The evening times., 1896-09-17

lican Congressional campaign conmittee,
returned this morning from bis stufnping
tour through the far West.
During his absence he has given par
| ticular attention 10 the situation i'll Iour
| States-Nebraska,- Washington, oregon,
and California.
The result OF his observatious is an ex-
| ceedingly rosy view OF Republican pros
| poets. lie was accompanied by Repre-
| sentative Samuel W. Mccall. of Massa-
| chusetts.
Su.u AIr. Apsley at Republican hcadquar
ters this morning: s.s, .,.f,i. Too. ....
Il left Washington five weeks ago to-
| day, accompanied by my colleague OF the
| Massachusetts delegation, Hon. Samuel W.
Mccall. Since that time we have Wis
| tied Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska,
| Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada. Coo
rado Oregon, Washington, Montana and
North Dakota. We spent most of our time
| in the Pacific coast States. l never. IN
my life, saw such enthusiastic political
meetings. .......
| The largest hall or tEeater in the place
was generally much too small. Even in Col
! orado we held two rousing ueetings in one
night within three miles of each other, and
1
That believe If We keep up the aggressive
| fight which is now on we may confidently
expect to carry the State for Mr. Mckinley
| or at least that Senator Teller viii be
obliged to return hone and give matters
| there considerable attention The senti-
ment in the Pacific States has rapidly
| grown In favor Of Mr.. Mckinley.
| I'm San Francisco the meeting was a
was Something tremehd6us. The party
| leaders there are confident that california
will be found In the Mckinley col,Nnn.
'in many parts OF the State the sound
money idea is strongly prevalent, am In
those sections where there is pronounceS
free coinage sentiment the doctrine of pro
lection has a powerful hold and will serve
20 keep the Republican line solid. In fact,
everywhere. we found the feeling for Nc
Kinley and protection overwhelming.
OPENED. AT PORTLAND.
The meeting at Portland, Greg, was
realiy-the opening smeetDg OF the. cam
pagn In the State, and was presided over
| by MI Hirsch, ch airman OF the state com
! mitlee.. The 1arfs. tbeater was densely
packed, and yet hundreds were turned
away The same may he said Of tue meet
| ipgs, at. .napy other points The Eastern
| speaker in the Pacific coast campaign Is
a good deaf OF n poveity4' - ,. paHvrf
| MIR McCallwas Most generously received,
andniade remarkably strong and effective
| series OF speeches upon the financial ques
| tinn. Since our experience there IL has
! leen decided.;I think wisely, by The ma
| tiuual committse, tn, send o otlsr. speakers
| from the East to the Pacific Slope Ex-
| Congress Ben iarnfrf erwuTth, of
| Ohio. and Others start next week Sen
atur John Sherman is out there, and il is
| hoped that he viii consent to make few
| speeches on the coast
After cnrerny comforting with the
representative men in the party in the
| States named, and thoroughly considering
the situation as presented, AM OF the
opinionthat tifthenationa a nd Congressional
Committees continue the aggressive edu-
| catinnaI fight that they have teen making
with no cessation in their efforts. the only
| States in the whole North that need be CON
ceded to Mr.. Bryan are possibly three or
| four of the small mining States.
Before starting on this trip i ieieved
that Mr.. Mckinley would be elected by
.argc majority; l am Dow convinced that
ms victory vii he simply overwhelming
There are six weeks yet before the election,
| and ii is not the intention o let tie campaign
lag ''' '''H =
Mr. Apsley narrated many incidents OF
| his trip, which. from a Republican point
of view, were highly gratifying.
Spokane, Wash, ~ said he, ''is the hot
| bed of silver sentiment in the State. The
| meeting held there shortly after the st.
| Louis convention to ratify the nomination
| of Mr. Mckinley was SO small in numbers
| that n good-sized elevator might have car
| ried those present to the hall where 1t was
| held. Our meeting was very largely at
| tended, and the enthusiasm was indeed,
great.
"A reference To Mr. Bryan made in one
| OF the earlier speeches was greeted with
| cheers, but at the crnciusion the cheers
were all Tor the Republican candidates and
were kept up on the sidewalks after the ad
jOurnnent. Mckinley club has since
been organiz ed in Spo kane, with a member
| ship of over l 100.
AT Colorado Springs, when we went
! in 20 dinner at the hotel, wearing Mckinley
| buttons, we were advised that we would
| find Colorado more enjoyable If we dis
pensed with these badges, but disregarded
| this friendly advice, and had a great time
nevertheless We held a Couple OF grand
| Republican rallies at Colorado City and
Colorado Springs, both on the same evening,
and both largely attended and entirely
| successful in every way.
"At the springs we were obliged to ad-
journ our meeting to a larger hall. so many
| were unable to obtain admission to the one
in which we Opened. At Colorado City a
McKinley club of $50 was organized at the
conclusion of our meeting. and its numbers.
have since been largely augmented"
/ REPORTS FROM VIRGINIA
Gen. Eppa Hunton, of Virginia, who has
been making a stumping tour OF that State.
| visited Democratic headquarters this morn
| ing and reported results Of bis observations
to Senator Faulkner.
Everywhere ] go in Virginia." he said,
''the same conditions are apparent-a
| lively interest, in the great issue OF this
| campaign on the part OF the Democratsand
increasing accessions to the Chicago ticket
from the Republicans. spoke in Stafford
yesterday Tomorrow am going to speak
for Blair Lee at Buckle ystown. Any ma
| jority for Bryan less than $4,000 would
| surprise me-"
IN Stafford, which went against us
400 at the last election. the Republicans
can only claim 200 now"
| Similar news is expressed in a letter from
Mr.. Joseph Button. secretary Of the Demo-
cratic State committee Of Virginia. who
claims also solid Democratic Congress
fsionaI delegation from that State.
|. Mr.. d. c. Banks, secretary Of the Demo
cratic committee OF Bland county. has writ
ten to local headquarters as follows. CON-