The Democratic advocate., 1896-09-05
FROM MCKINLEY TO BRYAN.
People Flocking to Bimetallic Banner

from few of them:
NJ. B. Holland, secretary of the Bryan Free
Silver Club, of Orleans, Neb., says
.'We have Bryan free silver club organ
lied here, with a membership of 10, and still
growing. Seventeen Republicans are among
the namber.
J. W. Boygess, president of the Bryan Free
Silver Club, of Pax, Mo-, says that his club
numbers at present log members, three -hfths
of them being Republicans. Pax is mining
town.
From Horton, Kan, w. /. Short, secretary
of the W. J. Bryan Free Silver Club. writes ::
ssWe have a club here of AGO members, $50
of them Republicans, and we are growing
daily. We are organizing free silver clubs in
every precinct"
G. f. Morgan, of Frederick, Nd. in max
ing application for the Bryan and Sewall Free
Silver Club in the National Association, says ::
"0ur club Is composed mostly of the work
ing and farming element, among them several
Republicans, and it would take Calling gun
to turn them.
T. B. McJenkin, president of the Bimetallic
League, of Butler, Pa, says;
I'VE have silver league here, with 700
members, one-fifth of whom were former Re-
publicans."
NJ l.. Lockwood, president of the free silver
club, of Zelienopee, Pa, writes:
'.If there is any such uprising in the eastern
part of this State as there is here we will sweep
the State"
Alpheus A. FGdler of Arlington. W. Va,
writes:
II called a meeting to see if we could not
organize Bryan and Sewall Club out here.
Before could get in the house that night the
crowd was calling for speech. | took vote
to see how many would support Bryan and
Sewal and the silver cause. Notwithstanding
the crowd was made up of about one half OF
men who have been voting the Republican
ticket heretofore, only one man in the crowd
would not vote for Bryan"
Charles f. Chappelear, Mayor of New
Lexington, Ohio, and secretary of the Bryan
Free Silver Club, writes
'tWe have just organized free silver club.
with membership of nearly 300, 20 per cent.
being former Republicans. There are scores
of other Republicans who are on the fence and
need but little to help them over on our side.
Within the next ten days there will be a free
silver club in every voting precinct in this
Perry county. Although Republican by $50
majority last year, we will carry it by 500 for
Bryan and Sewall and Fink, our candidate for
Congress.
A. r. Altman, of the Bryan Silver Club of
Salem, Ill.,, writes
"0ur club numbers about GOO members,
seventy of whom were former Republicans,
and we will increase that number largely.
Secretary Charles s. Dix, of the Bryan Free
Silver Club, of Prospect, Ohio, writes:
.'The Democrats and free silver Republicans
of this city have organized Bryan club of
over 200, and it is still growing. Of this num-
ber twenty or more have always been Repub-
licans. The Republicans have been having
majority ofeighteen to twenty in this township,
hut we expect to make it from seventy-hve to
a hundred Democratic. Can assure you that
we will carry the township.
j. H. Grier, secretary of the Silver League.
of Aurora, No., and also secretary of that
clty's Board of Trade:
''The situation here is this: Weare lead
and a zinc mining camp, and in Republican
Congressional district, the Fifteenth. We
have about 100 Republican voters out of a
total vote of 900 who are dissatisfied and have
advocated silver for some time, but the Re-
publican managers are after them, trying TO
whip them in line | understand the siiua-
ton. having been voter for twenty years,
but this will be my first Democratic vote.
William Means, president of the Free Silver
Club of Yellow Springs, Ohio, writes:
This is the banner Republican county of the
State, but we have the names of between forty
and fifty Republicans who have come over IN
this precinct
W. n. Mariatt writes from Radical, Mo-;
.'We have silver club organized here of
fifteen Democrats and fifteen Republicans.
DIR. NJ. j. 0'Connell, of Mingo Junction,
Ohio, writes:
''We have Bryan Free Silver Club here
of 23O members. We have Democrats, Re-
publicans. Populists and Prohibitionists =
W. S. Manning, secretary of the Bryan Free
Silver Club of West Milton, o., writes
Prospects are extremely fattering in this
hotbed of Republicanism. We will carry this
county Miami, which generally goes against
us l 400
R. P. Bush, ex-Speaker of the New York
Assembly, writes from Households. n. y:
"a free silver club will be formed here Sat
urday night Over one hundred have signed
the call. Interest is increasing and Il number
of Republicans are willing to join.
c. E. Countryman, proprietor OF the Elgln
(lll. Democrat, says
Membership in silver clubs here thus far
shows 90 per cent. Republicans.
A j. Brady, president of the Bryan Free
Silver Club of McSherrystown, Pa, writes:
''We organized here last night with 2O5
members, including twenty three Republicans.
all being workingmen. What we want is free
silver literature .nd plenty OF it. With the
proper distribution of plenty OF this literature
we will elect Democrat to succeed Mr.. Stable
in Congress for this district.
II. A. Butt, cashier of the Bank of Unadilla,
Kansas, and secretary ofthe Bryan Free Silver
Club, writes:
'sWe have an enthusiastic Bryan Free Silver
Club of $50 members. The total vote cast in
this precinct has never exceeded 250. We
fully expect to carry it by large majority for
Bryan for President and Judge Broadly for
Congress"
Actuary Butler, of the Tontine Savings As
sociation of Minneapolis, writing for literature,
says: 81 am an Republican, working for
the use of silver. | have made many votes in
my individual capacity. | need literature to
give to the man | convince i'll order that he
may clinch the nail have driven in. | must
have stock. | have yet to see one silver
man converted to gold. have converted
thirty gold men and one hundred are coming
over. On the streets it is 16 to for silver.
He also writes that all the officers of his asso-
ciation are ex-Republicans. but are enthusas-
tic for Bryan and Sewall and silver.
W. d. Dillman, merchant, writes from
Sailor Springs, ILL.,: ''We have organized
free silver club here; have Republican at
torney, Z. j. Bayles, as president, and our
ablest exponent of the silver cause is II. o.
Bayles, alife-long Republican. We also have
a number of other Republicans.
L. A. Basinet, secretary of the Bryan Bime-
tallic Club, of Providence, R. l., says; 81
think the Rhode Island vote will be surprise
to great many"
Lawrence A. Voorhees,, Mayor of St
Joseph, No., president Of the Bryan and
Sewall Club, of that city, writes
"a large number of our citizens, regardless
of past party affiliations, have become men,
bers of our club, and the membership is
rapidly increasing"
W. NJ. Brinker,. wholesale grocer, of
Williamsburg, Pa, says: 'We have organized
a silver club in this Republican stronghold,
and have fifty-four members, fourteen of them
being Republicans.