Kansas City daily journal., 1896-10-19
I0WA's NEXT SENATOR.
Hon. John n. Baldwin, of Council
Bluffs, Talks of His Recent Trip
Through the Northwest.

Through the Northwest.
Hon. John \. Baldwin, of Council Bluffs,
Ia, was in the city yesterday, the guest
OF Henry Wollman. Mr.. Baldwin is one Of
the most prominent lawyers of the state
of Iowa and an orator of national repute
He made one of the hits at the ST. Louis
convention In his speech nominating Sena-
tor Allison for president, and he is said
to be the probable next senator from his
state. He has just returned from a cam
paigning tour OF the Northwest and left
for his home last night to rest few days.
when he will tour Nebraska.
In discussing the outlook in the North
western states, Mr.. Baldwin said:
Il have jus. returned from a trip through
the Dakotas and other Northwestern
states. / find the Republicans everywhere
becoming more and more hopeful. There
is not the slishtest doubt but that South
Dakota will go for Mckinley, though the
legislature may not be Republican. A very
hard fight is being made on Senator Petit
grew. who betrayed the Republican party
in the most f1agrant manner. When the
Huron convention was held to select dele
gates to the ST. Louis convention Senator
Pettigrew pledged himself to support the
platform to be adopted by that convention.
When Mr.. Teller made his speech Petit
grew walked out with hmm and the other
boilers. 1t has since been found that long
before the Huron convention the senator
had been identified with the boiling con-
spiracy and his action Is being vigorously
resented by the Republicans Of his state.
II believe that there will be some sur
prises in the votes cast by the Western and
Northwestern states and that the Bryan
managers will be very much surprised
whep the returns come in. They are claim
ing everything in sight In these states but
they will be badly mistaken.
Nebraska will surprise the Bryan men.
in my opinion. Bryan is weaker in that
state than in almost any other. In the
campaign of 1892 he made from one to
three speeches in every county in his state.
He told the farmers that the trouble with
them was the Mckinley tariff and he
promised them that il they would vote for
free trade wheat would rise 30 cents and
corn Is cents. The Crime of TO had been
committed all that time, all the present
conditions existed SO far silver was con-
cerned. There was just as much reason to
advocate free silver then as now. But
not a word did he say about free silver. II
was the robber tariff that was doing the
mischief and free trade was the remedy
10 be applied The farmers of Nebraska
not rise as Bryan had promised. Instead
they fell by reason OF the depression pre-
cipitated by the Wilson bill.
They remember these things. and Mr.
Bryan is reckoning without his host If he
thinks he can come before the same mer
twice with different explanations for the
same conditions, and with two different
remedies for the same trouble.
LAS to Iowa, it is a little doubtful. That
Is. there is doubt as to whether the Nc
Kinley majority will be only $4,000, Oh
whether it will be from $1,000 to 10000 Nc
Kinley will carry the state by the forme,
figure without the slightest question. lows
has no place in the doubtful column in an,
calculations.
II spoke in Topeka, Kas.. last night t.
an immense audience. 1t was one of tn,
best meetings / have addressed during tn.
campaign. The Republicans of that stat,
are enthusiastic and hopeful and declar,
that Kansas viii 90 for Mckinley by a de
cisive majority. McKinley's election is no
a matter of doubt. The only question is a!
TO the size of his majority in the electora
college"