Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-11-02
BEFORE The BALLOT BATTLE
Chairman Jones Most Positively De-
clares That Bryan Will Win Even
Without Illinois.
Mr.. BRYAN is CONFIDENT OF SUCCESS
Chairman Butler, of Populist National
Committee, Says Bryan is Certain
of 25S Electoral Votes-Popu-
lists All for Silver.

camo to an end Saturday night. In Chi
and Cook county, where the heat of the
| fight has been, the rounding up for the
candidates finished. Both parties claim
to be sure of the result and express con-
I fdence that the count tomorrow night
will show large majority for their men.
The only change that has been made in
the estimates of either party is the
assertion Of Chairman Jones that Illinois
is a doubtful state. He has always
claimed it heretofore as certain for Bryan.
Chairman Jones says that Mr.. Bryan has
| at least 252 votes in the electoral college
and that nothing can take them away
from him. Chairman Hanna ls far more
sweeping in his estimates of Major Nc
Kinley's prospects aud says that the Ohio
man will have not less than 311 votes and
others may come later. Chairman Jones
has issued the following:
CONSERVATIVE CLAIMS.
The great struggle to right the wrong
of 1873 has been won. The only work
remaining to be done is to see that the
people have the opportunity to vote as
their consciences dictate and that their
votess hall be counted as cast.
Iurge all lovers of their country and
our institutions to exert themselves as
they never have done before, in this
holy cause. Watch the polling places;
scrutinize every act at the polls, and see
to it that the law shall not be violated.
This committee has offered a reward
for evidence necessary to convict any
one guilty of bribing or attem pting to
bribe any voter to vote or to refrain
from voting. Also reward of $500 for
evidence to convict any one of coerc-
ing attempting to coerce, intimidating
or attempting to intimidiate any voter.
have received from our chairman of
each state committee full estimates of
the standing of voters in each state,
and am confident that Mr.. Bryan's
election is assured by very large ma
jority. He will carry each of the fol-
lowing states:
Alabama IL; Arkansas 8; California 8;
Colorado 4; Florida 4; Georgia 13; Idaho
8; Indiana Is; Kansas 10; Kentucky 13;
Louisiana 8; Maryland 8; Michigan Ia;
Minnesota 8; Mississippi 9; Missouri II;
Montana 3; Nebraska 8; Nevada 3; North
Carolina IL; North Dakota 8; Oregon 4;
South Dakota 4; South Carolina 8;
Tennessee IL; Texas Is; Utah 8; Virginia
IL; Washington 4; West Virginia 6;
Wyoming 8; Total 252.
In the following states look upon Mr..
Bryan's chances as the best:
Delaware 8; Iowa 13; Illinois "a; Ohio
80; Wisconsin IL. Total rs.
There are other states / regard as
doubtful JAMES K. JONES.
MR. BRYAN's ESTIMATE.
Lincoln, Neb.-Mr. Bryan was shown
telegram giving the estimate of Chairman
Hanna of the Republican national COM
mittee. In response to an inquiry as to
its correctness Mr.. Bryan said: ~ shall
leave the national committees to issue an
estimate, but i'll were to express An opin
ion upon his table (meaning Mr.. Hanna's)
I should say that fully one.half of the
electoral votes which he counts upon will |
be found in the free silver column. Unless
the reports which come TO us from va
rious states are entirely erroneous we
shall have considerably more than 300
electoral votes"
Mr.. Bryan also stated that he was con-
frmed in the opinion uttered some time
ago, that study of the money question
had increased the number of Republicans
who would support free silver and decrease
the number of gold standard Democrats.
FROM CHAIRMAN BUTLER.
Washington.-"The election of Bryan
is an absolute certainty" said Chairman
Butler of the national Populist committee
in reviewing the campaign.
"Bryan has now absolutely certain 25S
electoral votes, and his popular majority
will be larger than the electoral majority,
and it will be at least 1000 900, which is
about the size of the Populist vote. The
arrangements perfected and the lining
up of voters, both Populists and Dem
ocrats, are far beyond our expectations,
due more to the intense interest OF the
people in the fight than to the diplomacy
of the committees, who, however, did all
they could.
"The free silver Republican vote that
will 90 to Mr.. Bryan will be much larger
than McKinley's gold standard Democrat
ic vote. Two millions of Populist votes
will be practically solid for Bryan. There
is much larger percentage of the labor
vote, both organized and unorganized,
for Bryan than has ever been cast for
q Democratic candidate, and the Peoples
party's strength even we're the free silver
Republicans and labor vote absent, would
elect Bryan. Chicago is doubtful, but we
will get 10000 majority in the country
districts to overcome that. Bryan does
not have to get Illinois, and he could lose
all of the middle western states except
Indiana or Michigan or Minnesota, (which
are certain) and be elected. The Repub-
licans will como nearer getting Wyoming
than any other state west of Iowa."