The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-08-12

CANNOT HOLD THEM ALL.

CANNOT HOLD THEM ALL.
mother words, should Mckinley carry
every State east of the Missouri and
north OF the Ohio and the Mason and
Dixon line he would have majority
of six in the Electoral College. The
beauty of it all is he can't do it. And
Hanna with all his money and all his
lack of scruple added to his coarse
force can't do it for him.
In all of these States the Democrats
fuse with the Populists and present
an unbroken silver front. The only
bolts in these bailiwicks are silver
bolts from the Republicans, and in
passing one may say of the Populists'
refusals to fuse with the Democrats,
tlfat the Republicans can gain no aid,
no comfort from them. These fuse
refusals only occur in States like Ala
bama where, whatever happens, Re-
publicanism and McKinleyism stand
no more of n show than a feather in a
furnace.
But, to go back to this table of the
Middle West, the North and the North
east: Mckinley has six to the good,
should he carry them all; but there
are several of these pefsimmons be-
yond the reach of the Hanna syndi-
cate pole. Buy they ever so wisely,
corrupt they ever SO cunningly, they
can't get them.
STLVER'S HOLD ON MINNESOTA.
Take Minnesota for example-and
without it Mckinley is swept away
and lump rises and lives in the Hanna
throat every time he thinks of it-take
Minnesota, with it's nine votes; what
man allows Mckinley Minnesota in
his count? The Republicans are Two
thirds for silver there. They are leay-
ing the party Cor the Democracy by
squads, platoons and companies. It's
been nothing but holt Mckinley IN
Minnesota ever cince Hanna got his
nomination in St. Louis. Ex-Governor
Merriam and Mike Doran may carry
caucuses, and even dominate State con-
ventions; but they are helpless at the
polls. They may lead the Minnesota
horse with corporation halter to the
water, but they can't make him drink.
Minnesota viii be for Bryan.
With hop and skip over Iowa,
where gold is in a corner fighting for
it's life and bidding fair to lose it, come
to the great State of Illinois. Every
Illinois sign is silver one. Altgeld for
Governor is to win over John Tanner;
even Republicans admit that. If the
State is to 60 locally Democratic, how
will it resist an even stronger Nation
al impulse? Does yesterdays Chicago
reception to Bryan, a popular out
pouring such as never had a parallel;
does such demonstration show a Re
publican ability to defend itself in
Illinois? The State is half way on it's
way to Bryan now, and by November
the world will witness a silver STAN
pede in that cornstalk. commonwealth.
HOOSIER VOTES NEEDED.
In Indiana and in Michigan the Nc
Kinley dove, when cast loose by Han
ma, returns with weary pinion to the
syndicate ark, finding no rest for the
sole of its foot. They say about Wash
ington that the millions Hanna will |
pour forth on the Hoosiers will make |
the former financial operations in poll |
tics of Dudley look pale |
and wan It's to be hoped that Hanna |
will break open his barrel on the banks |
of the Wabash. The Hoosiers need |
money. And such is their thrift and |
such their political direction that they |
will take all Hanna will bring them |
and then vote for Bryan just the same. |
The truth is the Mckinley chances
are afire, as this is written, in Indiana, |
in Michigan, in Ohio itself; while from |
the Empire State it would appear as if |
New York itself was in direct range of |
the sparks and liable to burst into |
silver burning at any hour. Even the |
staid and solemn State of Pennsyl- |
vania is acting peculiarly, and from |
what flotsam comes now ashore from 1
the keystone community, one might |
look for Republican woe in |
that direction.
That is the situation, and there's are |
the table and figures by which Me- |
Kinley must make his conquest of the |
White House. One will have to stand on |
his head before he sees or reads any |
Hanna syndicate encouragement in
them.
Bryan will win.