking. They want TO
profit by his visit all they can, and believe
| they will do so.
The West Virginians boasted strongly this
morning of their ability to carry that state
| for Bryan. Col. St. Clair said to a Star re-
porter that republican workingmen and
farmers by the hundred have gone over
| to the democratic ticket. We nave five
prominent republicans stumping the state
tor Bryan" ne said. "They have always
| been leaders in that party and are doing
splendid work for us now.'
The New Ticket in New York.
Around the democratic and silver head
/ quarters this morning there was little COM
ment on the nomination Of Judge Porter
! IN place OF Thacher in New York. 1t SEEM
/ ed to satisfy those who had demanded the
withdrawal Of Thacher but there was an
| Indifference to the nomination that comes
| from knowledge that the state is appar-
| emily lost and that 1t makes no difference
| who Is nominated,
The Railroad Coercion.
( From Covington, KY, say the democratic
managers, comes statement In relation to
the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad which
| shows entirely different state of affairs
| from that alleged by President Ingalls,, wro
has been represented as mildly suggesting
| to the employees of the company that it was
| their interest to vote for Mckinley. The
| writer says: II am in hopes you will favor
| me in my endeavors to Christianize some of
| our shop employees. or, l should say, the
| cause OF humanity to the working people.
| In the shops of the G. and O.. railroad at
| this place they have organized two clubs
one a Mckinley club, the other a sound
| money club. All of the employees are le-
quested to Join one or the other, and all
have joined, with the exception of three
! men. When the men go to work at noon
they report to the timekeeper and receive a
| check, which is numbered in order to ascer-
|
| when he gives them their checks he gives
them some kind of literature, mostly books
and pamphlets and the Railway Age Send
documents to the names given you. The
men are afraid to go to the democratic
committee, as the railroad has spottcrs"
The secretary of the state committee Of
South Dakota writes that the state may be
classed as sure for Bryan From Gettys
burg South Dakota, the treasurer of The
Bryan club writes: I'VE are doing we'll in
this country. Democrats and populists are
working together. We have good reports
from all parts Of the state" c. Boyd Ear-
rett, member democratic congressional com
mittee for South Dakota, writes: I'VE
have the best reports from all parts of the
state. we are better organized this cam
paign than ever before. The state will 90
to Bryan sure by large majority
News From Many States.
Henry ]. Day. Sugene, Oregon, writes:
Oregon is today safe and sure for Bry
an and free silver Our county has be,
strongly republican 600 to 1,OOO. If the
election was to be held tomorrow BRYAN
would carry 1t by 500. We have clubs in
thirty precincts of this county, and by the
close of the week will have a club in each
| voting precinct. Oregon is for Bryan and
silver. To give you some idea how the
sentiment is here at present submit these
facts: We organized clubs in four small
precincts Saturday, the 10Th instant and
| forty-one republicans signed the club rolls
estimate Palmer's vote at 100 In the
county, and am sure the figures are liberal
The postmaster told me this morning that
the farmers by the score were calling at
the post Office and pleading for old news
papers (silver papers), so they could use
them in converting more Of their repub-
| lican neighbors."
Mr.. Woodson, member of the national
democratic committee for Kentucky, re-
ports that Kentucky is safe for BRYAN by
fifty thousand majority.
From Nebraska, James c. Dahlman,
chairman of the democratic state commit.
tee, reports that the estimated majority
for Bryan Is that state is twenty-five thou
sand.
Other adv;ces from Nebraska state that
polls Of various counties indicate that Bry-
an will certainly carry the state by a larger
vote than was given for Governor Hol.
comb. The republicans have practically
given up the state, General Manderson
stating in a recent interview that he has
more hope than confidence" Some en-
thusiastic Bryan men look for 10000 ma.
jority III Nebraska.
Chairman Samuel Cook of the state dem.
ocratic committee of Missouri reports that
Bryan's majority will exceed sixty thou.