Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-10-26
KENTUCKY'S VOTE.
Never Before Republican in a National
Election, Mckinley Should Garry It.
The Old States Trusted Leaders for sount
Money Fight Of 1894 Fair indication.

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There are just three states In the
Union that have never gone Republican
in a national election. says Henry l..
Stoddard in the New York Mail and
Express, and Kentucky is one of them.
Maryland and Georgia are the otner
two. Kentucky broke record last
year by electing Republican COVER
nor II looks very much at this wiring
as if the old Blue Grass state were
about to break another record by cast
ing it's electoral vote for the Repupii-
can presidential ticket. From my op-
servations in the state. and the reports
I have seen at the different headquar-
ters. | should say that the advantage
TODAY is clearly with the sound money
cause.
1t would be strange indeed If this
were not the prospect, with the pest
citizenship of the state arrayed on its
side. with names that Kentuckians
love to honor enrolled upon the banner
of national integrity, and with every
possible agency of influence and en-
lightenment at work to have the state
step forward and do its duty on No
yc,nber g. Nowhere in all my travels
have | seen greater unanimity or deter
mination of purpose among the element
that ordinarily molds a states destinies
and opinions. The name of John G..
Carlisle is not alone in the effort to
have Kentucky vote right next month.
1t is only first in long line of names
identified conspicuously with the
To- Tot
terson is ranged by his side. So is
Senator William Lindsay. Others by
the score l could mention, not to over
look the gallant Buckner, whose name
is linked with Palmer as national
candidate.
CLOSE AND BITTER FIGHT.
With such noted sons of Kentucky as
these exciting their utmost for a sound
money verdict, and backed up as they
are by the business sentiment in every
city of the state, it is amazing that the
conditions at present do not warrant
an unqualified prediction that McKin-
ley's success here is definitely fore
Swallowed. / believe that his cause
will triumph, and that victory will be
clearly apparent before the polls open
but the race at this time is close one.
and the finishing wire not much nearer
to one than to the other.
The entire population is aroused as
it never has been before. which is say
ing great deal for Kentucky. There
will not only be the largest vote ever
polled but there will be more excite
ment on Nov. 3 next than a Kentuck-
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the situation here today, so for as ex-
element goes, for no one recalls the
equal of this campaign in the display
of personal feeling. There are some To-
calities where the antagonism is so bit
ter and deep rooted that the people
have agreed neither to attend sound
money meetings nor to read sound
money literature, and when a speaker
attempts to get up a meeting in their
midst he is not long in realizing that
he would be better off elsewhere. The
silver men are already boasting that
they will not permit Carlisle to speak
in peace. His meetings, which begin
at Covington today, are to be broken
up if possible, though he is on his ma
tive heath here and among those with
whom his years have been spent The
national Democrats are prepared for
riotous demonstrations. however, and
Carlisle, they tell me, will finish his
speeches at every scheduled place, even
if there has got to be lot of trouble
beforehand.
COMMITTEES CLAIMS.
A fair idea of the situation here can
hf triyr 4l,a 81 .,
state committees. There will be be-
tween 100000 and 100000 votes cast.
The Bryanites claim $4,000 plurality
and the Mckinley managers claim 49,
900. Neither side has a poll of the
counties that would be relied upon,
though the Republicans have one
which, so far as it goes, appears to be
trustworthy. ] doubt whether the Pop
ocrats have really attempted to get
one. Their estimates of $4,000 plural
ity, so far as I can learn, is largely
guesswork. The Republicans, on the
other hand, have 80 out of 119 counties
thoroughly canvassed, and these poll
lists averaged with the remaining SO
counties, show Mckinley majority in
the neighborhood of $4,000
The Palmer and Buckner committee
doesn't pretend to have accurate fig
ures on the state. Its work has been
to arouse the people and take chances
on the result. 1t has splendid sys-
TEN OF reports from the counties, how
ever and upon these is based the claim
that not less than 10000 Democrats will
vote against the Bryan ticket Chair
man HarVie believes that after Car
isle closes his tour the sound money
Democratic vote will be closer to &c, OOC
than to 10000. He, of course is conf
dent, in view of these figures that Brv-
an will lose the state. but he does not
expect to see the Mckinley plurality
run as high as the Republican commit
tees figures would indicate.
CHANGES FROM 1892 VOTE.
The curious phase of these campaign
figures is that the Popocrats officially
concede that 10000 Democrats are
against Bryan. They accept the SOUND
money figures, but insist that on the
presidential vote of 1892 they can still
win. That vote gave a Democratic
plurality of 40.020,.. Add to that the
Populist vote of 23,5OO and the Repub.
licans are 63.520 votes behind. On tb.,
basis the 10000 sound money Demo,
Gratis could all go to Mckinley and va,
Bryan would be ahead.