Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-09-04
ng than was that of the Green mountain

ing than was that of the Green mountain
state.
In an interview with the correspondent Of
The Star, Congressman Dingley, who has
been speaking for the republican cause in
different ports of the state. said: Il have
rot seen so large and enthusiastic repubh-
Can meetings since the war, and the lndica-
tons are irresistible that the republican
majority in the state election on the 1Ith
instant will be Unexpectedly large. 1 have
found practically no silver republicans, and
the republicans are everywhere TO record
their votes for protection and sound money.
The democrats are much disorgan.zed 10y
the feet that their strongest men refuse TO
support Brysn ard the Chicago silver and
anarchist platform.
Some democri is will vote at the state
election for the republican nominee. some
viii support Clifford (anti-Bryan democrats)
and more will stay at home. While the
majority of the democrats will support the
Bryan nominee for governor, Yet, in my
judgment, he will not receive two-thirds OF
the vote that the democratic candidate for
governor received in 1882 The republican
plurality for governor in the state election
preceding the presidential election OF 1852
was about 1900 Some previous state cleo
TORS in presidential years il was higher
than this, but 1860 has been about the
average plurality for governor in pres!den-
tial years. Two years ago. when the DEM
ocrats largely declined 10 vote because Of
disgust and complications over the dIstIlbu-
ton of tie offices, the republican plurality
+
but, of course, such plurality affords no
basis for comparison. The general impress
sion of the best posted republicans is that
the republican plurality for governor this
year will nearly, if not quite, reach 2pa'i
which would be 30 per cent more than me
plurality of 1892, larger than any plur Atty
ever given for state election in the pres
idental year"
Bateman VIII Wait Until October L.
Tom Watson, the populist candidate for
Vice President, mas written letter TO l..
c. Bateman, the Maine populist leader. ron-
graduating the latter upon the stand that
he has taken in regard to the nomination OF
Bryan. Mr.. Watson expresses the wish
that other states had leaders ike Mr..
Bateman. 1t is the opinion of Mr.. Watson
and other leaders of the popults; party
that even now il is the intention not 10
notify Mr.. Bryan OF his nomination hy the
populist party. Senator Allen mas already
put himself on record as saying that Mr..
Bryan will he notified on his return 20 Lin
coin, Neb. There is feeling among the
populst leaders that Senator Allen has no
intention of having Mr.. Bryan notified at
that time. Watson will back Batcman in
the position that the latter has taken.
Bateman and the popdlis; leaders who
agree with him have changed their plan of
action little. They now say they viii
wait until the LIST of October. and then. If
Bryan has not been notified, they Will pro-
coed to notify him, ana ii he 0SryanD GOES
not accept in a manner satisfactory to
them, they Will pull off his name as he cam
didate for President and put in MS place
that of Col :. +. Norton of Chicago, the
middle-of-the-road populist who received
900 votes in the national convention as a
cand date against Bryan.
Mr.. Bateman has the support of thous-
aids of populists all over the country, and
Is receiving scores Of letters and kilograms
daily. and his time is so occupied n answer
ing them that ne has hardly time to edit
the weekly paper of which he is the editor.
The War on SewaH.
Bateman is all the while continuing his
fight against Sewall. There is scarcely a
mail that leaves his office that does OF
carry information of the record OF the
Bath shipbuilder to populist leaders and
papers. The large number of papers of the
Reform Association are printing this mat
ter, and advising their readers to stick to
Watson ard to repudiate Sewall Cnless
Bryan is duly nominated, as promised by
Senator Allen, the middle-of-the-roai poI,u-
lists intend TO spring a sensation On the