The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-11-05
WASHINGTON LETTER. /.


WASHINGTON, D. O., Oct, 16, 1885.
There IL entire absence Of nervousness
among Republicans over the result Of
the election. That is because they are
perfectly confident that the election Of
Mckinley and Hobart is assured. This
confidence was born not of visionary
hopes, but Of q complete knowledge of
the situation 30 far a. it can be know.
able in advance, obtained through trust.
worthy sources in every state. There
are still several states in which there is
still an element Of doubt, because OF the
failure of considerable number of vot.
ers to declare in advance how they will
vote, but even if every one Of these
states should be carried by Bryan it
would not affect the result. There are
enough absolutely certain states, in
which majority of the voters have de.
clared their intentions to vote the Re.
publican ticket, to elect Mckinley and
Hobart by a majority in the neighbor.
hood of fifty electoral votes. So too,
there are enough Congressional districts
which are absolutely certain to elect
Republicans to give the Republicans the
control Of the next House by majority
that will not fall far short of that in the
present House.
The chances seem to favor the elec.
ton of enough Republican Senators to
give the Republicans control of the
Senate after the 4th of next March, but
it is not like the Presidency and the
House, q certainty. That is the only re.
gretable thing about the situation. II
the Republicans cannot control the
Senate without the votes of the silver
Republicans who prevented the passage
Of the House bill providing the neces-
sary revenue to run the government at
the last session of Congress and later
bolted the National convention, there
will be doubt about the legislation OF
the next Congress that may lessen the
extent of the business boom that is 60.
ing to follow the election of Mckinley,
and that would be q misfortunate, in.
deed as the country needs all the bust.
ness it can possibly get.
1t is somewhat amusing to follow the
efforts Of the betting men to make some
money out of the election on their in.
formation that Mckinley is sure win.
ner. They have offered odds as high as
FIVE and six to one that Mckinley will
be elected, but have not succeeded in
placing much money, and during the
present week it has been practically an
impossibly for them to coax any Bryan
money out. They are now offering even
money to any amount that Bryan's en-.
tire vote in the electoral college will
not be as large as McKinley's majority,
and there are no takers.
The Popocrats are trying hard to keep
up brave front and to pretend that
they have information which causes
them to be confident of Bryan's election
but they are not succeeding in foolinl
anybody, and some of them admit in
private conversation that while they
still hope that Bryan will be elected
they do not believe that he will be
Others among them are already trying
to discount the defeat of Bryan BY
charging that the Republicans are pre-
pairing to buy votes by Wholesale and K
do other ridiculous things.
The secretary of the silver part Ma
tional committee practically admitted
his belief that Bryan and silver woult
lose in this campaign when he allowed
it to become known that his committe'
was making arrangements to establish
headquarters in New York city, for tn
purpose of continuing the agitation il
behalf of silver after the election. l
his committee believed that Bryan and
q silver majority of the House were 60
ing to be elected they would not b.
bothering about future agitation. becaus
they would then know that the fre
coinage of silver would be an accom-
plished fact within 60 days after Bryan
Inauguration. It is because they know
that Bryan and silver are beaten tha
this committee is arranging for furthe
agitation.
The cat is out of the Watson bag. Tn
reason that Senator Butler, chairman Q
thei Populist National committee, SUP
pressed Tom Watson's letter of accept
ance is that Watson, in that letter
made the direct charge that Senate
Jones chairman of the Democratic Ns
tional committee promised before eithe
Watson or Bryan was nominated by tn
Populist National convention that if tn
convention would nominate Bryan an
any Populist he would guarantee tbs
Sewall should be taken down and tn
Populist nominated for Vice Presiden
be put upon the Democratic ticket i