Middletown transcript., 1896-10-03
The Campaign In the East
Has Been Abandoned
by the Popocrats.
REPUBLICANS ACTIVE.
Bryan's Claims Of Strength
Disproved by Facts-Po-
itical Conditions
In the East.

disguise the fact Already the Washing
ton headquarters, which were established
at the special request of Chairman Jones,
have been closed up, and the headquarters
In this city, which never had any vitality,
are as quiet and as still as Nebraska
graveyard. Even Bryan's attempts to gal
vanize the corpse of the eastern Democracy
have met with no response, and, save Cor
the tribute which curious people have
paid, his visits to New Jersey, New York,
Connecticut and Maine have been abso-
lutely unproductive. Every one now real
ICES this situation and comedies the hope
lessness of any attempt to promote Bryan's
candidacy in this part Of the country, ex-
cept Bryan himself and a few deluded
Popocrats
The logic Of the situation Is inexorably
and irrevocably against Bryan. In the
Empire State the Democracy is SO badly
and so hopelessly divided that only hand
full of Democrats of the Tammany Hall
stripe identify themselves with his cam
paign. The decentralization Of the party
was complete enough when representative
men like ex-governor Flower, Perry Bel
mont, William C. Whitney, Bourke Cook
ran and General Daniel E. Sickles deserted
it and declared that the cause of sound
and honest money was dearer to them than
any party. But this disintegration of a
once powerful and united political organ
ization was completed when the Demo
Gratis at their convention nominated
man, Mayor Thacher Of Albany, whose
first act was repudiation Of Bryan's plat
form.
Since that time all hope Of carrying New
York for president, governor or any other
office has been abandoned 1t Is because of
these conditions and because Of growing
and powerful sentiment in favor Of the
Republican candidates that Mr.. Haokett,
chairman of the Republican state commit
tee, not only claims the state for MoKin-
ley and Hobart by 200, 900 plurality, but
asserts that New York city, the home Of
Tammany and the Gibraltar of the De-
mocracy, will give the Republican candi-
dates an emphatic majority away up in
the thousands.
Not the least remarkable feature Of the
ingmen are strongly In favor OF sound
money, and recent secret ballot made up
of the votes of thousands Of workingmen
in ali sorts of factories shops and mills
discloses q handsome majority for McKin-
ley.
This is the situation in New York. It
should be remembered that it was only
few weeks ago that the Bryanites were
claiming that New York and the entire
east were honeycombed with silver senti-
ment, and 80 confident of this was Mr..
Bryan after his return west from his first
speaking trip that he told Thousands of
his hearers that New York would certain
ly vote for free silver and all the eastern
states would show tremendous gain for
the doctrines represented by him and the
Chicago platform. Since then the states
of Vermont and Maine have spoken against
the silvery heresy with an emphasis and q
distinctness that even the boy orator can
not misunderstood.
1t was as futile for Bryan to claim New
York and to make extravagant boasts with
respect to Vermont and Maine as it was
for him in his recent Philadelphia speech
to fish for tho electoral vote of Pennsylva-
MIA, which so competent jury as Alex
Mcclure the veteran Democratic editor of
the Philadelphia Times, declares will be
cast for Mckinley by 800, 900 more votes
than the Bryan ticket will receive. The |
same reports may, with figures changed,
but the general result unnltered, be made |
with reference to the other states of the |
eastern and middle Atlantic seaboard
It should not be inferred, however, be- |
cause the outlook Is so bright and the or
ganization so effective in these states that |
The members of the Republican national |
committee are idle. 1t Is not proposed by |
any of them that overconfdenoe shall |
ruin the prospects of campaign already |
full of the brightest promise or that 1t 4
shall lead to Indifference or neglect in
single state. No state or section Of o state /
IS deemed so certain that effort in behalf |
If the Republican candidates can be aban-
loned.
On the contrary, the committeeman have
n effect adopted the motto which Mr.. Jo-
'eph Il. Manley adopted in the Maine cam
to conduct the campaign |
ls II the result depended upon single |
7ote. With this object in view the COM
nittee, both at its headquarters here and
n Chicago, are working day and night to
make the assurance of McKinley's election
LOUDLY sure, and speakers and documents
re being sent to all parts of the country
n the effort to carry out this important
work.
The simple contrast between the active,
well organized work Of the Re-
publican committee and the disorganized
nd leaderless conduct of the Popocratio
is of itself striking Indication
f the drift and tendency of affairs in the
,olitical world.