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Kansas City daily journal., 1896-10-26

trade" In addition to this, many Repub-
licans are 10th to cast aside tried and
trusted man like Mckinley. who has al
ways been true in politics as in private
life. for such man as Bryan. whose utter
ances on the stump have been so contra
dictory as to show that he can not be sim
cere, and whose highest idea Of states
manship seems to be to array one class in
hostility against another.
We have often wondered how the intelli-
gent and patriotic Republicans of Colorado
could desert their party and accept the
free trade and reputation theories Of the
Bryan Democracy. The great reception to
Senator Wolcott may be fairly taken to
mean that a large number of them, at
least, will not do so. but will stand by
their old allegiance on November 3.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-10-26
Nkinley Lead. In Missouri.

From the Chicago Post.
At last, in response to the suggestions of
the Evening Post, the urban voters in Mis-
souri, are being heard from in the Records
postal-card election. The first result of
this was evident yesterday morning, when
Bryans vote fell below the 50 per cent nee
essary to a majority, and the contention of
the Evening Post that when st. Louis and
Kansas City We're heard from McKinley's
vote would lead the poll is verified in this
mornings report of the canvass. The to-
tails now stand: Mckinley. S,5S4: Bryan,
$50; Palmer. 1sO, and Levering. 1O5 From
this it appears that Mckinley is within
thirty-six votes of a majority in old Mis-
souri-the state of Silver Dick Bland and
Senators Vest and Cockrell. Bryans vote
is reduced to 4S per cent.
This mornings report emphasizes the
conclusions drawn in last evenings Post
from the comparison of the postal-card
vote from the counties in which populous
centers like Kansas City, st. Joseph.
Springfield and Carthage, Webb City and
Joplin are situated, with the vote in the
last presidential election. Revised in the
light of the latest postal-card vote and
with the city of st. Louis included, this
comparison is as follows:
1892. Postal-card
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-10-26
Major Handy on the Next se..t.

From the Chicago Times-Herald.
II Mckinley is elected president a tariff
bill will be passed for the protection of
American labor. and, in the words of the
candidate himself. the mills, not the
mints. will be opened"
For some weeks past many Republicans
nave not felt that this was assured 1t
was feared that the strength of the silver
craze, especially in the mining states of
the West, would be strong enough to Sc
cure the election of senate which would
place silver before everything else This
has changed. The indications are that
Mckinley will overwhelmingly sweep the
country, and the Republican leaders are
confident that when he is inaugura ted
president he will not only find a house of
representatives in thorough sympathy with
him, but the other branch of congress will
also be in favor of protection and honest
| money.
As at present constituted the senate con-
sists of eighty-nine members. There is one
vacancy from Delaware. caused by the
failure of the legislature to elect a sue
cessor to Senator Higgins through the
| factional quarrels OF the Addicks and Htg-
| gins men in that state. The full member
| ship is ninety
| Politically the senate is divided as fol-
| lows, according to the Congressional d.
rectory: Republicans. IS; Democrats SO;
| Populists, 3; Independent. l. Among the
| Republicans are included Stewart and
| Jones of Nevada, Dubois of Idaho, Teller
| of Colorado. Brown Of Utah and Mantle
| of Montana. These men are no long,
| er members of the Republican party, and
being supporters of Bryan during the pres
ent presidential campaign they should be
| classed as Democrats or Popocrats De-
| Quoting these six from the Republican
strength and adding them to the Demo-
| cratic. there are: Republicans, 40; Dem.
ocrats, AZ; Populists, 3. and Independent,
| l. The Independent is Kyle of South Da-
| kota, who is really Populist.
| Senators are elected for term Of six
years, and 1t Is arranged that the terms OF
] some expire every odd numbered wear
| Fifty-nine of the present membership OF
| the senate will continue to hold office aft
er the Inauguration OF Mckinley The
| term of thirty senator's will expire next
year. In each case the election of their
successors will be determined by the DO
sition of the legislatures on the currency
| question.
| Twenty-eight of the hold-over Republic
| an senator's will be trustworthy Republic
ans. Mantle Pettigrew, Cannon and Stew
art have left the party. making a loss OF
| four to the Republicans. Carter and Shoup
| aided in the blocking Of the tariff in the
| last congress, but are now loyal Repub-
| licans, and are going before their con-
\ stituents establishing record on which
| they cannot very well go back. They are
| telling them that the tariff is more impor-
| tant than the silver question and are try
ing to hold them in line with that leash.
In addition to these twenty-eight who
| will work earnestly for tariff revision. the
| Republicans must have seventeen addition
| al voters to give them a tie which would
| enable them to win. as Vice President Ho-
| bart would have the casting vote. They
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-10-26
A Few Genuine Election Bets,

From the New York Sun.
E. B. Talcott of the New York Stock ex-
change placed yesterday $1,000 to 1898 that
Mckinley would be elected and another
bet of $3.50 to $500 on the same result. He
also offered 5000 to $625 on McKinley's
election. KiIbreth & Farr made bet Of
$40 to 500 on McKinley's election.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-10-26

Not one penny of 1t is available. because
men with capital will not risk it under
current conditions. No prudent man is
willing to loan dollars on gold basis when
Bryan and his hackers are urging that
such loan be paid back on silver basis
in dollars worth half as much.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-10-26
BoIdest of Class Leei.iation.
From the Topeka Mail.

