Santa Fe daily New Mexican., 1896-08-13
NATIONAL POLITICS.
SEES SUCCESS AHEAD,

NATIONAL POLITICS.
SEES SUCCESS AHEAD.
Washington.-The Democratic mana.
gers are elated over the reports they have
received of the spread of Bryan and free
silver sentiment during the past few days
Senator Faulkner said:
II am greatly encouraged over the po.
litical outlook in states which our Re-
publican friends see fit to rate as doubt
full. The Democratic ticket is gaining
strength everywhere. To such an extent
has the sentiment for Bryan and Sewall
developed that we feel certain of success
in November. The people Of the country
fully realize the fact that it is the financial
question and not the tariff that is the
paramount issue in the ca.apaign. am
aware that the Republican campaign COM
mittee has raised nearly $10,000,O00 in
New York alone, and that almost unlim-
tied funds can be secured, but let me
tell you the people can not be bought
this year. I have learned from nomi-
nee for congress in New York state that
there is in his district strong silver SEN
timent, and he believes it will control at
the election. Other similarly encourag-
ing reports have come from the eastern
states, where silver is believed to have no
foothold at ALL"
When Senator Faulkner's attention was
called to statement made by Senator e.
kins in New York last Saturday that West
Virginia could be counted as safe for Mo
Kinley, ne said:
"Senator Elkins knows better. The
Mountain state has gone Republican but
once in more than twenty years, and that
was in the slump year of 1894. l don't
think it will 60 Republican again. The
majority for Bryan and Sewall will be
way up In the thousands, and We feel con-
fident of success at the congress onal elec-
tions. To show you the drift OF political
feeling there, in Mason county five clubs
of Republicans who will vote for Bryan
and Sewall electors have been formed, and
in Kanawha county, in which the city OF
Charleston is located, the capital of the
state, thirty-seven Democratic clubs have
been organized, not one of which has less
than five Republican members, and one
of them has thirty-five. In another coun-
ty, which has only 5000 votes, 1872 Repub-
licens are known to be for the Democratic
ticket, and three men who have been Re-
publican nominees for congress in the
past are going to stump the state for the
Democracy. This will show you the
political drift in West Virginia"
WHO BUSINESS MEN ARE.
The proposition of National Chairman
Mark Hanna and his political associates
that this is "business mems campaign"
has been accepted by the Democratic
managers. Senator Faulkner, at Demo
cratic congressional headq quarters, has is-
sued statement which, after quoting the
definition of "business man." as pre-
sented by Mr.. Bryan in his convention
speech, sets forth table containing the
number of persons employed in fourteen
gainful industries as follows:
Total in all gainful occupations, 22,-
735,661.
In agriculture, fisheries and mining, s.
O13,2Ol, or 1854 per cent.
In manufactures and mechanical indus
tries, 5,O91, ,669, or 22.40 per cent.
In domestic and personal service, A.
800, SOC, or 1918 per cent.
In trade and transportation, 3,325.962,
or 1853 per cent.
In professional service, 944 1923, or AIS
per cent.
Total, 100 per cent.
A few subdivisions of the above follow:
In agriculture, 8,449,94S, or 37.3S per
cent.
Carpenters and joiners, GIL, All, or 2.67
per cent.
Miners, $40, ,588, or l.53 per cent.
Locomotive engineers and aremen, 49,
463, or .34 per cent.
Officials, banks and insurance, trade,
trans portation, trust and other com-
panies, 1886, or II per cent.
Wholesale merchants and dealers, 31,-
1899, or .13 per cent.
Bankers and brokers, 10000, or .13 per
cent.
"a glance Of the above fgures is sufi-
cient to show how radically different are
the principles of the two political parties.
Viewed from the Republican standpoint,
the few bankers and brokers, the few
wholesale merchants, the few officials Of
trust, trade, transportation aud other cor.
porations are the only genuine business
men, and the millions engaged in agricul.
ture and labor are of no account except
as sub jects for abusive cartoons.
"Viewed from the Democratic stand.
point, the members of the national, state
and local oranges are as much business
men as the members of the national and
local boards of trade, and their votes
count Just as much. The members of the
national and local labor organizations
are as much business men as the mem.
bers Of the national bankers associations
and their votes count just as much. The
locomotive engineer, who at the risk o1
his own life saves the train from wreck
is far more useful business man thar
the stock gambler of Wall street who 40
cumulates millions by wreckiag The
finances of railroads, and his vote counts
Just as much.
"In brief" the statement concludes
"the millions of farmers, producers ani
laborers of all classes are as much bust
ness men as the few who live, thrive ano
grow rich by trading IN the products O
labor"
wORKINGMKN yoR BRYAN.
New York.-Ihe Democratic managert
are grstified at the friendly attitude OF tn,
workingmen Of the country toward th'
Democratic ticket.
1--WE have learned,n said one of them
'sthat organised labor generally will sup
port Bryan and Sewall. Especially il
this true of railway employees. Tho en-
ployes of the Baltimore q Ohio railroa,
COMPANY, for instance, We have been in
formed, will support the ticket, and en-
ployes Of other lines will be Of the sam
mind. II is said that nine out OF every
ten men employed in the great shops 0
the Pennsylvania railroad Ut Altoona hav,
announced their intention to vote TO
Bryan and Sewall. Heretofore these sam
men have usually voted the Republican
ticket. OF course, nobody expects Penn