The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-09-30
BRYAN'S CHANCES
!. J.. Il 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.
REPUBLICANS ACTIVE.

NEW YorK, Sept 30.-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 Nebraska
graveyard. Even Brynn'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 unproductive. 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 OK
Cept Bryan himself and few deluded
Popocrats.
The logic of the situation is inexorably
and irreyocably against Bryan. In the
Empire State the Democracy Is 80 badly
and SO hopelessly divided that only a hand
full of Democrats of the Tammany Hall
stripe identify themselves with his cam
paign. The decentralization Of the party
was complete enough when representative
men like ex. Governor Flower, Perry Bel
mont, William c. Whitney, Bourke Cock
ran and General Daniel Il. Sickles deserted
1t 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 a Reputation of Bryan's plat
form.
Since that time all hope Of carrying New
York for president, governor or any other
office has been abandoned. It is because of
these conditions and because Of n 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 300, 900 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 tho fact that the work.
ingmen are strongly in favor of sound
money, and recent secret ballot made up
Of tt votes of thousands Of workingmen
In all sorts of factories, shops and mills
dscloses handsome majority for Mckin-
ley.
This is the situation in New York. 1t
should be remem bered that 1t was only
few weeks ago that the Bryanites were
claiming that New York and the entire
east were honeycombed 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 show tremendous gain for
the doctrines represented by him and the
Chicago platform. Since then the states
of Vermont and Maine have spoken against
the silvery heresy with an emphasis and
distinctness that even the boy orator can
not misunderstood.
1t was as futile for Bryan to claim New
York and to make extravagant boasts with
respect to Vermont and Maine as 1t was
for him in his recent Philadelphia speech
to fish for the electoral vote Of Pennsylva-
mia, which SO competent q jury as Alex
Mcclure, the veteran Democratic editor Of
the Philadelphia Times, declares will be
cast for Mckinley by 300,0 more votes
than the Bryan ticket will receive. Tho
same reports may, with figures changed,
but the general result unaltered, be made
with reference to the other states of the
eastern and middle Atlantic seaboard.
1t should not be inferred, however, be-
cause the outlook is 50 bright and the Or
ganiZation so effective in these states that
the members of the Republican national
committee are idle. 1t is not proposed by
any of them that oyorconfldence shall
ruin the prospects of a campaign already
full Of tho brightest promise or that it
shall lead to indifference or neglect in a
single state No state or section of state
is deemed so certain that effort in behalf
of the Republican candidates can be ADAM
doned.
On the contrary, the committeeman have
in effect adopted the motto which Mr.. Jo-
seph H. Manley adopted in the Maine CAM
paign-namely to conduct the campaign
as If the result depended upon single
vote. With this object In view the COM
mittee, both at Its headquarters here and
in Chicago, ore working day and night to
make tho assurance Of Mckinley election
doubly sure, and speakers and documents
are being sent to all parts of the country
In the effort to carry out this important
work
The simple contrast between the active,
energetic, well organized work Of the Re-
publican committee and the disorganized
and leaderless conduct Of the Popocratic
campaign is Of itself q striking indication
of the drift and tendency of affairs in the
political world.