Arizona weekly citizen., 1896-11-07
Washington Letter.
(From our regular correspondent
 WAsHINGToN, Oct. B, 1896.

(From our regular correspondent
 WASHINGTON, Oct. 23, 1896.
 If the sound money sentiment con- fiDues to ipcIeaSs lD al the stGtss wblen dre stili ID the doubtful column at the rstio that IL has Increased Ia etates whivh were at COe L.ms Considered douUtfui in tue last two week., there will be scarcely a bakers dozsa ststes carried for Bryan and repudialiOn. When Senator Quay made the clalm rf 270 electoFs al votes certain for Mckin- ley and Hobart he included ali the states at that time considered sure. Si0ce then Mckiniey sentiment has ueen making such rapid strides that 2S states aud 302 electoral votes are now considered very conservative clsim for Mckinley and Hobart with all the proba oiilties iu favor of those figures being exceeded, and no pOssibiItv of their vote failing to reach that number, unless some Of the absurd roorbaoks which the popocrats are already begin ing to circulate shall biinR about 8 stampede of voters on the eve of the election, and of that there ian't one chance In one thousand.
 
 and that is why tkey are resorting to the circulation of the most absurd falsehoods, such as the statement that if Mckinley is elected the regular army will be increased to 275,0O0 fer the ex- press purpose of intimidating working men and making strikes impossible. The republican managers have bee0 in- formed of some even more absurd stories that the popocrats intend to circulate just before the election, but they do Lot fear them. Ia these days of rapid tsiegrs ,;hic communicatiOn and numerous newspapers 1t Is we'll nigh ,mpossl be to stampede voters by false statements; but is Is just as well for every republican to consider himself constituted committee of ore charged with the ex press duty of watching night ard day in hIs own locality and i'm nediately notifying the local campaign mans ges of an attempt of the popocrats 70 circulate, secretly or otherwise, lying stories. Let every republican bear ID mind that eternal vigilance is the price of victory, as we'll as of liberty, and we can all shout together on the night of the 3rd of November.
 Ex-Secretsry Hoke Smith isn't over working himself ID behalf If Bryan and free silver. He spent several days in Washing ton this week. He seemed to be taking things easy, but ne said that Supreme Court business brought him away from home. Those who know how bitter the Bryan dose is to Mir. Smith emiled at the excuse. Smith is for Bryan solely because of bis belief thet he must declare for the ticket or abandon all hope of future political favors from the Georgia democrats, and not beceuse he wants him elected. ana he isn't going to do any campaign work that he thinks can safely be shirked.
 Mir. N. A. Dunning. formerly editor of the hstional organ of the populiste, mas bolted Bryan and announced his in tention to vote for Mckinley. He hes issued an ap2ssl to populists which IS full of "hot stuff," such as the follow ing: The nomination of Mir. Bryan by the popullst convention was secured by absolute fraud and treschery. The national com mmittee hss made treason to Mir. Watson the test loyalty to MT. Brysp. This committee, headed ny Senator Butler, has betrayed the trust given to 1t, made merchandise of the party creating it end stands today guilty Of tue crimes of fraud, treschery and deception against those 1t should have honestly served. This committee has trampled Mir. Wa:son's rights un- der Its feet, and made his candidacy the trading stock of every fusiJn deal in this campaign. While 1 am writing tEis appeal Chairman Butler is sup pressing the letter of acceptance cent L. .F ifesto of this committee was intended [, break the farce of MT. Watson's let ter of acceptance and place in false position every anti-fusion ponulist in the party. IL was a deliberately plan ued insult. Every act of this commit tss slDce the convention has hssn @ studied attempt to drive Mir. Watson from ths ticket. While Mir. WatsoD oas stood loyslly by Mr. Bryan. that gentleman hss treated him with su- preme contempt"
 Nature is fighting on the sioe of the e+pU blicau party 10 this campaign. The partial failure of the wheat crop in e-seral Uf tha worlds gre.t heat producing countries b6s caused large rice in the price O: s beat, and it is new estimated that not lees tben S9l coo coo of fore;2n goij will come into the United States to pay for our surplus of this years wheat crop, not to mention the benefits our farmers will derive from the increased price received for ,he whea: consumed in this county. This will result in ovefthrowiDR R iavorits arGuDe nt of the acvoce,es Of free CoiDaee-that the price Of wheat was dependent rpon the price Of silver and the memorable srsWer, "wrODg in ona srgumant, wrong in ail," will be ues6 bv :huueanda Cf farmers Ebo have besn d1psi into following toe silver creze, and consequently wit add thcue- anda to the popular majority that will be given to Mckinley tni Hobart.
 Editor Pyle, f the St. Paul Globe, 0 sou d money cemocratic paper, was in Va hir9tsn this week. He ga E Mis nesscta is absolutely safe tor Mckinley by a msiorlty of not lees that 5000, and iSnt poll made by1men employed by hie paper sboss tbst the silver eenti mens has never made eny heedway amoDg the farmers of that state.