Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-09-15
MISSOURPs CAMPAIGN.
Leading Republicans Figure Out n
Very Hopeful Prospect.

MIssOURPS CAMPAIGN.
Leading Republicans Figure Out n
Very Hopeful Prospect.
| Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star
ST. LOUIS Mo-. September ID, 1885,
Both OF the great political parties Of
Missouri are beginning to give out esti-
mates Of strength. but as yet the reprbll-
| cans are alone in backing up their claims
with figures to show the details
Sam. B. Cook chairman Of the democratic
state central committee, said yesterday:
organs majority In the state will reach
oo,ooo, and 1t may possibly exceed that
ngrre. I base this on figures received
within the last few days from different
sections Of the state. which convince me
that the democratic vote will be considera-
bly, augmented by defections from the re-
| publican ranks and by the practically solid
| vote of the populists of the state. 1 do
not consider the strength of the gold demo-
| Gratis In the state as being formidable
rough to affect the result materially"
Inc republicans are more explicit. They
DO not claim that Mckinley will carry the
STATE, but they insist that so far as the
national ticket is concerned the majority
OF -FOUR years ago will be greatly reduced,
ana That Lewis, the republican nominee
Ior governor, has more than an even
chance of election
rms Is the way Chauncey T. Filley chair
| mfttee. figures it:
"A partial canvass Of the state" he says,
SHOWS mat the strength of the gold dem
ocrats In Missouri is nearly 250O0, more
than half Of which will go directly IN Mo
| Kinley and Lewis. The number of silver
| republicans in the state in my opinion. will
| not reach 5000 and most Of these will re-
| main loyal to the state ticket From all
reports that can get. the gold democrats
| outnumber the silver republicans about five
| to one. In the city of st. Louis, for in
| stance, the Democratic Sound Money Club
! has membership of 1900. while not a
| single organization of silver republicans
| has been formed
| The democrats claim that the gold DEM
! ocratlc vote Of the entire state will not ex-
coed 1000 We claim, after a partial cam
vass of the city, that there will be that
many in st. Louis alone.
Immigrant Voters.
| Another element Of strength which we
| are counting upon for the republican ticket
IS in the enormous number of immigrants
which have poured into Missouri In the
| last three years from Nebraska, Iowa and
! South Dakota. At least 10000 new voters
will be registered from this source, and full
| iy three-fourths of them are republicans
| Now, let US see about the figures. In 1892
| the vote for President was as follows:
Cleveland. 26S, $685. Harrison. 2oG,9lS: Wea-
| yer. Alb. Add to the democratic vote
| 1908 silver republicans, 1,213 populsts and
| 10000 new voters. At the same time de-
| duct 2ooo gold democrats and you have
| S9,6ll- To the republican vote of 226,9 s
| add 1000 gold democrats and 3ouD new
| voters. after subtracting 300 silver repub-
| iicans, and the result is a total of 266.9 lS.
! This would give Bryan a plurality of 81. 6sTi
as compared with II $50 for Cleveland in 81
| But there is another feature of the case
| 10 be considered. The populists of this
| state are middle-of-the-road men, and IN
| spite of fusion / have reason to believe
| that not more than half of them will vote
| for Bryan. Many of them wifi file their
| protests in the shape Of votes for Mckinley.
| This would make Missouri very doubtful
| state, nationally.
| The outlook for the state ticket is de-
| cidedly encouraging. The populists have a
| strong ticket Of their own and there is
no reason why ii should not hold the en-
| tire party vote. This seems assured, for
| the double reason that all attempts at
| fusion have failed. and chiefly because
| stephens. the democratic nominee, is presi-
| dent of national bank. The populists
| say they could not support him on that
| account.
| Taking. then, the vote of 90 as a basis.
| ana adding to 1t 300 silver republicans
ana 10000 new voters and subtracting 25.orJ
| gold democratic votes. We have 2JJ SOS From
| the republican vote of x1j,91S subtract -ssJ
| silver republicans and add 1900 gold dem
| ocratic :'o,p,o new voters, and the result
| of nearly 5000
| To add further 10 our hope of success
| .iie returns snow that IN the last two cleo
| lions the democratic nominees for governor
| ran nearly 10000 behind the national ticket
| and II this occurs now we will surely elect
| d republican governor. We have a fighting
chance for the national ticket
| Inc estimate made by Secretary VIM
| NJ. Reedy of the gold democratic commit
| zee is very similar to that made by MIR
| riley, the main difference being that he
esunates the strength of the gold demo-
| cratic vote at 30 900.
Want of Funds.
}. McD. Trumbie. who was nominate
| ny the eold democrats for governor, is re-
| sarded as one Of the ablest men of tho
| STATE, and has reputation a campaign
| er Stephens, the regular democratic no,,i-
| nee, never made set speech in his life
and as consequence will not take the
stump. He has arrayed against him the
| saloon element of the state because of
a prohibition letter he wrote some wears
| ago, and which has been but recently
brought to life He was one of the first
OF the democratic leaders of the state.
! however, TO espouse the silver cause ami
| tnls MS friends claim will add greatly TO
his strength
One thing that is initiating against the
| democrats in this state is a lack OF money
| for campaign expenses OF the mon who
| have given generously in the past nearly
| all are in the gold ranks, and as q result
the state central committee is finding il
nard TO supply quarter of the demand
| Tor financial literature.
| The republicans on the contrary have
| an abundance of cash and are flooding
| every district of the state with printed
| matter. More than a carload mas been
| distributed thus far. and the work is going
| on night and day. They have reduced
| their work to such a system that they
| nave the name of every silver or wayer-
ing republican in the state and are bonn
! harding them with sound money tracts and
| pamphlets. They claim that they will
| know how every voter in the state stands
1t seems probable now that ST. Louis
| VIII return either three republican Con-
| gresSmen or two republicans and a sound
| money democrat. Congressman Richard
| Barthodt, who has been renominaGed by
| the republicans, has a natural majority
| Of nearly 5000 in his favor, and the great
| er number of his constituents are Ger
| mans, who are practically unanimous for
| the gold standard.
| Congressman Cobb will retire in the
| twelfth district and the sound money demo-
| Gratis will nominate Rolla Wells, vino was
| the leader of the St. Louis democracy until
| the split occurred over the financial ques-
| ton. The district is Overwhelmingly
against free silver, and 1t is possible that
| Wells may be Endorsed by the republicans
| In the eleventh district Congressman
Charles Joy will probably be renominate ted