The San Francisco call., 1896-10-02
V|N|HG IS AT HIS POST
His Return Exposes Another of
the Examiners
Fakes.
Was a Close Observer Of Political
Sentiment in Various Sec
tionS.

General Manager E. P. Vining of the
Market-street Railway Company returned
from the East yesterday after an absence
of about three weeks. The trip was un-
dertaken for the purpose of meeting at
New York his daughters Annabel and
Ella, who bad been making the grand tour
of Europe with q party of friends. Mrs.
Vining, who had been visiting her former
home in Massachusetts,, also returned
with her husband. The return journey
was made via st. Paul, Seattle and Port
land.
At the time Mr.. Vining left for the East
a sensational story without any apparent
foundation was printed in the Examiner
strongly intimating that his employers
were dissatisfied with his work and that
he had virtually been forced TO resign.
Among other things the fake" story
said:
General Manager E. P. Vining of the Market
street Railway Company has gone East on an
extended trip. He is not persona grata with
all of the officials in the Market and Mont
gomery street building. On the theory, per-
some of the officials are intimating that he
may never come back 10 resume his old po-
sition.
The fact that he has made preparations for
remaining away several months has given q
trace of color to the rumor that his absence
may be for an indefinite period.
Previous to his leaving it was known
that Mr.. Vlning was going to meet his
family to accompany them home, and the
length of his stay was announced to be
three weeks, and no preparations, except
in the ina agination of the writer of the
Examiners story, were made by him ''for
remaining away several months"
Although Manager Vining only got into
town at noon he was at his desk imme-
diately after lunch. While away he was a
close observer of the political sentiment
in the various sections he visited.
"In New York." he said. everything
seems to be one way. Business is at a
standstlll, and every one is waiting for
the election before engaging in any enter
prise or i'm provements of importance. So
far as l could see business men and all
classes of people are very strongly in favor
of Mckinley. The coming election is
going TO draw out reserve vote not or
dinarily recorded. Men that I talked
with estimated that the Republican ma
jority in New York would be fully 400, ,000
| think myself from what l saw and
heard, that it will be larger. The same
kind of feeling prevails in Massachusetts,
and particularly in Boston. A great MANY
of tie so-called mugwumps, those who for
some years past have voted the Demo-
cratic ticket, Will this year vote for Nc
Kinley.
81 came back through ST. Paul. Seattle
and Portland. A cousin of mine vino is
largely interested in farming and lumber
in the northwestern section of Washing
ton told me that he did not know of a
single man in that district who had any
property or business interests who is
going to vote for Bryan. The only Bryan
men he knew were the choppers in the
lumber region. All the farmers were for
Mckinley.
'In Chicago there was more feeling the
other way. The Bryan people made a
good deal of noise, but how much there
is behind them no one seemed to know.
eat st. Paul I found that the Demo.
Gratis were largely in favor of gold and
were likely to vote for Palmer and Buck
ner, the nominees of the Democratic Gold
convent ton. Tho Democrats there may
not vote for Mckinley, but they will not
vote for Bryan"