The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-07-15
of Chicago.

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gates have returned to their homes,
but the enthusiasm which faith in an
honest cause generates remains as
benediction upon the city, which will
be seen in the November election.
The city of Chicago has the distinction
of being the first great city in America
TO record itself for free silver, and in
the past week the faith of the people
in the white metal has been strength
ened The gold standard men base
their claims of strength on the fact
that all of the great newspapers of the
city advocate the gold standard. When
Carter Harrison was candidate for
mayor of Chicago, the papers formed
a conspiracy to defeat him, and to that
end his name did not appear in a
single newspaper in Chicago, except
his own, for sixty days previous to
the election. The people saw that the
newspapers were owned and controlled
against giving them a hearing, and
Harrison had the biggest majority
ever known in Chicago. History will
repeat itself in this city. The press
is great power when untrammeled,
but when controlled by the money
power and prostituted to the enrich
ment of the classes at the expense of
the masses, it becomes a dangerous
enemy to free government. Happily
the people have learned in this fight
for whom the great newspapers speak,
and they are going to vote for fair
chance, notwithstanding the fact that
most of the great newspapers are
playing on the golden keys.
In this city, as elsewhere, there is
some revolt by gold bankers and others
who say they will not vote the, ticket.
he nf olI in ba
pers. The names of thousands of toll
ers whose names never get in the pa
pers, who have always been Republic
cans, who wall vote for Bryan this
wear, outnumber the boilers ten to
one I have made it my business dur
ing the past few days to talk to all
classes and conditions of men upon
the silver question. Dining with a
friend at one of the most fashionable
hotels in the city, | found the gold
sentiment very strong, but even there
/ found some spirit that favored an
end of the gold standard rule and ruin
of the people. But at the dairy lunch
rooms, among the humble who push
the carts and yend fruits, among the
BARRIERS and walters at the hotels, the
street ear drivers and peddlers, the me-
chanics and artisans, the average citi-
zen-particularly the railroad EN-
ployees there existed a determine
ton 10 vote for silver and Bryan.
BANKERS AGAINST THE PLAIN
PEOPLE.
| had a chat this morning with d con
ductor on the Big Four raiload He
did not know / was in attendance upon
the convention, or what my views
were. He said that since the nominal
ton of Bryan he had been astounded
at the number of Republicans who
have declared their determination TO
vote for him. "Only yesterday morn
ing" he added, -four farmers boarded
the cars and as / was taking up the
tickets, | observed they were talking
politics. One of the party had been
a lifelong Democrat-the others were
Abraham Lincoln Republicans who had
never split ticket. They were all
enthusiastic for Bryan, and said their
neighbors were the same way. | have
heard and known of fifty Republicans
in one county who will vote for Bryan
on the silver question" And, as he left
me he added, every time it is pub
lished that banker has bolted the
ticket, twenty farmers leave the Re
publican party and swell the Bryan
forces
| heard similar statements from
other sources, and those disap-
pointed politicians whose people re-
fused to continue them in positions of
leadership, who are getting themselves
in the gold papers by boiling,
are not alarming anybody. There are
many gold Democrats, who, j. having
worked themselves up to fever heat
for gold, think that to be consistent
hay al Hi
in their early resentment over defeat.
Some of them will go over to Mark
Hanna and his corrupt Doodle ma
chine, but most of them are grounded
upon true Democratic principles, and
before November will initiate that able
and distinguished Democrat of Ohio,
TOM JOHNSON'S LOYALTY.
Tom johnson, who said: II do not be-
lieye in free coinage at the ratio of
16 to /, but am going with you. The
Democratic party i'll this contest is
making a struggle for humanity" lie
was warmly applauded. While not
convinced of the wisdom of the ratio,
Mr. johnson sees in the nomination
of Mr.. Bryan the daWning of day
of equal opportunity for the masses,
and his big heart eompels him to 90
III a contest where money is arraigned
against manhood. He lives in Ohio,
and he knows the era Of class legisla-
ton and special privilege which Mark
Hanna would inaugurate if he could
land Mckinley in the White House.
The Ohio delegates here believe that
they have an even chance of beating
Mckinley in his own State. They de
clare that both in the mining and agri-
cultural districts of the Buckeye State,
the laborers are in open revolt at Me-
Kinleys espousal of the doctrine OF
the gold standard, and that thousands
who have always supported him in the
belief that he was favorable to silver
are now declaring that they will vote
for none but silver man. / had
a talk with the editor of the Plain
dealer, a power in Ohio, and he is
most hopeful. Senator Blackburn