Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-10-20
VICTORY IS ASSURED.
Tho Leader Of Tammany Confident
That Bryan Will Carry the
State of New York.
Numerous Instances of Railroads Intimil
| dating Their Employees = Prominent
Iowa Republicans Declare for Bryan
How tho Price of Wheat
Has Risen and Fallen.

representa- tiyeS, while the present free
silver majority in the senate will be In.
creased.
Every return made to democratic
headquarters indicates that the free
silver movement Is on the increase;
every poll made of the central western
states indicates big majority for
Bryan. In the republican strongholds
Of the central western states the free
silver feeling is strong.
eve are now confident that we will
be able to carry the state of New York
for the democratic candidate" This
statement is contained in a communica.
ton received at national democratic
headquarters from John C. Sheehan, OF
New York. In this communication Mr.,
Sheehan says that Tammany is prepar.
ing for another magnificent demonstra-
ton October %. They expect, he says,
to make it as large an affair as the re.
cent Bryan demonstration.
In private conversation held at the
Lexington hotel, Chicago, a day or two
before going to New York, Mark Hanna
made these remarks: 'McKinley's
chances are exceedingly doubtful.
1t is no use denying that we have
lost the labor vote. Debs and his fol-
lowing have led the dabor vote to
Bryan, while the farmers are all crazy
on free silver. I am afraid Mckinley
will not win" These statements were
made by Mark Hanna in the presence
Of two or three gentlemen whose names
are known at national headquarters
and one of them gave out the informa-
ton, and his reputation for veracity
cannot be impeached.
In letter received at national dem
ocratic headquarters from Hon. F. a,
Loyejoy, Of Maine, that gentleman
says:
II have been all over Michigan,
Wisconsin, Minnesota, North and South
Dakota, and have come in contact with
the voters, especially in the large lum.
boring towns and mills, and was more
than surprised-after reports being
in each case 90 per cent. of these men
intend to vote for Mr.. Bryan. Their
interests are such, however, that they
are obliged to remain silent when their
hearts desire to come out openly for
us. I feel sure that all the above five
states will go for Mr.. Bryan, and that
by good majority. AS I came east
i wondered at the change. Silver is on
top, sure"
National Committeeman e. C. Wall,
OF Wisconsin, was at national demo.
cratic headquarters, aud asserted
that Bryan would carry that state be-
4ond doubt. Tie farmer vote ae Wis,
eonstn. he said, is practically sold for
Bryan and free silver, while in Milwau-
]eee the feeling among all classes is SO
bitter against Henry G.. Payne
ON account of his antagonism to
labor that majority for Bryan is as-
sured. Mr.. Wall says the change in
sentiment in Wisconsin is almost in!
credible. II
A letter has been received from a for!
mer station agent of the Rock Island
railroad at Earlham, Ia, stating that
he has just been discharged from the
employ Of the company because Of his
free-silver views. He states that be-
fore his discharge he had been warned
by officials of the road that free silver
ta1le would lead him into trouble. He
also states that the Officials of the
Rock Island Railroad company have iny
augurated such system Of intimidas
ton along the line of that road that
the employees are afraid Of saying any
thing for fear of losing their POSITIONS
Reports from Iowa continue to show
en- overwhelming change of sentiment
among republicans from Mckinley to
Bryan. The following dispatch re-
ceiyed by Secretary Walsh is am exam
pie OF what is going ON in the Hawkeye
state:
"Des Moines, Ia, Oct THE follow
ing prominent republicans have come
out for Bryan and free silver in Des
Modnes this week: Rev. B. o. Ayls-
worth, president of Drake university;
Rev. DR.. II. o. Breeder, pastor Christian
church; Rev. DR.. Tilden, pastor Of the
First Baptist church; Judge Spurrier,
judge county court; w. w. Lyons, q
prominent real estate dealer; Col. u. NJ.
Fox, president Tippecanoe club, and
many others, 100 in all, this week. If
the tide does not turn Iowa is sure for
Bryan. The republicans here are des-
perate."
The discharge by the Chicago, Rock
Island & Pacific Railroad company of
their agent-Mr. Nichols, at Earlham,
1a.-promises to be a potent factor in
the Iowa campaign. Mr.. Nichols sole
offense was talking free silver, and he
was discharged for that reason. Mr..
Nichols is one of the most popular men
at Earlham, and his summary discharge
has aroused a feeling of indignation,
which is extending throughout the
state. A delegation of citizens of Earl
ham and surrounding country have for
warded petition to the officials Of the
railway company vigorously denounc-
Ing it's action. The subject is discussed
in all the state papers, and is being used
with telling effect upon the stump.
In Western Springs, u suburban
town, II miles west Of Chicago, there is
not a single adherent of Mckinley. Two
months ago it was not so. Of the $50
voters in the town 16O were for McKin-
ley. Mr.. Benizette Williams ex-engi-
neer of the Chicago sanitary district,
lives there. Several weeks ago the re-
publicans in a spirit of jest invited Mr..
Williams to deliver series of lectures
on the money question at Western
Springs. Mr.. Williams did SO. lie de-
livered six lectures, and ut the end oil
the sixth lecture there was not soli-
ltArv ret6 man III Western Springs. The