The sun., 1896-10-18
FIGHT IN CLOSE STATES.
,v,,,y1 hND KEN7UcKr SAFE
nm THE REPUBLICdNS.


.,, WIN Probably ne Republiesu-
su,o,,Ia SIN n fuzzie-The Fouuch
,,,. 4. settiug STEADILY In Mckinlev's
r.,or In All These Commonwenhhs'
,,r,,SAroLrs oct 1.-THE letter OF 5. +.
.t.or,n. ex.Secrotary OF the Democratic ma
,i.,al committee, rcpudiating the whoie bryah
,,at has done much to-day TO open the eyes OF
%s popocrs,s to their peril. There is mono to
'Ho ut, tho Democracy of" ST" sheerin, as
S,ervbody in Indiana calls him. and mis- strong
..,,isanship was known to every person In the
,,a,e familiar with his record. None 10 better
tnnwn in his own party, not even " Tom "
,.grnrt with whom Mr.. Shecrn Is on Intimate
terms Of friendship. That Mr.. Sheerin mas ro-
undated Bryan has made the Democratic
leaders uneasy and they do not know where to
ENACT the next blow. 1t Is enough at present
IN ,ay that another is coming. and there Ia no
telling where It will stop.
The Popocrntc- Popullst fusion was the last
straw that broke The camels back with many
D.mocr,t. yrleved in the depths of his heart at
the situation. hut ollnging with desperation to
his party. because the chicago nominee was
regular" That prop is now gone and II his
,iclet he elected he has intrusted his vote for
President of the United States to five Populists.
nous of whom were former Republicans. and
all OF whom lave been boilers from one party
or the other.
As election day approaches and the speeches
Of the Chicago candidate keep up their tattoo
upon the walls OF prejudice. class hatred. and
repudiaton, the pill seems to bo getting bitterer
and bigger and the evidence OF revulsion from
tho dose mixed at the Chicago Convention 10
getting stronger In this State every day. There
Is an undercurrent which will reach flood tide
on election day. and which will land tho Re-
IN ha AND
will give the silver candidate good stif start
up salt Greek.
Chairman Gowdy Of the Republican state
Committee. who has been unusually quiet in
the management of the campaign, talked to-
day and made his first emphatic claim to the
State. Among other things he said:
Conditions have changed wonderfully in our
favor in the last thirty days. Tho free-slver
Republicans are coming right back into line,
and the number of sound-money Democrats is
increasing daily. We will carry the State for
the national and State tickets by handsome
majority, and we will also carry both branches
of the Legislature. The people have become
thoroughly informed on the money question and
are now ready 10 vote. think what our people
national natl honor by our speakers and by the SOUND.
money press. There should be more discussion of
protection and reciprocity by which our own
ence and by which our labor 10 to have fullest
employment, with widening foreign market
for its surplus product Repu olicans would far
rather prefer to see the great lAboring masses of
other countries raised TO tho level OF opportu-
nifty and freedom OF our own country than to
see our own workinSmen reduced 20 the level of
other nations. toward which they have been
tending during these last three years and half.
Indiana who are loyal TO the country and to the
flag. and are Joining hands with the Republi-
cans N trying to save the country from further
panics and national dishonor as well as from
Bryansm in the fnture.s
Have you any fears OF loss from any particu-
lar grade OF citizensf"
II have not. There has been much said about
the detection OF Republican farmers on account
of the free-silver craze, but In my opinion Nc
knley and our State ticket will not suffer seri-
Gus loss from that source"
What do you anticipate a. to the labor
vote 2"
THE labor vote will be with the Republican
lnGmen of Indiana, SO many OF whom have been
out of employment for several years, will cast
their ballots In favor of Bryan and Will take the
confidence. and, paralysis of industry for
four years more. The people of the
money with which to pay for that work. with
fhe certainty that so great change as would
Tor nTy' many years m make I. that WORK scarce and
poorly paid. Tho families of workingmen who
"s Mn"m % have % been in nI actual want are Extremely
anxious that the idle labor in their households
should hnd ready and profitable employment at
from thorough knowledge OF the condition of
the State. have not the east doubt that In
diana will give its electoral vote to Mckinley
Il every Republican does his duty from now
until the polls close on election day"
There 10 evidence in support of Mr.. Gowdy's
faith that the organized labor element of the
state win be as strong as ever in support of the
Republican party. Politicians looked with some
concern at 20 meeting OF the State Federation
of Labor. which met at Muncie q few days ago.
Tine President. E. A. Perkins. is a Populist of
this city ard bowling free siverite in season
md out. He urged that the fede step into
politics and maze a declaration on the money
Question in fav or of free silver. But the fedora
ton refused 10 consider the subject at ALL and
by q vote OF g to l tabled the matter until next
year. when IL may be considered without parti-
EaG heat.
The Republicans, though in the minority
among the delegates, stood like rock against
the resolution which, before IT was postponed,
was presented in three or four different ways.
There were enough gold Democrats to assist
them to prevent the endorsement OF free-silver
COInsge by the federation. Nothing more is
needed to make certain that the ranks of labor
not turned upside down in Indiana and
that the Bryan tom toms have not caused q
stampede in labor ranks.
The closest questioning OF organized labor
leaders here fails to show that the free-silver
those already Populists or Democrats. The
thirtyday poll In this county indicates that
10000 Repu blcan plurality in this county may
hot be a surprising thing. Four years ago
Cleveland carried the county by nearly 1000.
The change comes equally from business mon
EHd labOr's ranks. II is not believed possible
for Mckinley to lose Indiana and the betting is
only moderately active at two to one on Nc
k!nley: