The morning times., 1896-10-29
In Politics.


The Republican Congressional committee
has closed It's shipping department, on 1
street. near Fifteenth street. All the peo-
pie employed there, except four or IlVe,
have been discharged. These four or i've
viii clean up the building this week ana
then their work will cease
During the three months anu Il half tnat
this department has been running Il Won
dcrful amount Of work has been done. Yes
tertlay, when the last docum ents We're sent
out, the grand total had gone up To oser
% 1000 900 With the exception OF L.
02I,OOO documents each was put in an
envelope and in that manner sent out TO
the various States The 100000 CON
sisted OF Democratic opinion and Went
in bulk by express.
The largest DAYS Work was the sending
out of seven car loads of matter. That
day 24S, 900 copies OF Three Evenings
With Silver and Money" were received at
the building at l o'clock, and by O'Clock
100000 oil them We're in envelopes. This
document, by the way, was tie most popu-
lar Of the list n heaiiquaDkers. There were
more calls for it than any other. though
not SO many Were senuout. About 2, 900 ,0CO
Were distributed.
Three millions of McCleary's reply to
Congressman Towne were sent out. John &.
Cariislc's speech TO the wOrkingmcn of
Chicago and Representative Babcock's
popularity.
THIS Committee was at Work nearly two
months before the national committee began
operations. In this way a great many peo-
pie were reached who otherwise could
not have been. II is expected that this
early Work will tell on the result next
Tuesday.
Victor +. Maggi, who is unquestionably
the leading Italian p..iitician in the United
States. writes to Chairman Babcock, OF the
Republican Congressional Committee, from
Illinois, as follows:
''Ahow me to intrude on your valuable
time for your information. l was sent
out five weeks today by the Republican
State Ccntrar committee of Illinois to or
game the Italians Throughout tile State
and III report up to date to the committee
is that out Of 81 900 voters in the State
24.3iT are solid Tor our Major Mckinley.
This great body OF Italians are all or
gnnized into Mckinley clubs in all the
counties, and C56k county al lone will give
II 1000 Italian votes to Mckinley. 1 as
sure you that the four years OF hard times
has given To the Itaiia II miners time to thir.S
and the free silver doctrine will not change
them.
The Popocrats have served me in differ
ent mining towns with eggs, but l fought
them on their own ground every time and
carne out ahead.
Il Will end III cam paign the I'd of Novem-
Der, then VIII start for Chicago and cast my
ballot for Mckinley. l thought that you
would be pleased To find out the true situa-
ton OF my nationality and without any
doubt place my conservative figures 1Os,-
600 for Mckinley, and 35 900 for the State
Ticket
Gen. Walker, in charge Of the press
bureau ut Democratic headquarters, has
taken a hand at figuring out election re-
turns. The general is no slouch ut it
and figures out 293 votes sure for Bryan.
Mckinley will have, he thinks, only lit
votes. and thirty-eight are doubtful. The
only States tie gives to Mckinley are.
Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New
Hampshire. New Jersey, New York, Penn
sylvania, Rhode Island and Vermont. Della
ware, Ohio. and Wisconsin are classcd as
doubtful All the Middle wcs tern and
Western States are given to Bryan.
There is rivalry betw cen iowa ana Wis
consin committeeman reported at Congress
Siunal headquarters as to the size Of the
majoriries thcy are going to give Mckinley.
Mr.. Payne claims that Wisconsin VIII he
the banner Republican state this year. Mr..
Mcmillan, chairman Of the Iowa Ecpub-
ilCdu committee, says that IL VIII ic Iowa.
Mr.. Payne says that the polls show that
Wisconsin will give 10000 plurality. Mr..
Mcmillan retortS that a pCll of eight N-sevcD
counties Of Iowa complete, and OF the re-
maning counties about one-third complete.
shows Il certain plurality for Mckinley OF
more than 10000, whercupon Mr.. Payne
dared him To wager. and the two Re
puhlirans got heated by controversy and
pat up gold coins to sustain their views.
Republican headquarters here have re
ccivcd an interesting and reliable >unl-
mary of the situation i'll oregon and Wash
ingtOn. from the leading campaign com
mittecs of these States. The adviCCs are
! To the effect that oregon is considered by
the Republican State leaders aS absolutely
safe. The Mckinley ma iority there is
estimated at from five 10 fifteen Thousand.
In Washington, sullivan. the Republican
candidate for governor is regarded as sure
of election. juhn Burke of Seattle and
other leading Democrats i'll the State are
taking most vigorous part i'll the cam
paign. supporting Mckinley and the Re
publican ticket and the effect is telling
very rapidly. Burke in particular has
been very successful in bringing about
change of sentiment among the Democrats.
1t is said that If the cause gains rs rapidly
in the next few days a. ii has i'll the past
two weeks, Washington is perfectly safe for
the entire ticket The letter was written
october 10.
Senator Tillmau is now stumpinc Ore
gon. and il is said that his speeches do
| not take at all. and they have already re-
suited in bringing a large number of former
Bryan supporters into the Mckinley camp.
| \ large portion of the decent element among
these people quit in disgust after every
Tillman speech. Senator Mitchell is re-
garded as sure of reelection. Wheat in
oregon today is worth 80 per cent. more
than il a and this
helping the Republicans greatly. as this
convinCes the farmers that the silver and
wheat charts circulated by the Rryanitcs
| are otter nonsense.
Advices received from Collin county,
Texas. are to the effect that the Repub-
| lican vote there Will be three times as
| LINN. aS two ynarS ago and ten fines as