San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-09-20
REPUBLICANS GAINING.
Encouraging Letters Received From

encouraging Letters HtCtlNtu Iolu
All Parts OF The Country.
By Special Wire to the Sunday Light.
St. Louis, Sept. ia Globe-Demo-
crat special from Washington, says:
Among the letters received at Repub-
lican headquarters were the following:
\. SorensOn, editor Evening Tele-
gram" Portland, Ore, writes: The
outlook for Mckinley in Oregon is i'm
proving daily and 1 feel confident the
Republicans will carry the state by a
safe majority. Many men have been
converted from the silver ranks. 1
know personally at least twenty-five.
That is a good straw. The sound mon
ey Democrats will, as a rule, 1 believe,
vote for the Mckinley and Hobart cleo
tors. Republican league clubs, patri-
otto league clubs, etc, are being organ
lied everywhere throughout the state,
and great enthusiasm prevails. Sena-
tor Mitchell has taken off his coat and
is doing great work for Mckinley, and
no doubt his services will prove very
valuable. The campaign is being well
conducted in Oregon. Nothing is be-
ing left undone You can bet that
Oregon will be placed IN the Mckinley
column"
]. e. Beard, of Broadway, Va, writes
THE Republicans of this precinct have
organized a Mckinley and Hobart club
and started off with 13S Names
Samuel G.. Sample, a well-known Re-
publican of Butte, Boyd county, Neb.,
writes: Boyd county is situated in
the darkest Nebraska politically
speaking, and always gives Populist
majorities. With Holt county, it is
the paradise of Populists. A careful
| canvass of the county warrants me in
saying that it is probable that our peo-
pie will carry it. The great majority
| of Populists are old-time Republicans,
and they do not relish being delivered
| into the Democratic camp. If this is
an indication of the feeling in the state
at large, Bryan surely is not in it"
The congressional committee is in re-
ceipt of a letter from Hon. II. w. P.
Brownlow, Republican candidate for
congress in the first district of Tennes-
see, in which he states that the rumoT
that he Endorsed the free coinage of
silver, or that he had given any inter-
views to the press expressing himself
| as favoring free silver, is untrue and
without any foundation whatever. He
SAYS: II indorse and stand with my
party on the platform, of principles
adopted by our last convention at st
Louis, and am an ardent supporter Of
Hon. William Mckinley for president
Hon. George n. Tillman for governor
and of all other nominees of the Re-
publican party"
This should set at rest any questions
that have been raised as to Mr.. Brown
lows position on the silver question, as
he stands squarely on the Republican
platform. The information is entirely
satisfactory to the congressional COM
mittee. and the candidacy of Mr.
Rrownlow has received its full indorse'
ment.
Edward P. Brown, who has beer
stumping in the state Of Virginia
writes Chairman Babcock, under date
of September 10, as follows: Since
saw you have spoken at Pocahonta:
and Graham, in Tazewell county, Va.
at Rockford, in Montgomery, and a.
Vinton, in Roanoke county. Tazewel
is certainly Republican by large ma
jority, and will vote in November
An honest count will be given. II
Montgomery county we shall also have
an honest count. In Roanoke county
the machinery of election is in the
hands of the Democrats, and they are
raising obstacles to prevent full regis
tration in many instances. This have
on authority of many gentlemen OF
Roanoke.
"In the Ninth Congressional district
Hon, James A. Walker is the Repub'
lican candidate and has every reason
to believe that he will be successful
He has the necessary votes in his dis
trict. and l am sure there will not be
any attempt in his district to count hin
out. As a general observation, l wish
to say that 1 have never seen more en-
thusiasm among Republicans than
find in this section through which
have travelled. There is expressed tC
me on every hand the opinion that Vir'
ginia is Republican by at least $4,000
on an honest count. EX.-Gov. Gamer
on, of Virginia, gold Democrat, has
spoken in this city, and has declared Il
to be the determination of the gold
Democrats to see that there is an hon
est count. Hon. ]. Hampton Hoge is &
young man of great prominence, moi
over 40 years of age, who was formerl!
a Democrat. He belongs to an ole
Virginia family, and knows everybody
in the sixth congressional district. II
two instances in this campaign ht
has been notified that he would mo-
be permitted to speak in the localitie:
advertised, but he has spoken
and has in every instance, when sur
rounded by difficulties, acquitted him
self in splendid fashion"