Evening star., 1896-10-03
Size Of the Republican Majority the
Only Thing Of Interest.
THREE REMARKABLE BETS MADE
Democratic Chairmen Without
Funds and Cannot Get Any.
SILVER SENTIMENT WANING
Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
HARRISBURG, Pa, October l, 1895.
Pennsylvania is SO overwhelmingly one
sided in politics that about tho only thing
that will bear watching, as Of interest is
the size of the majority she will give the
republican ticket. The shrewdest repub-
hcan politician in the state. an editor of ra-
ttonal repute. said last night. and he offered
to back his language with coin at 16 to 1,
that Pennsylvania republican majority
will he in excess Of the combined ,najorities
of all the states carried by Bryan. There
were no takers. Then he made another
propostion-the majority in the electoral
college for Mckinley will be larger than the
combined vote of Bryan in the college.
Again no takers when he offered to bet on
this latter proposition. There can be no
question concerning the correctness of his
statement about Pennsylvania. Tuesday
evening of this week witnessed the close of
the time for filing certificates Of nomina-
tion for those candidates on all tickets who
have been nominated by regular party Or
ganizations. During the week previous hun
dreds of democrats and republicans, few
populists and some prohibitionis.s, visited
Harrisburg to see that the nomination GER
t:fcates were all right. OF all those who
were interrogated concerning the majority
In Pennsylvania not one put 1t less than
2OO,OtO, and the man who suggested the
lesser figure was sangu!ne democrat who
believes in the magnetism of Bryan. and
says there is deep undercurrent Ct feeling
for the man from Nebraska.
Three Bets ON the State.
State Treasurer Haywood has made three
bets on the way Pennsylvania will go. He
bet that Mckinley will have 100000 ma
jority in the state, that the democrats
would not poll 10000 votes, and that
Bryan will not carry three counties in the
state. AS the democratic vote is about
little more than half that cast by the re-
publicans. and as the combined vote Is
about 100000, 1t can easily b seen that the
state treasurer has permitted his enthusi-
asm to chase away his judgment. Anl yet
there are others who think he made three
fortunate bets. At the last general election
the democrats polled 2S2,OOO votes, but 1t Is
a fair estimate to say that at least half Of
that number have either come out openly
for Mckinley or will vote for Palmer. In any
event Bryan will lose them. A great many
will not vote at all, and in that Mr.. Hay
wood expects to win his second bet. There
are two sure democratic counties In the
state at this writing-EerkS and Pike. The
first has always been rock-ribbed III Its
democracy, and the second does not know
anything but the democratic party. And
yet an attempt will be made to capture both
of them.
The Democratic State Chairman.
State Chairman Garman of the demo-
cratic state committee is not disposed
to agree with the republicans that they
will capture as many counties they
did when Hastings was elected governor.
He insists that there will he falling off in
that direction, and that the democrats will
get hack some of the counties lost in the
landslide of two years ago. Mr.. Garman
is making a vigorous effort to recapture
some of the congressional districts that
never until 1894 elected anything but a
democrat to Congress. He is so much in
earrest that he has had himself nominated
| in the Luzerne district to succeed Leis-
enring, and Is making a very vigorous
battle. But Garman is sadly handicapped
for lack Of finances. He has no money,
he does not know where to go for money.
and he will not get any money, and he
realizes the situation. This week he sent
out circulars to wealthy democrats ask
| ing them to contribute to the campaign,
| but the answers he received discouraged
him very much. The men of means in the
| demo cratic party in Pennsylvania, with but
| few exceptions, are against free silver. and
| the action of the recent democratic conven-
| ton held here in placing four populist
electors and one populist candidate for
| Congress at large on the ticket, IN an ef-
| fort to catch the populst vote, has had
| the effect Of making the democrats who
ere old-liners and wanted to support Bry-
an alone very angry. Then. too, Mr.. Gar
| man cannot get a cent from the corpora
| tions. When Harrity ran the campaigns
| here. attic ugh they were generally unsuc-
| cessful, he could always get money from
| the corporations. This year they will not
put up cent. On the other hand they are
all contributing to the success Of the Nc.
| kinley ticket. This attempt at fusion or
| the part of the democracy has It's funny
side. At the convention called to NEE,
| har he Of ohor
| made by the democrats with the populists
by which the pops were given a candidat te
| for Congress at large and four electors, II
| return for which they were to vote the
| balance of the democratic state ticket The
populsts decided to take one of their candi
! oates for Congress at large off the stat
| ticket to make room for democrat, bu
he was made of pretty stern stuff and no
| titled the state chairman that If any at
| tempt vas made to remove him he would
| mandamus the chairman and compel hin
to certify his name to the secretary o.
| state That had the desired effect Two
| pcpulist candidates for Congress at large
were certified to the state department ant
| the democrats name was left off the popu
i list ticket. And now some Of those wht
were parties to the bargain are wonder
| ing II they were not sold elegant larg,
gold brick.
The republican state chairman, John F
| IIihiH, Ids Ill tue money ne wants, an
that Is not much. This campaign so far a
the republicans are concerned, is runnin
itself in Pennsylvania. All it needs
somebody at headquarters to keep the ma
chinery we'll oiled, and it goes alon
smoothly. Chairman Elkin takes all tn
money that comes his way, uses littl
for office needs and sends the balance owe
to Mark Hanna in New York. He has ha
the pleasure of sending some nice fs
checks to republican national headqual
ters. and there are plenty more where the
came from that can be had for the asking
So, 1t will be seen why Pennsylvania wi
give 100000 majority for Mckinley when
Is said that every two democrats out {
three are either for Palmer or McKinle,
the democratic state organization is wea
ard demoralized. with no funds and tn
republican organization is lusty and ha
all the money it wants.
There is very little free silver sentimer
in the state. and that is confined to thos
who were greenbackers in 1873. Even
the Erie-Crawford congressional distric
where Mr.. Sibley is again a candidate, til
, free silver idea Is dying out and 1t is MOI
than likely that Sibley will be defeated.
week after the Chicago convention thel
were q great many free silver men
Pennsylvania. 1t is useless to deny 1t. B,
the campaign of education was at ono
| commenced and in a rarna rk hlv short f;yv