From the Detroit Free Press.
If the free silver programme Is not the
most glaring and bold-faced specimen of
class legislation. of the use of government
al power in behalf OF a certain interest at
the expense of the many. then there is
such thing as governmental favoritism. II
Mr. Bryan enforced the free silver law he
would put into operation a piece OF class
legislation that would afflict and oppress
the whole country to advantage the few
enormously wealthy owners of silver bull
ion in the West.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-10-26
Work Lost to the Labor.r.
the Philadelphia Press.

From the PhfIadeIphia Press.
Since Bryan was nominated sixty-one
American cities and counties. according to
a list In the Bond-Buyer. have endeavored
to sell their bonds to the amount of s11.-
$50. 256., and have failed Every dollar of
this sum would have been spent on public
improvements. All but a minute fraction
would have been paid out directly to labor.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-10-26

According to the published account. the
passengers in that recent railway holdup
were not moiested. But this seems to have
been a mistake. Somebody went through
the coaches and took straw vote.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-10-26

The suggestion that Republicans should
guard against overconfidence is one which
the Journal fully indorses. We do not be-
lieve there is any substantial ground for
regarding Mississippi as safe for Mckinley
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-10-26
THE WEATHER.

Washington, Oct. 25.-For Missouri: Gen.
orally feir weather: southersy winds.
For Kansas: Fair; southerly winds.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-10-26

ct is defeated 1t will be on account of lack
Of funds. When he sees the returns Mr..
Jones will conclude that he lacked about
ten billions.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-10-26

There is something in the Populist charge
that Judge Doster is being misrepresented.
We have noticed in several calamity Or
gans the baId-faced assertion that he
would make creditable chief justice.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-10-26

The sound money Democrats don't be-
lieve in Bryan's vagaries. but they will ac-
cept his advice. That is to say, most of
them will vote directly for Mckinley.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-10-26

The government having bought 5000
pounds of dried apples for the Indian
schools. these institutions may be expected
to turn out some swell graduates.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-10-26

A politician at Girard. Kas., is said to
have become demented. In most cases.
however. the changes have been the other
way-from Populism to sound money.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-10-26

The newspapers always have something
of interest to talk about. When the elec-
ton is over they will turn in and help
Mckinley construct his cabinet.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-10-26
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Grand total vote, 20, ,4Va
If this vote shows nothing else 1t shows
that in a grand total of quarter OF
million voters in twelve states in the Mid
die West the ratio Is as to against the
free and unlimited coinage of silver at
16 to L v
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-10-26

1T would be something of Joke If it were
found, after all. that Mr.. Bryan's law
partner had neglected to register.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-10-26

The task undertaken by Popocrat lead
ers Of proving that Altgeld is a patriotic
citizen is about as difficult as their other
task of proving that SO cents is a dollar
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-10-26

Said Senator Teller to Senator Jones:
ITS coming-I feed it in my bones"'
Said Senator Jones to Senator Teller:
DO YOU know of a handy cyclone cellar?'
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-10-26

some out in Colorado as some Of his East
ern friends imagined.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-10-26
The Popular Vote.

From the Boston Herald.
The registration of voters has now been
about completed in all the leading centers
of population. and enough is known Of
the figures to warrant the confident ex-
pectation of great vote in the comm 3
election In the last presidential contest.
1215O274 votes were cast. Estimating the
population Of the country now at 7OOO0, ,0o0
the number of native born and natural
lied voters should be about 1s5o0.On But
as experience shows that cnly four-ffths
of the voters ordinarily go to the polls. a
vote of at least 1320o.ooo can be expected
in November. This would be an increase
of 1GseOO0 over the poll of 1892. 1t is not
unlikely that the increase will be greater
than this owing to the extraordinary in
terest taken in the election. and IL there
is full poll at the South. it is not un-
reasonable to look for grand total Of
1880 OO0
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-10-26

One more week Of politics. and then the
country will get down to business-on sound
money principles.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-10-26

If the Bryan men didn't consider 1t wrong
to bet, how they would walk in and teach
those three-to-one Mckinley fellows a
lesson
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-10-26

