The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-09-24
Real Bryan Men Are a Unit for
the Electoral Ticket.
AND The STATE IS SAFE
Major Guthrie and Judge Rus
sells Worn Out Shoes.
BRYAN's ELECTORAL FIGURES
The Solid South, the Silver West. BrY-
ans Native State and Bleeding
Kansas, Will Do the
Work,

bofo TO Raleigh and have talked with
Democrats and Populists. have seen
them on the train, on the street cor
ners, in stores, at the different sta
tons; in hotel Hobbies, in one, twos,
threes and groups, and L have yet 10
hear the first Bryan man, either Dem
ocrat, Populist or Republican, say that
he was not going to support the joint
electoral ticket. To the contrary the
action of the committees has enthused
the silver forces, and there is universal
rejoicing that by this action the State
has been safe for Bryan. If a few OF
those of all parties who imagine they
heading great procession of kickers,
could just for day or two get out
among the folks and hear their COM
ments, they would conclude that the
procession was all head.
saw three gold standard Demo
Gratis talking together yesterday. Are
YOU going to support the Bryan cleo
foral ticket? asked one, addressing
the other two.
Il am said one of them. Il has ha
made up my mind before the fusion
to support the nominees and / will
not be abandoning any more princi-
pie by Voting for Bryan, now, than |
would before. / am not free silver
man." he continued, ''but / am
Democrat, and I'll stand by the organi-
cation until / quit the party"
ssWell. / guess I'll have TO swallow
it, too" said the first speaker, "and
me, too" said the third.
I saw seventeen Winston Democrats
Tuesday night in a bocg store wait
ing for the New York papers, and
every solitarr,,y one OF them expressed
hlmse.ar as greatly elated over the joint
electoral ticket. There were mer-
chants, manufacturers, lawyers drum
mprs and mechanics among
them, and the lowest estimate OF Bry-
ans majority in North Carolina was
10000. One gentleman who travels the
State, declared 1T would be nearer 75,-
600.
DE-. Tyre York says that himself and
General jackson" will start on the
campaign for Bryan and silver at once,
land woe be unto that Mckinley gold
bug who gets in reach of General Jack
sons heels. BY the way, it may be a
little interesting to know that General
Jackson is one of the biggest fattest,
sIeekest and fastest mules in the
mountains. DR. York declares that you
can put a sixteen to one flag on his
bride and he will travel forty miles
over mountain roads every day until
election day.
In his speech at Wilkesboro Tuesday
Mai. Guthrie brought down the grove
by referring to Judge RusselFs worn
out shoes AS he arose he spied just
across the street, in front of a shoe
shop, white streamer with the word,
Russell" on it.
..Mr. Watson said the Major, ''do
YOU know where Judge Russell is?'
81 do not" replied Mr.. Watson.
"We tracked him across Brushy noun
tains, but you know as we came down
this side of the mountain we lost the
trail, and I have not heard from him
since"
swell, he has surely been here, !"
said the Major. 81 see his sign across
the street there. He has evidently
worn out his shoes running from us,
and left them in that shop to repair"
The crowd fairly yelled, and when
quiet had been restored, Major Guth-
RE said: II do think that Mark Hanna,
or the leather trust ought to give him
new pair This brought yell that
was heard adj over town.
Mr.. J. Lindsay Patterson, of Win
ston, is acknowledging the fact that
the Democratic gold contingent in
North Carolina is dwindling down to
infnestiInal proportions, but he con-
soles himself with the hope that in
other States the silver Republicans are
perhaps going back into the Mckinley
camp.
Had you thought how easy it is going
to be to elect VIM. j. Bryan without the
Flower-ridden Hill-ridden Whitney
ridden Observation-Disclosures and Thack-
er-ridden New York.
Let's see: The solid Southland who
now doubts that the South is going
to be solid---will give the Nebraskan
156 votes, the silver West California,
Washington, Colorado, Nevada, Idaho,
Montana, Utah, South Dakota and
Wyoming will add 80, and who doubts
any of disseminating 192-kansas
bleeding Kansas as full of free silver
voters as Maine is of Mckinley men,
rounds the figures up to even two
hundred and two, only twenty two
lacking; from whence shall they come.
From Illinois? yes, the native home
of the silver hero. This will settle it,
making two more than is necessary,
and then we will have Indiana, Michi-
gan, Minnesota, Nebraska, North
Dakota and Oregon to spare, and if
we want to make it unanimous we will
just let New York, New Jersey, Con-
necticut, Pennsylvania, Delaware and
New England decline to vote as they
did at Chicago, and take Ohio, Iowa
and Wisconsin and the thing is done.
But the solid South, the silver west
Kansas and Illinois does the work.
#. b. ARENDELI,.