The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-10-27
DELAWARE IS SAFE.
Its Electoral Votes Will Surely
Stand in the Mckinley
Column.

To-day marks the beginning of tho clos.
ing week of this extraordinary campaign
and from the many reports which have
been coming from every portion Of the
state the past few days Delaware will sure
ly cast Its electoral votes for william Nc
Kinley and Carrot A. Hobart.
This, of course, is entirely reverse tc
what the popocrats Of our little common.
wealth would have you believe. But Del
aware is now rooted in the Republican
ranks and when the morning of Novom.
Der dawns, all vestigo OF Organism, pop
ulism, anarchism and all other isms, ex.
coptin2 patriotism, will have taken the
wings of the morning and flown to some
distant cline never to be resurrected
For several weeks after Mr.. Bryan YVES
in our midst, the state was almost over
whelmed by tho free silver wave. Demo
Gratis entertained no doubt that the boy or
ator Of the Platte would carry everything
before him /. Irving Handy, Ebe w. Tun.
mel, John Salisbury and Neary's Gala
hans and the complete crowd wore political
smiles. They were full of courage and
hope. The dramatic manner of the Boy
Orator had INSPIRED them.
Some of them evon won't SO far as to de-
clare that u formal campaign would not
be necessary as the sentiment of the voters
was 30 Overpoweringly in favor of the
nominee and the platform of the Chicago
convention that the cry of Bryan and free
silver would be sufficient itself to pile up
the greatest vote against the Republicans
Of Delaware ever known in the history of
the state. For awhile this dellrium OF joy
continued unabated. The Republicans
were whirled into the general intoxica-
ton. Political leaders admitted the state
was doubtful.
But three weeks ago all hands recovered
l,n 10 mi nf hn
silver craze, and the result is that q de-
cided change has come over the spirit of
tho dream Of the Delaware Bryanites, and
to day 1t Is almost impossible to find Il
man in this city ready to offer odds that
the boy orator will carry the State Bets
are being made freely enough, but for
small amounts and no odds are offered or
given Three to one is freely offered on
Mckinley s election, but the Bryanites in
sist upon four and five to one and are not
at all eager to risk their money oven then.
There are few banners or transparencies
for their demagoguo.
There arc moro banners and pictures of
Mckinley here than in any part of the
state. This shows the sentiment Of bust.
IL rs men and intelligent reputable citizens
Of all classes concerned. Mckinley and
sound money arc advocated by everybody
with whom you come in contact
In other words tho tangible vote is for
sound money.
The Organizes assert that somewhere
are countless hundreds Of farmers and
workingnen, "tOiling masses Of human
ity' whose souls are being crushed out by
"plutocrats" and 'monopolsts' who are
standing, ballot in hand ready to vote
for the party now being led by Bryan,
Alleged and Debs Those who control
affairs in this State declare that this is an
imaginary state of things The iffluen-
tial farmer also has II voice in the denun-
citation. There imagination exists only
in the land of nowhere.
This year the Palmer and Buckncr vote
will amount to little or nothing and the
Republicans are confident that with the
support of the few Prohibitionists aud
sound money Democrats they can do what
they propose.
Returning to State affairs H. Irving
Handy is II fit subject for cxccraton. He
has been planting in the minds Of our
farmers that with Bryan all will he pros
pCrity. But by them and the luboring
classes he has been branded humbug
whose speeches are merely tho windy APP
peas OF Il dclnagogue seeking tor votes.
NiImingtonians are onto him. His
dnysof iavorltiSm are over. They take no
interest in man whose purpose is to up
hold the Chicago platform, the Intentions
of which are revolutloni2inr and II
menace to the honor and stability of the
American Government and the main
tGuanCe of commercial prosperity. JOna-
than $. Willis is now the idol and any
thing to the contrary como from the
mouths of men who know no more about
the situation that u cow does of a tele
scope
The headquarters Of all the parties arc
here, therefore it is an easy matter to find