New-York tribune., 1896-10-26
cTEADlLY DRIVEN BACK.
srATEs OF THE MIDDLE WEST WON FOR
NKINLEY AND SOUND MONEY.

NkINLEl AMI SUI MONE1.
GRATIFYING RESULTS OF MAGNIFICENT CAM
,,,Gy OF EDUCATION N-RAILROAD MEN SHOW
Up THE rALsIrY OF A PoPoCRATIC CLAIM
Br-s1NEss HUNG Up IN CHICAGO
rsY TELESRAPH THE TRIBUNEl
ch,caeo oct oj-The closing week OF the
..mna,gn opens. as far as the Middle Western
s,e,es are concerned. with every promise OF
..ocess for the cause of sound money. The
.r,vs country" which, In the eye Of Bryan
..mnaign geographers. lay somewhere east OF
.,s Allegheny Mountains a month or two ago.
.os become the Mississippi Valley. where
che,rman Jones is engaged now in rallying the
.x.se,lyer forces for q last, most heroic stand
xau.York was abandoned long ago. though it's
,,rasion was planned with a view TO It's theatri-
ooI effect rather than In the hope of practical
.ubiection. Delaware and Maryland were sur
-sndered without serious contest early in the
o,,naign In the rout which followed the gro
,.scue excursion of the Boy Orator West
,,ro;n,a seemed TO fall without effort into the
.sremv's" hands. Ohio promised no ranyng
o,r+ A temporary stand was made In Mchl-
o.n hut 70 no purpose. Kentucky Weakened
a even Tennessee showed symptoms or be
.o,,,nr debat able ground while in the rear Nir-
r,a threatens even now to break out IN open
.,,ol, Foot by foot and inch by inch the Sill
GOV forces were driven westward. Massng
.....ore their forces in Indiana. in Illinois. in
,o IN Minnesota in Missouri and in WIS
.ors,n they are now preparing to do battle IN
,,oss State. without regard to what may nap
pen on their flank.
ILLINOIS SECURE FOR SOUND MONEY.
o,,,. IN the eyes Of the most preJudced par
.,., can the outcome in Illinois seem doubtful
chicago which in every previous poNtiCai s'orih
,os been the sheet anchor of the democracy Is
.au,ttedlv Republican this year 10y an over
,he,ming majority Even Chairman Jones mas
..,.o,rad for the laet few days from giving out
h,s ouljsh bulletins figuring out a Popocra'ic
majority in the city. He is maintaining an
ominious silence. The rest OF the state IKE
Maine in the days Of Governor Kent seems All
ono way Not a single county SHOWS 'ha' Tree
.u,o~ tboories have taken root. Not single
,ovn visited by Bryan or Altgeld mas gwen IN
s,oa,,ors of deserting the Republican column
Fven the darkness Of Egypt has been Fehe-
,r.,ad nv the light Of w Il. Morrson's letter
and the arguments Of the Palmer-Buckner cam
narn. The seditious appeals Of Bryan and
Iohs bave fallen absolutely fat. The very men
o. whom, they were directed. and whom IT might
no sunnosed they would influence. have resented
,ba,, The parade on Chicago Day and the
,orchlisht procession Of last night, gotten up by
the railroad men. showed this Conclusively Tn
der the circumstances the claim that Illinois
will take its place in the Mckinley column with
a 100 600 majority seems not extravag2nt.
INDIANA AND IOWA NO LONGER DOUBTFUL.
Indiana. FOR years accustomed 10 look upon
Itself as the battle-ground Of contendng political
narties seems this year content 20 yield that
distinction to other States. II reports which
have reached National Republican Headquar-
ters within the last week can he relied upon
and there is reason why they should not
Indiana will give Mckinley AZ least ZOO
tority The Popocratic canvass. these reports
say, Is carried on without spirit and without dis
tinct end in view. The election Of Bryan GER
tainly is only secondary consideration. What
the leaders are fighting for il control Of the ma
chine or what may be left OF It after this cam
paign is over.
Iowa which seemed to promise much to the
Popocratic agitator has proved snguarly
barren field for the propagation Of Mr.. Bryan's
peculiar theories. II is a State which has out
grown the anti-raroad fever and has settled
down TO the work Of developing it's resources on
lines with which the logic Of a calamity -howleT
like Weaver is not likely TO interfere seriously
Even Chairman Jones in moments OF ecstatic
rapture when the spirit OF prophecy is upon
him. does not look upon Iowa likely TO be-
come a convert To Organism and .,O-cent dollar
finance
MINNESOTA AGAINST REPUTATION.
OF Minnesota Mr. Jones expected much and
he will he correspondingly disappointed. no
doubt when he wakes up on November and
ands the Mckinley majority in that State to be
no less than 1000 Local issues have been re-
sponsiblc in Minnesota for raising false hopes
In the breasts Of Democratic National Commit
teemen. These and the fact that Minnesota
Is just now passing through the stage which
every other wheat growing state In the North
west has passed through, stage preceded by
unnatural and unhealthy prosperity and
followed by temporary collapse and suspended
powers Of recuperation, led the managers or the
Popocratic campaign 10 believe that In that
quarter there was hope for their cause. There
would have been but for the splendid support
which the Sound Money Democracy Of the State
gave the Republican ticket. There Is still less
now that the fsctonal differences in the Re-
publican party in the State promise to reach a
satisfactory and definite settlement.
WISCONSIN AND MISSOURI.
Wisconsin has never been a doubtful State.
The issues which four years ago took IL out or
the Republican column no longer exist. Tney
were loca not National. They had their origin
In the Bennett law. That law has been re-
psaled and with it's repeal has vanished the re-
sentiment Of the controlling forces in the State.
They are to-day arrayed in solid front against
Reputation. Dishonor and Bryansm. with the
zane enthusiasm and determination that marked
their protest against an infringement OF their
political and religious liberty In lS'2 Wiscon-
Sin furnishes TO basis for Popocratic hopes
There remains Missouri-the rock-ribbed De-
nocraoy OF which is even now being called In