New-York tribune., 1896-09-03
GOOD NEWS FROM THE UEsr
MR.. HORR FINDS THE FIGHT cor..,
THE REPUBLICANS FAVOR
NEBRASKA. IOWA AND MINNESOTA IN r,nv.-
FOR SOUND MoNEY-INTENsE INTEREST IN
THE CAMPAIGN-BUsINEss DEMOCRATS

FOR MKlNIEY.
To the Editor OF The Tribune:
Sir: / have been nov A month camnaign,,.
through the West. and during that time bavs
been so steadily worked as to render it npossihl.
for me to write my usual communications n
| The Tribune | avail myself Of my first monsn,,
Of leisure in orde. 10 advise the readers OF Tha
! Tribune as tG the condition OF the present cam.
paign as | find it in the West
left NewYork fully impressed with tne idea
that the free-silver craze had taken absou,.
possession OF the people. especially on the wes,
side Of the Mississippi River. Ny work began
! in the State of Nebraska / was very much SIP
! prsed at the condition If affairs In that Sta,s
] had been led to suppose that Republication
had been partially annihiIated In Nebraska and
that the enthusiasm foe Bryan was sweepng
! everything before IT, Ny first speech was made
in the city OF Lincoln. Mr. Bryan's own hom.
True the meeting 'vas held on the day that the
! delegates met in convention from the er.ire
State, representing the Republican leagues OF
that State, 49J being present some OF them
coming 300 and 400 miles to the convention
| Through a careful interview with a large mum.
Der of the delegates learned to my own salts.
| faction that the Republican party is in excellent
condition in the State of Nebraska | spoke SIX
times in the eastern portion OF the State covering
| by far the most populous portion of that com.
monwealth, going as far west as Kearney I
suppose at least four fiths of the inhabitants
| or the State are east Of a line drawn on the
western side of that city. The present excite
ment over the campaign in that State is some-
thing marvellous held six meetings in the
eastern part Of Nebraska and in numbers and
enthusiasm. they would nave done credit to
meetings held one week before the day of eec-
ion IN the campaigns in which have heretofore
oeen engaged was compelled 10 speak in the
open ar because in no place, except Omaha
was there hall big enough TO hold even one
1ourth or the people who assembled
one feature Of campaigning in the West this
year Is the intense anxiety of the people to hear
ana learn about the issues At all OF nv meet
ihgs the farmers came fiockng in from the coun-
Try lnany times from distance of thirty miles
d'd not visit single place in Nebraska where
the Republicans were mt well oreani,ad and
at work with wonderful determination n tbev
can keep up the activity with which they have
started out until the day of election Mckinley
VIII carry the State of Nebraska by more than
5000 majority
from Nebraska / went into the State OF
Minnesota That State is not as well organized
as Nebraska but her people are lust as earnest
ana full of confidence in the result The margin
IN favor of Mckinley in Minnesota Is much
larger than it is in Nebraska found some de-
lection among the Republicans Of that State
shouid nave said also found the same thing In
Nebraska. But in both States the number Of
Sound-m oney Democrats who will in event
vote for Bryan, and many OF whom will vote
directly for Mckinley much more than over
comes the Republican detection
DO not believe the people OF the East fully
comprehend how thoroughly the old-fashoned
Jacksonlan Democrats diSgusted with the
results OF the Chicago Convention. | have not
YET struck single township village or city in
the West where Democrats Of that kind are not
TO be found in considerable numbers am now
al work in the State OF Iowa. and find that
class Of Democrats much more numerous here
than in the other two States. Indeed. / as
sert there is hardly a State in the East where
the business Democrats are more unanimous
against the election Of Mr. Bryan than are the
Democrats in the State ~ Iowa Their cOnven-
ton, which has just been held. embraced many
OF the leading and most influential Democrats OF
the State
The German vote in Iowa is large For the
last few years that vote has been largely Demo-
cratic From the best information | can get
three-fourths Of the Germans in Iowa will vote
for sound money This will have a great effect
or the final result. The work in Iowa should
by no means be neglected The free-silver men
are straining every nerve 10 carry two or three
Congress districts but when YOU come to
the Presidential campaign. must say that Iowa
Is as safe for Mckinley a. the state OF Vermont
and just how Vermont Is going 10 vote VIII pe
known by the time this article appears IN print
The crops throughout the States when nave
visited are simply immense. The cornne1us pu
fair to harvest the largest number Of busnes
Der acre ever gathered or course, such a con.
dtion is directly opposed to the success o, w
calamity howlers who compose the entlre 'e"''
ership OF the Bryan men. ,
Mr. Mcknley's letter of acceptance IS rece,r- nor.
satisfaction.
vnced that no man could have been named ',
the Republican party who would nave po"' ,u
larger vote in these Western states than VIZ
our present candidate. His utterances upon 'no 10
money question are so cleGr cut 50 able anu -
unequivocal that no one finds fault with inslr l
He needs no one 10 vouch for his being III ia'ys
OF tariff bill which will raise revenue enough
to nay the expenses Of the Government
OF course, it Is yet early in the campais1n,,
still. a large number OF meetings are beng hei'
all over the three States which have ylsle,
and the work IL being done as thorough.
IL is usually done I'm 'he middle OF oc,ov,t ,,st
The people OF the West eager 10 know JuS'
what is going on in the East. ,,.
There is n general impression here IN .ne
West that Pryan's trip East has been, upoa pma
the whole. failure. and many people IA "a
laughing in their sleeves 70 think he snou" hs
he neglecting the Western country, where "a "a
did seem to have some snow. and that ~
should he spending So much time in the Ea''
where he certainly has none. ,
Will close this letter by saying to the psv, wo,,
pie who favor sound money in the East; liz
want 10 look We'll 10 your AZ" nj
satisfied that many Of the Eastern States WI.
be much troubled 20 give Mckinley one-duar'.r
as large a majority he VIII get mere here,, "
the State of Iowa The cOntes; In the 49, s
Is by far more exciting and more bitter thaII
il was In the East when | left. But thus iai
find nothing In the West which should nol 81 -
every Republican I'm the United states at W. W.,
with confidence In tie final result. go ro".
Iowa to Kansas. The word ! get from . .na
State Is not good. | only hore that i, NC,
find the condition OF affairs as different .ss ito
what am told as have found II in the Univ
States which have visited. ,,.u,
The people OF the West are just as ihsv,i susi
gent lust as patriotic and just as full OF o.t .so
ness sense as are the average people oi t''v
East The believers In honest sound ho"o os
are lust as jealous in this prairie counuy
they are I'm New-York State or Massacnuse.ssar
and tha yotes In November Will show Wnetno'