The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1896-10-15
BRYAN'S' CHANCES
FALLING OFF.
The Campaign In the East
Has Been Abandoned
by the Popocrats.
REPUBLICANS ACTIVE.
Bryan's Claims of Strength
Disproved by Facts-Po-
litical Conditions
In the East.

NEW YORK, Sept. 80, The campaign Of
Bryan has fallen fiat in the east, and his
managers no longer take the trouble to
disguise the fact Already the Washing
ton headquarters, which were established
at the special request of Chairman Jones,
have been closed up, and the headquarters
in this city, which never had any vitality,
are as quiet and as still as a Nebraska
graveyard. Even Bryan's attempts to gal
vanize the corpse of the eastern Democracy
have met with no response, and, save for
the tribute which curious people have
paid, his visits to New Jersey, New York,
Connecticut and Maine have been abso-
lutely unproductiye. Every one now real
ICES this situation and comedies the hope
lessness Of any attempt to promote Bryan's
candidacy in this part of the country, ex-
cept Bryan himself and few deluded
Popocrats
The logic Of the situation is inexorably
and irrevocably against Bryan. In the
Empire State the Democracy is so badly
and so hopeiessly divided that onlya hand
full Of Democrats of the Tammany Hall
stripe identify themselves with his cam
paign. The Generalization of the party
was complete enough when representative
men like x-Governor Flower, Perry Bel
mont, William G. Whitney, Bourke Cock
ran and General Daniel K. Sickles deserted
it and declared that the cause Of sound
and honest money was dearer to them than
any party. But this disintegration Of a
once powerful and united political organ
ization was completed when the Demo-
Gratis at their convention nominated
man, Mayor Thatcher of Albany, whose
first act was u Reputation Of Bryans plat.
fern.
Since that time all hope Of carrying New
York for president, governor or any other
office has been abandoned. 1t is because of
these conditions and because of growing
and powerful sentiment in favor OF the
Republican candidates that Mr.. Hackett,
chairman of the Republican state commit
tee, not only claims the state for McKin-
ley and Hobart by 10000 plurality, but
asserts that New York city, the home of
Tammany and the Gibraltar of the De-
mocracy, will give the Republican candi.
dates an emphatic majority away up in
the thousands.
. Not the least remarkable feature OF the
situation here is the fact that the work
ingmen are strongly in favor of sound
money, and recent secret ballot made up
of the votes of thousands of workingmen
in all sorts of factories, shops and mills
discloses handsome majority for Mckin-
ley.
This is the situation in New York. 1t
should be remembered that it was only u
few weeks ago that the Bryanites were
claiming that New York and the entire
east were honeycombcd with silver senti-
ment, and SO confident of this was Mr.
Bryan after his return west from his first
speaking trip that he told thousands Of
\ his hearers that New York would certain
ly vote for free silver and all the eastern
states would snow tremendous gain for
the doctrines represented by him and the
Z Chicago platform. Since then the states
of Vermont and Maine have spoken against
the silvery heresy with an emphasis and a
distinctness that even the boy orator can
not misunderstood.
- 1t was rs futile for Bryan to claim New
York and to make extravagant boasts with
respect to Vermont and Maine as it was
for him in his recent Philadelphia speech
to fish for the electoral vote of Pennsylva-
MIA, which so competent jury as ALEX
Mcclure, the veteran Democratic editor Of
the Philadelphia Times, declares will bt
cast for Mckinley by 300, 900 more Vote,
than the Bryan ticket will receive Thu
same reports may, with figures changed
but the general result nnaltered, be made
with reference to the other STATES of TIL
eastern and middle AtlsESio slaboard
} 1t should not be inferred, however, be
cause the outlook Is 70 bright and the or
ganization so effective in these states tina
the members trThe Republican nationa
committee idle 1t is not proposed b.
any of them that overconfidenoe shall
ruin tbM prospects Of a campaign alread.
full brightest promise or that
indifference or neglect in
No state or section of stat
ertain that effort In behal
N candidates can be aban