Evening star., 1896-09-22
Representative Dalzell's Prediction
About New Jersey.
THE GRIP OF GOLD" STORY REVIVED
Chairman Babcock Pronounces 1t a
Blundering Forgery.
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One of the callers at republican con-
gressionai headquarters this morning was
Representative Dalzell of Pennsylvania
who has been doing some campaign work
for the republicans in the east. Mr.. Dali
zells most recent speeches were made in
New Jersey, where he has also carefully
sounded the political situation.
New Jersey will go for Mckinley by a
tremendous majority" said Mr.. Dalzen to
a Star reporter this morning. Free sill
yer sentiment is not making any headway
among the laboring classes at all. The
question of wages l. the paramount one
to them and the principles of protection
appeal to their interests more than any
other policies now being put forward in
the campaign"
MIR. DaiZelI leaves tonight for Roanoke
Va, where he will make some speeches
to the employees of the industrial institu-
tions of that section of the state. He will
then proceed TO West Virginia and make
a number of campaign speeches. beginning
at Huntington and Bramwel
a committee from the National Union
Republican Club of this city. consisting
of Col. W. A. Cook. Mr.. Alphonso Hart
Col. Riley, DIR. Purvis and Col. Norton
called upon Chairman Babcock of the con-
Eressional committee today to make ar
rangements for speakers at a number of
republican meetings proposed to be held
The club desires TO have a big republican
rally at an early date ard wishes to secure
the attendance of some noted republican
speakers Mr. Babcock promised to give
the matter his attention and communica-
ton will be opened with the campaign
speakers department of the national COM
mittee to furnish the desired material.
The Grip of Gold Story.
II is said at republican headquarters in
this city that some apparently reputable
papers in Denver still persist In giving
prominence to the clumsy forgery of an ar
t1cle, entitled The Grip of Cold" which
is alleged to have appeared in the London
Financial News. The republican national
committee recently published a small cir
cular giving the editorial denial OF the
London News, together with a fac siuiiIe
letter from the editor of the paper, EN-
phatically disavoving the truth of The
statement that THE Grip of Cold had
ever appeared in the columns of that pa
per This appears to have worried the
projectors of the forgery very much. and
they are now trying to adduce evidence
that the article did appear in the columns
of the London paper. As first given out.
the article appeared In the Financial News
of March 10. The date is now changed to
April 50 apparently for the purpose of
gaining time which would be required for
the republican managers to write to Lon
don for the April copy. The Denver spon-
The democratic national committee on
its side has not been idle. 1t now has in
Its possession, at the Chicago headquar-
ters. proof beyond question of the genuine
hess of the Grip of Cold which appear
ed in the London Financial News in it's
issue of April 30, 1884,
1t IS said at republican headquarters that
rot only has the date of the month been
changed. but the year also. The proof
ferred to is not the Financial News itself.
but an alleged clipping therefrom and
alleged statement of Senator Teller that
he had seen 1t in the News. The evidence
is as follows: "A certified copy Of the ar
ticle has been procured from the Durant
press cuttings bureau, which does bus
mess at No. 151 Holborn Niaduct, London,
England. This proof IS supplemented by
a statement from Senator Teller that he
was shown copy of the London Financial
News at the time of this publication; that
he himself read the article in question, and
ii is the same that which has been GO
ing the rounds in the country in this
campaign. bearing the caption of The
Grip of Cold "