San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-09-23
REPUBLICANS JOYFUL.
CAMPAIGN COMMITTEES ARE WORK
ING UNRBMITTINGLY.
The Silver Cranks Are Now Retreating
and a Rout Will Follow in the
Ides of November


lived up to. The silver men are on
the retreat in every state in which the
Republican national and congressional
committees have made real fight for
Mckinley and honest money, but as
yet the retreat is orderly. By re-
doubling their efforts, the Republican
managers believe they can make it a
complete rout on the 3rd of November
so complete that the free coinage OF
silver by this country alone will never
again be made a national issue; and
nothing less will satisfy them. They
are working with all the vim and ener-
gy they could put into the campaign
if the chances for Republican victory
were doubtful instead of the victory
being assured as it is. This pleases
all the visiting Republicans as it en-
ables them to go home and tell their
friends that there is no danger from
overconfidence on the part of the men
who are managing the campaign.
Chairman Babcock, of the congress-
ional committee, is now giving special
attention to the congressional districts,
and by the middle of October he will
know about what the size of the Re-
publican majority in the next house
will be. Two years ago when Mr..
Babcock gave out his figures, they were
hooted at by the Democrats and many
Republicans were disposed to smile at
them, but when the returns came in,
it was seen that they were based upon
direct information from every con-
gressional district. Mr.. Babcock is
proud, as he has every right to be,
90 la hot nf ha
gressional committee. He doesn't be-
lieve in the wisdom of making big
claims based on nothing but hope, as
the Popocrats are now doing. He
thinks it possible always to obtain in
formation as to how at least 80 per
cent of the districts will CO. several
weeks in advance of the election, and
he wants the public to take his figures
as careful estimates and not as mere
bluff for effect.
The using of the official organ of the
Knights Of Labor as campaign doc
ument by the Bryanite managers, has
been quickly followed by ugly charges
against prominent officials of the K.
of l.. These charges are made by re-
sponsible parties and allege that drafts
have been drawn on Mr.. j. l.. Norris,
assistant treasurer of the Democratic
national committee, in favor of Mas
ter Workman Sovereign and General
Secretary-Treasurer Hayes, who are in
immediate charge of the journal of the
K. of L., published at Washington, and
that similar drafts have been drawn in
favor of officials of the K. of L. at
Chicago, Cincinnati and st. Paul, and
paid through Washington bank. The
stir created by these charges is by no
means confined to members Of the K.
of L., who do not approve Of the sell
ling of the influence of the organiza-
ton to Bryan, but extends to all who
are opposed to bribery as a political
agent, and may result in a rumpus
of large dimensions in the K. of L.
About the most notable thing con-
nected with the appearance of Mr..
Bryan in Washington, Saturday night,
and his speech upon that occasion, was
his gall in making the farewell adj
dress of George Washington the basis
of his speech which endorsed the Chi
cago platform. Even the heavens
weep" said gentleman present when
the rain storm put a sudden stop to
Bryan's speech. Washington said:
may disturb our union, it occurs as a
matter of serious concern that any
ground should have been furnished
for characterizing parties by geograph-
ical determinations, northern and
southern, Atlantic and western; whence
designing men may endeavor to excite
a belief that there is a real difference
of local interests and views" De-
signing Mr.. Bryan is seeking the pres
idency through arraigning class against
class and section against section. A
gain, Washington said: "As very
important source of strength and Sc
curity cherish public credit" Mr..
Bryan's principal business is the adj
vocacy of a deprecated currency,
which will injure both private andpub-
lie credit.
There have been some more or less
amusing stories in connection with Mr..
Bryan's coming to Washington to make
a speech. In the first place there
was no end of trouble in getting
place for him to speak; then there was
more trouble about the distribution of
tickets for seats and about music-the
local committee seemed to fear that
some unauthorized band might get in
to the baseball park, in which the
speaking took place, and which, by the
by. was paid for by two saloon keepers
whose places are opposite the main en-
trance, and play some piece of music
that would give Mr.. Bryan the razzle
dazzle right before the crowd. There
was a crowd, just as there would have
been at any other free show, and the
proprietors of the bar rooms who paid