Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-10-27
ALL CONFIDENCE.
Chairman Hanna Counts on
80 States for Mckinley.
Not the Least Doubt Of Election Of
the Republican Candidate.
The SiIverites Will Make One Last Grand
Effort in the West.

| tHfdsb, ttt. -c.-l he maj week OF
the political campaign was entered in
to by the campaign staff at the Repub-
lcan national headquarters with the
| expressed confidence in an overwhelm-
| ing victory for Major Mckinley Mr.
Hanna. today, counted SO of the As
| states for the Republicans He will
| make a final and complete statement
as to the probable results of the cleo
ton. Saturday night, just prior to his
departure for home. Henry C. Payne
Mr. Hanna's assistant, in speaking of
the Illinois situation said:
We are confident of carrying the
state by 125.o00 to 140, 900 plurality. The
| entire central West is absolutely sure
for Mckinley
| A report received by Col. Hahn from
Chairman Coe of the Wisconsin state
| committee, states there is rapid i'm
provement in the rural districts of that
| state, since the middle of the month,
and the same was true of Milwaukee
MIR. Coe adds:
Il estimate that Wisconsin is safely
Republican by 10000 to 10000 plurality
All the 10 congressional districts will
elect Republcanme,nbers to Congress-
| Chairman Hahn has directed that the
|
men of the Republican state commit
tees throughout the country
You will please direct the county
chairman in your state to make a spec-
iall effort for the celebration of flag
day Saturday. Oct 81, by calling on ali
republicans to assemble in the cities.
villages and hamlets nearest their
| homes and show their patriotism and
| devotion 70 their cpuptrx, p1 lo-r
their intention to support the party
which stands for protection, sound
| money and good government. by hay-
| ing patriotic speeches and such otherS
exercises as will be appropriate forfhe
| occasion and tend to inakeaahe t1ay 3
| general holiday as far as possible. II
is to be hoped that Republicans every
where will unite to dedicate the siav 10
this patriotic service.'"'
Mr.. Hanna said that he received good
| reports. today. from California. Kan
sas, Kentucky and Michigan, all de-
noting return movement of the sill
yer Republicans. The executive com
mittee of the Trades Unionists Silver
Clubs of Chicago, with the approval of
the Democratic nstional committee
has addressed an appeal to the farm
ers and agricultural laborers of MI
nois and the Mississippi valley. The
document calls Mark Hanna an In
dustrial cannibal." who has endeav-
ored to secure purchasable vote (Which
Always exist in the great centers of
population, by the lavish and corrunt
use OF money. and to array that vote
against the interests of the arr;o,,
tursts." The coercion of ;ncorr,,,,;h,,
wage carriers in the cities is freely
charged. 1t is admitted that these
conditions create a menace to the cause
we have at heart" hence the appeal To
farmers to redouble their efforts to
make the agricultural vote of tho
Mississippi valley as large as possible
Tor the free silver cause: and to mako
good any possible loss of votes which
may result from coercion and bribery
ne Trades unionists say they will re-
iuse 10 listen to all appeals which would
se. US asaiiiSt you. our fellow workmen,''
senator 1illman arrived in town to-day
from stamping tour through Oregon
ana washington. He said the states he
mao been speaking in. to many thousands
OF enthusiastic voters. would undoubtedly
give their electoral votes for BRYAN. The
general attack of the Silver forces on
o ',t} county began, today. with meetings
cnlef speaker. Ministers joined i'm the
appeal to vote for free silver. Mr. BRYAN
VIII arrive tomorrow afternoon to make
many speeches in every ward of the CITY
All negotiations being conducted Nv
W estern Chairman Washburn Of tbe
Idpuiist national committee, representing
candidate Watson. and Chairman Jonas
or the Democratic national committed
Tor the purpose of solidifying the Middle
of the Road Populists vote for BRYAN
We're ofiicially declared at an end. today
by Mr.. Washburn The Democratic state
committees. and particularly the Silver
democracy committees of Georgia and
Tennessee. are blamed for the failure OF
the negotiations. Mr. Watson will spend
the remainder of the campaign practi-
cally in silent disgust. but his letter of
acceptance will not appear in public 10
hurt the candidacy of Mr.. Bryan Mr.,
Washburn said:
There Were a few states where fusion
was pending and while we were trying to
arrangements it was flashed
over the wires that the Georgia and Ten
nessee Democrats had rejected all over
lures made by the Populists and adj
journed without making a counter propo-
siton. AS these two states were involved
in our arrangements. this action made IL
impossible or us to'continue negotiations
There will be no further negotiations and
whether our people and candidate have
been recognized to the proper extent, our
decides that every POpulist
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