The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1896-10-23
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Scared are the Republicans at the Vast
Crowds Bryan is Speaking to.


cedented demonstrations which
Bryan received at almost every
mile of his journey through Ohio
has awakened the gravest appre
tensions here, 1t is apparent thai
Ohio is in danger of casting the
majority Of its votes for silver, and
at this late date IL is apparent thai
nothing can be done to prevent it
The Republicans cannot calm theil
fears this time with the thought
that the people of all Northern Ohio
turned out TO hear Bryan from q
feeling Of curiosity.
1t is the second time he has GOV.
cred the Western Reserve, and his
crowds on this occasion were larger
:han on the first. All the careful
work which the Republicans have
bNcn dot & and all the money they
have been spending has resulted in
naught. The people, when Bryan
approaches, lose all thought OF any
thing except the fact that the man
who will bring them renewed pros
perity is near. Their devotion to
him is wonderful, and they flock to
hear him in numbers the like tf
which has never been known.
This fact has at last forced Itself
into the sanguine minds of the
members of Major McKinleS's Off
cial household here, and all the
trumped up reports which Mr..
Hanna sends from Chicago of the
condition of affairs in other states
are insufficient to quell their fears.
If Ohio turns out as it has to see
and hear Bryan, and If, as follows
in sequence, ALMOST surely that
Ohio is to cast her vote for Bryan,
there is little use in reading figures
from other states. If the home
state of Major Mckinley refuses to
give him a majority, then there is
little to be expected from other
states. This is the feeling that has
taken possession Of the Mckinley
advisors here and the members Of
the "Kitchen Cabinet" Bryan's
last visit TO Ohio has made terrible
inroads into the Republican lines,
This cannot be denied even by the
most enthusiastic Mckinley men
here. That most remarkable and
most important feature of the cam
paign which has all along been
laughed at as something visi mary
and impossible by the Republicans
of the Mckinley household here, is
at last an unmistakable reality to
them. They know now to cer-
tainty that there is II great under
current Ct feeling among the labor
ing men. They know now why
the visit of so many delegations of
workingmen to Canton have ap-
peared perfunctory and tame.
They realize that thousands OF
workingmen in the big cities, who
are wearing Mckinley buttons, will
surely as the sun sets, vote for
Bryan a week from next Tuesday.
What the strength of this element
is they have no means Of estimat-
Ing. They only know that it is a
menace to McKinley's success; !;
that no one can tell how great il is
or how disastrous will be the re-
suit on election day. 1t is present
ed to the Mckinley managers in
no uncertain light ut last that the
majority of the workingnen will
not vote for the gold candidate.
The tariff bubble has been of insult
ficient brilliancy to catch them.
They have found the real cause Of
their wrongs and their privations
at last and they are resolved TO
right the wrong. All the tariff
talk in the world will not win them
from this idea. These are some of
the facts that have been brought
home with startling vividness to
the Republican candidate by
Bryan's tour in Ohio. Newspaper
accounts OF Bryan's great meetings
in other states have been ignored
for the most part in the Mckinley
household, but when the silver
champion comes to Ohio ii is differ
ent thing and he has been care
fully watched from Canton during
his recent tour. Many are the anx.
ious kilograms that have passed
between this point and the elegant
private office of M. A. Hanna in
the Chicago headquarters. Chair
man Hanna has to all practical
purposes ignored the farmer in this
campsign. There has been a per-
functory effort to circulate cam
paign literature in the farming dis
tricts, but IL has been the factory
and the labor vote that Mr.. Hanna
has made his great play for. He