Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-10-13
Republicans Claim Three Converts
for Every Vote Lost.
Big MAJORITY FOR M'KINLEY LIKELY
1t is Said That in Private the DEM
ocrats Concede the State.
THE CONGRESSIONAL FIGHTS


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Michigan has been considered doubt
full state from the beginning OF the cam
pafgn: and in public the followers of Bryan
declare their ability to hand the fourteen
electoral votes Of the state over to their
fayorise. Privately, however, the more
leyel-headed politicians, even among the
free silver people, concede defeat' PLACING
the probable majority Of Mckinley and
Hobart anywhere above 15,O0. Mr.. sew
ais private and confidential correspond
ence. If it could be made public. would dis
close to view letter written by one OF the
most prominent silver editors and politi-
clans in Michigan, in which he comedies
the election of Mckinley by twenty, thirty
or forty thousand, and bases his predfc-
ton on the indifference of the chairman OF
the democratic state committee and the
utter lack of organization which has mark
ed the democratic work. 1t Is not true,
however, that work has not been done by
silverites in this state. nor that 1T has been
ineffective. In every school district local
orators have started up and are going
about iterating and reiterating the falla-
cies and misststements contained in Coins
Financial School. Smooth takers from
Kentucky have taken OFF their coats liter
ally and talked to small gatherings of
farmers. telling them how they have been
neglected and oppressed by the people in
the cities. This work has been made the
more effective by reason of the fact that
ex-Gov. Luce. for four years the farmer
governor of Michigan, has always been a
calamity bowler; and while now he strenu-
ously maintains that he intends to vote for
Mckinley, he loses opportunity to abuse
the financial plank of the St. Louis plat
form.
Greenbnckfsm in q New Form.
1t is not to be forgotten that greenback-
isl how ol,
ductive soil in the peninsular state; and the
present silver craze is simply revival of
greenbackism in it's worst FORM 1t is in
the counties where the greenback mania
was most deeply seated that there are to-
not true that counties a whole are smit-
ten For instance. in Barry county, which
is badly afflicted at present, the little burg
called Assyria Center originated the first
greenback club in Michigan: also the first
lodge of the Patrons of Industry, and the
first populist organization and the first free
silver club started in the same town, and
spread over the same townships, leaving
other parts of the county in compare
lively healthy condition. ..... 7-r.
That portion of the state north of a line
drawn west from Saginaw bay is particu-
larly free from republican detection: and
the upper peninsula, where the great cop
per and iron mines are situated, is ex-
pected to give from ten to eighteen thou
sand majority in favor of Mckinley. The
cities also are in good shape, and the state
may safely be counted on to give It's votes
for the republican candidates.
The Congressional Campaign.
The republicans now have a solid delega-
ton in Congress, and the fight at present
is TO maintain an unbroken number. In
the first district Mr.. Corliss is a candidate
for reelection. and will probably have a
-afo In he
district, where Gen. Spalding is again a
candidate with the same opponent he had
two years ago., the chances are in his
favor. although the district is normally
democratic. In the third district, where
Mr.. Mines is also running against his for
mer opponent, the fight is very close, and a
victory cannot yet be claimed by either
side. The fourth district is regarded as
safe for the republican candidate, E. l..
Hamilton, a very vigorous young cam
pa gner In the fifth district, Mr. William
Alden Smith is sure of re-elec ton; but in
the sixth district the silver seeds sOwn by
Congressman Aitken are now being har-
vested by Mr.. S. w. Smith, the republican
nominee. This is the closest district in the
state. Congressman Shower represents a
doubtful district, but is more than likely to
| be reelected. In the eighth district Con-
gresham Linton is regarded as safe. and
| the same thing is true of Congressman
| Bishop in the ninth. In the tenth Con-
gresham Crump cannot as yet see his way
clear to reelection; but the eleventh. not
! withstanding the bad condition of Isabella
ard Gratiot counties. is counted as sure for
| the new republican candidate, Mr.. S. w
Mesick The twelfth district will give Mr.
Sheldon (who has been nominated to sue
coed Congressman Stephenson a large ma
jorty over his opponent. ex-Congressman
Henry ". Seymour, a former republican
Mr.. Seymour is a winter resident of Wash
| ington.
Hot Fight Naged.
The campaign that Is being waged by ths
republicans has never before been equaleG
| in the history of the state. Documents
| have been distributed by the million, sc
| that the per capita circulation equals two
| for every man, woman and child from
| Lake Superior to the Ohio and Indiana
| line. One hundred and ten speakers ars
| now at work under the auspices of the
| state central committee. and this number
| is multiplied several times by the loca
| speakers called into action In the city OF
| Detroit series Of noon meetings attracts
| from 1880 to 1.2W people every day, bust
! ness men, lawyers and doctors doing tht
| speaking. One of the most powerful force:
| at work in the campaign is the organiza
ton of sound money democrats under thu
| leadership of ex-POstmaster General Dor
| NJ. Dickinson. Among the speakers Sc
| cured by this organization are Palmer ant
| Buckner, Bourke Cochran, Carl Schurz ant
| Gen. Irish of California.
| n to"hSihp SeiH dSS Iiidue SIMULTANEOUSLY
| In every township in the state, by the re
| publican state central committee, shows
| that on October 10 three democrats an,
prohibitionists had announced their inten
| ton to vote for Mckinley to every republi
| can who is inclined to favor Bryan. Thi
| proportion is increasing with every day
| and the organization of sound money club
now covers a majority of the counties O
| the lower peninsula.
| While, therefore. there Is always an ele
| ment of uncertainty in any conflict Wher
| SO much is at stake, the success of the re
publican ticket is already well assured Ii
| Michigan.
| Fusion on congressional nominations he
tween sound money democrats and repub
leans in five Alabama districts Is com
plete.