The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-09-09
HOW IT LOOKS In NEW YORK.

When Mr.. Bryan was nominated, the
leaders of the silver forces did not
think it possible that any New Eng
land or middle State, except Delaware
and MARYLAND, could be carried IN
November. All the calculations were
at first made with a view to not con-
testing the vote of the Empire STATE
but it soon became apparent that inc
same conditions of low prices for pro-
ducts and depression in business that
had made voters in other sections favor
the free coinage of silver, had worked
similar results in New York.
Tbe State convention has not been
held i'm New York, and the formal cam
paign may be said not to have yet been
opened, and it is therefore too soon to
make any predictions as to the re-
suit. We give below two expressions
that show the trend Of public sentl-
ment. Col. John Byrne, the chairman
of the New York sound money league,
is well known in the metropolis. The
correspondent of the st. Louis Repub-
lie wires his paper:
Col Byrne returned to New York
City yesterday from tour of the STATE.
He set the Republicans and the gold
bug Democrats in a furry by declaring
that if the election came off now Bryan
would carry New York by 100000 ma
iority. Testimony of this kind from
an ardent Mckinley man and bitter
opponent of Bryan may be worth con-
sidering. Mr.. Byrne said that nearly
all the farmers of northern and CEN
trail New York, irrespective of past
party affiliations, were going TO vote
for Bryan"
The New York Times publishes re-
markable letter, written by "R. c. H."
from Richfeld Springs, n. Y, under the
title "A Note of Warning" that has
great significance. 1t gives the
falsehood to the stories in the gold
bug papers that Bryan created no inn
preston in New York, and that Nc
Kinley will carry the State by an inn
mense majority. 1t is evidently writ
ten by a.gold man who is alarmed at
the conditions he sees, and who wants
the gold men to go to work TO undo
the work Bryan has done. r. C. III.
writes:
This communication is made for the
purpose only of giving an opinion of
layman in relation to present political
conditions in this State and their bear
ing upon the election of the President
ial candidate of the Democratic party.
A political observer who has consid-
cradle reputation for sagacity has said
within the last week:
IF l were a professional gam
bier would not bet IS either way
upon the result in this State. Ii
the Republicans think they are go
ing to have a walk-oyer, they are
mistaken. / tell you this man
Bryan is talking to acres of men
and women, and a lot of them
drive thirty miles to hear him.
Unless / am very much out in
my calculations the working
classes, including the farmers, are
for him to-day, and will vote for
him when election time comes "a
round. / know this feeling in his
favor is not confined to the Demo
Gratis among the working classes,
but is shared by many who have
always voted for the candidates of
the Republican party"
| believe in the truth of this fore
cast for the reason, among others, that
the working classes are thinking more
than ever before about public affairs
and the bettering of their condition.
Within the past week one of the small
traders of this village expressed him.
self as follows:
For the last thirty-five years
this has been the millionaires' gov
eminent. The poor man has work
ed all the time and had but little
to say. A majority of them are
growing poorer all the time, while
the favored few are growing rich
er all the time. The laboring man
has seen all the money go into a
few hands, and now he feels that
any change, no matter what kind
of a one, cannot be for the worse,
and he is ready to strike out in
new direction"
The conditions / have briefly at
tempted to describe exist, no matter
whether right or wrong, and the lead
ers of the Republican party will be
neglectful in the performance of their
duties il they do not take them into
careful consideration. These people,
in whose hands are lodged the great
majority of the votes, have got to be
educated out of their errors before the
election, and the sooner the schools
are opened the better it will be for the
vital interests involved"