The election is practically settled. Moth
ing the free silver men can do will change
present conditions between now and No
yeu1ber g.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-10-26

MIR. Reeds talk to the Kansas women
was not simply an act of gallantry. Mr..
Reed understands that the Kansas women
win probably be voters by 1900.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-10-26

We trust the report that Mr.. Depew con-
fessed to being still on the eligible list is
not a campaign lie.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-10-26

After ALL it would have been more to
Mr.. Bryan's credit If he had tried to ele-
vate the stage instead Of trying to debase
the country's currency.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-10-26

This is a great flag campaign. Even the
spirits of the Bryan people are tagging.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-10-26

Beiittiing Saturdays sound money parade
was a job a good many sizes too large for
the organs that attempted it.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-10-26

Popuhst Chairman Buffers wheel kicked
up with him the other day and smashed
itself. But he has others.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-10-26
Hi. Principal Mistake,

From the New York Recorder.
The mistake Bryan has made is In think
ing that there are IS voters In debt to
every I who is out Of debt in this couRtxx,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-10-01
Wisconsin is All Right.

A friend hands us some clippings
from the New York World and other
eastern papers that convey the idea
that Wisconsin is close state this
year, and that it is doubtful whether
she will cast her vote for Mckinley and
prosperity or Bryan and free silver.
This paper is neither prophet nor
the son of one. 1t prints the news as
it finds it, and intends always to tell
the truth. If it is wrong about any
thing, it has simply been led into error.
In it's editorial comments it reflects the
sentiments of it's editor, but it endeav-
ors TO be candid there also. And in
reference to how Wisconsin will go at
the coming election, there isn't a
shadow of doubt in our mind that the
state will go overwhelmingly for Nc
Kinley. Some good judges have put
the plurality as high as 10000 and
100000. We think these fellows are
over sanguine, although possibly they
are right. But just for the sake OF
putting us on record we make the pre-
diction that Major McKinleY's plurality
in Wisconsin will be nearer $1,000 than
10000. This estimate is made not as
partisan claiming everything whether
believed or not, but as our candid
unbiased judgment.
Paste it in your hat and see how
nearly it is correct.
1t is very true that the silver men
are conceding nothing, but at the same
time do not claim the state. This ap-
plies more particularly to conservative
men of good judgment. The blatant
blow -hards of either party are not en-
titled to have weight attached to their
claims.
There is no use Of entering a discus
sion of the why's and wherefores: but
the situation justifies the above predic-
ton.
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Obituary.

At the age of forty seven years, at
his home in Chicago, 757 63rd CT,
Sept. oath, Frank B. Dunning slipped
away from the earthly unrest into the
eternal peace.
A severe accident some months be-
fore doubtless intensified the heart
trouble which, at length, overcame
him. Medical skill and loving care
kept him much longer than the most
hopeful of his friends had anticipated.
Ambitious and eager to do all he
could for his family, he was actively
days of his death. Loving and loved
as husband, father, son, brother and
friend, he has entered the larger life,
toward whose ideal his generous
nature, his tender sympathies, his
spiritual aspirations SO struggled, fet-
tered by weakness and pain.
In the bustling city life, his neigh
bors stopped their business to bear him
away, little children who loved him
brought flowers, and out of the dearest
haven of his life, his home, all that
was left to human care was laid away
at Mount Hope, guarded by the beau
tiful floral gifts from the employers of
his sons, his neighbors and other
friends.
Rev. r. a. White conducted the last
service, and his strong, cheering words
will long be remembered by all who
heard them. A sweet singer sang
"One Sweetly Solemn Thought" a
favorite hymn of Mr.. Cummings father,
and sung at his funeral; also Abide
with me, )" chosen hymn, sung at the
funeral of both father and mother of
his wife.
There is no death for us, dear heart,
Love holds it's own for aye;
The storm will pass, the clouds will part,
And we shall find the day.
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es for continued success. He is thor
ough business man, born and reared
in your midst. You all know him as a
young man of sterling honesty and
successful in business. He will bring
energy and some new ideas to the
work, and with the several plans look
ing to the betterment of the news serv-
ice, we feel sure that his efforts will
meet with a hearty response from Ke-
nosha's citizens. Again one and all
good bye. FRANK Ell. HALL.
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ORGANIZED A COMMITTEE.
The Gold Democrats Met and Got Into
Shape for Work.

