The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-04
braska.

Chicago, Oct. 3.-Senator Jones has
determined to concentrate the energy. of
the Democratic national committee on
Illinois and Indiana during the closing
weeks of the campaign. The last week
will be spent in this State by Mr.. Bryan
and much of the time in Chicago.
The Democrats have plucked up cour-
age concerning Indiana in the last few
DAYS. w. f. Durbin, member of the
national committee for Indiana, sent a
note of warning to the local leaders. to-
night. Two weeks ago he predicted the
Republicans would carry the State by
80, 900, but later reports are not so en-
couraging. He is unwilling to concede
that the Republicans may lose It, but
says there is yet some important work to
be done. The Republicans have received
encouraging news from Iowa, Nebraska,
Oregon and Wyoming to-day and dis
couraging reports fLom Michigan, Mime
sofa, Kansas and Indiana.
< So far rs the situation in Illinois Is
concerned Senator Jones is not very SAN
guine ut heart, but at the demand of the
State Democratic leaders he was induced
to issue n bulletin claiming the State by
$4,000. q. w. Barrett and Congress
man j. d. Richardson almost provoked
riot among Governor Altgeld's friends
Dy IL UdDle Ill WHICH, Juey CluSSeti
as doubtful State. Yet the best judg-
ment Of politicians here is that Senator
Jones and his colleagues have clearer
understanding of the Illinois situation
than the State Democratic committee or
more candor in stating the condition as
it really exists.
When pressed for figures to sustain
this claim on Illinois, the State Demo-
cratic managers say they are making sur
prisingly large gains down in the State,
and expect to come up to the Cook coun-
ty line with a majority of 10000 to 50,-
600. Granting these figures the closest
observers of politics give Mckinley Cook
county by fully $4,000, as the situation
exists to-day.
The Democratic managers have evil
IDENTIFY determined to try to capture this
city by storm the last week Of the cam
paign The flower of the Democratic
free silver spellbinding department vii,
be on the hustings in this Guy on the eve
of election. Pic...S are incubating to
have Governor Altgeld and Bryan appear
tcoyGner at big mass meetings and Coob
county leaders said to-day that they ex
pected toshold as many as 100 meetings
night during the last ten days of tn,
campaign.
Iowa is practically conceded to the Re
IL.
gresham Hartman, who was here n few
days ago, admitted that the Democrat
had no chance of carrying either State
and very little show of carrying Wyo
ming.
Republican confidence in Iowa wa
greatly strengthened to-day by the ar
rival of the State chairman from tn
Haweye State, who went over the situa
ton in detail and convinced the leader
that the State was true to its Republican
traditions. He admitted that montl
ago the situation was serious for the Re
publicans. EX-Congressman George w
10. Dorsey was commissioned by Mari
Hanna month ago to make Il careful
study of the situation in the States o
Iowa, Utah, Wyoming and Nebraska
Mr.. Dorsey arrived to-day, and in hi
Judgment the Republicans will carr,
Wyoming and Nebraska, and are equal,
certain to lose Utah and Idaho.
For two hours to-day a delegation O
Michigan Republicans, led by Roswell
G. Horn, labored with w. L. Durbin, O
the national Republican committee, tt
convince him of the serious situation
that confronted the Republicans in tina
State. Their reports from the rural dis
tricts were exceedingly gloomy. Theil
visit confirms the cheerful information
which has been coming in from the bacl
counties of Michigan to Daniel J. Cam
pau at Democratic headquarters or
which he has been basing claims on tn,
State.
The Republican managers say they re
gard Minnesota and Michigan as tho mos
doubtful of the group of the Central Mid
die States, but the situation has i'm
proved wonderfully in q month, and they
expect to work still greater wonders in
the four weeks that remain of the cam.
paign.
INCREASING VALUE OF WHALE.
ROME