The morning times., 1896-11-01
Superb Organization May
Over hrOW Old Lines.
WHERE THE FIGHT is MADE
If Bryan Wins 1t Will 3. by
the Smallest rlajority the
Old Dominion Ever
Gave.
(special to The Times.l

NOT Tor several uecades mas The Presi-
dental con .esJ developed SO much persOuai
feeling Party spirit long ago reached
fever heat. There are many instances OH
record where gag law ana the hardes, sor.
OF abuse grew out of the fury OF the
light, whIie prejudice aud tacIics and
methods which formerly would have been
condemned as unfair and lllcSitiniate i'll
politics throughout Virginia have been
largely substituted for open argument.
Certainly Vlrginians have hot witnessed so
vigorous and heated a con ,esJ FOR Il quarter
OF century. The sound money n,rv"ment
which has developed from sentiment into
reality steadily ever since the Chicago
convention has revolutionized the State III
political sense, and for the first time
Tor many years have the machine pull,cians
struck Il hnag in the shape of u powerful
organization Of business men, rather than
politicians and office seekers.
GROWTH OF SOUND MONEY.
When the sound moncymovements started
in Virginia the free silver Democrats ridi-
culed it, and were Inclined 10 look upon
1T In the light OF joke rather than as
permanent organization OF iniiueutl;u anI
leading ciuzens with money, energy, de
termination, and brains tehind IL.
Soon the tactics OF the free silver Demo
Gratis became abusive, and their Joke was
turned INTO a grave and formidable enemy.
They saw they had to contend with not
only u strong organization oi the ltepubii-
can party with more system and party
strength than before, but third party
was developing strength To an alarming
extent, and converts from the front ranks
OF Tie Chicago party in Virginia To a large
number were going over 10 the side OF
sound money.
GOV. O'rerrall, Hon. William Writ Henry,
Hon. James Lyons, Gen. +. NJ. Logan, MIR.
NJ. L. ingalls,, president or the chesapeake
and Ohio and Big -Four Railway systems;
Decatur AXtell, vice pre- sldent OF the
Chesapeake and OHIO; Joseph Bryan, pro
Io ASH 5uoI puB 's5mIL sIl 10 IolaEId
prominent and influential citizens through
out the State, including Hon. s. V. South
all, or Charlottesville, Hon. James Bum
gardner OF Staunton, ID. Preston Parr. of
Bedford, eX-Gov. Cameron OF Petersburg,
Gen. Peyton Wise OF Richmond, and Others
OF wide political and business influence,
champloned the cause OF sound money and
not only State League, but a State COM
mittee, well organized, have worked up
the cause in the State to a strong political
power that Will play a Conspicuous part
next Tuesday.
A SPLENDID ORGANIZATION
The sound money Democrats and the Re-
puplicans are both better organized through
out the State than are the free silver
Democrats. The latter claim to have a
large majority Of the popular vote OF the
State.
Since the campaign opened the work Of
the sound money people has been more
systematic, and, 1t is believed, more eff
1ecuve, than that OF the';ChIcago party
At the headquarters OF both tine sound
money Democrats and the RepubIic cans work
mas been conducted upon purely business
principles, and much more political juds-
ment has been displayed
Not since the war have the Republicans
been SO harinoniously organized III virginia
AT Republican State headquarters in this
city there have been held committee meet
ings and conferences almost daily, while
canyasSers have been busy throughout the
State; hundred or more stump speakers
have been constantly on the go, ana vast
quantity OF campaign literature has been
Systematically distributed.
Judge Edmund Waddill, Jr, who has
managed McKinley's canvass in Virginia,
is lirm in the belief that the Republicans
Will carry the State though he is OF the
opinion that the ONO candidate will not
have votes to spare. Many of the most
prominent Republicans here claim that Vir-
gnia will give Mckinley majority Of
10000 to 5 900. The claims for Palmer
aud Buckner are 10000 votes i'll the State.
The free silver Democratic leaders claim
that Bryan will carry the State by 20 900
to SO 900 majority. This is believed to
be too large an estimate. Conservative
men think that il there is anything like 4
fair count Mckinley Will give the free
silver candidate close fight, and will be
defeated by only small MA jority. a large
number of sound money Democrats through
out Virginia will cast their Votes for the
Regular Republican nominee. while others
will vote for Palmer and Buckuer To avoid
hair Do.
Will get good many sound money Demo
cratic votes for party reasons only.
THE CONGRESSIONAL OUTLOOK,
Both the Republicans and free silver
Democrats have Congressional candidates
in all the ten districts in the State, except
in the Sixth, from which j Hampton Hoge,
the Republican candidate, withdrew re-
Gently. The sound money Democrats have
candidates in the Second, Sixth and Seventh
districts.
w. A. Jones, the free silver Democratic
candidate, will carry the First district by
about 2.6o0 majority. His plurality in
1894 was 1000. The Republican candi-
date, w. B. Tyler, will receive the regular
vote OF his party. The free silver senti
ment in this district is strong. Fredericks-
burg is the only town of any size in the
district. There and in Accomac on the
eastern shore, and also in Caroline county,
there Is strong sound money sentiment.
In the Second district the conditions are
favorable to the election Of William NJ.
Whaley, the sound money Democrat, He
will have plurality Of l 600. K. A. Wise,
the Republican nominee, and W. A Young,
the Democratic nominee, will each poll a
fairly large vote. The preachers are down
on Young upon the ground that he repre-
sents the liquor element. This will 90
against his election to some extent. Many
Republican Votes will be cast for Whalcy on
personal grounds. He is very popular in the
district.
In the Third district the Contest will be
close one. The odds are in favor OF Lewis,
the Republican candidate, if he is given a
fair Count. The frauds in this district are
glaring and numerous, however, and Cant.
John Lamb, the free silver Democratic
nominee, may win on these grounds If
Lewis makes a contest he will almost GER
tainly be seated If the House is Republican.
The Fourth district has been made noto
rious by previous frauds in election. r.
T. Thorpe, the Republican candidate, will
be elected over Sidney P. Epps, the free
silver Democrat, by about 1 500. The dis
trict is naturally Republican.
In the Fifth district the free silver Dem
ocratic candidate for reelection, Claude A.
Swanson, will pfobabl y'be defeated by ].
r. Brown, Republican. In this district the
sound money sentiment is very strong.
The contest will be close. Browns plu-
rality will be not more than 800.
oTEY' IS SAFE
Peter j. Otey will be elected to Congress
as free silver Democrat. He is the
big high priest Of free silver in the district
which Is, by the way, the original nest
Of corrupt election methods He has q
competitor in Duyal Radford, the sound
money candidate. y. Hampton Hoge, the
Republican candidate has withdrawn.
otey's plurality will be about 1000.