Shape for Work.
The gold democrats to the number OF
about twenty met in the Grant House
parlors Monday evening and organized
a Palmer and Buckner Democratic
club. After some discussion Of the sit
uation of affairs the following officers
were elected for the county organiza-
ton: Chairman of the county commit
tee, Ell. G. Schulz; Committeeman from
First ward, A. 81. French; Second
ward, Albert Zens; Third ward, j. A.
Killeen; Fourth ward, Peter Christ
man; Bristol, Arthur Devlin; Pleasant
Prairie, R. S. Houston; Randall, A.
Lampe; Somers, Fl. j. Hastings.
To fill the vacancies for the other
towns the county chairman was en-
powered to appoint such men as he
thought best.
Upon motion the national demo
cratic county committee" was author
lied and empowered to select candi-
dates for any or all of the county Off
GERS to be voted for at the election to
be held Nov. 3, provided the committee
deem it advisable not to call county
convention for the purpose of selecting
such candidates for the county Offices.
In case convention is called the com
mittee is empowered to determine the
number of delegates to such a conven-
ton and the manner in which such
delegates shall be chosen.
Suitable headquarters are soon to be
provided and strong effort is to be
made to draw all old line democrats in
to the.Palmer and Buckner camp.
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First publication, Oct. /, 1896.

TENOSHA COUNTY COURT-In Probate.
II At a County Court held in Probate in and
for the County of Kenosha, at the office of the
County Court, in the City of kenoSha, on the
goth day of September, A. d. 1885, at o'clock
p M. Present; The Hon. Anthony Van Wyck,
County Judge.
ChriStman, deceased.
On reading and fling the petition of Louisa
P Bailey, representing among other things
that Maria V. Christman, late of the town OF
Somers, Kenosha County, Wisconsin, on the
third day of August A. d. 1896, at Las Vegas,
New Mexico. died tntestate, leaving goods
chattels and estate within this county; and
that the said petitioner is daughter of said
deceased, and praying that administration OF
said estate be to Frederick Chr1stman or some
other suitable person granted; it is ordered
that said petition be heard before this Court
on Tuesday the third day of November, A. D.
1885, at 10 o'clock A. M, at its office In said
county,
Ordered further, that notice thereof be given
to the heirs of said deceased, and to all persons
interested, by publishing notice Of this order
for three successive weeks prior to said day or
hearing in the TELEGRAPH-COURIER,a weekly
newspaper published in the City of Kenosha,
in said County.
A. D. 1896.
Baker g. Baker, Attorneys. 20
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UNION MEN KICKING.
They Object to Posters Being Used Printed
in Non-Union Shop.

They Object to Posters Being Used Printed
in Non Union Shop.
The union men of the city are max
ing vigorous kick on the posters
which are being used by Martin j.
Gillen in advertising his speech to be
made here Saturday night The pos
ters do not comply with the instruc-
tions sent out by both the republican
and democratic national committees,
which require all printing to come out
with union label upon it. Mr.. Gill
lens bills were printed in the Racine
Journal Office, which is VIGOROUSLY
non-union, and the union men object
to them, both on their own account and
because of the instructions sent out
from headquarters governing such mat
ters. They went to the officers of the
republican club and asked that other
bills be used or that, at least, the nom
union bills be taken down. The mat
ter lies in peculiar shape. Mr.. Gillen
furnishes his own bills at his own ex-
pense, and the club has nothing to do
with them.
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The Chicago Chronicle has peculiar
features on it's editorial page. 1t lauds
Palmer in one column; whacks McKin-
ley in the next; scores Bryan in the
third and demolishes the pops in the
fourth. The prohibs and middle Of
the road fellows do not always escape.
Such newspapers are simply throwing
their influence away, if they ever pos
sessed any.
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FEELING that the election of Nc
Kinley and Hobart is now absolutely
assured, the republican managers pur-
pose giving more attention to spirited
attempt, with the assistance of the
sound money democrats, to put num-
Der of southern states in the republican
column than they would have done had
they considered the states necessary
for republican success to be in doubt.
This charge upon the south is not rain
bow chasing. 1t is approved as good
politics, and as promising substantial
results, by some of the shrewdest work
ers and managers in the republican
party. To start with, there are four
southern states-Maryland, Delaware,
West Virginia and Kentucky-which
are almost certain to be carried by Nc
Xinley and Hobart, and which are
privately conceded by many silver men
as being already lost to Bryan. There
is a fighting chance for the republicans
to carry North Carolina, although it
has been lessened by the fusing of the
democrats and populists, which some
republicans think ought to have been
and could have been prevented. Ten
nessee republicans have assured the
national committee that the state can
be carried for Mckinley, if the commit
tee will lend it's help to get out the full
republican vote, and the committee has
promised to do so. The republicans
will also make a lively fight in Ala
bama, not with the expectation of
electing the Mckinley and Hobart
electors, but of indirectly helping the
sound money democrats of that state to
carry some of the congressional dis
tricts and to elect the Palmer and
Buckner electors. The Alabama dem
ocrats and populists are so hot against
each other that they will probably not
| fuse.