Evening star., 1896-10-03
Confidence in a Splendid Republican
Victory Apparent.
TARIFF THE KEYNOTE FOR OCTOBER
Hanna's Fight That Has Been Made
in Twelve States.
DELEG ATOMS THIS MONTH
Correspondence Of The Evening Star.

CANTON. Ohio, October 3, 1895.
Only month now remains of the cam
paign and there Is no place where conf
dence in splendid republican victory is SO
apparent as here in Canton. II one were ~
judge from Maj. McKin,ey's quick. elastic
step and bright smile and the general
happy demeanor which cEaractertGcs his
every action, in spite of the strain of max
ing sometimes thirteen and fourteen
speeches a day, one could have no doubt
that the major regards the fight as won
and that 1t is simply question Of majori
ties. Maj. Mckinley is. OF course, in pos
session of the very latest political Informal
ton from all parts Of the country, and as
he never allows himself to count any
thing of which he is not absolutely sure
his present state Of exaitation cannot but
prove reassuring to his supporters every
where.
If one were asked to speak Of The most
prominent feature OF the campaign as ii
| has been fought up to the present day he
would say it is now unmist akable recession
of the silver wave.
The campaign of education carried on by
the republican national executive commit
| tee has been the most wonderful thing of its
kind ever attempted, and when, after the
campaign Is over, its history is written, the
| fact that the great American people could
| be so thoroughly and SO quickly educated
| on the most complicated question in all po-
| ltlcdi economy Will come 10 Oe regarded as
| high tribute to American civilization.
| The republicans started out to fight this
| campaign on tariff lines. but when the
| popocrats reopened the question of Ameri-
| can integrity and forced the silver question
| into the fight the republicans met them on
| their Own ground, and it is now thoroughly
| believed at Canton that the silver people
| have been whipped
| Tariff the Keynote for October.
| While during the month Of October the
| republicans will be just as careful and Just
| as vigorous ina their defense of honest
| money as they have been in the past three
| months still the fight of this last month
Of the campaign will be on the tariff issue.
| Slowly, but surely, the people all over the
| country are coming back to the tariff. No
| where is this so apparent as here in Can
| ton, where Major Mckinley Is making all
| of his speeches. Each successive speech.
| while reference is always made to the cur
| rency question, is nevertheless, more and
| more tariff speech, and open the mills
| and not the mints" will be the keynote
| of the October fight.
Another thing that is noticeable here in
| Canton as the campaign is drawing to a
| close ic the earnestneSs manifested by the
republican leaders and managers in their
| endeaVor to make the majority this fall
| SO large and sweeping that it will set al
rest once and for all this question Of chang
| ing the money standard of this country,
| which SO demoral!ZeS business every time
it is raised The republicans now work
! ing for q majority; both popular majority
and one in the electoral college, that Will
settle the silver question, as far as the
| United States is concerned, forever. Major
| Mckinley frequently refers to this in his
| speeches, and this is one of his greatest
| concerns.
The Fight in Twelve States.
Mr. Hanna started out to make his great
fight in the twelve states of the central
| west, which includes Michigan, Indiana,
Kentucky, Illinois, Wisconsin, Missouri,
Iowa, Minnesota, Kansas, Nebraska and
North and South Dakota. The hardest
fighting Of the campaign and the greatest
efforts Of the republicans have been put
forth IN these states
Missouri and Michigan are the only two
of this number which are now regarded IS
doubtful, and in both these states, during
October, the amount OF work done will be
tremendous.
Indiana, four weeks ago, was regarded
by some republicans shaky, but the sys-
tematic work there OF the last month has
worked wonders, ana very conservative
estimate is that Indiana will give the laTg-
est majority to Mckinley she ever gave to
presidential candidate.
In Illinois, Chicago and Cook county have
been the Mckinley stroneholds, ant there
has been talk uf a Mckinley majority there
| of $1,000. 1t was with this majority at first
that the republicans expected to carry IL
| linois, but the campaign of education and
|
often been called Darkest Egypt, has re-
suited in an almost wonderful change in
the sentiment of the people. Capt. w. w.
Peabody. vice president of the Baltimore
| and Ohio Southwest railroad, which runs
| through that section of Illinois, made trip
through there a week ago. Capt. Peabody
Is a very clear-headed political observer.
| and he says that he Is absolutely sure That
McKnley's majority in southern Illinois
will be, proportionate to the population, as
large his majority in northern Illinois.
Kentucky Claimed for Mckinley.
| Kentucky is now conceded by many of
the democrats to Mckinley. Gen. Buck
ner, himself, has recently stated that there
was no doubt whatever about Mckinley
carrying Kentucky.
Iowa and Wisconsin have been firmly
within the republican column for some
time. The farmers Of Iowa have been doing
more reading on the financial question
than any class of men in any state In the
Union They have demanded both sides
and have not been satisfied with any pu
! the most able treatment of the question
The result has been an enormous increase
In the membership Of republican clubs an,
| | a clearly apparent Strengthening Of tht
republican organization all along the line
| In the congressional district which in
cludes Duluth, in Minnesota, no one woult
have said two months ago that Charley
| Towne, the free silver republican, who hai
e. lcng represented that district in Congress
2
\ district almost than any other Congress
man in the country, could be defeated, anc
yet reports from there show that th'
sound money republican candidate viii
probably be elected. This is character
, lotto of the strength the gold sentimen
! is gaining all through Minnesota. Tn
large element Of Scandinavians Throughout
l Minnesota and the Dakotas are almost t
a man for gold, and nothing can chang
them.
Nebraska has been conceded so man
times recently for Mckinley and Kansa
has such powerful republican organza
tion that little doubt is felt at Canton as t
how the vote of these two states will b
cast.
Delegations Booked for This Month
Over sixty delegations are booked to com
to Canton this month, and this numbe
will probably be increased 30 or 75 per cen
Next week there will be a delegation G
n 400 men from California here, and anothe
m large delegation from Denver, Colorado, an
Vicinity. There will be delegation
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