The evening times., 1896-09-29
now IT TtOOKsIN MISSOURI
Some Republicans Have Mo-
Altogether Abandoned Hope.
BASIS OF THEIR OPINIONS
Silver Democrats and POpulists In
Many Districts Refuse to Fuse With
Perfect Harmony and Gold Demo-
Gratis Are Getting in Their Fine
Work In Consequence.

Since Gen. Grosvenor, the Mckinley tab
ulator, gave up the fight in Missouri AM
conceded the State to the Dem o. Iopuiisti'
| combination great many locaI Republican,
have been inclined to follow his example
believing that when Grosyenor yields il is
i indeed, time for them to abandon hoEe.
Some OF them, however, DO not take th'
gloomy view or the situation which The
Ohio Congressman entertains. Their groun'
for hopes is found mainly in the two fact.
that the gold Democrats are this week max
ing great claims To a large number of votes
and the Democrats and Populists in many
districts are refusing to fuse with lerfec
| harmony.
At the st. Louis meeting, one week ago
OF the sound money Democratic State com
| mittee the members thereof We're instructed
to cause close estimate or canvass OF theiI
| districts. Thursday National Committee
man l.. c. Krauthorf met with Willard Hall
OF St Joseph, X. T. Railey of Ha rrisonviile
| John Hughes Of the Third district, Pau
| Davey ofthe Fifteenth, Z. II Rea Of Saline
county, NJ. 7. January of Vernon county,
| Z. A. Asberry of Higginsyille, Ed Morse OF
| Clay county, William Mcllwraith of Chill
cothe and several other sound money Demo-
/ Gratis OF Western Missouri and compiled he
| result Of this canvass.
| CLAIMS 10000 VOTES.
1 Mr. Krauthofr announced the next IN orn.
| ing that lin the seven western Congressional
4 districts, 26 900 sound money Democratic
votes Were found which will be cast for
| Palm er and Buckner and the National Dem
| ocratic State ticket
The committeeman returned home that
| night with the understanding that, after
| local consultation, Congressional and il gis
| lative conventions should be called In tnat
| district call for primaries to select dele
| gates to sound money Congressional and
| legislative conventions Will be issued III
| about one week.
| Mr.. Krauthoff summed up the result OF
| the meeting like this:
| The canvass was made by appointing in
every township and voting precinct, u con-
| seryative local man who know all the peo-
| pie to form an estimate from his OWN per
| soDal acquaintance and from a canvass.
| The result is &c 600 votes in seven districts
1t may be practically called an enrolled
vote, because the 26 COO men have declared
| themselves. AT this same ratio throughout
| Missouri the sound money Democratic
| strength would he nearly 10 coo. However.
| dcductDg the uncanvassed Thirteenth and
Fourteeuth districts and the part of the
| Eighth and Southeast Missouri generally,
and applying the Kansas City sound money
Democratic proportiou to st. Louis and es-
tiuiatiDg the county districts on the county
| districts Of the seven Congressional districts,
we have an approximate strength of 8 600.
I'VE have based our work on The vote
for President Cleveland in 1892. Our can
vass shows that the silver Republican vote
is nothing whatever like the silver men
claim. The mcn whom they call silver
Republicans have become Populists. We
canvassed Jasper county to a finish, to a
frazZle, to a maD--BoSes. candidates and
Dames-and found only 100 Republicans ho
said they would vote for Bryan"
BOTHER THE GOLD MEN.
At Mexico, Mo, 1t is said that the silver
Democrats are doing all they can to EN-
barrass the campaign ofthe gold Democrats.
and last Saturday, when the campaign OF
the sound money men was opened. the sill
vertes had doue all in their power to
prevent a successful meeting. Merchants
had refused to allow posters advertising
the meeting to be displayed in their store
windows They then got list OF those
who were expected TO attend the meeting
was obtained, and personal friGnds Were
sent around To the persons To try to per-
suade them to stay away.
On the other hand, the Republican candi-
date for lieutenant governor is quoted as
being hopful of the party situation. He
says:
Il have been in southern Missouri for the
past two weeks, and l feel very much
encouraged with the outlook. A great
Iildiy IIltu WHO slS Weeks ago
that there was something wrong, and
that free silver would be the only remedy,
now believe that other causes brought about
the present condition OF things, and that
free silver is not the remedy. A coed
vigorous camra.gn would bring many of
those wno are ehesitatingintO the Republican
fold Our State ticke is liked and with the
opposition there is to the Democratic State
ticket we expect to gain many more votes
than we lose on account of free silver. The
sound money movement AMONG the Demo
Gratis shows strength in the country, though
we expect more from 1t in the cities than
anywhere else"
As to the Populist trades by Democrats
in various districts, attention is called
by local Republicans discussing the situa-
ton, and who have large amount OF per-
sonal correspondence to confirm their state
ments, to the fact that members of the Popu-
listeXecutive committees of several counties
are having hard times to effect satisfac-
tory fusion agreements. In one OF the lead
ing counties of the State, which includes
Kansas City, an interesting muddle is on
hand
MAKING -POPULIST TRADES.
Members Of the Populist executive com
nlittee there which was authorized to
dicker with the Democrats on placing
names on their county nominees on the
Pepuiist ticket deny that agreements of
any kind have been reached. The Popu-
lists say they are waiting for their candi-
dates to speak.
Some Republicans are also concerned in
this dicker. though the Republicans are
aging little about it. Ed Eylar is the Re-
publican nominee for sheriff. Eylar be-
ing an A. P. A. man and having been
Democrat notvery long ago has encountered
active opposition among the ''straights"
of his own party. This is merely an in
terestiDg incident to the whole interest
ing contest.
To offset the Republican opposition to
Eylar the city hall A. P AS tried to in
duce s. A Pike. the Popuiist nominee for
sheriff to withdra W in Eylar'sfavor. Eyiar's
friends. when Pike refused to do this,
practically abandoned hope.
The part Of the Republicans in the fusion
arrangement in this county is thought to
be fatal to any shadow of Republican sue
cess, but in several other counties, where
the party lis independent the failure of
Democrats to fuse with perfect harmony
with the Populists will help the G. o. P.
it Is thought. Individual correspondents
sill express the most enthusiastic hopes
Of carrying the State Notwithstanding
the present family quarrels which Just at
present are making it embarrassing for the