The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-10-30
ON THE EVE OF THE BATTLE
B0TH SIDES EXPRESS CONFIDENCE
IN THE VERDICT NEXT TUESDAY.

NePupHcahs NOW claim Mtssourt-Chair-
man Washburn Sure of a Popoeratic VIC
tory-Encouraging Republican Reports
from the Doubtful States 900 Bet On
McKinley-Bryan Bet of $40 900.
Chicago, Oct. 29.-Final reports bv
letter from the chairmen Of state COM
mittees have been coming to headouar-
ters for week. Tonight, after a.
council of the national committee, Ill
was decided to give to the press these
reports, as fast as they were received.
Extracts in substance, from the re-
ports received up to tonight, follow:
Indiana-I feel confident McKinlev
will not get less than $4,000 and it may
be $4,000 majority I base these esti-
mates on the recent thirty-day Doll.
Feel sure of all but three members,
and believe that Indiana will give al
solid congressional delegation
Iowa-Sure to carry the state by nou
less than 100000 and it may be twice
that.
/ Kansas-Will give Mckinley not less
than 5000 majority. ! believe the en-
tire eight congressman will be elected.
Nebraska-I claim the state by Is, 1000.
Michigan-Not less than 10000 for
Mckinley. I predict full congress
sional delegation.
Minnesota-Our last poll shows Nc
Kinley's majority $4,000
4 New York-Majority for Mckinley
will exceed 100000. New York city Will
give Mckinley 10000.
! Ohio-I claim the state by 100000
majority.
/ South Dakota-Third poll Of state
gives Mckinley 5000.
Texas-Reports justify the belief that
Mckinley will carry Texas.
West Virginia -McKfnleys plurality
will not be less than 1900. All four
congressional districts safe
The National Republican league has
issued an address to the presidents Of
clubs in closing days Of the campaign
to work with unabated energy for the
election of Mckinley and Hobart.
! Chicago, Oct 29.-Chairman WASH
burn Of the populistic headquarters was
in conference most of to-day with Sen
ator Butler, chairman of the national
committee Mr.. Washburn said there
was nothing done by them except to CO.
over the general situation before leav-
ing their ticket in the hands of the vot-
ers and to attend to any details that
had been overlooked.
i The campaign work of the peoples
party national committee is practically
done, and Mr.. Wasflburn declared that
the probabilities We're all in the dtrec-
ton OF Mr. Bryan's election. He knew
of six combinations of electoral voters
in states that were not safely for Bry-
an or Mckinley which would work out
the salvation Of the silver candidate to-
the one combination of the republicans.
allowing them Illinois as the decisive
state. He confidently declared that Mr..
Bryan could not be- beaten with the
gold democratic vote offset by the sill
yer republican vote, as admitted by the
1 opposition, and the addition Of the two
million populist votes.
i Missouri continued to be the state
most talked about and reported at re-
publican headquarters to-day. Ths
campaign managers from Chairman
Hanna down are now settled in their
convictions that there is an even
chance in that state for the republican,
presidential ticket. They were cheered
by the report from New York that even
money was being wagered on Missouri
going for Mckinley.
Charles S. Smith of st. Louis, who is
National Committeeman Kerin's conf
Dental secretary, arrived at headquar-
ters to-day. He places the gold dem
ocratic strength in Missouri at 10000,
80 per cent. of which, he says, will go
to Mckinley, according to the open ex-
pressions of those democrats. Twenty
/ five Thousand of their votes, in the
opinion OF Mr.. Smith, will be sufficient
to give the state to the republicans.
I The bulk Of the credit for this reported
change is given to the Business Mems
Sound Money league of st. Louis
Colonel Hahn is calling in his small
army Of stump speakers so that they
can reach their homes in time to vote.
especially in the close states. Scores
Oh Ine fSpellD1nQ9TS were at nedQQu2r- s
ters to-day and reported the outlook in
different sections of the country. The
men from Nebraska, who had spoken
in Lincoln, said the business men there,
as we'll as in other parts of the state,
| had a grievance against Mr.. Bryan,
| because he had not stayed at home
and talked to the people as Major Nc
| Kfnley had done SO that all business
4 interests which are benefited by the
crowds travelling could have made
money. This feeling is said to have
cost Mr.. Bryan many votes, especially
in his own city.
On behalf of Chairman Hanna, Ser
geant-at-Arms Haskell wrote letter
to Chief of Police Badenoch, thanking
him for the prompt and effective man.
ner in which you handled the Disgrace
full egg-throwing affair during the
Bryan parade of October 81" and add
ing:
1.-THE republican national committee
does not desire, nor has it at any time
through the campaign, taken any un-
fair or unmanly means of securing
votes for the Hon. William Mckinley
for the presidency"